Cerillion Blog

Cerillion were back as silver sponsors of DTW23 last month. From catching up with customers, talking to prospects and participating in sessions, Brian Coombs divulges his highlights from this year’s show.

Why do digital transformation projects fail so often? And how can organisational culture be the key to overcoming common hurdles? Musaddik Ahmed explores three key areas that Cerillion focuses on to implement and deliver successful digital transformation projects.

DTW23 – Ignite is now only two weeks away – be sure to meet us there for all things BSS/OSS, smart cities, and AI.

While public cloud offers flexibility and scalability for many businesses, the cost benefit for telcos is just not adding up, according to Richard Doughty. Does opting for public cloud lead to infrastructure costs that are significantly higher compared with on-premises or private cloud models?

Cerillion is working closely with Nokia and Orange to provide the mission-critical business support systems (BSS) for Egypt’s new smart city. We spoke with Amit McCann, Account Development Director at Cerillion, to find out more.

Will 2023 see a rise of best-of-breed BSS, or is best-of-suite still the best way forward for telcos? Richard Doughty weighs up the benefits and drawbacks of each approach for telcos looking to give their backend a new year revamp.

The results are in! The top telecoms industry trends for 2023 as voted for by Cerillion’s followers on social media. How will artificial intelligence, the cost-of-living crisis, smart city developments and Open APIs leave their indelible mark on the sector over the next 12 months?

The recent failures of large-scale blockchain projects by both the Australian Securities Exchange and a joint IBM / Maersk shipping platform have spotlighted the difficulties of such major transformations. What lessons can telecoms companies learn when pursuing their own blockchain ventures?

Will we one day access all our lifestyle services from a single mobile app? Having taken Asian markets by storm, can all-encompassing superapps work in the West too? And is there room in this ever-expanding market for telcos to get involved?

Cerillion was a silver sponsor and exhibitor at DTW 2022, the TM Forum’s flagship event in Copenhagen in September. Brian Coombs takes a look back at the show, and picks out some of his highlights.