The telecom sector is characterized by hyper-competition. For service providers, mobile recharge platforms have become an irreplaceable means to sense, shape and control their prepaid business. Learn more
With smartphone penetration reaching unprecedented heights, the demand for multimedia services has increased multifold. This presentation describes the concept of MMSC platform and the advantages of deploying this platform
mCarbon is the leading mobile technology solutions innovator delivering context-aware offerings that enable communication service providers to enhance usage and retention and create superior customer engagement.
Telecom Customer Experience Management - An Analytical Approach for Simplific...Communications 2025
Authors: Amresh Nandan, Tony Hines
Abstract: Customer Experience Management (CEM) can be a highly complex, resource intensive, and at times, a ‘leading to no-where’ program. However, it is imperative for Communication Service Providers (CSPs) who are deeply affected by value-chain shifts, disruptive innovations, and the inherent complexity of their operations. While there are some genuine efforts, there exists a significant amount of cosmetic effort in the name of CEM, evident in global survey reports. This has resulted in the perception that CEM is merely a buzzword. One of the reasons behind this lies in the inherent complexity of the subject. A constructive way to address this is by simplifying the approach. This would ensure a scientific and analytical step-by-step process that may be monitored, controlled and tailored, to suit organizational goals and next financial year’s strategy. This paper discusses an analytical approach towards a CEM construct which can be designed, developed and executed as an eight-stage program by CSPs.
Parth 600”, Unique & Unified Communication System which can be used as IVRS, IP PBX, Conference Bridge, Help Line System, OBD IVR, Telephone Recording System etc.
With smartphone penetration reaching unprecedented heights, the demand for multimedia services has increased multifold. This presentation describes the concept of MMSC platform and the advantages of deploying this platform
mCarbon is the leading mobile technology solutions innovator delivering context-aware offerings that enable communication service providers to enhance usage and retention and create superior customer engagement.
Telecom Customer Experience Management - An Analytical Approach for Simplific...Communications 2025
Authors: Amresh Nandan, Tony Hines
Abstract: Customer Experience Management (CEM) can be a highly complex, resource intensive, and at times, a ‘leading to no-where’ program. However, it is imperative for Communication Service Providers (CSPs) who are deeply affected by value-chain shifts, disruptive innovations, and the inherent complexity of their operations. While there are some genuine efforts, there exists a significant amount of cosmetic effort in the name of CEM, evident in global survey reports. This has resulted in the perception that CEM is merely a buzzword. One of the reasons behind this lies in the inherent complexity of the subject. A constructive way to address this is by simplifying the approach. This would ensure a scientific and analytical step-by-step process that may be monitored, controlled and tailored, to suit organizational goals and next financial year’s strategy. This paper discusses an analytical approach towards a CEM construct which can be designed, developed and executed as an eight-stage program by CSPs.
Parth 600”, Unique & Unified Communication System which can be used as IVRS, IP PBX, Conference Bridge, Help Line System, OBD IVR, Telephone Recording System etc.
Customer Experience the new differentiatorAlfonso Gadea
The customer journey became more complex. Brand positioning is just the beginning. Customer Experience is the new differentiator.
http://www.alfonsogadea.es/customer-experience-is-the-new-differentiator/
This presentation outlines the key goals and objectives of the Service Automation Framework Alliance towards 2020. It discusses vision and mission, as well as the practical application of the framework into a number of case studies.
Guide: Turning dormant roamers into revenuesCorine Suscens
This guide outlines a simple strategy to stimulate data roaming usage by enabling data roaming passes to be purchased on the device.
- How an operator increased data roaming revenue by 35% thanks to service passes
- How operators can stimulate spend by using the device as a purchasing channel
- An effective way to provide transparency and cost control, crucial to activate dormant roamers
- The top 5 requirements when considering a data roaming service pass solution
In this webinar, we explore the opportunity that service automation presents to local governments. As one of their many functions, local governments serve as service providers to their community of citizens. Local Government service departments deal with many different requests, ranging from very simple requests for parking permits, all the way to more complex issues such as providing arbitration and dealing with appeals. Many of these services can be partially or completely automated, making local governments more citizen-centric as well as more cost efficient.
