B/OSS is known for blending content around emerging technologies with presentations and exhibits around the more immediate operational challenges faced by network operators today. This year was no exception. Sessions on Policy Control and Cloud Computing were on par with presentations on transpromotional billing, getting the most out of the USPS, electronic billing adoption and on-shoring customer care.

Attendees came away with a better understanding of the National Broadband Plan from associate chief Marcus Maher and got a better sense of how the plan is viewed through different lenses, namely the rural market represented by Caressa Bennet, managing principal at Bennet & Bennet, PLC and the Tier 1 provider represented by Brian Rice, executive director for Verizon’s Federal Government relations team. They also were enlightened to the plight of rural wireless operators. Rural Cellular Association CEO Steven K. Berry spoke of the need for more advocacy in the areas of mobile data roaming, handset exclusivity and interoperability. Click here to read the complete article, B/OSS Blends Competitive Content, by B/OSS editor-in-chief, Tim McElligott.

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