tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67225094153584043412012-01-26T09:49:01.957-05:00Razorsight is the only provider of cloud-based business intelligence and profit analytics for the communications industry. We deliver the optimal solution for managing both the buy side and sell side of carrier-to-carrier relationships.Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11029020144377705699noreply@blogger.comBlogger761100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-56789315712163642202012-01-25T08:55:00.001-05:002012-01-25T08:56:20.519-05:00

France Telecom says it will not match the low-cost mobile offers recently launched by Iliad because such aggressive pricing would be bad for network quality and innovation in the long-run, says France Telecom CEO Stephane Richard. That Orange won't compete on price might strike you as unwise. Goldman Sachs, for example, forecasts that Iliad's market entry will cause France Telecom to lose a

jfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-55433636175094960542012-01-19T08:29:00.001-05:002012-01-19T08:29:00.719-05:00

Among the favorite words and concepts one hears in the software and hardware business is “disruption,” the process by by which new entrants attack and displace former industry leaders. The same idea can be applied in the telecom business. But  some proponents of “disruption” would say “not much has changed” in telecom, from the standpoint of “new entrants” displacing “industry leaders.” But it

jfnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-53456912867462353192012-01-17T09:15:00.001-05:002012-01-17T09:15:01.499-05:00

This morning, we're pleased to announce the replay availability of an informative webinar regarding the FCC’s new rulings on the Connect America Fund (CAF) and Intercarrier Compensation Reform  “Access Reform”. The webinar took place on January 10 and you can review the playback at this link: https://www149.livemeeting.com/cc/razorsight/view?id=H8NBCG The webinar featured Brad Mutshcelknaus and

jfnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-40171210090165310642012-01-10T08:31:00.001-05:002012-01-10T08:31:01.647-05:00

Hindsight, as they say, is “20/20. ” One frequently can look backwards and see how difficult it is to “predict the future” where it comes to communications on a global level. In 2004, for example, the International Telecommunications Union still was saying that “In general, the majority of the least developed countries (LDCs) have made little progress in the past five years in closing the gap

jfnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-23648318055420692022012-01-09T10:38:00.001-05:002012-01-09T13:43:34.589-05:00

Check out today's edition of mobile industry mag Pipeline for an informative Razorsight profile. CEO Charlie Thomas and CTO Suren Nathan are quoted at length, elaborating on the risks service providers are facing, "especially in the face of bandwidth-hog OTT players and companies like Google roaring into the communications space. It's through data [and profitability] analytics that they can

jfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-85920162564545769012012-01-06T09:41:00.000-05:002012-01-06T09:41:59.872-05:00

Gary Kim, who consistently commands the Razorsight blog byline, has been recognized by Forbes as one of the Top 10 Power Influencers in Mobile. In fact, Gary comes in a strong second overall (giving him something to shoot for next year). According to Forbes: # Number 2 at this strategic level is Gary Kim, author of the IPCarrier blog, which tracks business model innovation in advanced

jfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-17511779529475963292012-01-03T09:40:00.000-05:002012-01-03T09:40:00.973-05:00

As much as service providers across the communications business worry about the threat of value erosion, with increasing amounts of the actual value of broadband-enabled applications shifting to devices and applications, it does appear that service providers are making adjustments. And those adjustments seem to be coming in both the transport business, which might the closest analogy to a

jfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-23972058693810681232011-12-21T09:45:00.000-05:002011-12-21T09:45:21.303-05:00

There always is a tension between operational simplicity and sophistication in retail customer packaging and network management. Simple approaches often are cheaper, but at the cost of forfeiting creation of more-nuanced subscriber plans. Likewise, policy management tools that can prioritize and shape bandwidth consumption can help service providers alleviate congestion and provide higher end

jfnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-56229920910284642722011-12-13T09:03:00.000-05:002011-12-13T09:03:09.615-05:00

There’s a new wrinkle to the ‘over the top” entertainment video issue, namely that with the advent of tablets and powerful smart phones, consumers will demand video on those devices, and therefore the new issue is only “how will video be delivered over the top; by whom; and how will users pay for it?” A November 2011 survey of 1.025 consumers by JZ Analytics, sponsored by Broadcom Corp.,

jfnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-60423519375355240402011-12-06T08:58:00.000-05:002011-12-06T08:58:11.856-05:00

