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Driven by a significant rise in investment across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GGC) region and coupled with future projects, including Expo 2020 and the 2022 World Cup, the Middle East is set to become a hotbed of data center activity, fuelled by ever-increasing adoption of cloud services. Data center and server virtualization for cloud infrastructure is one of the core themes for the conference this year. [Read more…]
VOSS Solutions has acquired its 100th cloud communications service provider customer. This major milestone confirms VOSS Solutions position as the world’s leading cloud fulfillment vendor for unified communications.
Mike Frayne, VOSS CEO commented, “We now have over 80% of the world’s Tier-1 carriers as customers and we are rapidly acquiring a range of leading Tier-2/3 service providers. This milestone validates all the hard work that has gone into creating our management solutions that not only help the service providers to lower costs and simplify their operations, but also benefit the end-customer organizations, who can now move to the cloud seamlessly and achieve much higher rates of UC adoption on a purely consumption model.” [Read more…]
Telstra has completed the acquisition of Pacnet Limited, a provider of connectivity, managed services and data centre services to carriers, multinational corporations and governments in the Asia-Pacific region. [Read more…]
DIMOCO has acquired the Carrier Billing and Mobile Messaging business of Amaze in Greece, effective February 15th 2015. All client contracts of the aggregator business of Amaze will be transferred to DIMOCO. The technical migration to DIMOCO’s infrastructure is scheduled for February 2015. Lily Xenou, the former aggregation director at Amaze, has been appointed Managing Director of DIMOCO Greece, where the Greek carrier billing and mobile messaging business will be headed as from now on. [Read more…]
Comverse has acquired Spain-based Solaiemes. This acquisition strengthens the Comverse Evolved Communication Suite (ECS) portfolio that helps telecom service providers to monetize from IP based digital services. Solutions from Solaiemes complement the market leading Evolved Communication Suite (ECS) offering from Comverse, and the combined portfolio creates an end-to-end platform for service monetization of IP based digital services. [Read more…]
MetraTech, a provider of metadata-based billing, commerce and settlement solutions uniquely adaptable to multiple business models and industries, has been acquired by Ericsson. [Read more…]
Astellia, leading provider of network and subscriber intelligence for mobile operators, announced the acquisition of Ingenia Telecom, provider of network analysis and radio optimization solutions for mobile operators. Astellia reinforces its E2E offering with a probeless solution adding new capabilities of RAN and SON analysis. [Read more…]
Following the announcement that Cisco is to buy Ubiquisys, a provider of intelligent 3G and long-term evolution (LTE) small-cell technologies, based in Swindon, UK, Daryl Schoolar, principal analyst at Ovum, has the following comments: [Read more…]
In the second iteration of its annual Regulatory Scorecard*, Ovum finds that competition and investment in the global telecoms industry is being held back by inconsistent regulatory frameworks. [Read more…]
Oracle has told OSS News Review about its intent to acquire vendor Acme Packets. Dana Cooperson, principal analyst believes the acquisition should strengthen Oracle’s hand both with enterprises and carriers by giving it a more central role in controlling and improving how devices and subscribers interact and communicate. [Read more…]
Tadiran Telecom, a leader in unified communications announced today the acquisition of EasyRun’s technology and intellectual property. EasyRun’s EPICCenter technology will be integrated into Tadiran Telecom’s Linux-based Unified Communication platform which will be introduced to the market next week. [Read more…]
SkyVision Global Networks Ltd., a leading global provider of IP connectivity over satellite and fibre optic networks throughout Africa – today has acquired Afinis Communication SA (“Afinis”) from Monaco Telecom SAM (“Monaco Telecom”), a subsidiary of Cable & Wireless Communications Plc (“CWC”). [Read more…]
NEC Corporation has agreed to acquire Convergys Corporation’s Information Management (IM) business, which is recognized for its industry-leading record of delivering Business Support Systems (BSS) transformations to communications service providers around the world. The transaction is valued at $449 million US and covers all of IM’s business, including Smart Revenue Solutions, across different verticals, including communications, utilities, and logistics.
The acquisition underscores NEC Corporation’s long-standing commitment to offering innovative solutions to the communications industry, enabling service providers to transform their business and successfully compete in a rapidly changing environment. The IM business has enabled service providers around the world to transform their BSS environment and create the foundation for next-generation billing, customer care, and revenue management.
Following the acquisition, the IM business and organization will be integrated into NetCracker Technology Corporation, a subsidiary of NEC. NetCracker will be responsible for all business operations of the combined entity. With this acquisition, NetCracker will add key BSS expertise, software, and services to its market-leading Telecom Operations and Management Solutions (TOMS) suite. The combination of IM’s BSS products and NetCracker’s TOMS solutions will create a compelling end-to-end portfolio that will bring experience and innovation to service providers and other industry verticals — whether they access BSS/OSS solutions through the cloud, as a managed service, or as an on-premise system. [Read more…]
To further deliver on its promise to build an integrated offering for service providers, Comptel has acquired leading analytics company, Xtract. This acquisition will further enable Comptel to help its customers manage the customer experience and drive new revenues to their subscriber bases. This rounds out Comptel’s “event -> analysis -> action” business model, which seeks to drive real-time data collection and response to end user events. [Read more…]
Subex Ltd, a leading global provider of Business Support Systems (BSS) for Communications Service Providers (CSPs), has obtained Board approval to raise up to US $ 135 million. This is subject to the approval of the shareholders at the Extra-ordinary General Meeting of the Members to be held on December 28, 2011. [Read more…]
NetCracker has entered into an agreement to acquire Subex’s activation business. NetCracker Technology has told OSS News Review that they have reached an agreement with Subex Ltd., to acquire its activation and provisioning business in an asset sale.
NetCracker will acquire Subex’s NetProvision, NetOptimizer, and Vector products, and the associated business. NetProvision and NetOptimizer represent what was previously the Syndesis business covering the provisioning and activation domains. [Read more…]
CSG Systems International, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSGS), a leading provider of customer interaction management and billing solutions, has completed the acquisition of U.K-based Intec Telecom Systems PLC. Intec is a leader in wholesale billing and mediation and is a leading provider of retail billing software worldwide. [Read more…]
Redknee (TSX:RKN), a leading provider of business-critical billing and charging software and solutions for communications service providers, announced the closing of its acquisition of Nimbus Systems, a privately-held company that specializes in next generation billing, content settlement and customer care. Redknee announced its intent to acquire Nimbus Systems on July 30, 2010. The closure of the acquisition will immediately increase Redknee s presence in Tier 1 group operators and will open opportunities for Redknee to expand into new geographies and other key verticals. [Read more…]
Intec, one of the world’s leading providers of Business Support System (BSS) solutions, has successfully deployed one of its market-leading solutions for Best Buy, a multinational retailer of technology and entertainment products and services. The Intec solution for Best Buy, which is supplied in a managed services model hosted by Intec’s business partner CSC, includes Intec Singl.eView along with Intec’s Inter-mediatE and Inter-activatE products. The Intec solution supports the retailer’s own mobile broadband offering, Best Buy Connect, launched July 11th. [Read more…]
Clarity, a leading provider of Unified Telecommunications Operational Management solutions, has told OSS News Review that the business and assets of Omnix Software will be brought under the Clarity brand. [Read more…]