Intec, a leading BSS OSS software vendor for fixed, mobile and next-generation networks, announced today that Dialog Telekom, Sri Lanka’s largest GSM mobile phone network and a leading broadband and internet service provider, has selected Intec’s convergent multi-service mediation solution. The contract for Intec Convergent Mediation will help Dialog to accelerate market penetration through faster introduction of next-generation services. [Read more…]
Highdeal Solves Billing Challenge for Wireless Matrix
Highdeal, the world’s leading provider of Pricing, Rating and Charging solutions, has announced that leading wireless data provider, Wireless Matrix, has chosen Highdeal Transactive for its billing and partner settlement platform.
According to Maria Izurieta, CFO of Wireless Matrix, “It became apparent early in the selection process that Highdeal was unique in its ability to accommodate our business requirements through simple configuration. We wanted to avoid any custom coding that, in the long run, would have meant limited flexibility. Transactive provides our business with both an operational solution and a real front-office enabler.”
Wireless Matrix provides real-time telematics and mobile resource management applications such as fleet tracking and remote inventory. These services, which leverage both terrestrial and satellite-based communications networks, depend on a large number of remote devices out in the field generating extraordinarily large transaction volumes. This presents a challenge for traditional telecom billing systems. [Read more…]
MoviStar Puerto Rico Selects Comptel Mediation for CDMA Mobile Network
Comptel Corporation (OMX Helsinki: CTL1V), a leading OSS software vendor for convergent mediation, charging, provisioning and network inventory, has announced that MoviStar Puerto Rico, a mobile operator in which Telefónica Móviles has an equity participation, has selected Comptel EventLink(r) mediation solution for its CDMA network. Comptel EventLink(r) will collect and process the usage information required by MoviStar to bill for its voice, SMS, and advanced data services. [Read more…]
Comverse Converged Billing Combines Kenan Business Solutions with Real-Time Billing
Comverse has announced the availability of the Comverse Converged Billing Solution, This new product enables real-time customer management, which allows service providers and e-businesses worldwide to increase market agility and improve their operational efficiency.
This new customer care, ordering and billing solution is part of an overall portfolio – Comverse Converged Billing Suite – that includes optional solutions for point-of-sale (POS), self-care, electronic bill presentment and payment (EBPP), voucher management, mediation, and content partner management. [Read more…]
Amdocs Expands Presence in China With Jilin Unicom Contract
Amdocs (NYSE: DOX – News), the leading provider of software and services to enable integrated customer management and the intentional customer experience(TM), today announced that Jilin Unicom signed a contract to have Amdocs consolidate and upgrade the company’s current rating and billing systems to create an integrated platform that allows its 4 million customers to personalize product bundles and choose flexible pricing plans. Jilin Unicom is the main service provider of the Jilin province, and is the only integrated telecommunications business there. Jilin Unicom is among Amdocs’ recent wins in China, a large and rapidly growing market. [Read more…]
Intec Billing Signs Convergent Billing Deal With MTNL India
Intec Billing, a leading software vendor to telecom carriers operating fixed, mobile and next-generation networks, has announced that Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL), a full service telecoms provider and one of the largest internet service providers in India, has selected Intec to supply its convergent billing systems in a multi-million dollar deal. Intec Convergent Billing (Singl.eView) will form a key part of the carrier’s convergence strategy for rapid penetration and growth via innovative, next generation communications services in India. [Read more…]
Saul Nurtman of Subex Azure Appointed Revenue Assurance Chairperson at Global Billing Association GBA
Subex Azure, the world’s largest vendor of revenue maximization solutions for telecom operators, has announced that Saul Nurtman, the company’s President of EMEA, has been appointed as the Chairperson of the GBA’s (Global Billing Association) Revenue Assurance and Fraud Initiative. In his role of chairperson, Saul will help to shape the agenda of the Revenue Assurance and Fraud Initiative, as well as represent the GBA at a number of industry events.
Alex Leslie, CEO of the Global Billing Association, said, “We are delighted that Saul has joined the Revenue Assurance and Fraud Initiative. He brings a great deal of experience to the role having held high-level positions at some of the worlds most successful revenue assurance vendors. This can only serve to benefit our members.”
The Global Billing Association set up the Revenue Assurance and Fraud Initiative in 2005 to help promote better practice in the revenue assurance and revenue management sector, and demonstrate its importance and strategic value. The initiative aims to provide advice and frameworks in which revenue assurance can be implemented by operators worldwide. [Read more…]
SunTec deploys Convergent Voice Billing Solution for Cable One, Inc.
SunTec, a leading provider of dynamic relationship-based pricing and centralized billing solutions, announced that Cable One, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Washington Post Company (NYSE:WPO), has successfully deployed SunTec’s solution to price and bill for the cable company’s voice service. [Read more…]
Comptel Selected by Telecom Namibia For CDMA Voice and Data Provisioning and Mediation
Comptel Corporation (OMX Helsinki: CTL1V), an OSS software vendor for convergent mediation, charging, provisioning and network inventory, has announced that it has been selected by Telecom Namibia to provide provisioning and mediation solutions for their CDMA voice and data services. The Comptel InstantLink provisioning solution will enable Telecom Namibia to activate new customers and services fast and efficiently. The Comptel EventLink mediation solution will ensure that usage information is collected effectively, so that Telecom Namibia can bill their customers in a timely way.
Oiva Angula, Acting Head of Corporate Communications and Public Relations at Telecom Namibia, said, “Enabling us to rapidly activate services for customers without any delays, and collecting information to reliably charge for these services, are obviously fundamental requirements for the success of Telecom Namibia. It was, therefore, vital that we chose the right solutions for provisioning and mediation. We selected Comptel InstantLink and Comptel EventLink because we knew that Comptel solutions interoperate smoothly with the CDMA networks of our chosen supplier, Huawei”.