It is an unquestioned fact that a small percentage of broadband users, on virtually any network, use vastly more data than typical users do. The top one percent of data consumers account for 20 percent of the overall consumption, for example. But are heavy users the problem? The question might seem silly. If the big problem for an access provider is peak hour congestion, then heavy users

jfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-73219222473167019282011-11-29T08:31:00.006-05:002011-11-29T08:31:00.467-05:00

The moment after the clock strikes midnight on December 31st, and 2012 is officially here, broadband communications history will be made. That's when FCC reforms to expand access to high-speed Internet and voice services nationwide will take effect. Designed to accelerate deployment of modern communications networks, they overhaul outdated universal service and intercarrier compensations

jfnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-18807446167836861982011-11-18T08:29:00.001-05:002011-11-18T08:29:00.781-05:00

One often hears it said that “broadband is the anchor service” for fixed-line service providers in the future. One also frequently hears that new value-added services would be a healthy antidote to service providers becoming “dumb pipe” access providers. One sometimes also assumes the growing use of "connected devices" benefits mobile service providers (it does), but not fixed-line providers.

jfnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-34993451859786414282011-11-15T09:47:00.000-05:002011-11-15T09:47:29.206-05:00

What's the layout of today's telecommunications landscape? Razorsight CEO Charlie Thomas shares some thoughts in his recent B/OSS Insider blog post. New technology counts, but it's just the beginning. As he explains: The Wall Street Journal recently listed wireline telecom as the fastest dying business. The price in lost revenue is too steep for Status Quo. In order to seize on the new

jfnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-71954895515851303622011-11-08T07:26:00.001-05:002011-11-08T07:26:00.840-05:00

by Gary Kim A new study by Edelman suggests U.S. consumers are are disenchanted with their entertainment choices. Only about 17 percent of respondents think entertainment sources today provide “very good” or “excellent value.” That should send up a warning flag about the latent potential demand for different video and other entertainment options. Declining entertainment value obviously creates

jfnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-65243934911825672222011-11-03T08:31:00.001-04:002011-11-03T08:31:00.622-04:00

by Gary Kim Changing end user preferences, greater competition and occasional intervention by government are among the reasons the entire global telecom business is in a continuing process of change. Generally speaking, competition and changing end user demand cause more revenue change, but recently government actions have been pronounced. The most recent example is action by the Federal

jfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-53411908922195667652011-11-01T08:31:00.001-04:002011-11-01T08:31:00.635-04:00

Razorsight Corporation, the global leader of cloud-based Profit Analytics solutions for Communications Service Providers (CSPs), today announced that Access One of Chicago, IL, has selected Razorsight’s Profit Enhancement Center(TM) (PEC) Application Suite. “Razorsight’s cloud based analytics platform is a unique and powerful solution unlike any I’ve seen in the marketplace” said Larry Levy,

jfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-72231125314446393972011-10-26T08:12:00.000-04:002011-10-26T08:12:48.689-04:00

by Gary Kim Mobile VoIP subscribers will grow from 47 million in 2010 to almost 410 million by 2015, Infonetics Research forecasts. That is not a good thing for service providers. Mobile service providers globally earn about $500 billion a year providing voice services. In 2010, mobile operators made $13.21 per user, per year, from mobile VoIP services. That works out to about $1.10 per user

jfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-41978992382910639822011-10-24T09:13:00.002-04:002011-10-24T09:53:33.047-04:00

