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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
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Artificial intelligence and smart city Catalyst projects shown at TM Forum Live! in Nice to promote quality of life
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AT&T eyes large slice of the smart city pie
FROM TM FORUM LIVE, NICE, FRANCE: The different connectivity options set to underpin smart cities of the future are expected to account for between 5 per cent and 10 per cent of the total smart city value chain, providing a multi-billion dollar opportunity for operators such as AT&T which are already investing heavily in this area. So explained Mike Zeto (pictured), general m
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Open Source an ‘Overrated Necessity,’ Says PCCW
NICE, France -- TM Forum Live -- If open source has swiftly become the latest religious practise in the telecom industry, it is still attracting its share of skeptics and unbelievers. Some were on display at this week's annual TM Forum Live conference in Nice, where Shahar Steiff, an assistant vice president at Hong Kong's PCCW, described open source as an "overrated necessity" in