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The industry is expanding at an unprecedented pace and showing no signs of slowing. In fact, it would seem the pace is accelerating particularly in key areas such as big data, customer experience management, security, and artificial intelligence technologies.... More Info

As the world goes digital, the role of Digital Service Provider (DSP) becomes decidedly different than that of a traditional communication service provider (CSP). Moving up the value chain to deliver the end-to-end, “put together” digital services that both businesses and consumers are demanding requires a cultural and operational shift that encompasses everything and everyone from the core of the network to the partners providing applications and content.... More Info

2017 is becoming the year of software-defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV). Boosted by early adoption from carriers such as AT&T, communications service providers (CSPs) are beginning to ramp investments in the NFV and SDN ecosystems to the tune of $158 billion by 2021, according to research firm Technology Business Research.... More Info

Picture this: Two roads diverge in a wood. One signpost reads, “Customers.” The other reads, “Service.” Unlike the sorry traveler in that Robert Frost poem, telcos must find a way to travel both.... More Info

The telecommunications industry is going through a period of radical transformation. The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) 3GPP/3GPP2 specifications enabled standards compliant networks that transmitted voice, data and video within very closed systems.... More Info