By Charlie Thomas, CEO Razorsight In his new book, That Used To Be Us, Pulitzer prize-winning and best-selling author Thomas Friedman describes how America has lost its way, and what we must do to regain our global leadership position. He outlines a roadmap for recovery, but it's difficult to envision our political leaders mustering the courage and vision necessary to step aside from the

jfnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-7759651893032861732011-10-17T15:10:00.000-04:002011-10-17T15:10:06.740-04:00

by Gary Kim Matthew Key, CEO of Telefónica’s Digital division, says mobile operators must invest in innovation, because they are becoming “commoditized” and their relevance to customers is “decreasing.” That is unusually frank talk from a mobile service provider executive, but likely is "permissible" because Telefónica already has taken steps to create a new "innovation" unit to address the

jfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-53403228893121516832011-10-11T10:39:00.002-04:002011-10-11T10:49:16.882-04:00

by Gary Kim I recently said I still didn't see evidence that hosted PBX services would be a significantly bigger business than Centrex has been. That got me a "raised eyebrow" from an executive whose firm is heavily involved in the hosted PBX business. But have yet to see revenue figures that cause me to change my prediction. True, the business continues to grow. The number of seats for hosted

jfnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-1850388238573594862011-10-04T09:32:00.001-04:002011-10-04T09:50:00.696-04:00

by Gary Kim The Amazon Kindle Fire launch, with the simultaneous release of three new versions of the Kindle designed more as e-readers, likely illustrates a fundamental change in consumer electronics ecosystems, just as the application ecosystem also has changed around smart phones. Needless to say, network access providers also face the need to create entirely new businesses based on partners

jfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-21619590937101667502011-09-28T08:31:00.001-04:002011-09-28T08:31:00.221-04:00

by Gary Kim Policymakers, policy advocates and many bandwidth-dependent interests are calling for either 100-Mbps or 1-Gbps Internet access as a "standard" U.S. reality by 2020 or so. Some will doubt that is feasible. But some relatively standard forecasting techniques suggest the 100 Mbps target is not beyond reason. The big question, some will wonder, is what business case will drive such

jfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-53294423069300391942011-09-19T10:24:00.001-04:002011-09-19T10:25:57.243-04:00

by Gary Kim Only 70 percent of households in Marshall County, Indiana have landlines in 2011, a figure that is expected to decrease to 50 percent in the next two years. Landline subscriptions plummet. That statistic is one important facet of the voice services business: people simply are starting to use their mobile devices as their primary “phones.” The other important angle is less usage of

jfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-84933841288280875242011-09-16T14:44:00.001-04:002011-09-16T14:45:18.627-04:00

Razorsight CTO Suren Nathan recently expounded on how the telecom industry might best position itself to contend with today's tumultuous economic environment. His guest column in the B/OSS Insider Blog is worth the read, especially if you need to understand the connection between tea leaves and the telecommunications industry. Here's a sample: Business outcomes today are harder than ever to

jfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-65001552544313380262011-09-13T09:38:00.000-04:002011-09-13T09:38:20.576-04:00

by Gary Kim You often can tell a market is changing when people start asking questions that wouldn’t have made any sense in the past. When VoIP became a mass market service or application, it was preceded by a period when people really did start to ask “what is a phone?” As it became possible to use softphones on a PC and a headset to make “telephone calls,” the question of “what is a phone”

jfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-60977218992947214852011-09-09T10:58:00.001-04:002011-09-09T11:01:10.172-04:00

When it comes to managing one's margins, hoping for the best is not enough. Surprisingly, due to a lack of visibility into true costs and revenue, a lot of companies have done just that.  They hoped their cost calculations were correct.  They hoped they were charging enough and they hoped they were collecting on everything they charged for.  Click here to access a FREE report featuring Razorsight

jfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-3272791444617878482011-08-30T10:25:00.000-04:002011-08-30T10:25:51.927-04:00

by Gary Kim The content and communications businesses these days are fundamentally different from those same businesses of 30 years ago in one fundamental way. Unlike the situation several decades ago, when value almost completely could be controlled by vertically-integrated providers, value now is derived from loosely coupled ecosystems. In other words, where a telco in the past could control

jfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-82770052991473836862011-08-16T12:55:00.000-04:002011-08-16T12:55:42.181-04:00

