At the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2014, CenturyLink and Ericsson said they will develop a next-generation OSS/BSS solution.
Through this joint development effort, Ericsson will utilize its Service Innovation Framework to help enhance the CenturyLink customer experience, giving enterprise customers more control over their services and helping reduce service delivery times, said Ericsson at MWC 2014.
This new solution will begin implementation at the end of 2014 and continue through 2015. The OSS/BSS solution will enable CenturyLink to simplify its business processes through the use of a single platform for delivering next-generation products such as Global Ethernet, Internet, Virtual Private Network and Optical Wavelength services to its enterprise customers.
CenturyLink will implement an open Application Program Interface (API) structure, allowing quicker delivery of new products and features.
Ericsson is utilizing its OSS/BSS and Service Enablement portfolio to provide its customers with a unified, end-to-end framework to support new business models, enable rapid introduction of new products including M2M and digital services, and help transition from legacy to consolidated next-generation systems and business processes.
