Features
CARRIER ETHERNET - Anyone for Divergence?
Convergence is the plat de jour in service provider thinking, but like service charges in the small print, is divergence back on the menu asks Paul Gainham
There are many who believe that Ethernet should not have
NEXT GENERATION BILLING - One-stop hybrid
As leading telecom operators take significant, albeit cautious, strides towards global 3G rollout, they are confronted by threats posed by innovative business models, increased customer demand and ever-intensifying competition. The emergence of niche players specialising in next
SOA'S - Supporting business
As industry excitement over service-oriented architectures (SOAs) continues to rise, Terry Riches looks at the benefits that SOAs can deliver and how these can be realised in the enterprise
Why are businesses adopting SOAs? Well the short
PRE-INTEGRATED BILLING AND CRM - Looking both ways
The emergence of pre-integrated CRM and billing solutions is helping operators to provide not only the highest quality service possible, but also the most straightforward, and so, says Dominic Smith, help prevent customer churn
In today’s converged telecoms
IPTV REVENUES - A Question of confidence
Searching out the reality behind the hype, Ray Dogra points out that IPTV looks likely to generate significant revenue within its first three years of service, while cautious optimism surrounds its long-term potential
More than half –
DATA TRANSFORMATION - Telecoms colonic tonic
Have you got a dirty data problem? Too embarrassed to talk about it in public? Is it sapping your business vitality? Well you're not alone, and the good news is that 2007 has been widely touted as
IPTV OPERATIONAL STRATEGY - Into the real world
IPTV technology is moving out of the laboratories, and into the commercial world. Successful IPTV deployment, however, remain elusive say Rajeev Tankha and Dr Graham Carey
As network technologies and related integration techniques mature and improve, leading
