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"Taming the Most Unpredictable Frontier"

A few years back one of the authors stuck their neck out and predicted that networks would soon be a thousand times larger, and that growth would have a significant impact on features, services – and on the OSS infrastructure.  The OSS community was urged to start planning OSS systems that could handle the growth.  Well, as we now all know, the “bubble burst”; growth of new networks and new services slowed dramatically, and the author got some grief for that prediction.  In this case, however being right or wrong just swings on your definition of “soon.”

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“Capitalizing on Technology Improvement”

How’s your health?  Had your blood pressure checked lately?  Getting that annual physical annually?  Eating right and getting regular exercise?  Taking all your medications?

Good thing we don’t ask these questions of our existing generation networks.  They would mostly fail the checkup, and a few would be transferred directly to intensive care.

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"The Future of Detection and Classification"

With the increased deployment of high-speed (“broadband”) Internet connectivity, a growing number of businesses and individuals are using the Internet for voice telephony. The proprietary VoIP system that is having the most dramatic impact on carriers’ revenue streams and network security is Skype.  It uses a unique peer-to-peer technology, making it especially challenging for carriers to identify, classify and manage associated traffic.

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"Convergence that Works"

Internal and external forces of convergence are taking hold of the telecommunications industry. Consolidation of local and national voice services dramatically changed the telecom landscape, as competition flourished. Now, voice and data services are converging rapidly. Soon, customers will be able to access any content or application seamlessly from a multitude of networks, using any device of their choosing.

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"The Foundation of Customer-Centric IMS"

IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) is expected to radically alter the way in which communications services are delivered and accessed.  By facilitating a single, coherent network capable of delivering services across a variety of access channels, IMS will enable operators to break from their traditional reliance on separate networks for fixed and mobile voice, data and video services.

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"The Road to IMS through Advanced OSS"

Many service providers and other players in the telecommunications industry are talking about IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) as if its success is already a foregone conclusion.  It certainly may be the case.  The IMS network architecture – if properly implemented – offers an answer to the demands of both consumers and providers.  As our communications technology progresses, consumers have come to demand an increasingly varied and individualized set of services and content.

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"The Brain of the IMS Nervous System"

With the adoption of IMS, communication service providers (CSPs) will have the network building blocks necessary to deliver compelling, real-time, content-rich services to their customers quickly and more cost-effectively.

We believe that OSS solutions need the depth of functionality and extreme flexibility to fully utilize this new technology and for CSPs to be successful.

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"New Frontiers - New Thinking "

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