OAM&P/OSS

Service providers struggling to figure out why their bottom line isn’t matching up to their sales numbers might have to look no further than their revenue assurance tools — if they have any, that is. According to a new survey conducted by the nonprofit TM Forum and vendor cVidya Networks, the lack of certain resources is the biggest contributor to ...

Analysys Mason analyst Patrick Kelly said in his recent “Service Assurance Market Review – June 2009,” he sees a 5.3 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for service assurance through 2013, pushing the market from a worth of $2.28 billion last year to $2.94 billion.“The growth rate is not setting the world on fire at just over 5 percent,” Kelly ...

Blueslice Networks has introduced what it calls the world’s first fully-integrated 3GPP HLR, IMS HSS and WiMAX AAA server, on its CSP 3000 platform.The latest software release includes the capability to act as a WiMAX Authentication, Authorization and Accounting server as standardized by the WiMAX Forum NWG specifications. It is compliant with both fixed (802.16d) and mobile (802.16e) WiMAX implementations.WiMAX ...

The Telx CBX event in New York last week harked back to the heydays of telecom, while at the same time pointing out the future. There was a buzz in the air as the busy show floor turned into a dynamic meeting place between service providers – large and small – working out new wholesaling arrangements to gain market access ...

Accedian Networks introduced Tuesday the Vision EMS, a workflow-automation and element management system for Ethernet services designed to reduce new service provisioning time from weeks to minutes.The Vision EMS manages Carrier Ethernet services enabled and assured by the company's EtherNID and MetroNID units. The system automatically provisions new units and related services upon installation, eliminating error-prone on-site configuration, while integrating with ...