265, 267 - 272, 274, 263, 264, 266, LSRs 24, 52, 141, 173, 224, 272 268, 270 - 272, 274, 279 OSS platform 72, 74, 80, Managed OSS 211,272 91, 96, 102, 105, 107, 120, 131, mCommerce providers 11, 12 201, 211, 213, 251, 272, 274 Mediation system OSS vendor 89, 274 Message broker 82, 83, 84, 85, 274 Middleware Outsourcers mobile providers PacketCable 69, 72, 231, 232 Mobile providers 6, 78, 80, 89 Physical inventory Mobile service provider PIC/CARE 142, 159, 275 218 - 220, Point-to-point integration 177, 275 224, 225, 232, 234, 242, 273 Policy management system 11, 41 Port on a switch Multiplexers 8, 21, 166, 234, 275 70, 274 Pre-rating 56, 57 Provisioning 69 - 72, 82, 40 - 42, 163, 114, 125, 126, 149, 156, 159, 234, 236 - 239, 241, 244, 273 221, 239, 240, 275 39, 273 75, ,76,218, 219, 5, 8, 9, 12, 221,227, 275 23, 53, 60, 80, 142, 273 Purpose-built legacy OSSs Order decomposition 34, 38, 39, 41, 45, order entry 16 - 19 72, 74, 75, 94, 100, 115, 117, Order entry 114, 274 The Ultimate Guide to Building and Delivering OSS/BSS 149, 150, 219, 220, 223, 231, 55, 56, 57, 235, 239, 242, 243, 269, 271 265, 277, 278 RBOCs 55,58,248,2 277 Regression testing 201,204,207,278 resellers 8, 63, 65, 88, 89, 278 79 - 82, 84, 142 USOCs 27, 278 retailers 10, 11, 53, 63, 4, 49, 278 78, 80 - 82, 84, 101, 173, 266 Virtual marketplace 245, 276 VoDSL/VoCable Router 219, 224, 276 9, 29, 60, 75, Sales force applications 76, 219, 221, 222, 225, 231 Service delivery 51, 65, 276 9, 45, 94, 220, Service validation 221, 223 - 226, 264, 266, 278 Serving equipment 81,87,279 17, 18, 88, 132, 156, 3, 4, 6, 10, 12, 158, 170, 171, 186, 193, 276 16 - 18, 28, 32 - 34, 42, 45, 47, Short messaging servers 48, 53, 58, 61, 62, 64, 65, 69, 71, 38, 41, 61, 114, 115, 74, 76 - 79, 82, 84, 85, 87, 89, 129, 148, 150, 152, 163, 164, 93, 95, 99, 100, 101, 103, 105, 169, 215, 242, 243, 268, 274 106, 114, 122, 124, 126, 129, 58, 70, 217, 235, 130, 138 - 143, 145, 147 -150, 241, 277 152 - 154, 158 - 163, - 172, 174, Soft reset command 196, 198, 208, 215, 228, 231, SONE