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Gibtelecom chooses Cerillion for CRM and Billing Transformation

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Gibtelecom, the main telecommunications provider in Gibraltar, and Cerillion Technologies, a leading provider of next generation customer management systems, has told OSS News Review that Gibtelecom has signed a contract for the supply of Cerillion’s convergent CRM and Billing solution. The implementation will support all of Gibtelecom’s fixed line, mobile and broadband services, including delivery of an integrated network inventory solution. [Read more…]

LogiSense Releases Engage Custom Portal

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LogiSense, a global provider of Billing and OSS software and services to the Telecommunications, Hosted/Cloud Communications, Convergent, and Broadband industries has released Engage Custom Portal (ECP), the company’s latest offering which will revolutionize the way its clients deploy end-customer facing portals for customer self-care. [Read more…]

Evolving Systems’ Dynamic SIM Allocation Solution Helps Strengthen Globe’s Prepaid Business

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Evolving Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVOL), a leading provider of strategic solutions to telecom operators worldwide, today announced that Globe Telecom, a key challenger brand in the Philippines, has launched the Company’s Dynamic SIM Allocation™ (DSA) solution to help improve customer experience for its prepaid subscribers and manage SIMs inventory more efficiently. The deployment is part of a broader systems and network transformation project. [Read more…]

Alestra Selects NetCracker BSS Solution

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Alestra has chosen its BSS solution to meet evolving billing requirements, streamline operations, and support the launch of next-generation services. The company has selected NetCracker to enhance its BSS in order to streamline its current billing operations and support the launch of next-generation services. [Read more…]

Subex awarded 2012 Global Communications Service Provider Financial Assurance Market Share Leadership Award

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Subex Ltd, a leading global provider of Business Support Systems (BSS) for Communications Service Providers (CSPs), has been named “the global market share leader in financial assurance” by Stratecast | Frost & Sullivan, a leading telecommunications strategic forecasting organization. [Read more…]

Comarch Supports Turkcell Europe in Offering MVNO Services in Germany

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Comarch, a global provider of end-to-end IT solutions for telecommunications, has delivered a comprehensive BSS platform to Mobile One GmbH, Düsseldorf. This MVNE is technically integrated with the Telekom Germany Mobile network and performs managed services for Turkcell Europe, enabling them to offer a broad range of mobile and value added services for customers in Germany. [Read more…]

Tango Telecom announces availability and initial deployments of iAX™ SMS IP-SM Gateway for LTE/IMS core networks

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Tango Telecom, the leading provider of Policy Control, Real-Time Charging & Advanced Messaging solutions, has today announced the general availability of Release 2.0 of the Tango Telecom iAX™ SMS IP-SM Gateway, with enhanced features to support message interworking and protect valuable messaging revenues as operators transition to all IP LTE/IMS networks. [Read more…]

How Mobile Operators Can Drive Revenues by Adding a ‘Personal Touch’

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by Thad Dupper, chairman and CEO, Evolving Systems

Mobile customer loyalty around the world has fallen to an all-time low with the average customer switching provider every 27 months, more than twice as frequently as a decade ago. This is according to research from analyst organisation, Strategy Analytics. Global customer churn reached a record high of 44% last year, according to the recently published report. These figures underline just how fragile the relationship between operator and prepaid customer is. The need to reduce churn is a key challenge. [Read more…]

Ovum Highlights Importance of Partnering for Continued Growth in Telecoms Wholesale Market

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Partnering is a more strategic approach to growth for telecoms wholesalers than the alternatives of in-house development or mergers and acquisition, according to global analyst firm Ovum. It enables carriers to broaden their service portfolios, increase network reach, and respond more quickly to changing customer requirements. [Read more…]

Analysys Mason Study: How Much BSS OSS Can Be Shared?

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Comarch, a global provider of end-to-end solutions for telecommunications recently released the findings of a commissioned white paper written by Analysys Mason’s Mark H. Mortensen, that investigates whether it is possible to share some BSS and OSS functions between the mass (B2C) and custom (B2B) operations, to achieve lower TCO (total cost of ownership) and shorten time to market. [Read more…]

Orga Systems Presents New Telesperience Research Paper

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Nine out of ten CSPs see real-time business processes as key to maximising revenue, according to a research paper by UK-based analyst house Telesperience and real-time charging and billing experts, Orga Systems. The revenue maximisation paper also uncovered research that only 8% of CSPs felt they had the necessary tools to deliver a 360° real-time view of their customers to generate better cash flows. The research, sponsored by Orga Systems, establishes seven key steps to help CSPs boost revenue across their organisations. [Read more…]

Vodafone Iceland Deploys FTS End-to-End Billing Solution

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FTS, a global provider of billing, customer care and policy control solutions for communications and content service providers, today announced that Vodafone Iceland has implemented the latest version of Leap Billing, FTS’ comprehensive end-to-end billing and customer care solution to enable flexible charging and billing for Vodafone’s entire line of business, including mobile, fixed and broadband services. [Read more…]

Unleashing the revenue potential of LTE and advanced broadband services

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CSG Systems International, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSGS), a global provider of software- and services-based business support solutions (BSS), recently announced that the company has added two new clients on its convergent multi-service mediation solution, CSG Total Service Mediation (TSM), one in Australia and one in South East Asia. [Read more…]

Subex Wins Managed Services Contract for ROC Fraud Management from IDEA Cellular

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Subex Ltd, a leading global provider of business support systems (BSS) for Communications Service Providers (CSPs), has won a million dollar contract for providing its industry leading ROC Fraud Management solution through Managed Services for IDEA for Postpaid and Roaming. This is a fully outsourced Managed Services deal where Subex will be running the operator’s entire fraud management operations. IDEA Cellular is the third largest mobile services operator in India, in revenue terms, with over 100 million subscribers. [Read more…]

OSS News Review Supports Policy Control & Real Time Charging 2012

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While Policy Control deployments become more commonplace, the question remains, how can we see a return on investment? The 2012 Policy Control & Real Time Charging event aims to answer this key question and many others while providing insights into the challenges and benefits of deploying Policy Control. [Read more…]

Leading Asian Operator to deploy Tango Telecom Policy Controller

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Tango Telecom, (www.tangotelecom.com), the leading provider of Policy Control, Real-time Charging and Advanced Messaging solutions, recently announced a major deal with a leading operator in Asia to deploy its advanced Policy Controller, providing an user friendly advanced data charging solution for the operator’s rapidly growing subscriber base. [Read more…]

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