The Moriana Group

The Moriana Group is an independent telecom analyst, providing a range of information products and resources to telecom operators and service providers. These include: Operator Guides, market studies, thought leadership papers, case studies and product profiles.

Specialists in Telecom Service Layer and enabler technologies

Moriana specializes in a number of technology categories in the telecom service layer. Moriana's current focus is on Service Delivery Platforms, Convergent Charging and Billing, IMS, Service Broker, Policy Control. ....View all CATEGORIES here>>

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Moriana Technology Summaries

Service Delivery Platforms – definition and evolution

The term Service Delivery Platform (SDP) refers to a system architecture or environment that enables the efficient creation, deployment, execution, orchestration and management of one or more classes of services. As such, the SDP is the key component of the telecom Service Layer. The Service Delivery Platform has emerged as a consequence of telecom network evolution. In today’s converging telecom world, substituting numerous network-specific ‘stove-pipes’ with a common, horizontal, service architecture seems right and natural. This allows for efficient service delivery across multiple types of networks, as well as for the creation of Web and IT applications....READ MORE>>

SDP 2.0 and Web 2.0, why should operators care?

What relevance does Web 2.0 has for operators in general, and specifically what lessons can operators learn in the deployment of SDP. In short, why should operators care about SDP 2.0? Today, service innovation in the telecom domain has reached an impasse. With the exception of the work being done in mobile terminal space, most of the exciting new developments are happening on the Internet and Web. And most of the innovation and talent is on that side of the street. Is Web 2.0 a threat to Telecom? According to the recent Moriana market research most operators today, while interested in Web 2.0, do not view it as a threat to their business.... READ MORE>>

Convergent Charging and Billing - Challenges and Solutions

As a concept, converged billing and charging has a history of over ten years of more. However, it does not yet have a precise definition. Convergence sometimes refers to consolidation across services, capable of rating voice, video and data transactions. It has also been used to refer to a single system designed to manage both an operator’s consumer and business subscribers. The definition should include service types, consumer/business and payment convergence. It should also include: marketing flexibility and perhaps even end-user personalization of offers and services. A converged solution must be capable of operating in real-time and be network-grade..READ MORE>>

Service Brokers - Easing migration to IMS

The future of application introduction is one in which applications can be introduced quickly and cost effectively with minimal risk to current and future revenue streams.To date the industry at large believes that IMS will be a gradual build out over the next 10 years.In order to address this current need, a solution has been introduced to the market in the form of the Service Broker. Service Brokers manage network connectivity for currently deployed applications, taking full advantage of a deployed infrastructure and applications, while also adhering to IMS architectural entities and easing the migration into IMS. Service Brokers provide the service operator a true migration plan to IMS while fully leveraging existing revenue generating applications, existing infrastructure and post investments (CAPEX) and preventing IMS from becoming another network silo...READ MORE>>