Revenue & Billing

In many emerging markets, communication service providers (CSPs) are often the biggest technology companies present, with the largest data centres and IT infrastructures in any given country or area. CSPs are therefore well placed to respond to the increase in demand for data resulting from the rapid deployment of the internet in emerging economies, whether via mobile or otherwise...

Across much of the EMEA region there is an increasing demand for managed network rollouts. With such a large investment, providers need to monitor the physical assets of their networks with care, ensuring that sites are maintained and managed correctly. Just as important as keeping track of stock, however, is ascertaining the available connectivity...

If knowledge is power, then data is currency in today’s world. Cyber crime has become more lucrative than the drug trade, and businesses understand that security is of the utmost importance in protecting their data...

Database security is possibly the most important and complex implementation project any organisation will undertake. Not only is it critical to ensure that information contained within the database is secure from a host of external threats, including viruses, phishing scams and the like, the need for internal security is also increasing...

As technology has advanced, applications and technology solutions have increasingly been built using open systems. This has made it possible to connect disparate security solutions on a single security management platform easily and cost effectively...

Unwanted advertising, or spam, has long been an aspect of email that is begrudgingly accepted – but with the global proliferation of mobile internet, it is fast becoming an unwelcome reality on mobile devices as well. DT editor James Barton spoke to Cloudmark’s Alan Ranger about how spam is affecting the way that mobile users worldwide perceive their devices, how users in emerging markets are particularly vulnerable, and what can be done to curb the growth of spam and malware in the mobile sector...

Three Asian units of the Norwegian operator group Telenor are to share a “unique cross-border billing platform initiative”...

The market leading telecommunications provider in Israel has launched a new hybrid cloud-based solution for managed storage and data protection...

A leading operator in Uganda is upgrading its messaging platforms with enhanced security to protect its subscribers from unsolicited spam messages...

Poland’s market leading operator has implemented a platform of multi-threat network security appliances to help secure its internal networks against external threats...

The Egyptian market-leading operator is implementing a solution to improve the reliability and security of its network...

Saudi Arabian subscribers will soon be able to benefit from cloud security services as a result of a new partnership...

Kuwaiti internet service provider Zajil will soon offer its customers cloud-delivered web security as value-added service...

Customers of Vodacom Tanzania are now able to benefit from more flexible billing options...

Turkey’s only GSM 1800 mobile operator, Avea, is integrating a new solution to provide accurate billing and settlement and prudent accrual provisioning...

A new payment solution which allows customers to purchase SIM cards, top up pre-paid phones and pay bills is launching across the Middle East and Africa...

The first Israeli mobile operator to partner with MVNO carriers has selected a new integrated end-to-end billing solution for MVNOs...

A leading operator in the Cook Islands is deploying a new fraud management system to crack down on fraudulent activity...

A new comprehensive web security appliance has been unveiled by Blue Coat Systems. The ProxyOne appliance brings the same enterprise-class Web security used by 88% of the FORTUNE Global 500 to organisations that require a low-touch solution at a lower price point...

An international competitive carrier in Israel has deployed a convergent prepaid and postpaid charging solution from LogNet Systems...

Nigeria’s Sterling Bank has launched a new SMS fraud protection service, in line with the trend of African banks taking advantage of the ubiquity of mobile phones to interact with their customers and enlist their help in monitoring card activity for fraudulent charges...

Azur Congo Brazzaville, a subsidiary of group operator Bintel Ltd, has increased its investment in Redknee’s billing and customer care solution in response to the fast customer acquisition it has experienced since it launched in September 2010...

Sourabh Kaushal, Principal Consultant at Analysys Mason, looks at how equipment providers can overcome the issue of stringent government security.

 Companies that use Telefónica O2 in the Czech Republic for broadband Internet access now have more control and greater security over the service. The operator has chosen to deploy Nokia Siemens Networks’ security-as-a-service at a fixed monthly fee. The service helps organizations to protect their infrastructure, data and staff cost efficiently...

GTS Poland has commissioned Comarch to provide its Convergent Billing tool in order to improve its billing process and facilitate the swift launch of new services...

Einar Lindquist, CEO of Teligent Telecom, offers his views on the problem of incompleted calls, and how a good strategy can help network operators to maximise revenues and increase subscriber stickiness.

Azur Congo Brazzaville, a subsidiary of group operator Bintel, has agreed a multimillion dollar contract with the billing & charging solutions provider Redknee as it prepares to launch services in the Republic of Congo...

The Indian government’s security concerns over the country’s telecommunications networks have featured prominently in recent telecoms news, but what exactly are the implications of India’s proposed security measures? Is India right to be concerned about the possibility its networks being hijacked by foreign vendors or operators? Where do the roots of these concerns lie? And what can be done to resolve this issue?

A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) aimed at promoting international cooperation on cybersecurity has been signed between the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) and the Malaysia-based International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber Threats (IMPACT)...

Columbus Communications Inc., a Curacao-based Cable MSO, has recruited Cerillion Technologies to support its operations across several countries, predominantly in the CALA region...

In an initiative to harness common responses to face a global challenge, the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO, the London-based premier ICT agency of the Commonwealth) is organising a cyber-security forum on 17-18 June 2010 in London, in partnership with the UK Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) and the UK’s Office of Cyber-Security (OCS). The forum promises to bring together high level delegates and key decision makers from the public and private sectors together with the civil society from across the Commonwealth, to promote international cooperation in cyber-security...

Subex, which provides Operations and Business Support Systems (OSS/BSS) for CSPs (Communications Service Providers), is set to strengthen its presence in Latin America. It is to provide its ROC fraud management system under a contract with Telefónica Ingeniería de Seguridad (TIS), who are acting for Movistar Colombia...