SAP Billing for Public Transport & Passenger RailIsabelle Roussin
Various estimates put global investment in smart transporttaion systems nearly to $15B from 2011 through 2017. Smart ticketing is a subset if this market. Railway carriers face high operating costs for siloed homegrown systems. Managing vouchers are still manual most oif the time, apportionment of a trip to 3rd party infrastructure carriers are cumbersome, and introduicng new subscription packages, promotions take too long. Learn how to streamline your smart ticketing system.
SMS Hub is a complete solution to accommodate the growth of global text messaging traffic. It offers an efficient method of extending, establishing and managing interoperability with multiple global connections and ensures better coverage of the SMS facility.
Read more: http://www.mahindracomviva.com/products/messaging_solutions/sms-hub.htm
One of the trends gaining momentum is the adoption of a Mobile Point of Sale system (mPOS, for short).
This presentation describes the concept of mPOS, its use cases and the potential challenges hindering uptake.
Customer Experience the new differentiatorAlfonso Gadea
The customer journey became more complex. Brand positioning is just the beginning. Customer Experience is the new differentiator.
http://www.alfonsogadea.es/customer-experience-is-the-new-differentiator/
This presentation outlines the key goals and objectives of the Service Automation Framework Alliance towards 2020. It discusses vision and mission, as well as the practical application of the framework into a number of case studies.
Guide: Turning dormant roamers into revenuesCorine Suscens
This guide outlines a simple strategy to stimulate data roaming usage by enabling data roaming passes to be purchased on the device.
- How an operator increased data roaming revenue by 35% thanks to service passes
- How operators can stimulate spend by using the device as a purchasing channel
- An effective way to provide transparency and cost control, crucial to activate dormant roamers
- The top 5 requirements when considering a data roaming service pass solution
In this webinar, we explore the opportunity that service automation presents to local governments. As one of their many functions, local governments serve as service providers to their community of citizens. Local Government service departments deal with many different requests, ranging from very simple requests for parking permits, all the way to more complex issues such as providing arbitration and dealing with appeals. Many of these services can be partially or completely automated, making local governments more citizen-centric as well as more cost efficient.
SAP Billing for Public Transport & Passenger RailIsabelle Roussin
Various estimates put global investment in smart transporttaion systems nearly to $15B from 2011 through 2017. Smart ticketing is a subset if this market. Railway carriers face high operating costs for siloed homegrown systems. Managing vouchers are still manual most oif the time, apportionment of a trip to 3rd party infrastructure carriers are cumbersome, and introduicng new subscription packages, promotions take too long. Learn how to streamline your smart ticketing system.
SMS Hub is a complete solution to accommodate the growth of global text messaging traffic. It offers an efficient method of extending, establishing and managing interoperability with multiple global connections and ensures better coverage of the SMS facility.
Read more: http://www.mahindracomviva.com/products/messaging_solutions/sms-hub.htm
One of the trends gaining momentum is the adoption of a Mobile Point of Sale system (mPOS, for short).
This presentation describes the concept of mPOS, its use cases and the potential challenges hindering uptake.
Intelligent broadband traffic management ensures that all broadband subscribers connected to the same local exchange have an equal share of bandwidth. This arrangement provides a unique end-to-end quality of service (QoS) differentiation with content adaptation, caching and distributed delivery.
A new era is about to come in direct operator billing because several companies are exploring the option of selling physical goods through direct operator billing.
Just- in- time or JIT in capacity management solution is a technique that provides advantageous tangible benefits which can solve the problem of expanding the capacity with its flexibility and tenacity. Many telecom service providers look forward to improve capacity management, which enables better use of the existing resources in addition to plan and upgrade speed where they are most required to improve service quality and user satisfaction.
