The TM Forum #DTW24 Ignite conference was held in Copenhagen, Denmark, from June 18−20. Three things stood out at the conference: Autonomous ne ...

This blog introduces the idea of an autonomous network control center, a next-generation NOC and much more. This will be a lens through which I intend to r ...

Software continues to eat the telecom sector, having major effects on all aspects of the business, network technology, and operations. Key Trends in 202 ...

Managing today’s dynamic, evolving networks and services demands a comprehensive, integrated and flexible service assurance system that provides: ...

I have been reading a lot about how genAI and Large Language Models with machine learning (LLM/ML) will replace humans, or at least much of the work, in ma ...

Overall The TM Forum’s #DTW23 conference, held 18−21, September 2023, in Copenhagen was attended by 3,700 people. As always, it focused on t ...

BUSINESS The search continues for Blue Money The industry growth of 1% is unimpressive, given the investments operators need to make.  Operators ...

Governments worldwide are investing massively in bridging the so-called digital divide. The US government alone is allocating over $73 billion to extend br ...

I attended the Ultra-Broadband Forum (#UBBF22) in Bangkok, Thailand in October  2022 and the associated TM Forum summit on #autonomousnetworks. U ...

I attended the 5G Analyst Meeting in Dallas, TX, sponsored by 5G Americas on 19−20 October 2022. I focused my attention on O-RAN and AI. Here are som ...

Rick Talbot, my colleague, and I attended the Nokia Conference 14 to 15 September 2022 in Orlando, FL, that featured the Nokia routing and switching (SReXp ...

Prior to the TM Forum Digital Transformation World (#DTW22) on 18 September 2022, I attended a day-long analyst event sponsored by the relatively new Nokia ...

I attended the TM Forum’s Digital Transformation World in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 20−22 September 2022. Approximately 3,000 people attended, in ...

1st quarter 2022 showed the impact of supply chain constraints on deliveries and recognizable revenue, though demand (indicated by vendor backlogs) rema ...

Many vendors and CSPs have bought into the Autonomous Networks vision, as articulated by the TM Forum. Now, some of these have committed themselves to achi ...

Netcracker, an NEC company, has long supplied comprehensive suites of BSS and OSS software to CSPs worldwide. Now, Netcracker has launched the Netcracker D ...

There are three main approaches for implementing autonomous network operations driven individually by the automation tool vendors, the network element vend ...

I attended the Qualcomm 5G Summit in San Diego on 9-11 May 2022. These are the key points that I took away and some insights gained. Trends on which Qua ...

Communications Service Providers (CSPs) want to digitalize their networks, their operations, their customer interactions, their entire business to revoluti ...

This blog covers the major new differentiating features that distinguishes the recently announced Netcracker 2020 offering from its competitors. Digital ...

Until recently, network technology vendors to communication service providers had a well-established competitive market position with brand loyalty, l ...

Operations support systems and business support systems are being rewritten or refactored to cloud-native, microservices-based apps capable of running on h ...

2020 was a year of reacting for Communications Software, OSS/BSS, and operations, not planning, not dreaming, just reacting to the constantly changing envi ...

This article evaluates the goals, philosophy, and implementation path of the Huawei Autonomous Driving Network product plan vision against industry criteri ...

I was delighted to chair an Ultra-Broadband Forum (UBBF) session on #autonomousnetworks at #ubbf2021 in Dubai during the week of 18 Oct ...