Provisioning

[Renato]

1. An [umbrella term] used in many [Telecom] companies that covers the process of adding a new service or expanding an existing service.

2. A catchy term that clueless sales guys use to refer to the [deployment] of complicated services when talking with their even-more-clueless customers. Engineers sometimes use this term will sales guys and customers as well, to avoid the confusion caused by explaining the technical nature of their work.

[Jessica]

In telecommunications terms, provisioning means to provide telecommunications services to a user. This includes providing all necessary [hardware], software, and [wiring] or [transmission] devices.

[Kai]

the activity of keeping an amount of money available to be used in case of a possible future loss or debt: