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NetCracker Updates Core B/OSS Product

NetCracker 9.0 introduces a whole new domain, enterprise management, with six products to help service providers break down the operations and business silos and drive operational agility while maintaining end-to-end visibility and control. ...More
May 13, 2013 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News, Service & Network Management
Personalized, Hybrid Services Drive Convergent Billing

CSPs need to be able to apply real-time charging for different payment models (prepaid/postpaid) and network types (wireless/wireline/converged/IMS). They also need streamlined rating and billing for value-added services, through rich billing data models. ...More
April 9, 2013
Posted in Articles, Billing, Service & Network Management
Telepak Networks Expands Use of NetCracker Solution Suite

Telepak will now use the suite's Service Information Management, Service Order Management and Service Inventory capabilities. ...More
March 20, 2013 By Arselia Gales
Posted in News, Service & Network Management
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
Slide Show: The Biggest Communications Service Provider M&A in Q2

Mergers and acquisitions raise both excitement and concern as the big boys buy up the little guys and others simply buy out the competition. Here's a look back at some of the biggest M&A in the service-provider space from Q2 2012. ...More
July 12, 2012
Posted in Galleries
Suddenlink Signs Extension with NetCracker

The multi-service provider goes with NetCracker BSS for the long run. ...More
July 11, 2012
Posted in News, Billing, Customer Experience Management
Sprint Turns to NEC's NetCracker for LTE BSS/OSS

Sprint is extending the footprint of NetCracker's Telecom Operations and Management Solutions Suite, which allows the BSS/OSS solutions provider to provide the telco giant with a consolidated, centralized means of managing and provisioning its new mobile infrastructure. ...More
May 31, 2012 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News
Slide Show: The Biggest M&A of Q1 2012

Ericsson-Telcordia. NEC-Convergys. IBM. Some of the biggest names in telecom, and in billing & OSS in particular, made some moves in Q1 that will reshape the industry moving forward. ...More
April 30, 2012
Posted in Galleries
NEC Buying Convergys' Information Management Unit

This $449 million acquisition swells NEC's portfolio and opens new opportunities for Convergy's IM group. ...More
March 21, 2012 By Tim McElligott
Posted in News, Billing
Verizon, NEC Break Speed Record

In their latest trial, Verizon and NEC Corp. of America successfully transmitted 21.7 terabits per second — the highest capacity to date — under field conditions. ...More
March 13, 2012 By Lindsay Welnick
Posted in News