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                <title>Whitepapers and Articles: OSS Managed Services – A New Business Model for Service Providers
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                    <![CDATA[According to analyst firm Informa Telecoms and Media,
today, time to market and cost control pressures are leading
service providers to consider outsourcing their Operations
Support Systems (OSS) and business processes. Although
OSS is a fundamental contributor to profitability, an
increasing number of service providers are concluding that
aging systems, coupled with poor integration with other
systems and demand for new services and applications, are
making it more and more difficult to cost-effectively manage
OSS internally.]]>
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                Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:13:00 GMT
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                <title>Whitepapers and Articles: Time to Market Research - Highlights and Key Findings
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                    <![CDATA[Time to market (TTM) is more important than ever: 70% of service providers said TTM is very important, as compared to 59% in 2008]]>
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                Wed, 04 Jan 2012 10:15:00 GMT
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                <title>Whitepapers and Articles: Time to Market Research - Highlights and Key Findings
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                    <![CDATA[Time to market (TTM) is more important than ever: 70% of service providers said TTM is very important, as compared to 59% in 2008]]>
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                <link>http://www.osstransformation.com/DocDownload.aspx?assetid=28B8</link>
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                Wed, 04 Jan 2012 10:15:00 GMT
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                <title>Independent Research: Fighting Smart : Strategy options for telecoms operators
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                    <![CDATA[The rising importance of the Internet and data services, combined with the gradual decline of the much older voice business, is creating threats and opportunities for telecoms network operators in almost equal measure. While data traffic revenue could more than compensate for the decline of voice, the networks needed to support them are costly to build. In the mobile broadband market, levels of usage are also putting a huge strain on capacity and threatening profitability.]]>
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                <link>http://www.osstransformation.com/DocDownload.aspx?assetid=28BB</link>
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                Wed, 04 Jan 2012 10:10:00 GMT
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                <title>Independent Research: Fighting Smart : Strategy options for telecoms operators
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                    <![CDATA[The rising importance of the Internet and data services, combined with the gradual decline of the much older voice business, is creating threats and opportunities for telecoms network operators in almost equal measure. While data traffic revenue could more than compensate for the decline of voice, the networks needed to support them are costly to build. In the mobile broadband market, levels of usage are also putting a huge strain on capacity and threatening profitability.]]>
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                <link>http://www.osstransformation.com/DocDownload.aspx?assetid=28BA</link>
                <pubdate>
                Wed, 04 Jan 2012 10:10:00 GMT
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                <title>Whitepapers and Articles: OSS Implications of LTE Radio Access Networks
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                    <![CDATA[The high data speeds and capacity promised from 4th Generation LTE radio technology will affect how and where network equipment is deployed. The topology of the radio access network will change substantially with the use of Heterogeneous Networks, small cells and Ethernet backhaul. Correspondingly, the OSS tools and processes used to manage LTE will also need to evolve.]]>
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                <link>http://www.osstransformation.com/DocDownload.aspx?assetid=28BC</link>
                <pubdate>
                Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:24:00 GMT
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                <title>Whitepapers and Articles: Managed Transformation: The Low-Risk, High-Reward Alternative
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                    <![CDATA[The urgent need to deploy new networks and services, streamline operations, and improve the customer experience is fast creating a new imperative for business transformation.]]>
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                <link>http://www.osstransformation.com/DocDownload.aspx?assetid=28BD</link>
                <pubdate>
                Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:43:00 GMT
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                <title>Independent Research: Time to Market - Full Survey Results
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                    <![CDATA[Three years ago, Amdocs commissioned an independent research project to carry out a detailed analysis of the challenges around time to market for products and services. We revisited this topic in early 2011 and discovered some pretty interesting findings.]]>
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                <link>Time-to-Market-Full-Survey-Results</link>
                <pubdate>
                Thu, 25 Aug 2011 07:37:00 GMT
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                <title>Whitepapers and Articles: Reducing time to market
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                    <![CDATA[Reducing time to market -  What's stopping two thirds of service providers]]>
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                <link>http://www.amdocs-marketing.com/timetomarket-ebook/</link>
                <pubdate>
                Thu, 25 Aug 2011 07:28:00 GMT
