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NetCracker Completes Critical Aspects of VimpelCom Group OSS Transformation

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NetCracker Technology and VimpelCom Group (brand “Beeline“) has completed the first phase of OSS transformation at VimpelCom. The OSS Solution for VimpelCom includes such NetCracker modules as Resource Inventory, Discovery & Reconciliation, Outside Plant, and Order Management. NetCracker’s solution helps VimpelCom improve the overall efficiency and management of the network. Specific benefits include the following: [Read more…]

NetCracker, a Leader in Operations Support Systems, to be Acquired by NEC

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NEC bolsters Global Software Business assisting Communications Service
Providers accelerate Business Transformation

NEC Corporation (NEC) announced a definitive agreement to acquire NetCracker Technology Corp. (NetCracker), a US based software and solutions company with an industry leading track record of delivering Operations Support Systems (OSS) transformation to communications service providers across the globe. This strategic acquisition underscores NEC’s long standing commitment to offer
innovative solutions to the communications industry, enabling them to transform their business, and rapidly deploy new infrastructure and services. [Read more…]

UPC Broadband Selects NetCracker’s Network and Service Provisioning Solution

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NetCracker Technology has recently announced that UPC, Europe’s largest cable operator, has selected NetCracker’s Service and Network Provisioning solution to be used for network and service management across its 8-country corporate footprint. UPC Broadband, the second largest cable operator in the world, has approximately 10 million subscribers, and is one of Europe’s most innovative broadband communications companies. They provide video, broadband, and high-speed Internet access, as well as traditional, VoIP, and mobile telephony services to their residential and business customers. [Read more…]

Denmark Utility Giant TRE-FOR Goes Live with NetCracker Triple Play Solution

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NetCracker Technology has successfully implemented Fiber to the Premise (FTTP) solutions for TRE-FOR Utilities, one of Denmark’s largest and most efficient utility companies. Realizing the critical role that a flexible OSS plays in managing its new network environment, TRE-FOR is now offering increased services to its customers through NetCracker’s Triple Play Solution. [Read more…]

NetCracker Expands Global Footprint and Increases OSS Market Share

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NetCracker Technology has reached two corporate milestones with back-to-back customer wins around the globe and a fast-growing workforce to support its implementations. This is the third year in a row that NetCracker has more than doubled its worldwide personnel to meet the growing demand for NetCracker solutions in the global communications service provider marketplace.

To support the company’s rapid European expansion, including new customer wins in the Netherlands, UK and France, NetCracker announced the opening of a new office in London. The new office will manage ongoing implementations in the region. [Read more…]

Golden Telecom Signs OSS Deal with Netcracker

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NetCracker Technology has announced that the company has been selected by Golden Telecom, Inc. (NASDAQ: GLDN) to help streamline the operator’s back office operations and service provisioning processes. The agreement makes NetCracker a part of Golden Telecom’s project aimed at building a single homogeneous network information system. Golden Telecom is a leading facilities-based provider of integrated telecommunications and Internet services in major population centers throughout Russia and other countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS.) [Read more…]

NetCracker’s Sanjay Mewada to Appear on Telephony Magazine’s Website

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NetCracker Technology has announced that Sanjay Mewada, Vice President of Strategy for the company, will be appearing as a regular on the “Ask the Experts” section on the Telephony magazine website. Sanjay will be the “OSS Expert” tackling such relevant subjects as next generation converged services, triple play, and telecom business transformation. NetCracker Technology is a leading solutions provider focused on enabling operators around the world to rapidly deliver and effectively manage convergent and content-rich offerings. [Read more…]

NetCracker Technology’s VP of Strategy Sanjay Mewada Named to TM Forum Advisory Board

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NetCracker Technology, a provider of OSS software solutions for global telecom service providers, today announced that Sanjay Mewada, vice president of strategy, has been appointed to the Advisory Board of Directors of the TeleManagement Forum. The TM Forum is a global consortium of communications professionals dedicated to improving the management and operation of information and communications networks and services.

Mewada, who oversees the strategic direction of NetCracker, brings a wealth of knowledge and industry experience to the TM Forum Advisory Board. Prior to joining NetCracker, he served as vice president of the Telecom Software Strategies Decision Service at the Yankee Group, where he helped clients make decisions regarding the use of business and operations support systems (OSS) software and services.

“Sanjay is a well-known and respected figure in the telecom OSS industry, and we are certain that he will be a valuable addition to our Board,” said Keith Willetts, Chairman of the Board of the TM Forum. “His expertise and experience will bring further value to our members.”

At NetCracker, Mewada has spearheaded the company’s “Service Layer Transformation (TM)” campaign, bringing his expertise and message to NetCracker customers around the globe. His career has also included working at MCI, Intelsat, and the World Bank in product management and technology evaluation functions. Mewada is a graduate of Bombay University, where he earned an M.B.A. and a B.S. degree in Physics, and of the Fletcher School at Tufts University, where he earned an M.B.A. in International Business. [Read more…]

Ukrainian Mobile Communications Chooses NetCracker

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NetCracker Technology, an innovator in delivering OSS software solutions for telecom service providers, and Ukrainian Mobile Communication (UMC) today announced that UMC has chosen NetCracker’s comprehensive OSS solution to streamline their operations and optimize the utilization of network and service resources. UMC is the largest mobile carrier in the Ukraine with more than 14.0 million subscribers. [Read more…]