B/OSS Articles

Broadband Stimulus Funding Questions Answered

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:34:10 PDT

The Rural Utilities Service and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration on July 1 released a 121-page “notice of funds availability” for the broadband economic stimulus initiative. Myriad details are explained throughout the document; for service providers and their partners, perhaps the most important, immediate, aspects surround the definition of ...(332 words)

Floundering Financials? Check Revenue Assurance Model

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:24:40 PDT

Service providers struggling to figure out why their bottom line isn’t matching up to their sales numbers might have to look no further than their revenue assurance tools — if they have any, that is. According to a new survey conducted by the nonprofit TM Forum and vendor cVidya Networks, ...(441 words)

VoIP Fraud Takes Its ‘Toll’

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:48:03 PDT

VoIP toll fraud is increasing, experts say, and that’s largely because of the recession. The bad economy has hit so many companies so hard that network security spending no longer is top of mind, a circumstance that just invites hackers. To that end, a recent vendor-funded study shows VoIP toll ...(512 words)

Service Assurance Market Takes a Hit

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:13:18 PDT

Just as the telecom industry has not been as hard hit by the current economy as it was by the dot-com-led bust in 2000, neither is it likely to experience the same exhilarating growth rates when things turn in a more positive direction next year as research firm Analysys Mason ...(734 words)

Maximizing Value by Managing Mobile Content Risk

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:48:11 PDT

Communication providers continue to drive mobile content revenues as part of larger financial and market plans. More specifically, they leverage mobile content as a way to protect average revenue per user (ARPU) performance, compete in the mobile and “quad play” markets, and drive customer lifetime value. In fact, providers and ...(1041 words)

Hank Riner: The Attention Grabber

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:23:34 PDT

Efficiency and accuracy may be the historic hallmarks of a good transaction document company, but in a world competing for your customers’ attention the new hallmark may be marketing. OSG Billing Services’ new CEO Hank Riner is somewhat of a marketing guru, having designed the first online campaign planner for ...(1014 words)

Providers: How Nokia Siemens-Nortel Could Affect You

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:03:00 PDT

Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN), the prospective buyer of Nortel Networks’ (NT) wireless assets, has work to do once the deal closes – that is, if NSN isn’t outbid by another company before the end of July. CDMA subscribership is growing in Africa, China and India, especially, and LTE is gaining ground ...(277 words)

A Lesson in Royalty

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:14:08 PDT

We’re not much for royalty here in the U.S. ever since we fought that war to get away from it. But we should be more receptive to royalties, those small, but deserved payments that belong to the rightful owners of digital content.If the excuse has been that it’s too difficult ...(881 words)

Communication Wholesale Business in Latin America

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:21:30 PDT

Ten years after the launch of Virgin Mobile in the U.K. as the first mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), the world has seen the rise and fall of many virtual operators across mature markets. For more than a decade, virtual operators and licensed communication service providers (CSPs) have sought to ...(1561 words)

Investors Banking on Mobile Banking

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:03:02 PDT

Could mobile banking finally be making inroads in the U.S. market? A series of major investments this year could make you think that it is.Just last week, mobile payment startup Boku – which calls itself the Visa or Mastercard of the cell phone world – said it has grabbed $13 ...(270 words)