Intense pricing pressure in the voice services business has been a fact of industry life for a decade. One might argue correctly that the reason SBC ultimately bought all of AT&T was that AT&T's international calling business had been in a several decades long decline, and AT&T was not able to create a new revenue stream to replace what it was losing in long distance services, despite strenuous

jfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-63296266388391263822011-08-12T09:20:00.002-04:002011-08-12T09:23:27.978-04:00

by Gary Kim Virtually every executive, at every company in the telecom or video entertainment business, has to spend significant time thinking about ways to create new revenue streams. Underlying those exercises and imperatives are changing revenue profiles in nearly every part of the business, ranging from the maturation of voice revenue products in both fixed and mobile domains, text messaging

jfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-33937580982689340802011-08-10T10:48:00.000-04:002011-08-10T10:48:27.921-04:00

From yesterday's Official FCC Blog, important news concerning the release a wireless backhaul item that implements key recommendations of the National Broadband Plan. According to the FCC, it removes outdated regulatory barriers and unleashes additional spectrum for broadband services. According to the FCC, "these actions will stimulate additional opportunities for broadband deployment,

jfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-79886423162816846892011-08-05T14:24:00.000-04:002011-08-05T14:24:46.811-04:00

This week, we welcome Gary Kim as guest blogger, who has a lot to say about emerging lines of business empowered by mobile technology: Competition seems to have brought undeniable benefits for U.K. consumers, but also illustrates the strategic challenges global service providers face. Despite huge growth in adoption of mobile phones, smart phones, broadband access and multi-channel TV service,

jfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-9404257844846632742011-07-29T10:50:00.000-04:002011-07-29T10:50:13.401-04:00

Norman Fekrat, vice president of Telecommunications Network Solutions at IBM and a very respected friend, had a tremendous article posted in the latest Wireless Week.  He speaks with refreshing candor about the challenges facing the telecommunications industry, and the adaptations it can make in order to thrive. The article's introduction speaks volumes: The telecommunications industry is

jfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-82338850261093713752011-07-20T08:40:00.001-04:002011-07-21T15:22:45.278-04:00

Today, Razorsight is pleased to announce securing up to $12 million in additional funding from new investors. This Series B round brings the company’s total capital raised to more than $37 million, which we will use for international growth and continued product innovation. The new investors include Toronto based Georgian Partners and Durham based Square 1. The Series B round is led by Georgian

jfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-66802467449624566732011-07-13T08:38:00.000-04:002011-07-13T08:38:04.854-04:00

Razorsight CEO Charlie Thomas explains why the wireless backhaul build-out needs to catch up to customer demand, pronto in the latest B/OSS Insider Blog. "Wireless backhaul represents the largest telecom build-out in the last decade. Mobile operators can’t deploy Ethernet to the cell sites fast enough. Every wireless carrier is migrating to 4G/LTE with Ethernet backhaul to support the vast

jfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-43627910024754358302011-06-14T15:51:00.000-04:002011-06-14T15:51:57.204-04:00

No one can argue that processing carrier-to-carrier invoices requires extraordinary manual effort. The sheer volume of paper, PDF, CDs, images, and print files forces a focus on managing and paying invoices instead of auditing those invoices to determine if the charges are accurate. The process can represent tens of millions of dollars in additional expense through resource allocation and

jfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-34551203495166360562011-06-08T17:06:00.001-04:002011-06-08T17:08:52.130-04:00

Director of Analytical Services  Nilesh Lal explains the need for a smart usage analytics solution. The processing complexity of a deep data environment, one that might manage billions of records per month, requires CDR level analysis for anomaly detection, rate and volume validation, traffic analysis, and cost audits. Razorsight Usage Analytics makes it possible to reconstruct usage costs

jfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-8896302365010757102011-06-01T09:53:00.000-04:002011-06-01T09:53:59.853-04:00

Profit Enhancement Center Application Suite Continues to Drive Communications Provider Success Razorsight is pleased to announce that communications and cloud services provider Broadview Networks of Rye Brook, N.Y., has selected our Profit Enhancement Center (PEC) Application Suite to help meet its expense management goals. Driving the decision to go with Razorsight, Broadview Networks' Vice

jfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-73074699738326052792011-05-27T10:01:00.000-04:002011-05-27T10:01:10.320-04:00

