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Network data collection and analytics provides the insights needed for a smooth transition
New networks and new services mean we’re now entering a different industry to traditional telecoms. What’s needed are data collection and analytics capabilities so communications service providers (CSPs) can assess their performance, monitor their progress and take proactive action. Here, Claudio Mazzuca, the vice president of the Transport & Service Assurance Division at E
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Globalstar taps CSG for next-gen satellite services
Globalstar has selected CSG International as the revenue and customer management solution provider for its second-generation service launch in the first half of 2016.Globalstar's second-generation satellite constellation and next-generation ground network will offer enhanced services such as increased data speeds, adding to its existing advanced messaging, geo-location, GPS, and wi
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Catalyst program takes off
Remember the first time you flew? The plane felt excitingly fast as it headed down the runway, then the pilot hit the throttle to take off and suddenly it’s a whole new ball game. Last week at TM Forum’s Action Week in Lisbon, that’s how I felt about the Forum’s proof-of-concept Catalyst program.Catalyst projects exist to accelerate progress on a specific business issue by
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Smart city OSS
A great friend of mine, Evan, and I recently caught up with Mike Lawrey, the Chairman of the TM Forum. Mike spoke to us about some interesting initiatives the TM Forum has in the pipeline, including some that build upon the success of theirSmart City Forum.You may have noticed that I regularly discuss the future of OSS spreading from operations into digital ecosystems. I envisage t
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Dive into Apache Hadoop open source technology
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TM Forum Catalyst program awakes with a roar
The TM Forum Catalyst Program has always been a bit of a sleeping giant. It has been around a long time and has been growing in importance and popularity steadily, but this year the giant has awoken with a mighty roar.It is easy to understand why. Catalysts are projects that set out to solve a problem/challenge or create a solution that will benefit not only the parties involved
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ETSI NFV ISG said meeting was first to bring together standards, open source community
The European Telecommunications Standards Institute recently concluded an industry workshop designed to align cloud- and network- centric initiatives behind the move towards the deployment of network functions virtualization through automation.The event, hosted by CableLabs in Louisville, Colorado, was the work of ETSI’s Industry Specification Group for NFV and included attendanc