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                <title>Webinars &amp; Podcasts: Telemanagement Forum Webinar: From OSS transformation to business transformation 
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                    <![CDATA[As communication service providers (CSPs) are struggling in a competitive market, OSS transformation is rapidly evolving, so business enablement and customer experience issues are now at the forefront. ]]>
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                <link>http://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet?target=lobby.jsp&amp;eventid=316876&amp;sessionid=1&amp;key=476FA33D1275A9DBD6109A0774DB70D2&amp;eventuserid=50588533</link>
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                Tue, 19 Jul 2011 18:27:00 GMT
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                <title>Independent Research: Issues Paper: From OSS transformation to business transformation
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                    <![CDATA[While OSS transformation has been talked about and advocated for many years, hard facts about what it means, how it is being conducted, outcomes and results are hard to come by.    Pressures on service providers and the communications industry in general are only increasing: with a greater number and variety of providers in the communications value chain, the ability of service providers to simultaneously address changes in technology, competitive and customer expectations has not necessarily been given. And yet, as the need for transformation has become greater, service providers have become more reticent about their plans to transform their OSS giving rise to the transformation paradox.]]>
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                <link>http://www.osstransformation.com/DocDownload.aspx?assetid=2FB6</link>
                <pubdate>
                Tue, 19 Jul 2011 18:19:00 GMT
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                <title>Whitepapers and Articles: Datasheet: From OSS transformation to business transformation
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                    <![CDATA[OSS transformation has been a much talked about phenomenon in telecoms for the last five years. In this research programme Telesperience sought to gain an accurate understanding of what OSS transformation means in practice to communications service providers (CSPs) worldwide, what their primary goals are, how they’re going about transforming their OSS and the progress they’ve made.   ]]>
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                <link>http://www.osstransformation.com/DocDownload.aspx?assetid=2FBE</link>
                <pubdate>
                Tue, 19 Jul 2011 18:10:00 GMT
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                <title>Whitepapers and Articles: Datasheet: From OSS transformation to business transformation
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                <description>
                    <![CDATA[OSS transformation has been a much talked about phenomenon in telecoms for the last five years. In this research programme Telesperience sought to gain an accurate understanding of what OSS transformation means in practice to communications service providers (CSPs) worldwide, what their primary goals are, how they’re going about transforming their OSS and the progress they’ve made.   ]]>
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                <link>http://www.osstransformation.com/DocDownload.aspx?assetid=2EBF</link>
                <pubdate>
                Tue, 19 Jul 2011 18:10:00 GMT
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                <title>Webinars &amp; Podcasts: Hear Amdocs&apos; views on the capacity crunch
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                    <![CDATA[You can listen to this short (10 minute) audio podcast below which discusses Amdocs’ view on the capacity crunch and highlights vital actions for service providers seeking to combat its effects. David Chambers, Solutions Marketing Director at Amdocs OSS Division, believes that the crunch is not just about how many gigabytes or terabytes of data a network is carrying or can carry. What’s important for customers is whether their service is working adequately. This is a really important point, since it’s easy for service providers to become preoccupied with the engineering aspects of the data crunch (such as building more capacity and managing network quality) and to underestimate the impact of the business and customer aspects (such as changing customer behaviour, better monetisation of capacity and QoS, and the impact of bottlenecks and poor QoS on the customers’ use of services).]]>
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                <link>http://www.osstransformation.com/DocDownload.aspx?assetid=2FBB</link>
                <pubdate>
                Tue, 19 Jul 2011 18:09:00 GMT
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                <title>Webinars &amp; Podcasts: Hear Amdocs&apos; views on the capacity crunch
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                <description>
                    <![CDATA[You can listen to this short (10 minute) audio podcast below which discusses Amdocs’ view on the capacity crunch and highlights vital actions for service providers seeking to combat its effects. David Chambers, Solutions Marketing Director at Amdocs OSS Division, believes that the crunch is not just about how many gigabytes or terabytes of data a network is carrying or can carry. What’s important for customers is whether their service is working adequately. This is a really important point, since it’s easy for service providers to become preoccupied with the engineering aspects of the data crunch (such as building more capacity and managing network quality) and to underestimate the impact of the business and customer aspects (such as changing customer behaviour, better monetisation of capacity and QoS, and the impact of bottlenecks and poor QoS on the customers’ use of services).]]>
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                <link>http://www.osstransformation.com/DocDownload.aspx?assetid=2EBC</link>
                <pubdate>
                Tue, 19 Jul 2011 18:09:00 GMT
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                <title>Independent Research: Telesperience: Key Strategies for Solving the Capacity Crunch
