BRIDGEWATER, N.J.-Thursday 13 September 2018 [ AETOS Wire ] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- SoftBank Corp., a Japan-based telecom carrier; Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. (SNCR), a global leader and innovator of cloud, messaging, digital and IoT products; and TBCASoft, Inc., an innovator of cross-carrier blockchain platform technology, today announced that they have partnered on a Proof of Concept (PoC) for a new cross-carrier mobile payments service based on the Rich Communications Service (RCS) global messaging standard and TBCASoft’s cross-carrier blockchain platform. Synchronoss has delivered in Japan, a rich and secure multi-channel communications platform, which covers SMS, email and RCS. The platform launched earlier this year. TBCASoft has been working with SoftBank, under the Carrier Blockchain Study Group (CBSG) Consortium, to deliver a cross-carrier blockchain platform called CCPS (Cross-Carrier Payment Service), which facilitates global mobile payment services among global telecommunica ... Read more »

Network Slicing Enables Operators to Launch New Business Models Quickly and Easily LOS ANGELES & RICHARDSON, Texas -Thursday 13 September 2018 [ AETOS Wire ] (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Mavenir, focused on transforming mobile network economics for Communications Service Providers (CSPs), today announced that a Tier-1 North American Operator has launched new services using CloudRangeTM, its industry leading NFV platform based on MANO/ONAP architecture, as part of a pre-integrated network services deployment model. With CloudRangeTM, operators can use their existing network for slicing selected services and create additional slices for new and differentiated services that increase revenues, while delivering efficiency in the network and enhancing quality of service and security. This capability works across the radio, core, and applications to allow for practical deployments such as subscriber data/intelligence in the network, MVNO network setup, and network upgrade with virtualized OpenStac ... Read more »