2:10 PM -- We've said it before, and we'll say it again -- the world of telecom software rocks! And it's been a busy week for the folk in the OSS/BSS/SDP communities, what with mergers and earnings reports and the like, all following in the wake of Light Reading's very own OSS event in London. (See OSS 2.0: Telcos Need to Expose Themselves, OSS 2.0: Carriers Need to Walk the Walk, and Carriers: Be Brave, or Die.)

So here are some highlights.

• cVidya to Buy ECtel for $21M
  Did someone say "marriage of convenience"? If not, then plenty are thinking it.
  
  
• Subex Reports Q2
  Fiscal second-quarter revenues of about $22.4 million are down year-on-year, but Indian vendor Subex Ltd. cut its second-quarter losses considerably to just $686,000 compared with $15.4 million a year ago.
  
  
• LHS Reports Q3
  Billing specialist LHS Telekommunikation GmbH & Co. KG pumped its third-quarter revenues by 21 percent to €33.2 million ($50 million). Some good news for majority owner Ericsson AB (Nasdaq: ERIC)! (See Pressure Tells on Ericsson's Q3.)
  
  

Other notable news from the softer side of life includes:

• Tech Mahindra Reports Q2
• ECI Ups Its Services Game
• Telcordia: Still a $700M+ Player
• FTS Launches FTS Express
• Accanto Signs OEM Deal With Tollgrade
• Tech Mahindra Reports Q2
• CSG Enhances Precision eCare
• Evolving Touts Dynamic Success
• AlcaLu Tackles FTTH Planning

— Ray Le Maistre, International News Editor, Light Reading