Partnering is a more strategic approach to growth for telecoms wholesalers than the alternatives of in-house development or mergers and acquisition, according to global analyst firm Ovum. It enables carriers to broaden their service portfolios, increase network reach, and respond more quickly to changing customer requirements. [Read more…]

Bharti Airtel, a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, recently announced the launch of its Cloud Enablement Platform (CLEP) based on the HP Aggregation Platform for SaaS (AP4SaaS). The Company will offer hosted SaaS and IaaS applications to the small and large enterprises on a pay as you go model.
Initially, Airtel will offer solutions like ERP, accounting packages, storage and compute on the Airtel CLEP Platform. Going forward the company will introduce diverse SaaS applications on the same platform especially for SMB customers, thereby helping them to meet the ever evolving business demands. [Read more…]

HP recently announced that Verizon, Vodafone and Mobile TeleSystems OJSC (MTS)—three of the world’s market-leading providers of wireless and wireline communications—have signed new technology agreements for the supply and delivery of industry standard servers. [Read more…]

Astellia, a provider of monitoring solutions for the optimization of mobile network QoS and QoE, was named by Austria’s fastest growing mobile operator Hutchison 3G (H3G) as a unique supplier for its E2E mobile broadband network monitoring and optimization. [Read more…]

HP Enterprise Services has announced that SOFTBANK MOBILE Corporation has used an HP online storefront solution to offer its more than 29 million customers in Japan a fast, easy way to shop for, download and manage wireless services and entertainment content. [Read more…]

Alfa, the first Lebanese mobile operator managed by Orascom Telecom, and Astellia, a leading provider of monitoring solutions for the optimization of mobile network QoS, announce the signature of a partnership agreement which will see Astellia expanding its existing solution footprint for Alfa to deliver a complete vendor-independent 3G+ monitoring solution which will highlight the quality experience of Alfa’s subscribers, and offer major enhancements on network capabilities. [Read more…]

Mobile VAS Forum is the only event focused on VAS & Messaging experiences that brings together the key players of the mobile industry to discuss the most effective strategies to increase revenue for mobile operators. This summit combines educative content and real life experiences, assessing the state of the industry and identifying new areas of growth with an occasion for one to one interaction and networking. The high-level networking summit Mobile VAS Forum 2012 will discuss the critical steps to move forward industry. Its agenda is based on service deployment, mobile content, corporate applications, multimedia services, entertainment, games, mobile payments, mobile communities and marketing.

On May 15, 2012, Viettel announced in Maputo, Mozambique, the official launch of Movitel – the group’s first mobile network in Africa to join its already flourishing networks in Asia and Latin America. [Read more…]

In advance of TMForum Management World 2012, HP announced significant upgrades for solutions that are designed to help communications service providers (CSPs) improve customer experience management (CEM). [Read more…]

In order to facilitate the interaction between the human and technical processes, oriented to the information´s management and business processes, Open Mobile, a Puerto Rican leading telecommunications company, has successfully completed the upgrade of its information´s platform with Smart Flex, product of Open International Systems Corp, leader in development and implementation of B / OSS solutions. [Read more…]

While Policy Control deployments become more commonplace, the question remains, how can we see a return on investment? The 2012 Policy Control & Real Time Charging event aims to answer this key question and many others while providing insights into the challenges and benefits of deploying Policy Control. [Read more…]

Mobile Payments & NFC World Summit 2012 will draw together highly-regarded speakers representing the mobile network operators, banks, money transfer providers, mobile transfer networks, mWallets, retailers, public transit providers, ‘interoperability hubs’, handset manufacturers, technology and equipment providers to share their latest efforts in launching mobile financial services and the key challenges facing them. [Read more…]

CHR Solutions, the leading global provider of comprehensive solutions for communications service providers (CSPs), announced a strategic partnership with Microsoft to offer a complete billing and customer care solution designed to serve all CSP market needs from consumer to enterprise—delivered on premises or in the Cloud. [Read more…]

VOSS Solutions recently announced the general availability of VOSS 8.0, the next generation of its fulfillment management technology that enables companies to deliver collaboration and mobility services in the public and private cloud. [Read more…]

CSG Systems International, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSGS), a global provider of software- and services-based business support solutions that help clients generate revenue and maximize customer relationships, announced recently that the company is accelerating the global expansion of its Content Direct solution to meet increasing demand for digital content monetization solutions.

CSG serves the majority of the top 100 global communications service providers, is the #2 pure-play BSS provider to the global communications industry, and has 36 offices across 24 countries including locations in Kuala Lumpur, Sao Paulo, Brisbane, Cape Town, Paris, Toronto, and Woking, UK. By leveraging this presence across a range of global markets including Europe, Asia Pacific, and Latin America, CSG’s Content Direct organization will build on its success creating unique and innovative direct-to-consumer, multi-device, digital content experiences for communications service providers, major Hollywood studios, live event producers and other content owners.

With CSG’s more than two decades of experience supporting cable operators and communication services providers worldwide and its Content Direct’s team’s market leadership in digital content monetization, this expansion brings mature video content monetization solutions, extensive knowledge of both the traditional and digital content businesses, and the ability to deliver digital goods such as games and books to direct-to-consumer digital content providers worldwide.

Specialist inter-carrier billing and routing optimisation solutions vendor i-conX Solutions has announced that Canar Telecommunication Co. Ltd of Sudan have chosen the company for implementation of its Routing Optimisation solution. [Read more…]

Digicel Pacific, KlickEx & Paypal will be sharing Innovative Mobile Payments they have launched at Mobile Payments & NFC World Summit 2012 which will be held from 19 to 20 April 2012 in Hong Kong. [Read more…]

Broadband MEA held from the 25 – 27 March 2012 is the region’s premier broadband event attracting 1,000 decision makers from across The Middle East and Africa. Now in its 4th year, the event is the only place to meet the entire industry under 1 roof. [Read more…]

VOSS Solutions, provider of a world-class fulfillment platform for service providers and large enterprises to successfully deliver collaboration services in the public and private cloud, recently announced that it has been shortlisted for two of the Total Telecom World Vendor Awards. In addition, VOSS CEO Mike Frayne has been nominated for the prestigious CEO of the Year Award. [Read more…]

HP recently announced that Liaoning Mobile, a fast-growing division of the telecommunications company China Mobile, has selected HP solutions and services to manage its network operations, helping to ensure a consistent, positive customer experience. [Read more…]