1:30 PM -- EuroBlog is in Really Quite Nice, France, for the OSS-fest that is TeleManagement World, where we'll be meeting a number of the major telecom software players and getting the latest updates from what is, arguably, one of the most important NGN technology sectors out there today. (See OSS Sizzles on French Riviera and Turning Point for OSS.)

There are signs that many things are changing in OSS-land, not least the greater influence of IT industry ways of thinking, something the telecom sector hasn't been so great at over the years.

But some things never change. Take Telcordia Technologies Inc. , for example. A full three-plus years after deciding it didn't like the way we write about it, Telcordia still hasn't rescinded its decision to stop talking to us (effectively, a media ban), and graciously declined our attempt to secure a meeting here in Nice.

That hasn't stopped us writing about the company, but it's kinda sad to see that while the OSS sector appears to have moved on in the past few years, Telcordia, it seems, has not. (See Telcordia Lands RBOC Extensions, Telcordia Up for Grabs Again?, HQ Sale Funds Telcordia Deal, Telcordia Leaves Legal Luggage, and Telcordia CEO $trikes $ell-Off Deal.)

— Ray Le Maistre, International News Editor, Light Reading