NetScout Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTCT), an industry pacesetter for advanced network and service assurance solutions, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Network General Corporation, in a combined cash, stock, and debt transaction currently valued at approximately $205 million. The acquisition, subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals, is expected to be completed by early November. Network General employees will become NetScout employees, and the newly combined entity will be headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts. [Read more…]

Subex Azure Ltd, a leading global provider of Operations Support Systems (OSS) solutions for telecom operators, have announced key findings from the 2007 Global Operator Attitudes to Revenue Management Survey. According to the independent study commissioned by Subex Azure and conducted by telecoms analyst house Analysys Research average revenue leakage among global telecom operators increased to 13.6 percent, from 12.1 percent in 2006. [Read more…]

Global Convergence Solutions, Inc., a leading communications integrator and solutions provider specializing in next generation networks for the service provider and enterprise market (www.globalconverge.com), has merged with FieldOps Network, LLC (www.fieldopsnetwork.com). [Read more…]

Streaming21, the world leader in broadcast-quality streaming solutions, and Microsoft (NASDAQ “MSFT”) Embedded Sever team, will present their fully-integrated end-to-end digital home and IPTV solutions at Microsoft Windows Server Conference on August 29 in Microsoft’s ShenZhen office. A new innovation of fully-integrated Home Server, which enables to manage personal contents (such as photos, videos and music) and control digital home devices based on recently released Microsoft Home Server, will make its public debut at the seminar. [Read more…]

Ingres Corporation, the leading open source information management company for enterprise applications, recently delivered the first open source application-specific software appliance. [Read more…]

Subex Azure Ltd, a leading global provider of OSS solutions for telecom operators, has signed on 10 new customers in the Middle-East and Africa (MEA) region, over a period of nine months from October 2006 to June 2007. The combined value of business from the region is several million dollars and has considerably strengthened the company’s position in the region. [Read more…]

Subex Azure Limited, a leading global provider of OSS solutions for telecom operators, has launched Concilia(TM) V9.2, the latest version of its leading Interconnect Billing System. [Read more…]

Troy, Michigan based ISA has recently announced support for IPTV billing and customer care in its award winning TeleCount Billing System. As a fully converged billing and customer care suite, the TeleCount Billing System may now be used by service providers, such as, telecom, wireless, or content carriers to manage OSS/BSS operations for IPTV services. [Read more…]

Following 3G-Middle-East and Gulf, Nexus Telecom will hold a workshop on next generation networks (NGN) together with the Network Management Task Force, 4 – 5 September 2007 in Dubai. [Read more…]

Subex Azure Limited, a leading global provider of OSS solutions for telecom operators, is deploying its market-leading Fraud Management bureau for Melita Cable, Malta’s primary cable television and internet service provider. [Read more…]

Subex Azure Ltd, a leading global provider of OSS solutions for telecom operators, has deployed its Moneta(TM) revenue assurance system for a major Tier-1 telecom operator in the U.S., further strengthening the company’s position as the leader in enterprise-wide deployments of revenue assurance, fraud and interconnect systems. [Read more…]

Subex Azure Limited, a leading global provider of OSS solutions for telecom operators, has told OSS News Review that Subash Menon, Founder Chairman, Managing Director & CEO of Subex Azure Limited, has been appointed as the Chairman of the Product Forum of NASSCOM, India’s premier trade body for the IT industry. His tenure will be for two years. [Read more…]

Nexus Telecom established a new “NGN enabled” logo for its flagship product NexusNETVIEW during a power-user seminar recently in Zurich, Switzerland. After a number of successful deployments in converged NGN networks that rely on a full all-IP transport backbone, Nexus Telecom is proud to announce full NGN capabilities within its product. [Read more…]

Commitment to excellence over the past year has earned Subex Azure Americas, Inc. recognition as an outstanding supplier to AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T), one of the world’s leading data, voice wireless and Internet services providers. [Read more…]

TAG Networks, the premier provider of TV games-on-demand, and Transparent Technologies, Inc. (TTi), a leading provider of operational support services, have announced an agreement today whereby TTi will provide operational support services for TAG’s deployments. The services will include 7×24 technical support and system monitoring, system integration, deployment and lab environment testing. [Read more…]

WeDo Soft has recently announced that the RAID project for AIS has been nominated as a finalist in the World BSS Awards 2007. The main purpose of this event is to demonstrate the importance of information management processes in the Telecommunications industry, to identify key trends and reward the best practices in BSS (Business Support Systems). Launched in 1997, this will be the 11th year in which these major awards have been presented. [Read more…]

Subex Azure Limited, a leading global provider of OSS solutions for telecom operators, has recently announced that The Bahamas Telecommunications Company Limited (BTC) has selected its Nikira(TM), Moneta(TM) and Concilia(TM) revenue maximization products to improve its financial performance. Subex Azure’s products will proactively monitor BTC’s wireless and wireline networks to reduce potential fraud activity and revenue leakage, enhance customer service and improve inter-carrier settlements. [Read more…]

ConneXon Telecom, the parent company of nationally recognized 911 provider, 911 Enable, has launched its NG-Connect solution to help Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) respond to the challenges of VoIP. [Read more…]

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (“Huawei”), a leader in providing next generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, recently held the contract signing ceremony in its headquarters in Shenzhen, China with Telfort, part of the Netherlands’ largest telecoms operator KPN, announcing that Telfort will procure the prepay solution of Huawei CBS. Huawei CBS will help operators build an open and horizontal billing architecture with the capability to support various networks and services. [Read more…]

Evolving Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ-EVOL), a leading provider of software solutions and services to the wireless, wireline and IP carrier market and regional partner Accenture Pte Ltd, has recently announced that it has been selected by a convergent telecoms operator in Indonesia to provide next generation service activation solutions. [Read more…]