Comverse and IBM have jointly set up a new centre of excellence (CoE) which will offer a BSS/OSS and service delivery environment offering telecom operators a platform to speed up time to market for new services, boost subscriber acquisition, reduce churn and reduce opex as well.

The CoE uses software components from IBM and Comverse and has been established within the IBM Telecom Solutions Lab in France.

 “To sustain growth in today’s economy, Communication Service Providers are seeking ways to offer subscribers a more positive and differentiated experience while taking complexity and cost out of their businesses,” said Chris Pearson, global telco industry leader for IBM Global Business Services, which also announced three additional telecom development centers today. 

Operators can use the Centre which offers a simulation environment as a testing ground. Technically the CoE makes use of the Service Provider Delivery Environment (SPDE) framework, which is based on a service oriented architecture (SOA) approach which is incorporated into IBM server and storage hardware such as power systems and BladeCenter.

“Comverse and IBM understand how critical it is to offer systems and processes that support the new business models that operators must deliver to stay competitive,” said Dror Bin, President of Global Sales at Comverse. “We believe that the Comverse-IBM relationship backed by the Center of Excellence will allow our joint customers to have more efficient operations and generate new revenues.”