Netcracker Technology

NEC/Netcracker kicked off this year’s NFV World Congress with its workshop, “Is Your Business Ready to Move Forward with SDN/NFV?” Presentations on how to move forward with operations, business and organizational challenges provoked some lively discussions among the assembled network operators and analysts. Read More  

Looking back at OSS/BSS and moving forward with SDN/NFV and digital services. Traditional network operators are transforming into digital service providers in order to cut costs, become more competitive and quickly take advantage of new revenue opportunities. Because every business is different, however, there is no one standard way to become a digital service provider (DSP); there is no panacea. Read More  

Remote health services, service providers must be able to provide near-real-time monitoring of various patient devices, dynamically allocate network resources and continuously monitor and ensure quality of service. But not all patient monitoring devices will require the same level of service, which ups the ante considerably. Service providers will need to deliver multiple service levels and ensure that the right network services are automatically allocated to the specified medical devices. This type of automated, flexible service provisioning and assurance is possible with more flexible network technologies like network functions virtualization (NFV) and software-defined networking (SDN). Read More  

Netcracker’s product catalog, customer management and order management capabilities shine in a new TM Forum Catalyst. One of the most promising things about technologies like software-defined networking (SDN) and network functions virtualization (NFV) is that they open innovative ways for service providers to create and deliver digital services. Many of these services will be created via new partnerships with content providers, gaming companies, social networks and other service providers that were previously considered competitors. Read More

Netcracker’s announcements, partnerships and technology help service providers stay focused forward at Mobile World Congress and beyond. The GSMA projects that more than 1 billion people will become mobile subscribers over the next five years. Within that same time frame, the average mobile subscriber in North America and Europe is expected to consume around 22 GB and 12 GB of mobile data per month respectively, with video becoming the dominant type of mobile traffic. Read More