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Sprint Ups Ante With DISH, Increases Bid for Clearwire

Craig Galbraith — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:32:00 GMT

Sprint calls this bid for the half of Clearwire it doesn't own its "best and final offer."

Telefónica Taps Tekelec for Policy, Charging

Craig Galbraith — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:29:00 GMT

Telefónica UK has chosen Tekelec to provide the Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) in its 3G and LTE core networks.

Tektronix Launches Network Probe at CTIA

Craig Galbraith — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:28:00 GMT

Tektronix says its GeoSoft RAN virtual probe is designed to help mobile service providers gain 24x7, end-to-end network visibility, with deep insight into the RAN at a fraction of previous costs.

MYCOM Unveils Special Event Management Solution

Craig Galbraith — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:27:00 GMT

MYCOM has launched an end-to-end solution for managing communication service providers’ cellular networks at special events where large numbers of people increase the demand for cellular services.

JDSU, Azimuth Team on Mobile Performance Testing

Craig Galbraith — Mon, 20 May 2013 16:53:00 GMT

JDSU and Azimuth Systems are collaborating to answer what they say is the mobile industry’s call for more efficient, effective and end-to-end test solutions.

Gigaclear Selects Netadmin's OSS Platform

Craig Galbraith — Mon, 20 May 2013 16:50:00 GMT

Gigaclear is utilizing all of the main features of NETadmin, including network monitoring, service provisioning, customer management and ticket management.

Nokia Siemens Debuts Combined Video Optimization Solution

Craig Galbraith — Mon, 20 May 2013 16:29:00 GMT

By combining the capabilities of Flexi Content Optimizer, policy management and new real-time congestion awareness, operators can match video quality to each user's device, NSN said.

Integra Picks CA for Network, Service Management

Craig Galbraith — Mon, 20 May 2013 16:16:00 GMT

Integra uses CA PM to monitor, analyze and report the real-time status and trends of its enterprise-class network consisting of a 5,000-mile long-haul fiber-optic network, a nationwide IP/MPLS network and 3,000 miles of metropolitan fiber.

Sprint Wraps Buy of U.S. Cellular Assets

Craig Galbraith — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:25:00 GMT

The carrier says this will significantly increase its network capacity and improve the customer experience in these markets.

Aptilo Streamlines Charging for 3 Scandinavia

Craig Galbraith — Fri, 17 May 2013 11:30:00 GMT

The tight integration between policy and charging functions, Aptilo said, makes real-time charging more effective with higher granularity and quicker policy decisions for all services.

Bill Shock: Children Rack Up App Purchases

Craig Galbraith — Thu, 16 May 2013 17:42:00 GMT

Eight year olds are the biggest perpetrators.

Ericsson, Accenture Named Tops in Telecom Operations Management

Craig Galbraith — Thu, 16 May 2013 16:33:00 GMT

Gartner says the TOMS market became more concentrated in 2012, with the top 20 vendors accounting for about 58 percent of total revenue, up from 56 percent the previous year.

Sprint Selects NetCracker for Supplier for Network Vision

Craig Galbraith — Wed, 15 May 2013 18:40:00 GMT

NetCracker will operate provisioning systems and manage the processes to capture, quality assure, and record critical provisioning information as Sprint continues to deploy its Network Vision Program nationwide.

Axiata Picks Clarity for CEM

Craig Galbraith — Wed, 15 May 2013 18:09:00 GMT

Clarity says its CEM solution will deliver active Quality of Experience (QoE) by collecting, correlating and graphically presenting in real-time, a broad array of transactional performance and service quality data from Axiata’s networks.

Fujitsu To Resell Centina's NetOmnia Ethernet Service Assurance

Craig Galbraith — Wed, 15 May 2013 17:53:00 GMT

By offering NetOmnia, Centina says Fujitsu can deliver on the entire Ethernet life cycle, from solution delivery to service-quality management and SLA management.

MDS 'Accelerates' Integrated Revenue, Customer Management

Craig Galbraith — Wed, 15 May 2013 17:07:00 GMT

MDS says Accelerate delivers flexibility for service providers to bring new services and business models to market quickly and effectively.

Comarch Wraps M2M Platform Implementation for Telekom Austria

Craig Galbraith — Wed, 15 May 2013 16:57:00 GMT

The Comarch M2M Platform enables Telekom Austria Group to offer M2M services internationally by supporting multiple tenants, currencies and languages.

Tektronix Co-leads TM Forum Big Data Analytics Best Practices Project

Tue, 14 May 2013 22:21:00 GMT

The project will deliver new best practices to help operators achieve big-data implementation and data extraction.

Amdocs Unveils Elastic Policy Control Solution

Tue, 14 May 2013 21:32:00 GMT

Amdocs created the new virtualization deployment options for its network control products to lower costs, improve scalability and accelerate introduction of new service models.

New Empirix Suite Combines Service Assurance, Network Analytics

Craig Galbraith — Tue, 14 May 2013 18:25:00 GMT

Empirix says the solutions suite helps mobile operators to ensure the roaming experience and maximize partnership revenues for voice, data and SMS traffic.