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There was a time when it was pretty simple. String some wires. Put a switchboard in the middle to route calls. Presto. You’ve got a telephone network. There weren’t really any options for customers on which network to select, and calling outside of North America prior to the TAT cables generally proved difficult and expensive. However, things have changed for the better. More choice. Worldwide networks. The customer never had so many options. But what about the service providers?
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M.A.D. & corporate redirections
It is a well-oiled joke that the acronym for Mergers, Acquisitions, & Divestitures (MAD) is also the acronym for Mutual Assured Distraction (the 20th Century rationale for the nuclear arms race). Much has been written elsewhere about how corporate telecom MAD resulted in enormous numbers of competing applications performing OSS and BSS functions, often with significant overlap and duplicate or contradictory data.
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This month, Pipeline took the time to speak with Andrew Feinberg, CEO of NetCracker. He had a bit to say about trends in the OSS industry, why NetCracker’s critics have it all wrong, and how he wants to give you a job.
Q: In a few sentences, can you describe what NetCracker has that other players in the OSS space do not?
A: What you certainly know, having been following the space, is that carriers are going through a remarkable change today...
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"revenues go missing"
Service providers need the tools to recoup lost revenue opportunities in an increasingly complex network arena
The large, internationally known service provider can provide the quadruple play, differentiate itself in a competitive landscape and boast a highly evolved network.
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The Distance Race for Today’s Service Providers
Less than one percent of the U.S. population.
That’s how many people across the country completed a 26-mile, 385-yard journey on foot last year. That trek, more commonly known as a marathon, is often hailed as the ultimate endurance accomplishment.
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As industries collide, will telecoms players swim to a rosy future, or sink beneath the rising tide of convergence?
Driven by a combination of well-documented factors we are, for better or worse, amid a wave of convergence and consolidation in the telecoms market. One of the hidden effects of headline-grabbing M&A activity is the profound implications it has on the business processes of the companies involved, and the IT systems that support these processes.
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Avoiding Snares:
“In the survival of favoured individuals and races, during the constantly-recurring struggle for existence, we see a powerful and ever-acting form of selection.” -Charles Darwin
It’s a dangerous world out there. Darwinism is alive and well in the telecommunications industry. In fact, the situation may even be a little harsher in the telecom world.
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