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Is your OSS environment out of control?
Over the years in OSS, I’ve spent a lot of my time helping companies create their OSS / BSS strategies and roadmaps. Read more…
BSS
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What do telcos actually need to transform for 5G readiness?
When it comes to BSS and the requirements to transform for 5G, one comment from the recent Openet white paper sprang out. Read more…
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Will 5G change the shape of entertainment (and BSS)?
The focus of the event was 5G and the future of entertainment. But there were many other interesting discussions and exhibits Read more…
Off the Wire
Orchestration, automation and the Blue Planet approach
Two big problems that telcos have at the moment, according to Kailem Anderson, VP of Engineering at Blue Planet, are visibility and people. Read more…
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5G will force us to ditch BSS legacy and find alternatives
As I talk to service providers about the role BSS, and specifically charging, discussions soon move away from collecting payments for goods and services Read more…
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What can we make of the gloomy Ericsson BSS announcement?
When Ericsson announces that it has hit a road block with its major BSS product you have to wonder what message it sends to the market. Read more…
Features
Is the future good or bad for telcos? Interview with Jan Frykhammar
Background: Openet has appointed Jan Frykhammar as Chairman of its Board of Directors. Jan joined Openet as a board member in April 2018. Previously he worked at Ericsson for 30 years where he was Group Read more…
Off the Wire
FIRA WIRE DAY 1: Sterlite’s Future BSS, LTE data roaming, AmdocsONE
MWC18 news from Day 1: Sterlite launches the ‘BSS of the future’; LTE data roaming hits tipping point; Vodafone hearts Netcracker; ZTE’s new 5G base stations; and Tmall integrates iStaging’s VR capture. Sterlite introduces the ‘BSS Read more…
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Successful digital transformation needs a CEO that ‘gets’ digital
For a few years now, the success stories around digital transformation in telcos have been few and far between. Up until now, they are almost never driven by the CEO. In fact, innovation in areas Read more…