Method and Apparatus For Controlling a Provisioning Process In a Telecommunications System

Apparatus for controlling a provisioning process for a telecommunication service, comprising:

• a communications module for receiving a provisioning order from a first provisioning entity and for sending a provisioning order to a provisioned entity, and
• a processing module for processing a received provisioning order so as to prompt said communications module to send a provisioning order derived from a received provisioning order to at least one provisioned entity;
• characterized in that, said processing module is further arranged to:
• check whether a received provisioning order is a complete provisioning order, and, responsive to said check:
• select a second provisioning entity to provide further provisioning data for an incomplete received provisioning order, and
• prompt said communications module to send a request to said second provisioning entity for obtaining further provisioning data for said received provisioning order, and, responsive to a response to said request,
• prompt said communications module to send a provisioning order to a provisioned entity comprising obtained further provisioning data, and said communications module is further arranged to:
• send said request to said second provisioning entity, and—receiving a response to said request comprising further provisioning data.

A computer program for controlling from a computer-based provisioning controller a provisioning process for a telecommunication service;

• characterized in that it comprises:
• a computer-readable program code for processing a provisioning order received from a first provisioning entity, so as to cause said computer-based provisioning controller to send a provisioning order derived from a received provisioning order to at least one provisioned entity;
• characterized in that it further comprises:
• a computer-readable program code for checking whether a received provisioning order is a complete provisioning order,
• a computer-readable program code for selecting a second provisioning entity to provide further provisioning data for an incomplete received provisioning order,
• a computer-readable program code for causing said computer-based provisioning controller to send a request to said second provisioning entity for obtaining further provisioning data for said received provisioning order, and
• a computer-readable program code for processing a received response to said request comprising further provisioning data, so as to cause said computer-based provisioning controller to send a provisioning order to a provisioned entity comprising obtained further provisioning data.