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Our customers benefit as their systems integration costs go down while system performance, reliability and security go up.” Sun’s Board of Directors unanimously approved the transaction, which is expected to close this summer. (By the way, in Greek mythology, the Oracle at Delphi was the mouthpiece of Apollo, who was the god of, among other things, the Sun. This is one story in which a Classics degree and a business degree go hand-in-hand.)
TMForum announced the release of MTOSI 2.0, a “Multi-Technology Operations System Interface” that is meant to simplify integration by providing all the specifications needed throughout the development lifecycle. MTOSI 2.0 packages the widest range of management interfaces in an integrated suite, including functions in the Business Process Framework (eTOM), Resource Management and Operations (RM&O), and Service Management and Operations (SM&O) areas. You can see MTOSI 2.0 in action when Chunghwa Telecom, in cooperation with Telcordia, demonstrates its use of the product at Management World 2009 in Nice.
RIM had excellent results in Q4 due to the BlackBerry Bold and BlackBerry Storm handhelds, which helped increase revenue 84% and allowed RIM to build its own “BlackBerry App World,” where subscribers can download plenty of applications for their BlackBerries. Q4 ended up far exceeding initia expectations giving RIM good hope for an excellent Q1, boosting its stock prices. This is
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yet another indication of the ever-increasing demand for multi-use handsets, and CSPs should take care to ensure that their OSS/BSS systems can match the demands of customers sporting these newfangled gadgets.
On the other hand, Nokia’s Q1 results say that their operating profit decreased 96% from Q1 in 2008. Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, Nokia’s CEO, stated in the Q1 report that, in regards to “the health of the overall mobile device market, the inventory already in the sales channels decreased substantially during Q1 due to extensive destocking by operators and distributors. This adversely impacted our sales volumes in the quarter. However, it has also resulted in the demand picture becoming more predictable as we enter the second quarter."
On April 14, the IMS Forum announced the formation of a new BSS/OSS and Security Working Group. This group will focus on the operation and management of converged IMS/NGN applications and services delivered over wireless (3G, LTE), wireline (DSL, optical) and cable broadband. It will ensure that converged applications and services will have timely and complete support from provisioning, billing and management systems. HP will chair the group, supported by vice-chairs Comverse and Mu Dynamics. "We have learned through the course of our last 6 Plugfests that billing, OSS, and security play an integral role in the successful implementation of integrated communications services," said Michael Khalilian, Chairman and President for the IMS Forum.
And for those of you keeping track of show successes, The Cable Show 2009 has reported their attendance numbers. Despite preshow announcements that they expected a 20% attendance drop from last year, the final attendance tally turned out to be 12,209, with a total of twenty OSS/BSS companies present on the exhibit floor. This ended up being a slight increase over the official 2008 attendance of 12,100.
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