News from Quantellia

• September 20, 2008

  • Quantellia's The New Science of Decision Engineering article published in Telecom Asia magazine.

• July 31, 2008

  • Launched Decision Engineering web site, completed market validation research study, began distribution to study participants.

• May 13, 2008

  • Lorien Pratt presented results of the State of the Telecom Industry, 2008 study at the 8th Annual Asia-Pacific OSS/BSS and Revenue Assurance conference in Singapore. She interviewed a number of executives to understand the most important issues facing the telecommunications industry today. Key findings include:

    • Telecom strategic planning is the next competitive differentiator for the industry, building on table stakes competencies of strong networks and agile OSS/BSS/RA infrastructures.
    • A telecom information backbone, which supports existing functions like revenue assurance and marketing campaign management, is now being used to support rapid decision making to respond to changing market conditions.
    • Organizational alignment - the ability to coordinate many tactical decisions to a strategic direction - is an important new competency.
    • Scenario based strategic planning, where telecoms are tracking multiple future environments and building internal strategies to succeed in all of them, is becoming more important.
• May 10, 2008

  • Initial phase of market validation interviews complete. Results under preparation; research participants will receive findings shortly.

• January 28, 2008

  • Quantellia web site updated.

• January 8, 2008

  • Quantellia.com website launched

  • Market validation interviews begun

  • Launched two executive briefs