Microsoft in Telecommunications

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Digicel Group's continued pursuit to offer exceptional service and to revolutionize the mobile and broadband landscapes in its markets has led to its rapid growth. Microsoft Dynamics® CRM business software offered Digicel a solution that was flexible to adapt to flexibility for its call center needs and could be quickly integrated with its existing software.

Pipeline, a leading telecommunications journal, reviews the BSS/OSS solutions landscape. In this article, Pipeline reviews the approach of several large solution providers and notes the challenge they present to driving industry innovation. Pipeline then outlines Microsoft's partner approach of a "mashable partner ecosystem" that supports the broader community of ISVs/SIs and unlocks the collective innovation across the industry. An approach that is already showing results ..

T-Mobile USA, a leading provider of wireless services, sought to create new mobile software to simplify communications for families. It needed to implement the application and its server infrastructure while facing a tight deadline. T-Mobile decided to build the solution with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional and base it on Windows Phone 7 and the Windows Azure platform. By taking advantage of an integrated development environment and cloud services, the company completed the project in just six weeks.

Redknee, a leading provider of business-critical billing and charging software and solutions for communications service providers, has entered into a global partnership with Tech Mahindra, a global systems integrator and business transformation consulting organization focused on the communications industry, to jointly deliver software and services to the communications service providers market. This partnership brings to the market an exceptionally strong combination of Microsoft expertise to communication service providers ...