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Ericsson’s Ewaldsson Takes Aim at Telco ‘Conservatism’
Ulf Ewaldsson does not seem like a man facing one of the most daunting tasks in telecom. With his ready smile and lilting Swedish accent, the head of Ericsson's newish digital services business appears unflappably calm. But the company he works for is in turmoil: Following a sequence of earnings setbacks, Ericsson is desperately trying to restore profitability to historical levels
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FirstNews Briefs: SpiderCloud, AT&T, TM Forum
SpiderCloud Wireless has rolled out a new type of small cell that works across all major U.S. LTE bands. Dubbed the Frequency Agile small cell, the SCRN-220 is an enterprise-grade LTE small cell that can be software configured for 700 MHz to 2.1 Ghz spectrum in Bands 2, 25, 4, 66, 12, and 13. The cell supports channel widths of 5, 10, 15, and 20 MHz, SpiderCloud indicated. Several
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TM Forum Honors 7 Catalyst Projects at TM Forum Live! 2017
Member-driven co-creation and collaboration drive digital business innovation, transformation and real-world commercial solutions TM FORUM LIVE!, Nice, FRANCE—May 18, 2017: TM Forum, the industry association driving digital business transformation of the communications industry, today announced the winners of the 2017 Catalyst Awards. Catalysts are member-driven proof-of-concept
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Tecnotree announces two new innovative products to power the digital marketplace
Espoo, Finland – Telecoms IT solutions provider Tecnotree today introduces two new products, Tecnotree Digital Marketplace and Tecnotree Partner Lifecycle Management. The Tecnotree Digital Marketplace (DMP) brings operators new capabilities to deliver a sticky, state-of-the-art digital shopping and onboarding experience that helps drive customer engagement and revenue growth. Pa
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Telenet goes to Netcracker for digital transformation
Belgian cable company in deal following acquisition of Base mobile business Telenet has selected Netcracker to initiate a digital transformation that will see it leverage its cable and wireless assets to deliver new services to its customer base. Telenet, which is the largest cable broadband service provider in Belgium, provides a range of digital television, fixed and mobile s
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Telcos call for an end to billing
FROM TM FORUM LIVE, NICE, FRANCE: A keynote session this morning did not provide a comfortable message for an audience of OSS and BSS specialists when a panel of telco executives queried whether the telecoms industry still actually needs to send bills at all. Erik Hoving, group CTO at KPN, pointed to the difference between how telcos and over-the-top (OTT) providers charge for the
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Software launches focus on AI, analytics, 5G for operators
Vendors increase support for AI, analytics, 5G A number of product launches this week aim to help operators navigate an increasingly software-centric world by better leveraging their networks and moving toward becoming digital businesses. At TM Forum, Netcracker made its most recent platform release with the launch of Netcracker 12. The new platform expands interne
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Investors want to see digital business model differentiation, says Goldman Sachs
Telecoms investors are excited by the disruption affecting the industry, but cautious amid emerging business models, the Managing Director of Goldman Sachs’ Technology, Media and Telecom Group has said. Nick Pomponi, speaking at the opening of the TM Forum’s annual conference in France on Tuesday, said it was “one of most interesting times since the introduction of mobile”
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Ericsson Eyes Takeovers to Bolster Digital Services Unit
NICE, France -- TM Forum Live -- Ericsson is considering buying companies that could strengthen its digital services business and is predicting a "tangible turnaround" at the ailing unit next year. Speaking to Light Reading on the sidelines of this week's TM Forum Live event in Nice, Ulf Ewaldsson, who heads up the recently formed digital services business area, revealed that take
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Amdocs shows off AI and smart cities projects at TM Forum
TM Forum Live catalyst projects include Amdocs partnerships with Orange and NTT, and Bell Canada Amdocs has unveiled a number of catalyst projects around smart cities and artificial intelligence (AI). Amdocs has contributed to a smart city project, championed by Orange and NTT, which focuses on the creation of a new service provider business platform for delivering innovative a