Tony Kalcina, Chief Product Officer at Clarity, the leading provider of Unified NGOSS Telecommunications Operational Management solutions, has been appointed to the TM Forum’s Advisory Council. With over 30 years’ experience in the global telecoms industry, 25 of which are in OSS, Tony will provide executive assistance and advice to the TM Forum on a range of important issues. (more…)

VOSS Solutions, leading provider of Unified Communications (UC) service delivery and management software, recently announced that a large, US-based, Fortune 100 enterprise organization has selected VOSS 7.1 for unified communications management. (more…)

TM Forum and BT has unveiled the Cloud Service Broker (CSB) Catalyst, a new TM Forum rapid development and demonstration project that will define and create a trusted and governed cloud management platform, to simplify the delivery of complex cloud services to enterprise customers. (more…)

Amdocs (NYSE: DOX), a leading provider of customer experience systems, has acquired MX Telecom Ltd. MX Telecom is a leading mobile payments and messaging aggregator with operations in Europe, United States and Australia. Under the terms of the agreement, Amdocs has acquired MX Telecom for approximately $104 million USD in cash, net of debt and cash. This announcement was made at International CTIA Wireless 2010 taking place this week. (more…)

Volubill, the leading provider of real-time policy and charging solutions, has secured four new policy management deals over the past six weeks, confirming that communications service providers (CSPs) are recognizing the importance of effective policy management solutions to re-invent tariff plans and better manage network usage. The new deals represent wins in the USA, Caribbean, and Northern Africa, cementing Volubill’s position as a policy control leader around the world. (more…)

Subex Ltd., a leading global provider of Operations and Business Support Systems (OSS/BSS) for communications service providers (CSPs), has launched an upgraded version of its industry-leading Revenue Assurance solution, Moneta V 4.0, a key component of the ROC (Revenue Operations Center). (more…)

Elitecore Technologies the leading provider of Telecom Software (OSS/BSS solutions) announced roll out of MTNL prepaid Broadband service on Elitecore Platform. MTNL has deployed Elitecore’s CRESTEL & EliteAAA
for Billing, Revenue Management and Core network & session control. Using Elitecore platform MTNL is also going to roll out On Demand Services – like upgrade bandwidth in real time with real time balance management and other VAS service like IPTV, VoIP for its subscribers. (more…)

Clarity, the leading provider of Unified NGOSS Telecommunications Operational Management solutions today announced a high-profile presence at the Frost & Sullivan 4th Annual OSS BSS Asia-Pacific Summit in Singapore, taking place from 24th – 25th March, 2010. (more…)

The TM Forum today announced the launch of Frameworx, an integrated business architecture blueprint for service providers in the communications and digital services markets. Frameworx will enable service providers to significantly reduce their operational costs and improve business agility by providing an industry agreed approach for rationalizing their operational IT, processes, and systems. (more…)

LogNet Systems, a worldwide provider of customer management and billing solutions for multiple play service providers, has been selected to deploy its MaxBill product suite for Simfonics, a pan-European Mobile Virtual Network Enabler (MVNE) offering a full managed service business model and service delivery platform. (more…)

By Cassandra Millhouse, Product Marketing Director – Amdocs OSS Division
It’s one thing keeping your customers happy by providing high-speed connectivity with new technologies like Ethernet, but how do you, as a service provider, guarantee benefit from the investment your business has made? Or, put another way, how exactly can you guarantee and increase revenues, and avoid becoming an ultrafast, but dumb, pipe? (more…)

Volubill, the leading provider of charging and policy, will participate in Light Reading LIVE’s Policy, DPI & Net Neutrality Panel Debate at CTIA Wireless 2010, scheduled for Wednesday March 24, 2010 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Volubill CEO John Aalbers will be joined by other executives from around the communications industry as they debate the future opportunities and impacts of policy management technologies. (more…)

Deutsche Telekom AG has selected NetCracker’s solutions and services for its Next Generation Service and Systems Management (NGSSM) transformation, a core element of its enterprise-wide migration to Next Generation Networks (NGN). This win is part of Deutsche Telekom’s (DT) strategic initiative to drive standards-based rationalization and automation of operations to enable significant cost savings, rapid introduction of innovative services, and improved customer experience. (more…)

This year’s edition of Comarch OSS/BSS User Group will be held on 24th of March 2010 in Dusseldorf, Germany and will be co-organized with the OSS Customer Experience Exchange Track for Comarch OSS users. (more…)

Informa Telecoms & Media, a leading global research firm, has its reach by opening a new research office in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The Latin American telecoms market is witnessing an unprecedented level of growth and according to Informa’s latest figures passed the milestone of half a billion mobile subscriptions in 2009, ending the year with 509 million subscriptions, up 12% from end-08. (more…)