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News & Views Most Popular Starhome Mach, Telarix Merger Built on Interconnect, Roaming Data By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 10/2/2018 Vista Equity acquires roaming platform specialist Starhome Mach to merge it with existing portfolio company Telarix, which specializes in interconnect billing, rating and fraud management. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Agents Down: Vodafone's Chatbot & the Jobs Threat By Iain Morris, International Editor, 9/24/2018 Vodafone's UK business is offering customer service agents the chance to retrain as coders, as an increasingly sophisticated chatbot takes over their jobs. Post a Comment \| Read (0) The Many Faces of Digital Transformation By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 9/24/2018 Digital transformation is a complex challenge but one that will help service providers revitalize their businesses, as we found out at this year's Operations Transformation Forum (OTF) in Munich. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Advertisement Synchronoss CEO Glenn Lurie: Delivering the New Mobile OS By Phil Harvey, US News Editor, 9/21/2018 Glenn Lurie, CEO of software platform provider Synchronoss Technologies, has his work cut out for him. He's helping carriers navigate several possible growth opportunities, like IoT, messaging and personal cloud services. Check out this interview where Lurie discusses the company's newest partnership with AT&T and new proof-of-concept with a blockchain-based mobile payments service. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Why Tier 2/3 CSPs Are Being Sidelined By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 9/8/2018 The evolution of the communications service provider (CSP) sector is creating a schism between the large, resource-heavy Tier 1 operators and the smaller Tier 2/3 players, says TM Forum Chief Analyst Mark Newman. Post a Comment \| Read (0) 5G – Gee Whiz or G-Force? By James Crawshaw, Senior Analyst – Service Provider IT and Automation, Heavy Reading, 9/5/2018 5G looks to be much more than just a way to deliver faster wireless access… it could lead to a new way of designing, deploying and operating communication networks. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Nigeria Has MTN in Its Crosshairs Again – This Time for a $2B Tax Bill By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 9/5/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: BT makes SNAP decision on SD-WAN; Telefónica Deutschland is sweet on Netcracker; DT's Langheim gets new US board role. Post a Comment \| Read (3 comments) Latest Comment: [email protected] -- According to the report, factors affecting London's dismal showing include... Advertisement ADVA: Ensemble Is Putting the 'M' in MANO By Carol Wilson, Editor-at-large, 9/5/2018 The new version of ADVA's virtualization software suite adds new features, including zero-touch provisioning, service chain monitoring and multi-level security. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Ericsson Adds Automation Smarts With CENX Acquisition By Jeff Baumgartner, Senior Editor, Light Reading, 9/4/2018 Ericsson acquired a minority stake in automation expert CENX in 2012 and now will add the vendor-neutral service assurance specialist's technology to its own network automation and orchestration efforts. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: microcaptechinvestor VMware picks up Dell EMC service assurance suite. Now ERIC acquires CENX. Wonder... Colt Ramps Its Blockchain Efforts, Explores SDN Federation Use Case By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 9/4/2018 Network operator sees multiple opportunities to improve inter-carrier settlement management, SDN interoperability and more using blockchain technology. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Huawei's OTF 2018: Time to Go Digital By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 9/3/2018 At the Operations Transformation Forum 2018, operators and industry experts explained how the shift to digital platforms and new operations processes are essential for 5G. Post a Comment \| Read (9 comments) Latest Comment: Jeff Baumgartner Seems that the makings of such a wholesale market is already underway. This... Separating Blockchain Hype From Reality By James Crawshaw, Senior Analyst – Service Provider IT and Automation, Heavy Reading, 8/13/2018 Depending on who you listen to, blockchain is either an over-hyped oddity or a milestone in legal and financial innovation comparable to double-entry bookkeeping. But how significant is the opportunity for communications service providers? Post a Comment \| Read (0) Eurobites: Dave & Friends Return to Virgin TV By Paul Rainford, Assistant Editor, Europe, 8/13/2018 Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: BSS and blockchain; Drillisch revenue up in H1; Swisscom caught speeding; on-demand video eats Europe. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Layoffs at Ericsson's iconectiv By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 8/10/2018 Industry sources say Ericsson's iconectiv unit, formerly Telcordia Interconnection Solutions, has implemented staff cuts at its number portability team. Post a Comment \| Read (1 Comment) Latest Comment: James_B_Crawshaw Ericsson market cap per employee = $269,000 iconectiv valuation per Francisco... Altice USA: 'Wait Till Next Year!' By Alan Breznick, Cable/Video Practice Leader, Light Reading, 8/3/2018 Fourth-biggest US MSO is laying the groundwork for a fresh wave of subscriber and revenue growth next year with FTTH buildout, uber set-top rollout, 1-Gig deployments and MVNO deal. Post a Comment \| Read (0) OSS/BSS Market Poised to Resume Growth By James Crawshaw, Senior Analyst – Service Provider IT and Automation, Heavy Reading, 7/27/2018 The OSS/BSS market is changing quickly thanks to the move to network virtualization and, more broadly, by the transformation of communications service providers into digital service providers. Post a Comment \| Read (0) VEON: When Transformation Goes Bad By Iain Morris, International Editor, 7/20/2018 Turmoil continues at one of the world's biggest emerging market operators with the announcement of further executive departures. