Providing the industry's most comprehensive set of software applications to enable next-generation, IP-service delivery, Oracle introduced the Oracle(R) Communications Service Delivery portfolio, which includes components of the former BEA WebLogic Communications middleware platform and Oracle Fusion Middleware.

With BEA, Oracle extends its industry-leading independent software vendor (ISV) community to foster innovative service delivery. Partners will be able to leverage Oracle's communications industry applications to help service providers monetize new services and drive innovation in the communications industry. Service providers will benefit from advanced, proven products with successful implementations worldwide and from the combined expertise and knowledge of Oracle and BEA's experience with SDP solutions.

The Oracle Communications Service Delivery portfolio further complements and provides unique value when deployed in conjunction with Oracle's industry-leading applications for billing and revenue management, customer relationship management and service fulfillment. This comprehensive solution set positions Oracle to meet service providers' complex and evolving service delivery platform (SDP) needs, helping them accelerate time to market for new services.

Oracle also announced today the availability of a key component of the Oracle Communications Service Delivery suite -- Oracle Communications Services Gatekeeper 4.0, a carrier-grade, standards-based environment for services exposure, services-layer policy enforcement, partner relationship management and network-access control.