Realizing the Potential of Telecom: Reality or Pipe Dream?

Are service providers still dreaming big, or has harsh economic reality put the brakes on every initiative that isn’t targeted at saving money? Are wireless, broadband and enterprise service providers all marching confidently on to a bright, convergent future? Or do they see fundamental obstacles to progress? Just what is the potential of telecom, and how capable are service providers of realizing it? Telcordia commissioned Analysys Mason to find out – and drew our own conclusions.
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Focus: The Difference Between Aspiration and Achievement

Remember the days when success meant achieving 99.999% network availability? You hit your metric, you succeeded. You missed, and you faced regulators. Today, the hallway conversations are much different, and usually center on addressing seismic shifts in consumer demands across a fragmenting marketplace. Without a clear vision of where you are heading, and a focus on the key business processes that will instantiate that vision across the enterprise, all that is left might be motivational posters on conference rooms walls. More…
 

Applying Lessons Learned From Rapid Product Innovation

Last year you probably had 100 good ideas to take to market; next year you may have 1000 ideas to try to operationalize. Just as computer manufacturers have done for computers for years, service providers will look to expose their converged services assets and processes to interactive consumers and innovative wholesalers. This will enable them to efficiently design and deliver much greater numbers of lower volume services, while avoiding the custom workflows, interfaces, and one-off OSS that inhibit growth and innovation today. More…