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                    <![CDATA[Hard facts about the data capacity crunch are difficult to find. Selecting from the range of strategies open to service providers to find the best match is an even more complex task. As the mobile industry moves from a predominantly voice-centric to predominantly data-centric business, this strategy selection is one of the important activities that all service providers will need to undertake. The choices they make will determine the long term success of their business.    The strategies listed in this report highlight the changes in how the network is planned, operated and charged for. Amdocs products and services already cater for many of these forthcoming challenges and we continue to work closely with our customers to develop solutions to address these needs.]]>
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                <link>http://www.osstransformation.com/DocDownload.aspx?assetid=2FB9</link>
                <pubdate>
                Tue, 19 Jul 2011 18:02:00 GMT
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                <title>Independent Research: Telesperience: Key Strategies for Solving the Capacity Crunch
                </title>
                <description>
                    <![CDATA[Hard facts about the data capacity crunch are difficult to find. Selecting from the range of strategies open to service providers to find the best match is an even more complex task. As the mobile industry moves from a predominantly voice-centric to predominantly data-centric business, this strategy selection is one of the important activities that all service providers will need to undertake. The choices they make will determine the long term success of their business.    The strategies listed in this report highlight the changes in how the network is planned, operated and charged for. Amdocs products and services already cater for many of these forthcoming challenges and we continue to work closely with our customers to develop solutions to address these needs.]]>
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                <link>http://www.osstransformation.com/DocDownload.aspx?assetid=2EBA</link>
                <pubdate>
                Tue, 19 Jul 2011 18:02:00 GMT
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                <title>Independent Research: Telesperience: Capacity Crunch Survey Results
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                    <![CDATA[The goal of this Telesperience research programme was to gain an accurate understanding of that much-talked about phenomenon - the capacity crunch. To discover how it was affecting wireless network operators today, we spoke to a selection of expert wireless network planners who are currently challenged with resolving the issues presented by growing data traffic on networks worldwide.    In this datasheet we present the findings of this research, as well as the views of these experts on how the challenges they are facing can best be solved. The research provides a unique picture of what the capacity crunch actually looks like in real wireless networks worldwide, as experienced by those responsible for managing its consequences.  ]]>
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                <link>http://www.osstransformation.com/DocDownload.aspx?assetid=2FBA</link>
                <pubdate>
                Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:55:00 GMT
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                <title>Independent Research: Telesperience: Capacity Crunch Survey Results
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                <description>
                    <![CDATA[The goal of this Telesperience research programme was to gain an accurate understanding of that much-talked about phenomenon - the capacity crunch. To discover how it was affecting wireless network operators today, we spoke to a selection of expert wireless network planners who are currently challenged with resolving the issues presented by growing data traffic on networks worldwide.    In this datasheet we present the findings of this research, as well as the views of these experts on how the challenges they are facing can best be solved. The research provides a unique picture of what the capacity crunch actually looks like in real wireless networks worldwide, as experienced by those responsible for managing its consequences.  ]]>
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                <link>http://www.osstransformation.com/DocDownload.aspx?assetid=2EBB</link>
                <pubdate>
                Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:55:00 GMT
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                <title>Whitepapers and Articles: 10 ways to deal with mobile data capacity crunch
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                    <![CDATA[Service providers around the world are feeling the strain as tremendous growth in mobile data traffic swamps their networks. American, European and Chinese providers have withdrawn some of their unlimited data plans because they are unprofitable.]]>
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                <link>http://www.osstransformation.com/DocDownload.aspx?assetid=2CBD</link>
                <pubdate>
                Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:54:00 GMT
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                <title>Whitepapers and Articles: 10 ways to deal with mobile data capacity crunch
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                <description>
                    <![CDATA[Service providers around the world are feeling the strain as tremendous growth in mobile data traffic swamps their networks. American, European and Chinese providers have withdrawn some of their unlimited data plans because they are unprofitable.]]>
                </description>
                <link>http://www.osstransformation.com/DocDownload.aspx?assetid=2FBD</link>
                <pubdate>
                Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:54:00 GMT
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                <title>Whitepapers and Articles: 10 ways to deal with mobile data capacity crunch
                </title>
                <description>