Big data combines information sources for an end-to-end view of the subscriber-operator interactions. To leverage big data, operators must modify how they gather, verify & make use of the information available.
http://blog.mahindracomviva.com/strategies-monetizing-big-data/
Differentiate Between Omni Channel & Multi Channel Customer ExperienceMahindra Comviva
The customer service industry is captured by two trending terms- “omnichannel customer service” and “multi-channel customer service”. Multi-channel customer support refers to the availability of customer service across two or more channels like web, e-mail, social media, apps, calls etc. & the omnichannel customer service strategy refers to a customer engagement strategy which caters to the customers via all available channels of support.
Mobile POS is the next in thing in the mobile payment solution market in India. The Mobile POS market in India is growing at a 10% rate every year. The number of mobile terminals has grown by 50% in the last one year. Mobile POS makes it easy for businesses to accept payments where-ever you want and whenever you want. All you need is a mobile or a tablet and a good internet connection.
What is PCRF? – Detailed PCRF architecture and functioningMahindra Comviva
PCRF- Policy and Charging Rules Function- is a dedicated policy controller equipment standardized in 3GPP, enabling policy function for charging & bandwidth on the multimedia networks. Smart Policy Control function combines network and customer intelligence to launch tailored service offerings for business and residential customers.
Read more: http://www.mahindracomviva.com/products/internet-broadband-solutions/smart-policy-control-suite.htm
In today’s business environment, network traffic is at an all time high due to increased use of data by social media sites and now cloud services. This presentation describes how to monitor Network traffic and its advantages
Telecom operators require to proactively engage customers. The Telecom Loyalty Programs allow the service providers to run high-quality and advanced loyalty programs of different scales that validate their sales and marketing strategies with to retain existing customers & acquire new ones.
Read more: http://www.mahindracomviva.com/products/customer-value-management/mobilytix-suite/mobilytix-loyalty-management-solution.htm
The Importance & Benefits of IT Managed ServicesMahindra Comviva
IT managed services reduce an operator’s foreseen problems & increase ROI by enhancing focus on core business functions, lower cost & productivity risks & lot more.
Direct carrier billing (DCB) has witnessed significant traction. Initially, the concept was introduced to make purchasing ringtones and wallpapers more convenient. Direct carrier billing is being used for a variety of functions, ranging from purchasing air tickets to paying parking fees.
Mobile money services deliver a host of services that enable banked and unbanked consumers to save, borrow, transfer and spend money using their mobile. Providing a range of seamless financial services, arriving from the concept of e-banking and branchless banking, mobile money has immensely grown to become a viable alternative to cash.
Read more: http://www.mahindracomviva.com/products/mobile_financial_solutions/mobiquity-money.htm
QR Code Based Payment- The most advanced contactless paymentMahindra Comviva
QR-code based payment requires smartphone apps to scan, store & share their code scans in order to allow individuals and business to make and accept payments.
In the emerging markets, mobile payment is being widely used for including unbanked mobile subscribers in the financial world. Use of various technologies like QR codes, NFC, Bluetooth low energy on being used for various POS and mobile wallet transactions.
How to analyze churn rate and its effect on businessMahindra Comviva
Churn rate is the loss of customers. It is the measure of customer leaving over a certain time period and is used to identify how much revenue is lost due to this attrition.Churn rate is an important measure used by organizations to understand the revenue opportunity loss.
Mobile payment has transformed the financial services in two different ways. They complement the banking system and they also disrupted the traditional way of banking in India
The role of mobile payment technologies in era of demonitizationMahindra Comviva
Demonetization, gave fuel to mobile ecosystems. Mobile payments were the savior in the time when citizens found themselves paralyzed without any cash in hand and
ATMs ran without cash.
Call Management Services Should be Part of Every Business Telephone SystemMahindra Comviva
Today’s sophisticated call management systems integrate various other devices including mobiles and tabs so that an all inclusive call management can be achieved by the business.
10 Things You Need to Know about Mobile Money Services Mahindra Comviva
We have covered various aspects of mobile money services before. So, we thought we would cover 10 important facts that you need to know about it. There are various facts that are important, here’s our list of top 10 for you.
