| Telecom billing OSS can be a topic that is difficult for | | | | at the time. This would fill in for human labor. |
| some people to understand at first. There is so much | | | | Telecommunication companies then created computer |
| information that is associated with the basic | | | | systems that could maintain and complete the tasks |
| technology, and most of it is not explained to general | | | | that humans previously needed to do. |
| people. For this reason, it can seem somewhat | | | | Due to this choice, Unix and C programming language |
| intimidating. However, the main points related to the | | | | were created as a result. There were many other |
| technology and its history can be summarized to some | | | | variations of technology which occurred as well and |
| extent. | | | | can still be seen in the world today. However, the |
| OSS is actually the abbreviation for operational support | | | | systems that were originally used for OSS could not |
| system. This system is only used by | | | | be networked together. This meant that tasks had to |
| telecommunication providers and their businesses. The | | | | be completed separately by the systems. |
| term is meant to refer to various network systems | | | | Because information was not available to be directly |
| and inventory that is associated with it. You can also | | | | sent between systems, there had to be an individual |
| use it to refer to components of a network which | | | | that would pass the information instead. This involved |
| needs to be configured or other provisioning services. | | | | someone that would transfer information via switches |
| It should not, however, be confused with BSS. BSS | | | | and plugs. This was the only option that could be used |
| stands for business support system. The term is fairly | | | | to pass information between the systems as a whole |
| more recent and is somewhat new. It refers to | | | | until networking was eventually discovered and |
| businesses that deal with payments and taking orders. | | | | perfected. |
| This would also deal with customer interaction and bill | | | | Even though OSS has changed a lot since those days, |
| procession. There is a difference between BSS and | | | | it is highly expensive to maintain and is considered to |
| OSS, but it should be noticed that both terms are used | | | | be too expansive. One of the main goals that the |
| together most often. This is because they interlock in | | | | telecom industry has is to eventually create a smaller |
| interactions. | | | | OSS. The goal would be for it to be more organized, |
| All OSS tasks were completed by people before 1970. | | | | less costly, and much smaller than the current version |
| After 1970, people realized that many of these tasks | | | | available. There is always research trying to promote |
| could be done by technology that was being created | | | | the production of a better system. |