Indeed, now Telcordia's parent, Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC), may be tiring of it all. It has put the company on the auction block, according to a report in TheDeal.com.
re: SAIC May Sell Telcordia This has been the question that much of the industry has thought about over the last several years... What would happen if Telcordia was sold? When SAIC took over Bellcore it was a big non-event as SAIC had extremely little in the way of telecom presence. What will happen to OSMINE if the company is sold? It seems a bit like a circular argument, for OSMINE to gain revenue again there has to be a significant telecom recovery, but OSMINE is one of the biggest single inhibitors of a telecom market recovery...
Their reputation is horrible thanks to the incredible gauging that they accomplished during the bubble as well as before and after. The OSS is completely out of date technically, both software-wise and network technology-wise, so who is going to carry on writing code and supporting it? Most software developers wouldn't touch it with a 10-foot barge pole.
Trying to integrate any existing Telcordia business units into a competitive, for-profit company would be a nightmare of the worst degree. Probably the only thing at all interesting to a potential suitor would be the Intellectual Property.
Here is a question that I hope that someone can answer: Who is going to be the repository of standards once Telcordia is sold? This part of the business has not been doing well for quite some time and would most likely be trashed by any buyer. Will North America-based telecom standards be abandoned in this case in favour of the ITU?
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