Satyam Joins Microsoft CSF Sandbox; Poised to Help Telcos Deliver Next-Generation Services

Satyam Computer Services Ltd has announced that the Company has joined Microsoft's Connected Services Sandbox. The program is based on the Connected Services Framework (CSF), which provides a common, streamlined environment to facilitate rapid deployment of new services. It does so through world low management of loosely coupled components that can be flexibly aggregated into new, complex services, or bundled into service packages.

The Company's role in the Sandbox will be one of unification. It will bring together independent software vendors (ISVs), application developers, network equipment providers, and telecom carriers for the on-boarding, deployment, and provisioning of new, value-added services for a "quad-play" delivery platform.

The Company has been helping telecom organizations for two decades, and has worked with BSS/OSS and service platform transformation solutions throughout that span. And, since early 2006, the Company has worked closely with Microsoft to build an on-boarding, management, and provisioning platform for next-generation services. The work includes initiatives that rely on Microsoft's Customer Care Framework (CCF) and CSF to build portals for IP subscription management and dynamic services on-boarding, from various third-party service creation ecosystems.

"Today, service providers seek platforms that manage on-boarding and provisioning across convergent IP service platforms," said Dharmesh Syal, vice president of the Company's Global Telecom Practice. "First-generation IP service platforms for VOIP, IPTV, 3G, etc., are 'siloed' and do not interoperate well with traditional BSS/OSS end service platforms."

On the other hand, he added, Satyam's Next-Generation Portal Solution will leverage the Sandbox and provide a pre-integrated, tested, and centralized service portal infrastructure for convergent services. As a result, time to market and costs for service providers will be reduced significantly.

The Company will held the Service/Subscription Management Portal evolve as the umbrella component. As such, it will integrate OSS/BSS components across service types and eliminate "siloed" solutions for service and subscription management. Additionally, customere can ultimately shop for content/services as they desire, rather than being forced into set schedules, catalogs, and plans. The solution will also allow third-party service providers to launch and retire content/services and view receivables/settlements in real time.

The Satyam Telecom Practice's participation in the Sandbox program is another indication of its commitment to developing and implementing strategically focused, niche solutions for next-generation telecommunications services. It is also illustrates the practice's efforts to leverage its strengths in BSS/OSS, portals, and analytics.

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