Telstra has revealed the addition of almost one million new mobile services in the six months to December 2011, but Sensis revenues plummeted 24 percent in 12 months.
It included a prioritised list of requirements and a description of functions that the network equipment providers viewed as critical in a Linux operating system distribution used in carrier grade base platforms when creating control and service plane network elements.
However, in November 2006, Sun, Nokia and Ericsson (all Scope Alliance members) announced formation of the Telecommunications Platform Initiative' to "jointly develop the requirements for a standardised, integrated telecommunications technology platform to simplify technology integration by enabling design, development and supply chain efficiencies."
They gave little indication of how this would complement, or conflict, with the work of the Scope Alliance saying only that they would "continue to be actively involved with other standardisation and specification bodies such as PICMG and Scope.
Nothing has been forthcoming since: a Google search on 'Telecommunications Platform Initiative' produced no information other than that relating to the initial announcement.
David Bass
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