Thanks to everyone who participated in yesterday's webinar, The FCC Tries Again: Intercarrier Compensation on the Operating Table. We had hundreds of participants, shared essential insights, and generated tremendous dialog thanks to leaders Brad Mutshcelknaus and Chip Yorkgitis, partners with Kelley Drye LLP. Our keyboards and speakerphones hadn't even cooled off when we started getting requests

jfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-64829850139079206752011-05-24T10:15:00.000-04:002011-05-24T10:15:54.490-04:00

Attendees at this year's International Telecom's Week have been among the first to learn of a new strategic marketing initiative forged between Razorsight Corp., and Global Convergence Solutions, Inc. Formally announced in conjunction with each company's attendance at ITW,  GCS CEO Neal Axelrad offered this elaboration: By collaborating on marketing and sales opportunities, GCS & Razorsight will

jfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-21671746622636840052011-05-19T09:23:00.000-04:002011-05-19T09:23:58.204-04:00

Capture is Razorsight's on-demand, SaaS solution that gives manual order processing accuracy, speed and reliability comparable to the systems that manage structured data (as opposed to the unstructured information scattered throughout so many diverse documents). In about three-and-a-half minutes, Dharmesh Trivedi, our executive director - operations, explains how Capture gets line item

jfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-37176447447198669232011-05-11T12:49:00.000-04:002011-05-11T12:49:53.609-04:00

Today's edition of B/OSS (Billing and OSS World) features a great interview with our CTO, Suren Nathan, who discusses his "thought process as he explains the how and why of carving out a new software niche in network-inventory integrity that is contributing to the transformation of Razorsight’s business." A representative insight: " . . . what we do is reconcile the inventory against these

jfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-37813414963614985872011-05-09T12:55:00.000-04:002011-05-09T13:01:09.354-04:00

In recent years, the definition of "Revenue Assurance" has expanded to include robust platforms that address data management, analytics, fraud control, workflow, and results visualization. RA departments have become the natural launch point for strategic functions, which means RA integration with enterprise data warehouses, business intelligence, and analytics platforms has increased considerably

jfnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-60537148472090160892011-05-04T14:00:00.000-04:002011-05-04T14:12:57.682-04:00

Registration is now open for Razorsight's upcoming webinar addressing the FCC’s recent Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), which deals with overhaul of the intercarrier compensation framework -- commonly known as “Access Reform.” The webinar will take place on May 26, 2011 from 1 PM EST to 2 PM EST, and will feature Brad Mutshcelknaus and Chip Yorkgitis, partners with Kelley Drye LLP. They will

jfnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-55977483830421675632011-04-28T11:43:00.001-04:002011-04-28T11:43:09.538-04:00

It's a pretty straightforward concept: strong Financial Business Intelligence can seriously improve profit margins. The reasons? Increased cost efficiency, reduced revenue leakage, and streamlined processes. For a convincing explanation, read Razorsight's informative white paper on Financial Business Intelligence. It's packed with insight on how forward-thinking carriers embrace best practices

Razorsightnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-88174850910117733772011-04-26T11:47:00.000-04:002011-04-26T11:47:46.451-04:00

Tracy Chaput, Razorsight's executive director of product management, returns this week to detail how Razorsight's Cost Analytics solutions are addressing and controlling expenses for our telecom industry customers. Network expense (which can account for, in some cases, more than 50% of revenue), along with large invoice volume (which makes cost verification and auditing problematic) can eclipse

Razorsightnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-25145900294197427832011-04-21T16:12:00.000-04:002011-04-21T16:12:08.771-04:00

The pressures and demands of combating shrinking ARPU and launching profitable next generation services dictate that service providers adopt a low-cost, smart operating model to successfully compete in a convergent world. Given that network costs remain the second largest expense after employee salaries for most communications service providers, it's never been more important for telecoms to

Razorsightnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-17420491579395591542011-04-19T14:02:00.000-04:002011-04-19T14:03:33.772-04:00

Take five minutes and listen to Tracy Chaput, Razorsight's executive director of product management, expound on our Claims Analytics tool. This powerful, cloud-based solution automates the dispute claims management workflow, increases the effectiveness of the claims management team, facilitates dispute negotiation and reconciliation, and maximizes dispute claim savings.

Razorsightnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-14722271965542003762011-04-12T11:47:00.000-04:002011-04-12T11:49:46.061-04:00

In last week's episode of Razor TV, Suren addressed issues of business intelligence management specific to the telecommunications industry. Today, he explains critical differences in Razorsight's inventory analytics solution -- some essential advantages detailed in just under three minutes! Suren, you're as succinct as you are sharp.

Razorsightnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-84187024143349005652011-04-05T10:26:00.000-04:002011-04-05T10:26:57.620-04:00

What's the best way to mine and organize data, dig out KPIs, maximize performance management, and contribute to the bottom line? Suren explains, and details how Razorsight Headlines can process and store data in a multi-dimensional format that facilitates strong analysis and analytics. Click the vid above, or go here for a lot of insight in under four minutes.

Razorsightnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-83420305929100923272011-03-21T10:57:00.000-04:002011-03-21T10:57:11.865-04:00

Earlier this month, Mindshare, an exclusive CEO group for emerging and high growth technology companies in the Washington, D.C. region, named Razorsight's own Charlie Thomas as vice chair. Along with new Chair Edwin Miller, Charlie will be charged with energizing the MindShare Alumni Network, a group of more than 550 CEOs who continue to stay involved in building entrepreneurship, exchanging

Razorsightnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-19127964736101058622011-03-16T09:22:00.000-04:002011-03-16T09:22:08.995-04:00

Reform of the high-speed broadband market known as “special access” would increase national output by as much as $37.7 billion and create as many as 176,000 new jobs across the U.S. economy, 70 percent of them in industries that rely on these connections to run their businesses. These are the findings of Economic Benefits of Special Access Price Reductions, a major economic study filed with the

Razorsightnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-59232039276692100732011-03-01T08:34:00.000-05:002011-03-01T10:20:29.762-05:00

In conjunction with leading regulatory law firm Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, Razorsight has released a Regulatory Brief with a current analysis of the FCC’s recent Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) regarding overhaul of the intercarrier compensation framework which is commonly known as “Access Reform”. The brief [available here] provides a short history of telecom regulation and a good

Razorsightnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-91368482784107937542011-02-15T21:54:00.000-05:002011-02-16T07:46:56.786-05:00

Mobile World Congress, Barcelona — February 16, 2011 -- Razorsight Corporation, the only Cloud Computing provider of Business Intelligence and Profit Analytics solutions for communications service providers (CSPs), today announced record revenues and growth for its fiscal year ending December 31, 2010. The company’s revenues have grown for ten consecutive years. Driven by continued growth of its

Razorsightnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-56972650621958357992011-02-02T10:44:00.000-05:002011-02-02T10:44:09.384-05:00

A new Cisco study shows the unbelievable ascent and global utilization of Mobile Broadband: It forecasts more than seven billion mobile connections by 2015. That’s more connections than there are humans on the planet! And while the growth and data volumes are mind-boggling, pondering the ultimate influence and impact of that connectivity on telecommunications is truly fascinating. It raises

Razorsightnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-62593541162080919552011-01-24T16:32:00.000-05:002011-01-25T05:22:30.175-05:00

As we prepare with great anticipation to hear President Obama’s State of the Union address on Tuesday (which will undoubtedly focus on the jobs and the economy) it is interesting to note a proposal made by Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley today. (See the excerpt from press release below). Consider the value to the economy and on job creation if every state introduced similar legislation and if

Razorsightnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-73709767438477307732011-01-21T11:34:00.000-05:002011-01-21T11:34:00.395-05:00

Smart communications providers, like intelligent leaders in any industry, know that maximizing operational efficiency and minimizing expense is essential -- especially in today's economy. Razorsight has developed an invaluable means of determining whether or not your network is operating at its ideal cost management efficiency, which we distill in to a concise evaluation we call your Network

Razorsightnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-23136945681113058132011-01-12T13:35:00.000-05:002011-01-12T13:35:32.624-05:00

For most telecom service providers, the cost of third-party network expense -- or network cost -- is a big chunk of overall cost structure; for some, it's the second highest after salaries and can exceed 40% of annual expenses! It makes sense that industry executives and managers track and measure their network expense audit, payment and dispute resolution results very closely. Razorsight, the

Razorsightnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-49279081215007972272011-01-07T09:15:00.000-05:002011-01-07T09:15:57.359-05:00

Moving into the new year is an ideal time to look back and plan ahead. The former informs the latter. For me, one of the best ways to understand where we've been and where we want to go as a company is through conversations with the people who make it happen: Razorsight employees, and I mean all of them. Starting about a week ago, and continuing for about a month, I'm having 30-minute

Razorsightnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-4290715521029270302010-12-22T12:38:00.000-05:002010-12-22T12:38:14.193-05:00

It started with Steve Jobs announcement and Apple’s subsequent release of the iPhone a few years ago. In relatively short order we’re untethered from the wireline network in significant ways. 100 Million YouTube Videos are watched from Mobile devices each day. Mobile phones have replaced digital cameras as the device of choice for taking pics. And an exciting new generation of tablet devices were

Razorsightnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-3716133109587559282010-12-12T15:03:00.000-05:002010-12-12T15:03:03.052-05:00

DECEMBER 10, 2010 | Michelle Donegan | Comment (1) LONDON -- Backhaul Strategies & Core Convergence for Mobile Operators -- To say that backhaul for Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks is complex could be a mighty understatement going by the talk from operators and vendors at Light Reading's backhaul and mobile core networks conference here in London yesterday. But as the first next-generation

Razorsightnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-51985479036144652032010-12-07T11:15:00.000-05:002010-12-07T11:15:11.339-05:00

Charlie Thomas CEO, Razorsight As the FCC nears a vote on the newly proposed Net Neutrality, the Commission should carefully consider historical precedents. Whether it’s telecommunications laws or the hundreds of other laws passed by Congress, a consistent result has been Unintended Consequences. Indeed, each new law or act by our government, although well intended, has “side effects”. As

Razorsightnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-73346010011763348022010-12-07T11:11:00.000-05:002010-12-07T11:11:45.221-05:00

By Cecilia Kang Washington Post Posted at 8:00 AM ET, 12/ 7/2010 A net neutrality regulation proposed by the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission is getting picked apart from many sides. Verizon Wireless’ chief executive Daniel Mead met on Friday with Chairman Julius Genachowski his staff and argued that the broadband market doesn't need new rules. A public interest group and a

Razorsightnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-67711786296852876282010-12-02T15:20:00.001-05:002010-12-02T15:20:38.187-05:00

By Cecilia Kang Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, December 1, 2010; 12:01 AM The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission plans to announce Wednesday a controversial proposal that would prohibit Internet providers from favoring or discriminating against any traffic that goes over their networks. He would do so, however, without resorting to the more drastic step of changing the

Razorsightnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-45174084803384147952010-10-28T23:14:00.000-04:002010-10-28T23:14:03.609-04:00

The Federal Communications Commission said Thursday it has reached a record $25 million settlement with Verizon Wireless for wrongly charging subscribers "mystery" Internet fees over the past several years. The payment is the largest in FCC history and the settlement concludes the agency’s 10-month investigation into these overcharges, the agency said in a press release. http://

Razorsightnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-69231599252680210322010-10-17T20:55:00.001-04:002010-10-17T20:56:27.973-04:00

The recent article by Eduardo Saverin, Co-Founder of Facebook, relative to the importance of entrepreneurs on global economic growth is well stated. As we continue our slow, methodical climb from the economic malaise and head to the polls to in less than a month to potentially shake up the landscape in Washington, our new political leadership would be well guided to take heed Mr. Saverin’s

Razorsightnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-76434519706441620692010-10-09T16:13:00.000-04:002010-10-09T16:15:29.036-04:00

I saw this on the telecom discussion group on LinkedIn and thought it was interesting. Traditional PSTN Networks are generally thought of as TDM networks. VoIP and TDM networks are both digital networks. VoIP and TDM share the same compression techniques to compress and convert voice to a digital format. So the quality of the voice is the same. Voice quality starts to degrade based on the impact

Razorsightnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-77091022876195096422010-09-29T09:26:00.000-04:002010-09-29T09:26:36.885-04:00

Billing World posted a story by David West on Revenue Assurance. Razorsight's Profit Enhancement Center Solution meets and surpasses the criteria he sets forth for choosing the best RA solution. I have pasted an excerpt here: Final Buying Recommendation If you're a tier 2 or 3 carrier with an urge to buy a revenue assurance solution, my first advice is get very specific about what you need.

Razorsightnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-5597090218630945392010-09-28T18:05:00.000-04:002010-09-29T09:43:42.317-04:00

Dan Baker interviewed the headlining speaker from our Annual Conference, Surendra Saboo. I have posted the Razorsight portion below - to view the whole article visit BillingWorld.Com. “The Razorsight Annual Conference was a great place to mingle with service providers. Not only were there good sessions on trends in revenue and profitability assurance, the presentations by Razorsight

Razorsightnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-41157022438745351042010-09-28T18:03:00.000-04:002010-09-29T09:45:31.158-04:00

Over 100 Customers, Partners and Industry Thought Leaders Attend Event in Washington D.C. Area RESTON, VA — September 28, 2010 — Razorsight Corporation, the market-leading provider of on-demand financial business intelligence and profit analytics solutions for Communications Service Providers (CSPs) today announced the successful conclusion of its annual conference. The event, held from

Razorsightnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-11429611133968377382010-09-27T11:36:00.000-04:002010-09-27T11:44:46.704-04:00

ExecutiveBiz.com is a blog dedicated to covering the executives making business in and around Washington, DC. Since its inception in 2004, ExecutiveBiz.com has focused on ‘C level’ executives and thought leaders making their mark on both the federal and commercial sectors. As such, they have written a article about Razorsight and CEO Charlie Thomas. Take a look at the article entitled:

Razorsightnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-22356846919569561292010-09-26T19:20:00.000-04:002010-09-26T19:21:30.476-04:00

I attended the two day 2010 Razorsight Annual Conference this week along with more than 100 of their customers and partners, as well as numerous industry thought leaders. The event, held from September 21-23, 2010 at Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center at the Washington National Harbor, featured an information-rich agenda with educational and informative presentations and demonstrations.

Razorsightnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-26821202916630466232010-09-25T16:15:00.000-04:002010-09-25T16:16:59.585-04:00

Check out the latest blog by Chirag Mehta- as he attended the Razorsight Annual Conference this week. "...speaking at the Razorsight Annual Conference on the topic of cloud computing. I am excited to meet their customers, the telcos. While I prepare for my keynote, I can’t stop thinking about the challenges that the telcos face and the opportunities that they are not pursuing. My keynote

Razorsightnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-31481692592854739652010-09-25T16:06:00.000-04:002010-09-30T10:35:28.315-04:00

Razorsight Corporation Named to Software Magazine’s 28th Annual Software 500 Software Magazine Ranks Razorsight Corporation as one of the World’s Largest Software Companies RESTON, VA, Sept. 23, 2010 -- Razorsight Corporation, the only Cloud Computing provider of profit analytics solutions for communications service providers(CSPs), today announced its inclusion on Software Magazine’s Software

Razorsightnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-14789269514216630672010-09-01T16:01:00.000-04:002010-09-01T16:01:30.687-04:00

Read the latest Blog Post by Chirag Mehta

rpmnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-13417521833949121092010-08-10T03:39:00.000-04:002010-08-11T16:21:08.975-04:00

A Paradox yes. But read further to understand this phenomenon. A quick look at the quarterly results of any incumbent Communications Operator will show continued attrition in wireline subscribers, while Wireless Operators globally continue to experience rapid growth. So how is it that the wireline network will receive the lionshare of Capex and Opex investment? Evidence of the wireless world

Razorsightnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6722509415358404341.post-40081175759269869192010-08-04T20:40:00.001-04:002010-08-11T16:18:43.306-04:00

“THE RAPIDLY CHANGING REVENUE ASSURANCE AND COST MANAGEMENT MARKET – A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE” Features Razorsight Profile RESTON, VA — July 22, 2010 - Razorsight Corporation, the only Cloud Computing provider of profit analytics solutions for Communications Service Providers (CSPs), today announced the availability of a new report from Stratecast, a division of Frost & Sullivan. The 14 page report

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