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A Tale of 2 CSPs: Aria Solves for Dramatically Different Telecom Use Cases

Every business is unique. No two companies need and use technology the same way. Multiple companies operating within the same industry can, theoretically, select the same software solution or technology platform from the exact same vendor and deploy it with contrasting motivations and objectives.

Blog Digital Transformation

The Top 3 Themes from Digital Transformation World 2022: The ODA, Confidence in the Cloud and the Race for Talent

Digital Transformation World 2022, held in Copenhagen last month, brought together an enthusiastic telecommunications community with many attendees simply happy to be returning to an in-person event following the long Covid hiatus. Operators, motivated to develop new business models supported by more flexible and autonomous software systems and architectures, arrived eager to engage and apply...

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Cloud Billing Can Alleviate M&A Tech Integration Challenges, Enhancing Prospects for Post-Merger Success

Enterprises commonly pursue M&A as a strategy for driving growth and accelerating shareholder value as it enables enterprises to expedite entry into new markets and geographics, expand product and service portfolios with greater speed, and acquire talent and new capabilities virtually overnight. While the velocity and volume of M&A deals ebb and flow in concert...

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IDC Market Note Outlines Billing Challenges for Digitizing CSPs Seeking 5G Readiness

In the telecommunications industry, basic voice and data connectivity is quickly becoming commoditized. Service providers recognize this and are seeking to introduce digital products and services that will generate new recurring revenue streams and deepen relationships with consumer and enterprise customers. As they do so, they are dramatically expanding their universe of partners, teaming with...

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Don’t Let Cloud Imposters Imperil Your Telco Digital Transformation

The telecommunications industry remains in the throes of a significant digital transformation. Connectivity remains the bedrock, powering all things digital and enabling operators to expand and diversify their services. But operators understand the requirement to move beyond basic connectivity. They have lost ground to nascent internet businesses that have brought dynamic products to market, underpinned...

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Europe’s Largest Telco Operators Learn How Diversity, Adaptability, and Automation Are About to Change Billing Forever

Since 1991, ETIS has been gathering Europe’s largest telecommunications providers in a forum where knowledge is shared, best practices are learned, problems begin to be solved, and operators can better position themselves for continued success in their respective regions. This is a critical time for the telco industry. Operators continue to digitally transform their business...

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IDC Research Director Mark Thomason Talks Monetization Trends and More at Aria Recur

Last month, Aria gathered customers and partners in Copenhagen for Recur, the company’s user conference series. IDC Research Director Mark Thomason took the stage to share the firm’s most recent research capturing attitudes, perceptions, trends, and best practices gleaned from vendors and enterprises across multiple industries on a range of topics related to digital transformation,...

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Aria Recur 2022 Brings Customers & Partners Together in Copenhagen for a Day of Networking and Diving into Subscription Trends

Digitization and 5G connectivity are among the factors spurring enterprises across a wide range of industries to pursue recurring revenue business strategies. Companies embarking on digital transformation initiatives seeking to bring new products and services to market need to stay on top of a range of issues related to monetization, billing complexity, pricing, and more....

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How to Screw Up Your Digital Transformation Project in 5 Easy Steps

Enterprises of all shapes and sizes, in industries and geographies far and wide, continue to invest copious amounts of capital and resources to digitally transform their businesses. Research analyst firm IDC tells us that 70% of companies either have a transformation effort in place or are working on one. Spend on these transformation initiatives is...

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As Consumer Data Protection Legislation Expands, the Value of Billing Data Will Grow

In March, Utah Governor Spencer Cox signed the Utah Consumer Privacy Act (UCPA). Once it goes into effect early next year, it will provide consumers with greater protections and powers as it relates to their personal and sensitive data and how it is used and shared by companies. While the UCPA is viewed as less...

Blog Customer Experience

Current Trends in Analytical Innovation: A Synopsis of Aria’s Exclusive Customer Roundtable

Organizations are challenged with continuing to develop, deploy and leverage data strategies while keeping pace with the ever-changing nature of analytics, technology, and an unstable global business environment. Tracking the trends has never been more important. To that end, Aria gathered a panel of analytics experts from the worlds of business and academia for an...

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Successful Digital Transformation Means Preparing for Increased Levels of Systems and Billing Complexity

Like the latest TikTok dance challenge, digital transformations are sweeping the globe. From telecommunications to software to media and publishing to automotive and beyond, companies across a wide swath of industries are expanding beyond what they naturally do and historically have done. Insurance companies, no longer content to sell just home, life or automotive policies,...

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Why Your Monetization Solution Could Jeopardize Your Digital Transformation

Digital transformation is happening inside enterprises everywhere today. “Seamless Customer Experience”, “Streamlining Business Processes”, “Enabling Digital Twins”, “Becoming Digitally Native” are just a handful of monikers organizations are adopting as they race to put these transformation programs in place. Technology investment is at the core of these programs, enabling organizations to stand-out against their peers,...

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A Seismic Shift Shakes the Foundation of the CSP Billing Systems Market

The Gartner® view on billing and monetization for the telecommunications market is changing and it’s getting the attention of communications service providers (CSPs) across the globe. For the first time, we believe Gartner is recommending best of breed SaaS/PaaS vendors as viable alternatives to traditional business support systems (BSS). And at the same time, Gartner...

Blog Billing System Design & Architecture

In Memoriam: The Point-to-Point Connector

The pandemic has been a time of reflection for many, and not only for us as individuals. Companies of every size and type are taking steps to finally realize the digital transformations they may have had sitting on the shelf since before March 2020. It’s become abundantly clear that global enterprises across multiple industries are...

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Five 2022 Predictions for Subscription Companies and Billing & Monetization Vendors

The end of another year is approaching, bringing with it the usual reflections and prognostications. In a year marked by continuing global economic and societal challenges, we examine the landscape for subscription companies and their billing and monetization vendors and humbly offer our top five predictions of trends and themes emerging or continuing in 2022:...

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