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AT&T, Orange and TIM work together on virtualisation
Three operators join with five vendors in TM Forum catalyst for rapid service innovation AT&T, Orange and TIM have partnered up to sponsor a project aimed at developing a framework for rapid service innovation in virtual networks. The project, which was unveiled at this year’s TM Forum Live, is part of the joint agile development (JAD) catalyst and demonstrates how networ
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Spirent collaborates with industry leaders to enable rapid service innovation in virtual networks
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Operators team up for another project aimed at pushing virtualisation innovation
AT&T, Orange and TIM are co-sponsoring a new vendor project aimed at developing speedier innovation within virtual networks. The Joint Agile Development (JAD) catalyst project, which was announced at this year's TM Forum conference in France, comprises Huawei, IBM, IT services provider Infosys, test and measurement company Spirent and IT solutions provider Tech Mahindra. JAD'
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KPN is on six-year ‘killing silo’ mission
FROM TM FORUM LIVE, NICE, FRANCE: European operator KPN is halfway through its ‘simplification’ programme of business and operational transformation, and arguably faces some of its biggest challenges ahead as it braces for a complete overall of its core operations. Bouke Hoving, EVP of simplification and innovation at the Dutch incumbent, said KPN is pleased with the progress
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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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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”