Recent conversations with OSS/BSS vendors and several Tier 1 communications service providers after TM Forum's Telemanagement World Americas conference in Orlando provided me with some positive news, this amongst the ongoing deluge of sour global economic news that we get bombarded with on a daily basis. The overall picture is that the current economic climate for the communications industry, while challenging, isn't showing signs of implosion like we saw during the 2001-2002 Internet bubble...