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The traditional telco business model is a burning platform
Telcos have never been more threatened in terms of their business viability. Their traditional telco business model is a burning platform. Read more…
OSS/BSS
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Is it time to kill the typical OSS partnership model?
Long-term partnerships between carriers and OSS vendors are great, but only if we jettison the traditional day-rate model for such projects. Read more…
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Billing is still an issue for telcos – and its 2021 for goodness sake
Telcos should have solved their billing issues by now. It was over 20 years ago when competition made telcos buy new billing systems. Read more…
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Security is a key, yet underestimated, component of any OSS / BSS project
OSS / BSS manage some of the world’s most vital communications infrastructure and security should be a key component of any OSS / BSS project Read more…
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The Blue Book OSS/BSS Vendor Directory has gone live!
We’re excited to announce that “The Blue Book OSS/BSS Vendor Directory”, written by our regular contributor, Ryan Jeffery, has officially gone live! Read more…
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The omni-channel identity conundrum for OSS/BSS
Customers now have multiple engagement options (omni-channel) and form factors to resolve issues, yet they all represent different OSS/BSS challenges. Read more…
News
Huawei trademarks new “Hongmeng” OS as back up to Android
China’s Huawei has applied to trademark its “Hongmeng” operating system (OS) in at least nine countries deploying a back-up plan if it loses Android access. Read more…
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Network slicing is great but can existing OSS/BSS support it?
Network slicing is an exciting concept, the big potential roadblock however, falls almost entirely on our existing OSS/BSS. Read more…
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With OSS – just because you can doesn’t mean you should!
We often use the OSS to solve a problem by expensive customisation / integration when manual processes can do the job more cash efficiently. Read more…
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Reading between the lines – AWS OSS/BSS job advert
Not sure if you noticed, but AWS posted this job advertisement on LinkedIn a couple of days ago – Business Portfolio Leader – Telecom OSS/BSS Solutions. The advertisement includes the following text: “Amazon Web Services Read more…