OSS

abbreviationStandard termTelecom & IT

The software systems used by telecommunications service providers to manage their networks.

Operations Support System, the backend software suite that network operators use to monitor, control, analyze, and manage a telecommunications network. It handles fault management, performance monitoring, and network provisioning. It is almost always paired with a Business Support System to form an integrated management architecture.

Heard on the job

The NOC reported a major alarm in the OSS showing three fiber cuts in the northern ring.

Also heard as

  • operations support system