LogicaCMG today announced an agreement with LHS Systems to formalise the collaboration on convergent prepaid and post-paid software and a systems integration partnership. LogicaCMG and LHS Systems have a long-shared history delivering billing systems to mobile operators worldwide. For operators, investment in convergent billing systems offers proven business benefits in attracting new prepaid and post-paid customers, raising overall revenues and average revenue per user (ARPU), and increasing loyalty.
Irwin Fairclough, senior vice president, at LogicaCMG global telecoms, said: “Converged prepaid and post-paid solutions combine the features and benefits of existing separate solutions to directly improve revenues, market competitiveness and customer loyalty for network operators. LogicaCMG solutions support over 300 operators in more than 130 countries and it has successfully deployed more than 150 prepaid and post-paid solutions worldwide. LogicaCMG and LHS Systems have teamed up to bring a wealth of experience and tested product components for jointly developing this market-leading convergent architecture.”
Wolfgang Kroh, chief operating officer at LHS Systems, said: “Convergent billing is one of the key areas where operators are able to gain a competitive advantage and also streamline their networks to enhance operational efficiencies. However, prepaid and post-paid billing systems are very different from a technical, organisational and business process perspective, so bringing these together is very complex. The core competencies of LogicaCMG and LHS Systems provide a commercial solution to these challenges and can address operator concerns around end-to-end credibility in the converged prepaid and post-paid space.”
LogicaCMG and LHS Systems are collaborating on opportunities that combine their leading technologies and expertise in mobile prepaid and post-paid billing systems, along with proven delivery capability. This will enable network operators to upgrade their network to support full billing and payments convergence in a very short time frame.
About LogicaCMG
LogicaCMG is a major international force in IT services and wireless telecoms. It provides management and IT consultancy, systems integration and outsourcing services to clients across diverse markets including telecoms, financial services, energy and utilities, industry, distribution and transport and the public sector. The company employs around 30,000 staff in offices across 36 countries and has more than 40 years of experience in IT services. Headquartered in Europe, LogicaCMG is listed on both the London and Amsterdam stock exchanges (LSE: LOG; Euronext: LOG). More information is available from www.logicacmg.com
About LHS Systems
LHS is a leading provider of telecom customer care and billing systems across the wireless, wireline, and IP telecom markets worldwide. Our deep industry knowledge and world-class Business Support Systems are leading the race for convergence, supporting the complete range of business models across the mix of prepaid and post-paid services. LHS builds innovative systems that enable our customers to introduce new services fast, helping drive revenues up, while keeping operational costs to a minimum. LHS was awarded “Best Billing or Customer Care Solution” by the GSM Association in Cannes and the IIR World Billing Awards for its “Overall Best Contribution to Billing” in London in 2005.
LHS is an independent software vendor (ISV) with headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, and solution centers in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. For more information, please visit www.lhsgroup.com