TM Forum « mobileVAS

August 19, 2010

Evolution needed in telecom sector

Filed under: Business issues,Evolution,Frameworx,OSS and BSS,Operator Services,Opinion,Public,TM Forum — fmmonteverde @ 6:51 am

As someone who’s been in and around the telecom industry for a long time, I have seen sweeping changes over the years.

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July 21, 2010

Frameworx: Getting from there to here

Filed under: Frameworx,NGOSS,OSS and BSS,Opinion,SID,SOA,Service and resource management,TM Forum,eTOM — galaxiav @ 11:32 pm

Today’s communications world is not your grandfather’s, or even your father’s, communications world. What we used to call telecom is now a much broader industry that encompasses entertainment, Internet and web-based media and services and much more.

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May 20, 2010

Everything new is new again

Filed under: OSS and BSS,Operator Services,Opinion,TM Forum — galaxiav @ 7:31 am

If you’ve been reading my columns with any regularity, you’ll know that even though I’ve been in the communications business longer than I might care to admit, I’d like to think I’m still pretty connected when it comes to new technologies, new services and new ways of doing business.

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February 17, 2010

Sigma, Tribold partner for end-to-end OSS suite

Filed under: Business and managed services,Daily News,OSS/BSS,Operator Services,SOA,Service and resource management,Sigma,TM Forum,Tribold — galaxiav @ 9:06 pm

IP service fulfillment solution developer Sigma Systems has entered into a partnership with enterprise product management software designer Tribold.

The companies plan to develop an end-to-end product and service development and delivery system.

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2010 and beyond – Truly interesting times

Filed under: 4G,FTTx,Features,Fixed Access,LTE,Mobile Apps and Content,OSS and BSS,Operator Services,TM Forum,cloud computing — galaxiav @ 8:50 pm

With due deference to Confucius, we are indeed living in interesting times!

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December 15, 2009

Telcos face three major issues on cloud services

Filed under: Business and managed services,Fixed Access,IaaS,OSS and BSS,Operator Services,Opinion,PaaS,SaaS,TM Forum,Wireless Access,cloud computing — galaxiav @ 11:08 pm

If you’d told me in early 2009 that cloud computing services would be one of the hottest topics in communications and IT by the end of the year, I’m not sure I would have believed you entirely.

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December 10, 2009

TM Forum creates consortium to drive cloud standards

Filed under: AT&T,BT,Business and managed services,Daily News,Operator Services,Public,TM Forum,Telecom Italia,Telstra,cloud computing — fmmonteverde @ 7:19 am

Industry group TM Forum has formed a consortium of major cloud services players, to take part in a new initiative to foster the uptake of telco-delivered cloud computing.

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