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Practically every network investment by operators these days is focused around updates that make it quicker, easier, more efficient and more profitable to roll out new services. From marketing and billing to policy and provisioning, operators and CSPs around the world are taking a hard look at the smartest way to evolve into an organization that can respond in real time to user needs and demands.... More Info

Now that telecommunications markets are saturated (or super-saturated) in most of the developed world, what is the next move for the agile communication services provider (CSP)? Sure, 4G LTE still has a ways to go in Europe, there is room for growth in enterprise, and premium-services and data plans will puff up revenues; but in the country each operator calls home, the number of subscribers and the absolute rate of traditional service growth is finite and constrained.... More Info

To say that network virtualization has been disruptive to the network equipment manufacturers' (NEMs) business, feels a bit paltry. Asking gear makers like Cisco, Oracle, Nokia, Huawei, and their fellow competitors to suddenly reinvent themselves as software companies is a little like asking Toyota to get into the oil business.... More Info

The story of power consumption and its relation to computational power is nothing short of astounding. When the first general purpose computer, the ENIAC, was introduced in 1946, it consumed 150 kilowatts of power, cost $6 million (adjusted for inflation), and operated at a pokey 100 kilohertz.... More Info

Interoperability: the future depends on it. Interoperability is the new telecom imperative.... More Info