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Telcos need significant innovation to address their key challenges of: generating new revenue streams, reducing the energy consumption of networks, managing complexity (which is different from reducing complexity) and making networks more robust to vendor failures, cyber-attacks and environmental extremes (e.g., floods, high temperatures, hurricanes).... More Info

Mitigating risk and compliance for lawful intercept using lawful intelligence is explored in this Pipeline article feature SS8. Learn how CSPs can comply with lawful intercept regulation, while empowering law information with critical, real-time data.... More Info

The world’s eyes are already looking forward to the potential of 6G. Demands resulting from innovative use cases, for instance specific requirements from different industries and other user groups, as well as overarching goals like sustainability, are driving the standardization and development of mobile technologies.... More Info

Providing an AI-driven network and customer experience and a 360-degree view of the customer journey, including use cases such as gaming, is explored in this Pipeline article by Nokia.... More Info

Space, the final frontier. That might sound familiar, and today, we have a chance to hear from some of the pioneers of space exploration, who are making lunar communication, extraterrestrial networks, and even colonies on the moon, a not-too-distant reality.... More Info

In this Pipeline exclusive, “Becoming 5G-Ready,” Andy Penley of ZenFi Networks discusses 5G network infrastructure, and shares insights on what is needed to realize the potential of 5G. Andy is Vice President, Wireless Solutions at ZenFi Networks.... More Info

In this article George explores artificial intelligence, or AI, for high-performance computing in data centers, its unique properties, and the use cases it enables for research and beyond. Whether deployed on premises, in the cloud, or at the edge.... More Info

In this Pipeline exclusive, titled “A 5G Revolution: Networks of the Future,” the CEO and cofounder of ZenFi Networks, Ray LaChance discusses the drivers, infrastructure, and ecosystem needed to fulfill the promise of 5G.... More Info

In 5G, the new Location Services architecture provides more network-based positioning technologies that have significantly advanced and are far more precise. Completely new techniques are used to determine vertical position (i.e., z-axis) and location data has become a much more powerful tool for law enforcement agencies.... More Info

WiTCOM deploys open multi-vendor solution to power smart city initiative.
Secure open platform powers edge cloud for IoT, video and next-gen services: With network functions virtualization (NFV) and universal CPE (uCPE), smart city operators like WiTCOM can rapidly and efficiently deploy next-generation services. And once the uCPE servers and software are deployed, the operator can use it as a platform for innovation.... More Info

Is your global WAN DevOps friendly?
Telia Carrier's SD-WAN service helps drive network agility and continuity to support the enterprise adoption of DevOps.... More Info

Pipeline had the opportunity to meet with Ray LaChance from ZenFi Networks to discuss small cell densification for 5G wireless networks at Mobile World Congress Americas.... More Info

Pipeline had the opportunity to meet with Ed D’Agostino, Vice President of DE-CIX North America, to discuss low-latency, SLA-backed interconnect fabric at INCOMPAS Event 2018.... More Info

Pipeline had the opportunity to meet with Mobeen Khan from AT&T to discuss the evolution of IoT Services at Mobile World Congress Americas.... More Info

Pipeline had the opportunity to meet with Victoria Lamberth, Chief Revenue Officer of ZenFi Networks, to discuss its acquisition of CrossRiver Fiber and its new fiber network called network of neighborhood networks, at INCOMPAS Event 2018.... More Info

The Internet of Things (IoT) is not new. Neither is the rapid rise of connected devices or customers’ demands for instantaneous service.... More Info

Pipeline had the opportunity to meet with Gary Knee, Head of Software of CHR Solutions, to discuss transformation of legacy systems into single, carrier-grade platforms, at INCOMPAS Event 2018.... More Info

Pipeline had the opportunity to meet with Ilissa Miller, President & CEO of iMiller PR and NEDAS, to discuss transformation to new communication channels, at INCOMPAS Event 2018.... More Info

Pipeline had the opportunity to meet with James D. Taylor, Director of Carrier Services of Bluebird Network, to discuss broadband connectivity for rural communities to grow and thrive, at INCOMPAS Event 2018.... More Info

Pipeline had the opportunity to meet with Neeraj Patel from Radisys to discuss Edge computing at Mobile World Congress Americas.... More Info

Pipeline had the opportunity to meet with Chris Winslow from Flex to discuss next generation, digital innovation in Telecom at Mobile World Congress Americas.... More Info

Rapid provisioning. Significant agility.... More Info

As Communications Service Providers (CSPs) worldwide launch digital services, business transformation will be critical to not only extending digital services at the right place and time to reach digital consumers, but having the entire CSP organization, including its people, processes and technologies, aligned to do the same.

The Transforming for Digital survey, conducted by Pipeline Market Research for CSG International, polled approximately 100 Communications Service Providers (CSPs) worldwide to discover the state of digital transformation in the industry; the challenges and priorities along the path to transformation and; what CSPs need to successfully transform their business into a Digital Service Provider (DSP) model.

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Since the company’s inception in 2005, Mobily had addressed its OSS/BSS application requirements with in- house research and development, opting not to deploy COTS software from external vendors. As the business grew Mobily began to experience several challenges in the OSS/BSS area...... More Info

The needs of business customers have always been a primary concern for communications service providers (CSPs) because of the significant revenue potential. Enterprise business services contribute a considerable portion of revenue and, in some cases, represent as high as about a third of Tier 1 CSPs’ revenue.... More Info

Chorus, New Zealand‟s largest telecoms infrastructure company embarked on a major fibre implementation plan to make ultra-fast broadband available to more than 830 000 homes. To support its wholesale business, Chorus also needed to implement a modern fibre service fulfilment system, including order management, logical inventory, and activation.... More Info

Consumers and employees are quickly developing new habits when it comes to data usage. Not only do they consume more, they use several devices – often at the same time – to access the content or applications they want.... More Info

Fast analytics over slow data might sound like an oxymoron because when we talk about fast analytics, we relate to its applicability only for data that is fast moving and where we need faster response time for actions. For communications service providers (CSPs), the Internet of Things (IoT) sensors and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) devices bring a different challenge.... More Info

Communications Service Providers (CSPs) are inundated by the explosion of traffic from their networks. Subscribers expect personalized offerings, ubiquitous access, broad choices, and a reliable, seamless experience.... More Info

In this whitepaper you will learn: What are the potential benefits of implementing Network Function Virtualization (NFV)and software-defined networking (SDN)? How to transform the (access) network towards a distributed cloud platform capable to reshape itself dynamically to better serve customer applications?... More Info