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Colombia’s ETB Signs Multi-Year Billing Agreement with FTS

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FTS (LSE: FTS), a global provider of billing, CRM and policy control solutions for communication, content and service providers, recently announced that ETB (Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Bogot ), the largest local telephone company in Bogot and the second largest telecommunications company in Colombia, has signed an agreement to extend services and support for ETB s entire billing environment for the next three years. ETB also recently deployed FTS Leap RevChain v 7.2 Billing solution.
ETB provides local telephony services to over 2 million subscribers, nationwide long distance services, Internet and connectivity services. In recent years, the Colombian operator registered a sharp increase in the number of subscribers and in the portfolio of services it offers. [Read more…]

Comarch Deploys its OSS BSS Platform for OnePhone Deutschland

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OnePhone Deutschland, a new German operator created as a joint venture between KPN and OnePhone Holding with the purpose of offering telephony services specifically for enterprises, decided to deploy Comarch’s BSS and OSS Suite. [Read more…]

United Telecommunications Services Deploys Comverse ONE Billing and Active Customer Management Solution

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Comverse has recently told OSS News Review that United Telecommunications Services (UTS), an incumbent telecommunications provider in the Caribbean, is in the final stages of deploying the Comverse ONE Billing and Active Customer Management solution across its entire subscriber base. [Read more…]

FTS Launches Prepackaged Billing and Customer Care Appliance for Entry-Level Operators and Service Providers

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FTS (LSE: FTS), a global provider of billing, CRM and policy control solutions for communications and content service providers, has launched FTS Express, a scalable and flexible billing and customer care system wrapped in a small appliance. This highly affordable, easy-to-deploy product has been specifically designed for entry-level ISPs and VoIP, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, and IPTV providers that want to start small while building the foundation for future growth and expansion. [Read more…]

CCI Systems and CustomCall Data Systems Partner to Bring Tier One Billing to Tier Two and Tree to Cable Operators

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CustomCall Data Systems have entered into a strategic partnership with CCI Systems which brings CustomCall Data System’s products and services to the tier two and three cable operator space. [Read more…]

Cerillion Celebrates 10 Years

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Cerillion Technologies, a leading provider of pre-integrated business support systems (BSS), is celebrating its tenth birthday this month. At a time of turbulence for the telecoms industry, the London-based firm has grown dynamically and recorded outstanding successes over the past decade, including some pioneering landmark achievements: [Read more…]

Stratecast paper identifies cost savings for Telecoms industry by plugging inter-carrier revenue leakage

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A new paper published by Stratecast, a division of Frost & Sullivan, in conjunction with revenue assurance solutions provider cVidya, has revealed potential cost savings service providers and operators can achieve if they address the issue of inter-carrier revenue leakage. In the wholesale market, inter-carrier revenue leakage represents approximately 3 to 5 per cent of service provider’s total costs for traditional voice products, and in the range of 7 to 11 per cent for broadband products. The paper* explores the challenges of billing errors and disputed invoices both for retail service providers and wholesale network operators and the financial implications on the Telecoms industry. [Read more…]

IPKO Kosovo Chooses Volubill for Real-time Analysis and Control of IP Services

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Volubill, a leading supplier of real-time charging and policy control applications for fixed and mobile service providers, has told OSS News Review that IPKO Telecommunications, Kosovo (IPKO) has chosen Volubill’s CHARGE-IT™ Service Controller to enable differentiated charging models for more complex 3G data services and provide real-time analysis of IP traffic for IPKO’s service rating engine. By bringing greater flexibility to the charging of value added services, the new platform will help IPKO Kosovo better combat potential revenue leakage. [Read more…]

Connectiva Signs Deal with Videotron to Combat Fraud, Revenue Leakage, Revamp Billing Verification

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Connectiva Systems Inc., an award-winning provider of revenue and risk management solutions, has told OSS News Review that Videotron, a leader in Canadian Telecommunications, will implement its ONEREViEWTM 5.0 platform. [Read more…]

Subex Enables Real Time Business Optimization

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Subex Ltd, a leading global provider of operations and business support systems (OSS/BSS), has recently released Rocware 2.0 for Communication Service Providers (CSPs) to assist them with revenue protection, cost management and assured operations. Rocware 2.0 is a key component of the ROC (Revenue Operations Center) – a concept the company pioneered almost three years ago. [Read more…]

FTS Leap RevChain Billing Solution Chosen by IntraLinks

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FTS (LSE: FTS), a global provider of billing, CRM and policy management solutions for communications, content and service providers, has told OSS News Review that IntraLinks, the leading provider of critical information exchange solutions, will deploy FTS Leap RevChain advanced billing and rating systems. [Read more…]

Polkomtel Extends Intec Billing Solution Contract

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Intec, a global provider of business support systems (BSS) solutions, has won a significant contract extension with Polkomtel, the operator behind Poland’s largest GSM network, PLUS, for Phase 2 of its NBS (New Billing System) project. In a multi-million Euro deal the contract involves the extension of Intec’s Convergent Billing solution (Singl.eView), to service Polkomtel’s post-paid customer base. [Read more…]

Volubill Simplifies Mobile Data Charging and Policy Control for Orange Botswana

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Volubill, a leading supplier of real-time convergent charging and policy control applications for fixed and mobile service providers, has announced an important win and successful deployment with one of Botswana’s largest mobile providers, Orange Botswana. Volubill’s CHARGE-IT™ platform was selected to unify charging and access control for all Mobile Broadband access, Web and WAP browsing, downloads, MMS and e-mail services, thus enabling more flexible and personalized service pricing and bundling options across the provider’s fast growing customer base. [Read more…]

6GMOBILE Chooses Comarch Convergent Billing

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Comarch, a global business solutions provider and system integrator and Tango Telecom, a leading provider of real-time charging, control and messaging solutions for mobile operators, has announced that 6GMOBILE, a Dutch mobile operator, continues its relationship with Comarch by selecting the Comarch Convergent Billing solution. [Read more…]

cVidya Launches Solution for Partner Invoice Reconciliation

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cVidya, a leading provider of revenue assurance and dealer management solutions, has launched EZTrust, a system which has been developed to manage contractual disputes between network operators and service providers. It is designed to improve operational efficiencies by automatically verifying and correlating invoices and managing billing queries and disputes against services delivered. With Analyst House Frost and Sullivan estimating that the revenue leakage rate in inter-carrier billing for broadband products is between 7% – 11% of total revenues, EZTrust provides a transparent environment from which processes and settlements between parties can be more effectively managed and resolved. [Read more…]

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