                    <![CDATA[Service providers around the world are feeling the strain as tremendous growth in mobile data traffic swamps their networks. American, European and Chinese providers have withdrawn some of their unlimited data plans because they are unprofitable.]]>
                </description>
                <link>http://www.osstransformation.com/DocDownload.aspx?assetid=2EB9</link>
                <pubdate>
                Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:54:00 GMT
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                <title>Whitepapers and Articles: Take the bite out of the capacity crunch
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                <description>
                    <![CDATA[By 2017, there will be a predicted seven trillion networked devices. To support this connected world, where bandwidth hungry devices and applications are connected anytime and anywhere, service providers will have no choice but to upgrade their networks to overcome the looming capacity crunch.]]>
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                <link>http://www.osstransformation.com/DocDownload.aspx?assetid=24</link>
                <pubdate>
                Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:53:00 GMT
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                <title>Whitepapers and Articles: Take the bite out of the capacity crunch
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                <description>
                    <![CDATA[By 2017, there will be a predicted seven trillion networked devices. To support this connected world, where bandwidth hungry devices and applications are connected anytime and anywhere, service providers will have no choice but to upgrade their networks to overcome the looming capacity crunch.]]>
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                <link>http://www.osstransformation.com/DocDownload.aspx?assetid=2FBC</link>
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                Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:53:00 GMT
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                <title>Whitepapers and Articles: Take the bite out of the capacity crunch
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                <description>
                    <![CDATA[By 2017, there will be a predicted seven trillion networked devices. To support this connected world, where bandwidth hungry devices and applications are connected anytime and anywhere, service providers will have no choice but to upgrade their networks to overcome the looming capacity crunch.]]>
                </description>
                <link>http://www.osstransformation.com/DocDownload.aspx?assetid=2EB8</link>
                <pubdate>
                Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:53:00 GMT
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                <title>Webinars &amp; Podcasts: TM Forum Webinar: Placing Your Bets
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                    <![CDATA[The future of the communications industry is changing rapidly and in order to prepare, service providers will need to explore new business models. Arguably no operators have yet "found the grail" — the business model which will enable them to ensure a profitable future even while the threats from Internet players and other non-traditional competitors multiply. But there are no shortages of experience and best practice for operators to call upon.]]>
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                <link>http://tmforum.org/OnDemandWebcasts/PlacingYourBetsChoosing/42569/article.html</link>
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                Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:51:00 GMT
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                <title>Whitepapers and Articles: Amdocs - Uniquely placed to help Service Providers fight smart
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                    <![CDATA[Independent observers have been considering for a while - when they can expect to see the days of exciting growth return to the telecommunications industry and some have been much more pessimistic. In some quarters this has translated into something bordering on fear, especially as a new very dominant and very new players on the fringe of the industry are able to boast some hyper-successful new business models. No wonder senior executives are so focused on the question of finding ‘new’ business models.]]>
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                <link>http://www.osstransformation.com/DocDownload.aspx?assetid=2CB8</link>
                <pubdate>
                Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:45:00 GMT
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                <title>Whitepapers and Articles: Amdocs - Uniquely placed to help Service Providers fight smart
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                <description>
                    <![CDATA[Independent observers have been considering for a while - when they can expect to see the days of exciting growth return to the telecommunications industry and some have been much more pessimistic. In some quarters this has translated into something bordering on fear, especially as a new very dominant and very new players on the fringe of the industry are able to boast some hyper-successful new business models. No wonder senior executives are so focused on the question of finding ‘new’ business models.]]>
                </description>
                <link>http://www.osstransformation.com/DocDownload.aspx?assetid=29BD</link>
                <pubdate>
                Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:45:00 GMT
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                <title>Whitepapers and Articles: Just In Time Capacity
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                    <![CDATA[Business agility, customer satisfaction and profitability depend on the latest network planning tools.    In the last 15 years the telecommunications industry has seen dramatic changes. The Internet Protocol has enabled new data and video services, which have created new business models, changed the shape of companies, encouraged mergers and new entrants and caused bankruptcies.]]>
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                <link>http://www.osstransformation.com/DocDownload.aspx?assetid=29BB</link>