What is NFV and Why is it Significant to the Networking Industry?Mahindra Comviva
A lot of this rise can be attributed to NFV when telecom operators across the world are adopting the technology to gain competitive advantage. NFV will bring a sea change in how the industry works in the coming years along with fetching extra revenue.
The SMS Grey route is a term gaining popularity in the telecom world. Grey route SMS refers to an SMS between two parties or countries which is legal for one party at one end but is illegal for the other party at the other end. A good example of a grey route SMS is the Application to Person (A2P) traffic where messages are generated automatically through a sim but are used for Person to Person (P2P) uses.
The upcoming mobile financial services of the companion cards like merchant payments, e-commerce, ATM withdrawals, etc. would assist mobile operators expand their bouquet of the offering. They also intrigue the youth for the convenience they get to shop through the virtual cards from local & international markets at being home. Their global usage would make it popular among expats, travellers, students going abroad to meet their financial needs.
The metamophosismm in enterprise messaging has alleviated its use for analytics and newer innovations. Its scope is extending beyond MoM technology to include protocols and standards to enable transport and exchange of messages instantaneously.
The new age big data technologies include predictive analytics, no SQL databases, search and knowledge discovery, stream analytics, in-memory data fabric, data virtualization and more.
Banks can Implement NFC Payment Choosing between two Options - HCE platform &...Mahindra Comviva
The financial institutions and banks can compare the pros and cons of using HCE platforms or OEM tokenization. Know which concept is more suitable for NFC in banking.
Big data focuses on finding hidden threads, trends, or patterns from heaps of telecom data. It represents significant information which opens new avenues of opportunities.
Changing Telecom trends with VAS- Value Added ServicesMahindra Comviva
Service assurance is the systematic process of maintaining & improving the service quality provided to customers. It ensures that services offered over networks deliver an optimal subscriber experience.
Read more: http://www.mahindracomviva.com/services/managed_services/managed-vas-services.htm
"A blockchain is a public ledger for all executed Bitcoin transactions. It witnesses constant growth with the addition of ‘completed blocks’ in the form of a new set of recordings to it. These new completed blocks are added in linear, chronological order."
Sound Based Payment technology enables contactless payments through sound waves. There is no dependence on any specific platform and the technology behind it enables
payments on various devices such as smartphones, feature phones, card swipe machines and point-of-sale devices.
All You Need To Know About Network InteroperabilityMahindra Comviva
"Network Interoperability is the continuous ability to send and receive data among the interconnected networks, providing the quality level expected by the end user. It becomes indispensable in order to achieve end-to-end connectivity. The more diverse networks exist, the greater becomes the need to ensure that they can interoperate. Network interoperability being the ability of two networks to communicate can be achieved in two ways: either by having the two networks confirm to a common protocol standard or by defining a standard interface to which all networks need to adhere, or by providing a gateway that translates between the two protocols."
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
"Impact of front-end architecture on development cost", Viktor TurskyiFwdays
I have heard many times that architecture is not important for the front-end. Also, many times I have seen how developers implement features on the front-end just following the standard rules for a framework and think that this is enough to successfully launch the project, and then the project fails. How to prevent this and what approach to choose? I have launched dozens of complex projects and during the talk we will analyze which approaches have worked for me and which have not.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
PHP Frameworks: I want to break free (IPC Berlin 2024)Ralf Eggert
In this presentation, we examine the challenges and limitations of relying too heavily on PHP frameworks in web development. We discuss the history of PHP and its frameworks to understand how this dependence has evolved. The focus will be on providing concrete tips and strategies to reduce reliance on these frameworks, based on real-world examples and practical considerations. The goal is to equip developers with the skills and knowledge to create more flexible and future-proof web applications. We'll explore the importance of maintaining autonomy in a rapidly changing tech landscape and how to make informed decisions in PHP development.
This talk is aimed at encouraging a more independent approach to using PHP frameworks, moving towards a more flexible and future-proof approach to PHP development.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.