Voip-BSS-OSS News

IDI has a new website and logo to go with the name change.

Consumers, on average, pay more than 16 percent of their monthly wireless bill in taxes and fees, according to Verizon, which claims that figure is double the average paid in sales tax.

Apple's iPhone will be available from a U.S. regional carrier for the first time later this month. The latest version, the iPhone 4S, will make its debut in 15 more countries as well.

A lawsuit asserts that Verizon Communications transferred to FairPoint a legacy, low-margin business – Spinco – that was shrinking more rapidly than FairPoint knew and excluded two essential components from the sale.

Just last month, the FCC, CTIA-The Wireless Association and Consumers Union agreed on several steps to be taken to help wireless customers avoid those pesky – and sometimes monstrous – overage charges that they didn't know they were incurring.

The funds will be used to expand Traffix’s market penetration with telecom carriers around the world as more of them roll out 4G networks that require next-generation, network signaling solutions to handle increased data traffic.

A federal judge says wording that warns San Franciscans about cell-phone radiation goes a little too far.

Adobe says the acquisition will allow it to provide an end-to-end video offering, seamlessly connecting authoring, publishing, monetization and optimization to help customers build long-term businesses through the delivery of quality video content.

Do we really want Steve Jobs to become the Next Grilled Cheese Jesus?

Cyan says its Z-Series packet-optical transport platform demonstrates carrier class reliability, scalable Ethernet services, along with valuable service management and SLA reporting capability.

Pending confirmation, Jessica Rosenworcel and Ajit Varadaraj Pai would replace veteran FCC Commissioner Michael C. Copps and fill the post previously held by Meredith Attwell Baker, who left earlier this year to work for Comcast.

Integra Telecom is using CA Infrastructure Management to assure the availability and performance of its service-delivery infrastructure and the traffic it supports.

Machine-to-machine solutions provider Viewbiquity is integrating Automated Data Layering capabilities into the Viewbiquity Cloud Interface (VCI), its cloud-based, open source M2M platform.

Razorsight's Profit Enhancement Center (PEC) Application Suite is designed to help service providers analyze significant volumes of data, automate workflow and reduce costs.

Pegasystems says enhancements to the solution make it better able to monitor and act on social media, offering multichannel support for customer inquiries and interactions.

The suit claims Level 3 owes FairPoint $4.3 million for accessing its lines in New Hampshire, with additional debt incurred in Maine and Vermont.

With the sale of its Activation products, Subex is now putting more emphasis on business optimization, which the company says is the fastest growing segment in telecom BSS.

The BlackBerry maker is facing suits in the United States and in its home country of Canada.

As the media industry evolves, companies with assets in radio, television, cable, digital and more require an open platform that will provide the ability to view inventory, financial, advertiser and additional data in a common and unified method.

Questions persist about whether or not the customer is running the show — only in the heads of the soon-to-be losers.