December 2008 - Transformation Reality Check

With revenue growth in traditional services lagging, content management is at the heart of any service provider and media/entertainment company revenue growth strategy, and any telecom operator that is in the midst of a technology transformation should have a robust content delivery and management strategy as part of the underlying planning. Successful content delivery requires a multi-step ordering, delivery and revenue management strategy that integrates the carrier OSS/BSS with the content provider's...

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...