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IBM To Buy Green Hat

Green Hat enables developers to use cloud-computing technologies to conduct testing on a software application prior to its delivery. ...More
January 4, 2012
Posted in News, Service Creation & Delivery
Could Leap, MetroPCS Be in AT&T's Sights?

There is a "strong likelihood" that regulators would allow a larger national carrier to buy one of the smaller companies. ...More
December 29, 2011 By Josh Long
Posted in News
France Télécom Dumps Orange Switzerland

European telco giant France Télécom is a little lighter this week after unloading its Swiss mobile-phone unit just before Christmas. ...More
December 29, 2011 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News
Poll: What Was the Biggest B/OSS Story of 2011?

B/OSS just published its top 20 stories of 2011 as determined by their popularity in our weekly newsletters. Did our newsletter subscribers get it right? Let us know in this poll. ...More
December 28, 2011
Posted in News, Billing
Slide Show: B/OSS' Top Stories of 2011

Major mergers and acquisitions. Bill shock. The death of unlimited data. The B/OSS Top 20 for 2011 was determined by the popularity of stories read by subscribers to the B/OSS weekly newsletter. ...More
December 28, 2011
Posted in Galleries, Billing, Customer Experience Management, Revenue Management, Service & Network Management, Service Creation & Delivery
TeliaSonera Gobbles Up Kazakhstan Telco

Scandinavian telco giant TeliaSonera is buying the rest of GSM Kazakhastan LLP that it doesn't already at least partially own – 49 percent of the company – for $1.52 billion (U.S.). ...More
December 27, 2011 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News
Ericsson-Telcordia Merger Delayed

Ericsson announced today that it doesn't have all of the regulatory approvals needed, so reaching its year-end acquisition goal is unlikely. ...More
December 27, 2011
Posted in News
AT&T-T-Mobile Merger Officially Dead

AT&T, the second-largest U.S. wireless provider, has decided to walk away from the deal nine months after the controversial merger was announced. ...More
December 19, 2011 By Josh Long
Posted in News
AT&T Divestiture Talks Wane

Talks to divest assets worth more than 30 percent of the merger's value to Leap Wireless International Inc. reportedly have broken down amid concerns that such an arrangement still couldn't win approval from the Justice Department. ...More
December 19, 2011 By Josh Long
Posted in News
AT&T-T-Mobile Collapse Could Pose Risks to Investors

T-Mobile might not be able to effectively compete with its bigger rivals and remain "independently viable" if the merger collapses. ...More
December 15, 2011 By Josh Long
Posted in News