                <pubdate>
                Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:43:00 GMT
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                <title>Whitepapers and Articles: Forging Ahead Through Transformation
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                    <![CDATA[There’s nothing wrong with a legacy network. It’s reliable. There are ways to make it fairly fast and efficient. Most importantly, it’s out there already. So, in the strictest sense, there’s nothing wrong with it.]]>
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                <link>http://www.osstransformation.com/DocDownload.aspx?assetid=2CB6</link>
                <pubdate>
                Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:42:00 GMT
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                <title>Whitepapers and Articles: Addressing the Challenges for the Enterprise Services on IP and Ethernet
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                    <![CDATA[Enterprise customers represent a substantial slice of many service providers’ overall revenues, but the shift to IP services now challenges the traditional business model. Enterprise customers are increasingly developing higher expectations of their service provider, while also looking for ways to lower their costs and identify new services that can deliver competitive advantage. Amdocs OSS Division identifies the challenges of supplying services to enterprise customers and considers how these can be overcome.]]>
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                <link>http://www.osstransformation.com/DocDownload.aspx?assetid=2CBC</link>
                <pubdate>
                Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:41:00 GMT
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                <title>Whitepapers and Articles: Addressing the Challenges for the Enterprise Services on IP and Ethernet
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                <description>
                    <![CDATA[Enterprise customers represent a substantial slice of many service providers’ overall revenues, but the shift to IP services now challenges the traditional business model. Enterprise customers are increasingly developing higher expectations of their service provider, while also looking for ways to lower their costs and identify new services that can deliver competitive advantage. Amdocs OSS Division identifies the challenges of supplying services to enterprise customers and considers how these can be overcome.]]>
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                <link>http://www.osstransformation.com/DocDownload.aspx?assetid=2CBA</link>
                <pubdate>
                Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:41:00 GMT
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                <title>Analyst Reports: Network Planning and Rollout Process Undergoing Major Transformation
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                <description>
                    <![CDATA[This Analysys Mason survey reveals that preparing for new services is requiring a radically new relationship between marketing and network planning as well as driving the need for new processes and systems.]]>
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                <link>http://www.osstransformation.com/DocDownload.aspx?assetid=29B6</link>
                <pubdate>
                Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:40:00 GMT
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                <title>Analyst Reports: Network Planning and Rollout Process Undergoing Major Transformation
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                <description>
                    <![CDATA[This Analysys Mason survey reveals that preparing for new services is requiring a radically new relationship between marketing and network planning as well as driving the need for new processes and systems.]]>
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                <link>http://www.osstransformation.com/DocDownload.aspx?assetid=2CBE</link>
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                Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:40:00 GMT
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                <title>Whitepapers and Articles: The Importance of OSS in Planning Class of Service for Ethernet Networks
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                    <![CDATA[Providing high-speed connectivity with new technologies like Ethernet  is essential to keeping your customers happy, but how can you guarantee to increase revenues, and avoid becoming an ultrafast, but dumb, pipe? ]]>
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                <link>http://www.osstransformation.com/DocDownload.aspx?assetid=2CBF</link>
                <pubdate>
                Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:40:00 GMT
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                <title>Whitepapers and Articles: The Importance of OSS in Planning Class of Service for Ethernet Networks
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                <description>
                    <![CDATA[Providing high-speed connectivity with new technologies like Ethernet  is essential to keeping your customers happy, but how can you guarantee to increase revenues, and avoid becoming an ultrafast, but dumb, pipe? ]]>
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                <link>http://www.osstransformation.com/DocDownload.aspx?assetid=2CBB</link>
                <pubdate>
                Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:40:00 GMT
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                <title>Webinars &amp; Podcasts: Surviving the Economic Downturn
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                <description>
                    <![CDATA[In today’s economic climate, service providers need to conserve cash, slash operating costs and cut capital spending. At the same time, to beat the competition, they need to invest to maintain and improve the customer experience, which means delivering and assuring often complex products and services rapidly, consistently and cost-effectively.]]>
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                <link>http://www.osstransformation.com/DocDownload.aspx?assetid=2B</link>
