Tag: BSS

Ericsson CTO Ulf Ewaldsson proposed a forward-looking strategy for Telco networks in an open, over-the-top world during his opening keynote at this week’s Broadband World Forum in Amsterdam. The upshot is to imbue Telco networks with OSS/BSS-based and IMS-based services that are accessible to third party development. This concept aligns with Ericsson’s recent OSS/BSS acquisition […]
With IBM and AT&T announcing a partnership to offer cloud services jointly, under which IBM will provide the data centers and AT&T the global networking, it’s a clear sign that the cloud-2-cloud opportunity is real, recognized, and the inevitable next step for enterprise-grade cloud offerings. Given that IBM has actually called out Oracle in announcing […]
Conferences are like politics. They seethe with conflicting objectives and pressure groups. One group wants to listen to their peers, straining for the insight or nugget that will save them money, make them money or get them promoted. Another group wants to sell stuff to the first group who want to listen to their peers […]
For a long time, the telecoms industry has been discussing customer experience. Generally, the conversation is theoretical because customer experience is about many different elements, including emotional triggers that are difficult to benchmark. That said, investment is on the increase, an acknowledgement that if you get this right, you hold a better hand than your […]
MVNOs typically focus on niche-market plays. There have been some spectacular failures along the way (remember ESPN and Disney Mobile?). But TurkCell came up with an interesting take that appears to be working. Offering price advantages, particularly in communications between Germany and Turkey, TurkCell Europe targets Turks living in Germany and Germans with close ties […]

Finally we are seeing the emergence of value based charging models. The launch of shared data plans signal the beginning and there will be others, such as Happy Hour deals, otherwise known as time shifting, which are being offered by 11 percent of operators in a twice yearly report from Allot Communications. Happy hour deals […]
Recent Comments