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Telecom OSS and BSS


Telecom OSS and BSS are software systems that supporting operational network processes. OSSs (operations support systems) track network inventory, assets and provisioning of services, while BSSs (business support systems) deal with customer relationship management (CRM) and processes such as taking orders, processing bills, and collecting payments. Learn about these software tools and how they interact with the network and other systems here.
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Tackling next-gen network OSS/BSS challenges
Submitted By: SearchTelecom.com | 12 Sep 2008
TIP - The adoption of IP networks calls for a new generation of operations and business support systems.(OSS/BSS) to help manage packet-switched, content-driven telecom networks.
Wireless OSS must address the untethered user challenge
Submitted By: SearchTelecom.com | 12 Sep 2008
TIP - An increasingly wireless world must provide an untethered approach to next-generation operations and business support systems (OSS/BSS).
OSS service delivery platforms: New services launch pads
Submitted By: SearchTelecom.com | 12 Sep 2008
TIP - Service delivery platforms (SDPs) bring together many OSS/BSS disciplines and provide a unified view of the service fulfillment chain.
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  NEWS: 1 - 3 of 5
Next-gen OSS may include revenue operations centers (ROCs) to monitor business processes
SearchTelecom | 04 Apr 2008
INTERVIEW - Telecom service providers are trying to balance network evolution, new services and changing business process and OSS needs.
Telecom OSS transformation can't stop for economic woes
SearchTelecom.com | 18 Nov 2008
ARTICLE - If telecom service providers are to monetize their IP networks, they need to continue transforming their OSS software even during a down economy.
As TM Forum broadens focus, IPsphere Forum acquisition under way
SearchTelecom.com | 28 Aug 2008
ARTICLE - With a focus on results and enabling services, TM Forum signs paperwork to acquire IPsphere Forum.
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  REFERENCE & LEARNING: 1 - 2 of 2
The changing requirements of telecom operations and business support systems
SearchTelecom.com | 03 Nov 2008
TELECOM INSIGHTS - Telecom operations and billing support systems are increasing in importance as networks converge on IP and systems must track service use and bill customers for it correctly.
From NOCs to ROCs: Helping service providers monitor business operations
SearchTelecom.com | 08 Sep 2008
PODCAST - Jeff Cotrupe discusses how service providers are using a revenue operations center (ROC) to at long last integrate revenue processes with the rest of their OSS/BSS fabric.
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  BEST WEB LINKS: 1 - 2 of 2
TEMIA
The Telecom Expense Management Industry Association ( | 25 Jul 2007
BEST WEB LINK - The Telecom Expense Management Industry Association (TEMIA) was developed to promote the value of telecom expense management (TEM) for service providers and their partners, customers and customer vendors.
TM Forum
Telemanagement (TE) Forum | 25 Jul 2007
BEST WEB LINK - A forum for the OSI/network management industry, the TM (Telemanagement) Forum strives to improve the management and operation of information and communications services for service providers, network equipment suppliers and ...
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  DEFINITIONS: 1 - 1 of 1
Class of Service
06 Dec 2000
WORD - Class of Service (CoS) is a way of managing traffic in a network by grouping similar types of traffic (for example, e-mail, streaming video, voice, large document file transfer) together and treating each type as a class with ...
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