                <pubdate>
                Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:37:00 GMT
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                <title>Webinars &amp; Podcasts: Surviving the Economic Downturn
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                <description>
                    <![CDATA[In today’s economic climate, service providers need to conserve cash, slash operating costs and cut capital spending. At the same time, to beat the competition, they need to invest to maintain and improve the customer experience, which means delivering and assuring often complex products and services rapidly, consistently and cost-effectively.]]>
                </description>
                <link>http://www.osstransformation.com/DocDownload.aspx?assetid=2FB7</link>
                <pubdate>
                Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:37:00 GMT
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                <title>Whitepapers and Articles: Future Face of Transformation: Views from TM Forum Chairman, Keith Willetts
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                    <![CDATA[Recent research indicates that service providers consider OSS Transformation crucial. But this research also indicates that few service providers are engaged in profound transformation projects. This paradox is fascinating – on the one hand, an understanding that transformation is required, and on the other, few providers making the leap. We talked with Keith Willetts, chairman of the TM Forum to discuss transformation, limiting factors for transformation and the much bigger picture of transformation across the industry.]]>
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                <link>http://www.osstransformation.com/DocDownload.aspx?assetid=29BC</link>
                <pubdate>
                Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:31:00 GMT
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                <title>Whitepapers and Articles: Assessing TCO for Best-of-Suite Versus Best-of-Breed Architectures
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                    <![CDATA[Although integration philosophies vary, Service Providers across the market seem to be moving towards adopting either Best-of-Suite approaches, while others are installing Best-of-Breed "hybrids" - Best-of-Breed applications complemented by in-house integration capabilities. Given the growing need to streamline operations and lower cost structures in an increasingly competitive marketplace, increasing emphasis is being placed on the question of which approach helps SPs to realize their BSS/OSS transformation goals while delivering a lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).     Download this paper to read the results of research by independent consultants and telecoms experts Telecoms Advisory Services.]]>
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                <link>http://www.osstransformation.com/DocDownload.aspx?assetid=2CB7</link>
                <pubdate>
                Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:30:00 GMT
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                <title>Whitepapers and Articles: Service Oriented Architectures &amp; OSS
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                <description>
                    <![CDATA[Every CSP today operates in an environment where new low-cost competitors threaten their very existence. Traditional CSPs therefore need to minimize customer attrition and deliver competitive products at the same time as they re-architect both their networks and their supporting systems to enable a substantially lower cost base for delivering these new services more rapidly and cost-effectively in the future.]]>
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                <link>http://www.osstransformation.com/DocDownload.aspx?assetid=28BE</link>
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                Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:29:00 GMT
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                <title>Whitepapers and Articles: Service Oriented Architectures &amp; OSS
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                    <![CDATA[Every CSP today operates in an environment where new low-cost competitors threaten their very existence. Traditional CSPs therefore need to minimize customer attrition and deliver competitive products at the same time as they re-architect both their networks and their supporting systems to enable a substantially lower cost base for delivering these new services more rapidly and cost-effectively in the future.]]>
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                Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:29:00 GMT
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                <title>Whitepapers and Articles: Service Oriented Architectures &amp; OSS
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                    <![CDATA[Every CSP today operates in an environment where new low-cost competitors threaten their very existence. Traditional CSPs therefore need to minimize customer attrition and deliver competitive products at the same time as they re-architect both their networks and their supporting systems to enable a substantially lower cost base for delivering these new services more rapidly and cost-effectively in the future.]]>
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                <link>http://www.osstransformation.com/DocDownload.aspx?assetid=2EB6</link>
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                Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:29:00 GMT
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                <title>Whitepapers and Articles: Next-Generation Network Planning: The Closed Loop Approach
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                    <![CDATA[Will flexible, configurable next-generation networks (NGN) make the task of network planning obsolete? Far from it: next-generation networks make it even more essential to develop ways of ensuring that the right resources are in the right place at the right time.   ]]>
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                <link>http://www.osstransformation.com/DocDownload.aspx?assetid=25</link>
                <pubdate>
                Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:28:00 GMT
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                <title>Analyst Reports: Yankee Group: The Importance of Regular Software Upgrades
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                    <![CDATA[Regular software upgrades are a critical component for extending the life of any commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software. However, upgrades should not be done too often because this will disrupt regular business operations and negatively affect the stability of operations. So when is the right time for software upgrades?]]>
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                <pubdate>
                Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:21:00 GMT
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                <title>Analyst Reports: Yankee Group: The Importance of Regular Software Upgrades
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                    <![CDATA[Regular software upgrades are a critical component for extending the life of any commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software. However, upgrades should not be done too often because this will disrupt regular business operations and negatively affect the stability of operations. So when is the right time for software upgrades?]]>
                </description>
                <link>http://www.osstransformation.com/DocDownload.aspx?assetid=2EB7</link>
                <pubdate>
                Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:21:00 GMT
                </pubdate>
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                <title>Webinars &amp; Podcasts: Self Service Network Operations
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                    <![CDATA[Innovation in operations is increasing at an unprecedented rate as service providers transform to meet the demands of providing new services quickly, cost effectively and at high volumes. As automation in operations increases, this podcast highlights issues and challenges in enabling network operations through corporate self service portals.  ]]>
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                <link>http://www.osstransformation.com/DocDownload.aspx?assetid=29BA</link>
                <pubdate>
                Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:20:00 GMT
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                <item>
                <title>Webinars &amp; Podcasts: Self Service Network Operations
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                <description>
                    <![CDATA[Innovation in operations is increasing at an unprecedented rate as service providers transform to meet the demands of providing new services quickly, cost effectively and at high volumes. As automation in operations increases, this podcast highlights issues and challenges in enabling network operations through corporate self service portals.  ]]>
                </description>
                <link>http://www.osstransformation.com/DocDownload.aspx?assetid=28BF</link>
                <pubdate>
                Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:20:00 GMT
                </pubdate>
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                <title>Whitepapers and Articles: The Five Flavors of OSS Transformation
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                    <![CDATA[The communications industry is undergoing profound redefinition, driven by consolidation, competition, convergence and customers’ increasing demand for convenience. Whether starting in wireline, mobile or cable, the goal is to offer innovative service bundles in an endless variety, from traditional voice to Internet, wireless, video, games, music, ring tones and other content.]]>
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                <link>http://www.osstransformation.com/DocDownload.aspx?assetid=2EBE</link>
                <pubdate>
                Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:20:00 GMT
                </pubdate>
                </item>
            
                <item>
                <title>Whitepapers and Articles: The Five Flavors of OSS Transformation
                </title>
                <description>
                    <![CDATA[The communications industry is undergoing profound redefinition, driven by consolidation, competition, convergence and customers’ increasing demand for convenience. Whether starting in wireline, mobile or cable, the goal is to offer innovative service bundles in an endless variety, from traditional voice to Internet, wireless, video, games, music, ring tones and other content.]]>
                </description>
                <link>http://www.osstransformation.com/DocDownload.aspx?assetid=2FBF</link>
                <pubdate>
                Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:20:00 GMT
                </pubdate>
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                <title>Whitepapers and Articles: The Next Generation: How does IMS Affect OSS?
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                <description>
                    <![CDATA[The wide adoption of IP broadband is turning the telecommunications industry on its head. Both fixed and mobile network standards (including LTE) have selected IMS as their long term session control mechanism.  ]]>
                </description>
                <link>http://www.osstransformation.com/DocDownload.aspx?assetid=2CB9</link>
                <pubdate>
                Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:12:00 GMT
                </pubdate>
                </item>
            
                <item>
                <title>Whitepapers and Articles: The Next Generation: How does IMS Affect OSS?
                </title>
                <description>
                    <![CDATA[The wide adoption of IP broadband is turning the telecommunications industry on its head. Both fixed and mobile network standards (including LTE) have selected IMS as their long term session control mechanism.  ]]>
                </description>
                <link>http://www.osstransformation.com/DocDownload.aspx?assetid=2EBD</link>
                <pubdate>
                Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:12:00 GMT
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