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Digging Deeper Into Three UK's Transformation Program By James Crawshaw, Senior Analyst – Service Provider IT and Automation, Heavy Reading, 7/20/2018 UK mobile operator Three UK is undergoing a revamp of its radio access network and supporting IT systems. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Lowering the Barriers to Telco AI With Acumos By James Crawshaw, Senior Analyst – Service Provider IT and Automation, Heavy Reading, 7/16/2018 The use of artificial intelligence by telcos is currently limited, but the Acumos AI Project looks set to make machine learning applications more easily created and readily available. Post a Comment \| Read (0) Mavenir's Billion-Dollar Blueprint By Ray Le Maistre, Editor-in-Chief, 6/18/2018 Ambitious software-only messaging and mobile core applications specialist targets major equipment vendors as it aims to become a billion-dollar business within four years. Post a Comment \| Read (3 comments) Latest Comment: jimmy666 The post is incredible in its newness and the beautiful style in which it is... More Stories \| News & Views Archive News & Views Archive Message Boards jylliannesiga, 9/25/2018 4:46:07 AM NFV Is Down but Not Out Re: So does Gedeon from TELUS expects NFV to be FREE???? Some of these comments look stark in text in a news report, but it's hard to judge context and tone from here. Jeff Baumgartner, 9/6/2018 6:33:17 PM Huawei's OTF 2018: Time to Go Digital Re: Re: Will anyone 'dominate' edge computing? Seems that the makings of such a wholesale market is already underway. This discussion brings to mind what Ericsson is trying to accomplish with its edge compute-focused Unified Delivery Network. If service providers indeed... Jeff Baumgartner, 9/6/2018 6:29:59 PM Huawei's OTF 2018: Time to Go Digital Re: Making the migration... a Mountain or a Molehill? Since this is requiring new technologies, mindsets and a shift in culture, figuring out how to make this evolutionary move without upsetting all the legacy seems like a mountain in itself that will have to be moved. I'm... [email protected], 9/6/2018 12:38:19 PM Huawei's OTF 2018: Time to Go Digital Re: Will anyone 'dominate' edge computing? The GSMA's Laxmi Akkaraju, noted how critical edge computing will be for 5G deployments, urging mobile operators to "step up and step in" to the edge computing opportunities and not be left behind by the likes of Amazon... There's... Mitch Wagner, 9/6/2018 12:34:51 PM Huawei's OTF 2018: Time to Go Digital Re: Re: Turkcell -- a Huawei customer for 5G? Apple approach? You mean build their own technology stack from the ground up, rather than license it from other people, as most tech companies do? That's a tough approach, requiring an enormous capital investment, but it... Phil Harvey, 9/6/2018 11:42:22 AM Huawei's OTF 2018: Time to Go Digital Re: Re: Turkcell -- a Huawei customer for 5G? Yes, I think I saw some of that via a video demo at MWC a year or so ago. I think they have done quite a bit of work themselves but, as 5G approaches, maybe they are looking to add pure horsepower to their network with Huawei... iainmorris, 9/6/2018 11:30:05 AM Huawei's OTF 2018: Time to Go Digital Re: Re: Turkcell -- a Huawei customer for 5G? They do have a pretty sophisticated back-end system that shows things like the number of people using a specific basestation at any given time. The CEO gave me a demo of that in Munich this week and said it had largely been... Mitch Wagner, 9/6/2018 10:50:06 AM Huawei's OTF 2018: Time to Go Digital Re: Necessary transformation Telcos need to become more responsive to their customers to increase their customer satisfaction scores and remain competitive against nimble OTT players. Transforming their own digital infrastructure is a necessary first... Phil Harvey, 9/6/2018 10:00:53 AM Huawei's OTF 2018: Time to Go Digital Re: Turkcell -- a Huawei customer for 5G? Didn't Turkcell build all their software and a lot of their gear themselves? I don't recall them being a big customer of Huawei (or anyone else). I thought they were kind of a one-off story that's hard to replicate,... Kelsey Ziser, 9/6/2018 9:11:06 AM Huawei's OTF 2018: Time to Go Digital Re: The value of KQI's Michael Haeberle's comments regarding the benefits of accessing key quality indicators in real-time caught my attention. The ability to predict issues before they arise and address potential customer complaints before... [email protected], 9/6/2018 7:06:16 AM Eurobites: Nigeria Has MTN in Its Crosshairs Again – This Time for a $2B Tax Bill Re: London cellular coverage -- According to the report, factors affecting London's dismal showing include the large number of tall buildings (calling all city planners and architects: is it time for a re-think in the mobile data era?) and the "vast... PaulERainford, 9/5/2018 10:02:02 AM Eurobites: Nigeria Has MTN in Its Crosshairs Again – This Time for a $2B Tax Bill Re: Re: Personalized, contextual experiences Oh. I was hoping it might have something to do with joss-sticks in a yurt. James_B_Crawshaw, 9/5/2018 9:01:28 AM Eurobites: Nigeria Has MTN in Its Crosshairs Again – This Time for a $2B Tax Bill Re: Personalized, contextual experiences For example, you are a regular traveler from Germany to US but forget to buy a data roaming package before setting off so you leave your mobile data off. Next time you connect to the airport basestation in Munich the operator... microcaptechinvestor, 9/4/2018 1:12:10 PM Ericsson Adds Automation Smarts With CENX Acquisition Re: Radcom — leader in service assurance VMware picks up Dell EMC service assurance suite. Now ERIC acquires CENX. Wonder if Radcom (RDCM) is next? 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