It's all about 'now' – even for billing

I am in the process of writing a new ‘billing’ training course for the TM Forum to replace the existing ‘Introduction to Next Generation Billing.’ The more research I do the more it seems It seems that what was ‘next generation’ four years ago has already become ‘this...

Charging on moral grounds

Are we seeing the beginning of a fightback from ISPs tired of carrying heavy traffic loads from ‘over-the-top’ freeloaders, or is it just a case of ‘smoke and mirrors’. The first volley came from Comcast aimed at Level 3, one of the largest Internet backbones in the...

Content may be the Emperor, but charging is King.

News Corporation was well advanced in setting up online charging for its newspapers around the world, chairman and chief executive Rupert Murdoch has stated declaring the company on the threshold of a new era of profitability. News Corp was putting the finishing...