About the Technology Briefing Track

New technology is the lifeblood of the telco. It is estimated that major improvements and technological innovations are invented daily at labs and sites around the world. Clearly, if the revenue assurance professional is going to be effective, they need to be aware of how all of these different technologies work. In this series we will attempt to provide the membership with insights into the concepts, vocabulary and issues associated with assuring a wide range of different technologies.

We will be looking at new technologies like 3G and WIMAX, and not so new ones like ADSL, Cable, Satellite and Microwave. Our objective is to help the membership increase their working knowledge of these areas, encourage others to get involved and get excited about the opportunities that these new technologies represent.

Our format for these areas will be as follows:

1.    Background – what is it? Why was it invented? What does it offer?
2.    Architecture and Terminology – Basically, how does it work?
3.    Revenue Assurance Issues – what are the major risks that this technology represents and what can you do about it?

Our goal is not to make the reader an expert in the technology, but to help ease them into the area by familiarizing them with the concepts, terminology and issues associated with them.

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