Service Management

Lightstorm Telecom Ventures (LTV) has deployed Ciena’s coherent optics, network management and advanced automation software to serve OTT, data centre and cloud providers across India.

Mobility solutions company Comviva and Indosat Ooredoo, Indonesia’s leading mobile operator, have announced a strategic partnership.

There’s been yet another major deal involving Amdocs in recent days. The software and services giant and Indian operator Airtel have announced plans to extend their existing partnership to deliver what is referred to as a differentiated experience to customers.

A1 Bulgaria, part of the A1 Telekom Austria Group, has announced a partnership with software and service company Amdocs to modernize and digitize its contract management and document life cycle.

Turkcell has completed the next phase of its OSS transformation using Netcracker’s suite of solutions.

Telenor Serbia and Montenegro CTO Sasa Lekovic hailed recent digital transformation efforts for preparing the operators for future revenue streams, predicting new ICT infrastructure and data leverage will become vital in this as technology evolves.

Telefónica Group’s Brazilian subsidiary Vivo has extended its contract with Netcracker for its Revenue Management and Service Activation platforms.

Bharti Airtel has renewed its agreement with Ericsson to provide pan-India managed network operations.

Huawei has announced the worldwide launch of the OceanStor Pacific Series mass storage system to deliver efficient, cost-effective and reliable services for AI, HPC, video and other mass data storage scenarios.

Kuwaiti operator Zain Kuwait has announced that it is deploying the full traffic management suite from Enea, a supplier of software components for telecommunications and cybersecurity, to amplify its 4G and 5G network deployments.

3 Indonesia has deployed Nokia’s 3G-4G dynamic spectrum sharing (DSS) technology in its live network infrastructure to dynamically extend its 4G bandwidth when the demand for 3G subsides.

MTN Benin is expanding its existing agreement with Ericsson to include network services based around analytics, artificial intelligence (AI) and automation.

Viettel, a Vietnamese multinational telecommunications company based in Hanoi, has deployed the Oscilloquartz timing solution from ADVA, a company focused on advancing next-generation communications networks, throughout Laos and Myanmar.

Huawei has launched new a new range of OceanStor 5G-Era storage solutions designed to help carriers and enterprises cope with the explosive growth of mass data in the 5G era.

Chile’s Grupo Gtd has signed a multi-year agreement to use Netcracker’s comprehensive support services for SLA management, problem lifecycle management and resolution, quality assurance and testing and more.

Egypt has plans for a new capital to replace Cairo. Indeed, a multi-billion-dollar telecommunications network is already being planned for the new capital. But who will supply it?

Viavi Solutions is working with Brazil’s regulator Anatel to evaluate and test 5G-suitable spectrum ahead of auctions that will take place in 2020.

The Saudi Arabian telecom system integration market is projected to grow from $420 million in 2018 to $683 million by 2024, according to Research & Markets.

Tele2 Russia has launched SunTech’s SunVizion Network Inventory and Planning solution to store and manage information about logical and physical network elements and optimise the processes related to network management.

Saudi Arabia’s Mobily is using Viavi’s Nitro Geo solution to boost its operational efficiency and capacity.

Digicel Group is leveraging the Incognito Fibre Service Orchestration solution to automate the provisioning, activation, and diagnostics of multi-play fibre services.

Ooredoo Palestine has upgraded and expanded its multi-year software and support agreement with Optiva Inc.

The Vietnam Telecommunications Authority has selected FPT Information System Corporation to deploy Vietnam’s first MNP solution using iconectiv’s TruNumber Portability Clearinghouse.

Hutchison 3 Indonesia has implemented Nokia's Spectral Performance Management solution to increase its network efficiency and boost customer experience.

Suntech has signed a non-exclusive business alliance agreement with Cyient, a provider of engineering, manufacturing, geospatial, digital, network and operations management solutions.

Nokia and Tencent, one of China's leading providers of Internet services, have signed an agreement to carry out joint research and development work to explore the potential of 5G for the provision of new applications.