Aligning with Customers' Needs:
Challenges to Successful Billing Transformation
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It seems that every telco is currently undertaking a transformation program of some form. However, every organization is different, and transformation is as much about procedural and cultural change as it is about systems. This means there is no standard approach or methodology for getting it done. Instead, a telco must clearly...
Telecom Reform Hits Snag
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Telecom policy reform in Washington this fall took a sudden turn in the direction of deep quagmire as House backers of new pro-Bell legislation stirred howls of protest across a wide spectrum of affected parties, including some who had been supportive of earlier legislative efforts. Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce...
Researchers Envision an LED-Powered Wireless Network
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Could a new LED someday power a WiFi-type network supporting bit rates of up to 1 gigabit per second? Penn State University researchers think so, predicting that such a system, coupled with broadband over either medium- or low-voltage power line (BPL) grids, could potentially offer transmission capacities that exceed today's DSL and...
BellSouth Fourth-Quarter Profits Drop 54 percent
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ATLANTA -- BellSouth Corp., the dominant local telephone provider in nine southeastern U.S. states, reported Wednesday a 54 percent drop in fourth-quarter profit on a slight increase in revenue and heavy hurricane-related costs. Its results excluding certain one-time items beat Wall Street expectations. The Atlanta-based company...
BT Claims VPN Breakthrough
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In an effort to attract and hang on to lucrative enterprise customers, BT Group plc (NYSE: BT - message board; London: BTA) has developed a new, enhanced IP VPN management system that gives the carrier's IP VPN customers greater self-help capabilities. (See BT, Tazz Tackle VPNs.) BT has developed the system -- known as ICT-ADQ...
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