Leading Analysts forecast 1.3 billion residential and commercial smart meter connections by 2020. The number of worldwide smart home installations is expected to reach 5.38 million by 2015. There is an increasing shift towards smart home technology adoption from fancy residences to mainstream and production homes. Following this trend prepayment for electricity and gas has to become smarter with more system capability and greater flexibility for consumers. Orga Systems, #1 choice for real-time charging and billing, can provide these capabilities with its SmartEnergy Suite which enables accurate individual and dynamic rating and billing in real-time. (more…)

Swisscom and sicap have recently revealed the solution behind Swisscom online shop “Advisor”, the brand new web service which helps mobile subscribers select, compare and purchase new devices. (more…)

cVidya Networks, (www.cvidya.com) the global leader and innovative provider of Revenue Intelligence solutions for Telecom, Media and Entertainment service providers, has appointed Amit Daniel as Executive Vice President of Marketing and Business Development. Amit has over 17 years experience in senior marketing and commercial positions in the Communications and Telecoms industries worldwide and her responsibilities will include strategic marketing, product management and business development. (more…)

Neural Technologies announced recently that it is now an affiliate member of the Telecommunications Risk Management Association (TRMA), an organisation dedicated to best practice in telecoms fraud and credit risk management. (more…)

Subex Ltd, a leading global provider of Operations and Business Support Systems (OSS/BSS) for Communications Service Providers, announced recently that it has recorded Net Consolidated Revenue of Rs. 1169.51 mln for the first quarter of FY12. The Order Intake for RMS, the core business of the company, grew 63.12% at US $ 23 mln up from US $ 14.1 mln in FY11 Q1. Net Profit grew 424.46% at Rs. 132.27 mln up from Rs. 25.22 mln in FY11 Q1. (more…)

Risk management software solution provider, Neural Technologies, has implemented its Minotaur solution to manage mobile payments fraud at a leading African mobile telecoms operator.

Neural Technologies’ Minotaur mobile payments fraud management solution will monitor every stage of the mobile payment transactions carried out on the African operator’s mobile payment platform. (more…)

Orga Systems, #1 choice for real-time charging and billing, has recently become an Associate Member in the ETIS organization, the global IT association for telecommunications. After Orga Systems successfully contributed its deep knowledge in real-time charging and billing at the last billing working group meeting in Athens, Orga Systems’ membership will distinctively be about committing its expertise to the Billing Working Group (WG), Business Intelligence & Data Warehouse WG and the Enterprise Architecture WG. (more…)

The world’s leading broadband event – Broadband World Forum 2011 – recently announced its largest conference programme including more global senior operator decision makers than ever before. (more…)

Connectiv Solutions recently announced the latest release of their flagship product, netCLARUS v2.0. netCLARUS 2.0 builds on leading, industry-driven features and functionality to provide telecom service providers visibility, control and tight management of network usage cost. As a suite of specialized software modules, netCLARUS 2.0 enables an enterprise-wide shared resource center for Traffic, Interconnect and Cost Management functions. This role-based approach addresses the unique challenges faced by individual business units while streamlining analysis and increasing productivity. (more…)

Astellia, a leading provider of monitoring solutions for the optimization of mobile network QoS and performance has strengthened its collaboration with Videotron, a major operator in Canada to stimulate Wireless Network Quality of Experience. Under the agreement, Videotron will take full advantage of Astellia’s expert system for automatic diagnosis and optimization. The rule-based solution automatically detects low quality cells, analyses QoS issues’ root causes and thereby improves both service quality and optimization task efficiency. (more…)