OSS News Review is proud to announce the first-ever OSS Visibility Index, rankings of the most visible companies and products and services in the telecom OSS/BSS industry.

The OSS Visibility Index is published on a monthly basis and comes in two parts. The first part of the OSS Visibility Index consists of the rankings of the companies that were most visible online during the reporting period. The second part of the OSS Visibility Index consists of the rankings of the OSS products and services that were most popular during the reporting period. This first installment of the OSS Visibility Index includes data compiled during May, 2008.

The company OSS Visibility Index rankings for May 2008 include:

1. Metasolv
2. Amdocs
3. Comptel
4. Convergys
5. Comverse
6. Openet
7. Subex
8. Redknee
9. Netcracker
10. Intec Billing
11. Cramer
12. Azure Solutions
13. Cerillion
14. Appium Aepona
15. Megasoft
16. Cvidya
17. Volubill
18. Tribold
19. Vallent
20. Cape Technologies
21. Metratech
22. Tangoe
23. Syndesis
24. Sicap
25. Telarix
26. Highdeal
27. First Hop
28. Tech Mahindra
29. Maxbill
30. Huawei Technologies

The company OSS Visibility Index focuses specifically on the companies in the OSS industry. Rankings are based on many factors. Data is compiled on a regular basis from several online sources, including OSS News Review internal data.

The industry product and service OSS Visibility Index rankings for May 2008 include:

1. billing
2. revenue assurance
3. interconnect billing
4. call detail record
5. revenue
6. service assurance
7. telecom billing
8. mvno
9. telecom mediation
10. convergent billing
11. revenue leakage
12. clearing
13. rating
14. mediation telecom
15. service fulfillment
16. mediation
17. call detail records
18. mvne
19. interconnect telecom
20. telecom audit
21. carrier access billing
22. carrier access billing system
23. call detail record format
24. call data record
25. oss billing
26. revenue assurance telecom
27. convergent charging
28. revenue assurance system
29. telecom fraud
30. telecom service management

While the industry product and service OSS Visibility Index focuses on products and services provided by OSS companies, OSS News Review found it helpful to include data that does not necessarily describe an OSS industry specific product or service.