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Frens Jan Rumph
Profile: I am a researcher, technical consultant and software engineer based in Holland. I have specialized in Charging, Accounting and Billing architectures. From both a technical point of view (IETF, 3GPP, etc) and a business point of view (TM Forum, GBA).
Main interests: Telecom, Charging, Accounting, Billing, Service Orientation, Software Architectures, Software Engineering
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BSS/OSS support added to IMS plugfest
BSS/OSS support is added to the IMS plugfest, which is held the UNH InterOp Lab in New Hampshire by the IMS Forum.
It’s good to see that the IMS Forum is realizing the importance of including BSS and OSS components to the IMS plugfest event. In order to generate revenue from your services, you need to be able to charge for them! Results of Plugfest IV will be revealed on March 18th at Spring VON.X 2008 in San Jose.
The two main players in the fourth IMS plugfest providing BSS/OSS functionality are HP and Amdocs. This is a great way for them to get out of their own private labs and to really test whether their products adhere to standards defined by 3GPP and IETF.
Let’s see if charging and billing are the usual afterthought, with all the nasty hacks needed to still generate revenue, or that the IMS core and application vendors are up for the job. Hopefully also some more advanced tests will be performed than just offline and online charging for non-roaming subscribers without interconnect.
See also: http://www.imsforum.org/plugfest
Frens