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Amdocs unveils 5G-native charging platform

The new convergent charging solution combines Amdocs and Openet expertise, said the company This week, Amdocs unveiled Amdocs Charging, a new charging solution that the company says will help Communication Service Providers (CSPs) get a faster return on their 5G investments. The company says the new...

Amdocs pays $180 million for BSS specialist Openet

Amdocs gaining deeper bench in 5G policy, charging and data management Amdocs announced on July 23 it will acquire Openet for $180 million with the transaction slated for completion before the end of the year. Amdocs, which counts more than 350 service provider customers around...

Orange, HPE automate 5G slicing for Industry 4.0; HPE opens global 5G test lab

Orange and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) have demonstrated 5G network slicing in a robot-powered Industry 4.0 setup. The pair said they will expand the demo into an “end-to-end campus trial” as they plot its broader availability. HPE has also announced a new 5G lab...

Why agility will be at the heart of 5G monetization (Reader Forum)

As the 5G digital services race begins, we now find communication service providers (CSPs) at various stages of planning, designing or deploying new infrastructure. The range of potential 5G use cases are huge. Everything from gaming to smart factories to VR-based entertainment. Unlike in...

Samsung demos standalone 5G core interoperability

In a new step toward an ecosystem for standalone 5G, Samsung has demonstrated multi-vendor interoperability in a 5G SA core. Samsung has been collaborating with Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Openet on its 5G SA core, and the three companies said that they have achieved "successful...

Orange Poland integrates Openet virtual solutions

Orange Poland virtualizes business and customer support systems to compete in digital market Openet, Ireland’s largest privately held tech firm that develops software for telecom service providers, recently announced Orange Poland, a Polish telecommunications provider, has started using virtualized versions of its policy manager and...

Reality Check: What AT&T’s Time Warner acquisition says about the big data challenge

Big data and how telecom operators can extract information from their growing collection of services is set to determine success in the market. AT&T’s recent announcement that it is to acquire Time Warner for the eye-watering sum of $85 billion underlines two things:...

OPNFV project welcomes 3 new members, Brahmaputra remains on track

OPNFV project adds members as it plans for second release scheduled for next month The Linux Foundation’s Open Platform Network Function Virtualization Project claimed a trio of new members as it looks to bolster its focus on “carrier-grade, integrated, open source reference platform intended to...

Openet looks to boost NFV adoption with free VNF manager software

Openet claims free access to its open software designed to hasten NFV adoption Business support systems platform provider Openet is planning to offer its VNF Lifecycle Manager software for free beginning in March. Openet said beginning March 31, it will provide free access to the software...

2016 Predictions: Content, Wi-Fi, BSS and NFV set to change industry

Openet predicts content partnerships, Wi-Fi, BSS and NFV will alter mobile space in 2016 Editor’s Note: With 2016 now upon us, RCR Wireless News has gathered predictions from leading industry analysts and executives on what they expect to see in the new year. Content partnerships 2.0 Data...

Reader Forum: Mobile operators – are they preparing for the digital battle?

The number of traditional “pure-play” mobile operators is in decline as global consolidation continues at pace. Despite declining operator numbers, competition has never been so fierce – it’s just coming from non-traditional players in the market. The battle between operators and over-the-top players is...

Reader Forum: Taking INs out – next-generation BSS for LTE

One of the biggest challenges facing communications service providers today is how to best monetize mobile data and avoid data becoming a commodity. To do so effectively, CSPs need to look at the value that data enables and not just think of pricing based...

NFV/SDN Reality Check – Episode 13: Combining network functions to meet carrier-grade needs

On this week’s NFV/SDN Reality Check we talked with Thomas Vasen, subscriber experience evangelist at Procera Networks, and Gerry Donohoe, director of solutions engineering at Openet, about the impact network functions virtualization is having on policy and charging systems. https://youtu.be/T7klZF6g8Ao With virtualization already...

Reader Forum: The evolution of content partnerships

Editor’s Note: In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this Reader Forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible, but we maintain some editorial control...