With a crowded marketplace, subscribers expect their providers to offer the latest cutting edge services. They expect superior quality of service, security and reliability. To compete, communications service providers need data and application aware networks that support new innovative consumer services and the ability to support advanced analytics in their network to ensure high quality and reduced costs.
IBM Rational provides communication service providers with business solutions expertise, proven methodologies, highly skilled global resources, industry-leading management platforms and processes, and world class tools to help you create an integrated communications environment that drives business flexibility and growth.
We offer specific support for communications industry standards, protocols, and frameworks, including:
Manage security and compliance
Protect high-focus attack targets and routes to corporate or personal data. IBM Rational solutions for security and compliance can identify vulnerabilities, assess compliance requirements, and improve the accuracy and reliability of online systems
Accelerate service innovation and delivery
Gain competitive differentiation through team collaboration and integration of services. IBM Rational software provides industry-standard platforms to ensure new services merge with existing business and operational processes
Optimize operations, billing and customer service decisions
IBM Rational can support application portfolio transformation with an integrated product portfolio management solution to tackle the highly complex Telco product portfolio challenges.
Accelerate mobile application lifecycle management
Expand the availability and visibility of your services on mobile devices. IBM Rational provides industry-leading mobile application lifecycle management software. This software provides accelerated development toolkits for multi-vendor/multi-OS mobile devices, including the latest smartphones and tablet computers, integrated with service provider Network APIs, the IBM Mobile Technology Preview, and business partner solutions such as Worklight (link resides outside of ibm.com), DeviceAnywhere (link resides outside of ibm.com), and Spirent (link resides outside of ibm.com).
Where Rational products help you
| Manage security and compliance | Accelerate Service innovation and Delivery | Optimize operations, billing and customer service decisions | Accelerate mobile application lifecycle management | |
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IBM Virtual Briefing Center
IBM Cloud Computing
Reduce costs. Improve service delivery. Enable business innovation.
Highlights
- Whitepaper: How Cloud Computing Will Enable Telecom Operators to Do More with Less (1.81MB)
- Case Study: Globe Telecom (514KB)
- Video: Globe Telecom – Leaders in interactive service delivery
- Podcast: Applying IBM's best practices to deliver the TM Forum's Frameworx compliant systems
- Podcast: Deploying communication services with and without the cloud
- Webcast: How Cloud Computing Will Enable Telecom Operators to Do More With Less
- Podcast: Object Management Group's TelcoML - example of a mobile communications API