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Sandvine Policy Control Expansion Orders Top $6.5 Million

Sandvine's orders from certain Tier-1 Asian operators total $20 million since May, and the company claims to have the highest market share in the region. ...More
January 8, 2013 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News, Service & Network Management
NSN Makes 'Remarkable Progress' in 2012

Consolidating its business operations in Africa and the Middle East "should further boost NSN's prospects for solid regional growth in 2013." ...More
January 4, 2013 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News
The Biggest Service Provider-BSS/OSS M&A in Q4 2012

There was a flurry of M&A activity in Q4 2012 affecting the BSS/OSS and service-provider communities. Sprint-Clearwire; Redknee-Nokia Siemens; Oracle; Cisco; T-Mo-MetroPCS; even a merger rumor that got everyone talking. ...More
January 2, 2013
Posted in Galleries, Billing, Revenue Management, Service & Network Management, Service Creation & Delivery
B/OSS' Top 10 Stories of 2012

Mega-mergers. Crazy cases of bill shock. Call centers shutting down. 2012 was a big year for news in billing/BSS/OSS. Here are the top 10 stories as determined by readers of the weekly B/OSS newsletter. ...More
December 28, 2012 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in Articles, Billing
Ericsson, Huawei, Samsung Make Infrastructure Race 'Highly Competitive'

Traditional players Nokia Siemens and Alcatel-Lucent are in the midst of restructuring, with decisions that impact their equipment, services and software businesses. Al-Lu is planning to sell assets, while NSN has already taken steps to do so. ...More
December 27, 2012 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News
Telecom Equipment Spending Up 4% in 2012, To Rise Again in 2013

Look for telcos to step up their equipment spending next year, particularly in Asia. ...More
December 21, 2012 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News, Service & Network Management
Cisco Makes Inroads With Cloud Among SMBs in Asia

DataOne of the Philippines is collaborating with Cisco to update its infrastructure and further enhance CloudSecure, a portfolio of services that includes SaaS, IaaS, PaaS and voice services over the cloud. ...More
December 19, 2012
Posted in News, Service Creation & Delivery
Apple Has Big Weekend in China as Wal-Mart Sells iPhone 5, iPad On the Cheap

It could be the shot in the arm that Apple needs after seeing its stock fall more than 25 percent in the last three months. ...More
December 17, 2012 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News
Great Expectations For the CSP in 2013

Three key themes stand out for communications service providers in the new year. ...More
December 12, 2012
Posted in Blog, Revenue Management, Service & Network Management
Telefónica Taps Cisco for Next-Gen Network

Cisco says its CRS-3 and ASR 9000 Series routers will supply enhanced capacity, high resiliency and robust IPv6 support that will be integral in supporting Telefónica's Internet growth. ...More
December 10, 2012
Posted in News