April 2014
interview with Thomas Vasen
Mobile telecoms are eager to sell their time- and location-sensitive big data
to marketers in other industries. But a key bottleneck exists: finding
a way to efficiently access and manage the huge data voluimes involved.
In this article, a supplier of mediation software explains his firm’s
approach to tackling the problem.
August 2013
interview with Rick Aguirre
The volume of telecom network traffic is often so huge it outstrips the ability
of even “big data” engines to analyze it fast enough. In this
article, you’ll learn about a business that filters and formats very large
data sets and delivers the relevant data for applications like: data monetization,
network optimization, network peering monitoring, and unstructured data storage.
April 2013
interview with Stephen Rickaby
Mobile is still reeling from the shock of being taken out of the driver’s
seat in terms of services offered on the handset. But will telecoms
make a services come-back? This interview with an expert in the thick
of Telco 2.0 transformation action discusses the strategic issues involved and
also analyzes Oracle’s recent moves to acquire Acme Packet and Tekelec.
November 2010
interview with Michael Olbrich
Closing the B/OSS gap — getting network-facing OSS systems to communicate
with customer-facing business systems is one of telecom’s greatest challenges.
This article shows the virtue of unifying B/OSS data and processes under
a single database. Also discussed is the issue of vendor management and
choosing trusted supplier to grow with.