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New Empirix Suite Combines Service Assurance, Network Analytics

Empirix says the solutions suite helps mobile operators to ensure the roaming experience and maximize partnership revenues for voice, data and SMS traffic. ...More
May 14, 2013 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News, Revenue Management, Service & Network Management
OTT Messaging Poised to Blow Up

The volume of OTT messaging traffic is expected to be double that of P2P SMS messaging by the end of 2013. ...More
April 29, 2013 By Arselia Gales
Posted in News
It's The End of Bill Shock As We Know It

AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint and T-Mobile USA are among the carriers meeting the FCC-CTIA guidelines for helping consumer to combat bill shock. ...More
April 18, 2013 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News, Billing
The Changing Face of Africa's Telco Industry

With the vast majority of African mobile subscribers on prepaid packages, communication service providers (CSPs) are trying to leverage ways to maintain and increase their customer base. ...More
April 18, 2013
Posted in Blog, Billing, Service Creation & Delivery
AdvOSS, Media Routes Team on Cloud-Based Enterprise Communications

AdvOSS' ECS includes a broad range of enterprise communications applications that include IP-PBX, Enterprise IVR and messaging-based campaign management, fixed-mobile convergence and conferencing. ...More
March 4, 2013 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News, Billing
Preparing CSPs for the SMS Decline

Though voice calls and SMS will remain firmly in the consumer’s hand for some time, it has never been more pressing for the operator to cast the net wider at new models that let CSPs evolve into a "lifestyle provider." ...More
January 22, 2013
Posted in Blog, Revenue Management
The Death of Traditional Telephony? Not So Fast, But VoIP Is Costing Operators

Research reveals that VoIP will cost the global telecom industry $479 billion by 2020. ...More
October 25, 2012
Posted in News
Operators Predicted to Lose Big Bucks to Smartphone Messaging Apps

Operators are expected to lose $54 billion in SMS revenues by 2016 due to social messaging services on smartphones. ...More
October 11, 2012
Posted in News
OTT Messaging, VoIP Apps Threaten to Marginalize Operators

Alarmingly for operators, some smartphone users are beginning to use VoIP apps as their primary voice service; approximately 20 percent of VoIP users used mobile VoIP more than traditional voice services, as revealed in a new report. ...More
October 8, 2012
Posted in News
Bill Shock: Prevention Becomes a Global Effort

The fight to combat wireless bill shock isn't just an American or European issue. ...More
August 31, 2012 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News, Billing, Service & Network Management