Service fulfillment covers everything between a customer placing an order and a working service on the network. It is the “order to activate” half of the operations support system (OSS), and its speed determines how quickly an operator can sell, deliver and change services.
What This Coverage Includes
This hub follows order management systems that decompose a commercial order into technical tasks; provisioning and activation platforms that configure network elements and subscriber records; and network and service inventory, the record of which physical and logical resources exist and which customers use them. It also covers service orchestration, product and service catalogs, number management, and the software-defined networking (SDN) and network functions virtualization (NFV) programs that changed how fulfillment works.
Why It Matters to Operators
Inaccurate inventory and manual provisioning steps are among the most common causes of failed orders, delayed installations and stranded network assets. Catalog-driven, automated fulfillment is a central goal of most OSS modernization programs, and it is a prerequisite for offering on-demand services to enterprise customers.
Companies Most Often Covered
NetCracker · Comptel Corporation · Syndesis · MetaSolv · Comarch · Clarity · Axiom Systems · Amdocs · Sigma Systems · Oracle · Cramer · VOSS Solutions
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- Deutsche Telekom Germany Selects Netcracker for Network and Service Automation Initiative (October 12, 2019)
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- Netcracker Expands Partnership with Shaw Communications (June 6, 2019)
- Netcracker Wins 2019 TM Forum Excellence Award for Operational Transformation and Agility (May 15, 2019)
- Netcracker Business Cloud Receives Leading Lights Award (May 8, 2019)
- Tele2 Russia Launches SunVizion Network Inventory and Planning Solution (February 22, 2019)
- Amdocs Positioned as Leader in Gartner’s 2019 Magic Quadrant for OSS (January 28, 2019)
- VOSS Solutions Announces First Customers Deploy VOSS-4-UC Northbound Integration Module (November 2, 2018)
- NEC/Netcracker NaaS Solution Wins 2018 NFV Innovation Award (June 19, 2018)
- BICS Goes Live with Netcracker’s OSS Platform (June 12, 2018)
- Netcracker Given 3 Pipeline Innovation Awards (May 22, 2018)
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