As Namibia’s incumbent operator, Telecom Namibia needed provisioning and mediation solutions that would be able to work with their leading edge CDMA network, which is currently being deployed by equipment vendor Huawei. [Read more…]
Intec Completes Acquisition of EUR Systems
Intec Billing, a provider of business and operations support systems (BSS/OSS) and services to the global telecom industry, announced today the completion of its acquisition of the operating assets of outsourced billing and business process outsourcing (BPO) specialist EUR Systems. The EUR assets will be added to Intec’s existing service bureau operations in North America, to offer a comprehensive suite of end-user and wholesale billing and BPO solutions to the North American ILEC, CLEC and IXC market. The consideration, which will be paid in cash, is approximately $13.4 million*, subject to a working capital adjustment. The value of the gross assets acquired is approximately $6.6 million. EUR, which reported revenues of $36.0 million in 2005, employs approximately 230 professionals in its operations in Mechanicsburg, PA and San Antonio, TX.
Intec CEO Kevin Adams said, “Completion of this acquisition allows Intec to substantially increase its market share in the access billing space and to expand our capabilities as an outsourced billing and business process provider. We see very good synergies in this deal, which allows us to efficiently and effectively combine our outsourcing and service bureau operations under one experienced management team.”
The acquisition of EUR provides Intec with a centre of competence in outsourced billing and business services which, when combined with its existing Carrier Access Billing (CABS) and retail billing service bureaus, will make it one of the leading players in this market. The acquisition expands the Intec portfolio through the addition of a broad range of business process outsourcing services and also provides an opportunity for Intec to increase efficiency in its existing service bureau operations through economies of scale. [Read more…]
Videotron Selects Highdeal for Quad-Play Pricing and Rating
Highdeal, the world’s leading provider of Pricing, Rating and Charging solutions, has announced that leading North American cable MSO, Videotron, has selected Highdeal Transactive for their billing infrastructure. The solution, which facilitated the launch of Videotron’s new MVNO offering, was successfully integrated into their existing BSS/OSS architecture.
“We are thrilled with the benefits that Transactive has already delivered to our business. By combining wireless telephone service with Videotron’s other offerings, consumers can enjoy quality products and advantageous discounts on their bills,” said André Gascon, VP of Information Technology, Videotron. “And they can simplify their lives through one-stop shopping at Videotron: we are the only industry player that offers customers a single customer service point, one visit from the technician, one bill for all their services.”
Videotron, which provides cable television and telephony, as well as interactive multimedia and Internet services to 3.3 million customers in Canada , implemented Transactive in an aggressive timeframe to meet the launch of their new wireless offering. Videotron successfully launched this service on August 10th becoming the first major North American cable MSO to also become an MVNO (mobile virtual network operator). [Read more…]
BSG Clearing Solutions Adds Senior Executives to its Hong Kong Office
BSG Clearing Solutions, a subsidiary of Billing Services Group Limited (AIM:BILL), the telecom industry’s clearing and settlement provider, has announced two key appointments to strengthen its sales organization in the Asia Pacific region. Appointments include:
– John Rocca, General Manager, Asia Pacific
– Candic Law, Regional Sales Manager, Asia Pacific [Read more…]
Convergys to Manage Billing Operations for VIBO Telecom
Convergys Corporation (NYSE:CVG), a leader in customer care, human resources, and billing services, has announced that it has signed a 5-year professional services outsourcing contract with VIBO Telecom, Taiwan’s leading 3G mobile operator, to manage VIBO’s back office operations.
“We selected Convergys because of its operational expertise in managing and operating complex customer care and billing environments to achieve optimal performance,” said David Wang, VIBO’s CEO.
Under this new contract, Convergys will continue to manage all aspects of VIBO’s customer care and billing systems, extending a contract first signed in 2005. As part of the 2005 agreement, Convergys implemented and integrated its Infinys [tm] rating and billing and mediation software with VIBO’s third party CRM, activation, provisioning, and partner management platforms. Infinys is the leading convergent BSS (Business Support System) software for enabling fast rollout of convergent bundles and new IP-based and Convergent Pre-/Post-pay services. [Read more…]
Iusacell Selects Openet for Charging and Rating Solution
Openet Telecom (“Openet”), a leading provider of active mediation, charging and rating solutions, today announced that Grupo Iusacell (“Iusacell”), a leading mobile services provider in Mexico, selected Openet to deliver charging and rating capabilities for all of the carrier’s pre- and post-paid data service offerings. “Iusacell’s strategic approach is to focus on mobile data products and services. With third generation CDMA network and EVDO, Iusacell offers innovative mobile telephony and data services which place the company as a leading edge technology operator” said Eduardo Kuri, COO of Iusacell.
“This recent win with Iusacell demonstrates Openet’s ability to meet evolving Operator requirements and facilitate the provision of new mobile services” said Apollo Guy, VP Sales Americas, “Openet was chosen as the best technical solution in the market with the most experience with other major customers in this emerging area where wireless service providers wish to maximize their data services ARPU and give their customers more choices in accessing and paying for data services.” Openet’s new deployment at Iusacell is one of several FusionWorks™ ActiveCharge and ActiveRate installations in North America.
Iusacell selected the Openet FusionWorks™ products for their performance, availability, and scalability while working in converged deployments and integrating with existing network or billing infrastructure. The Openet solution will enable Iusacell to improve data services delivery with flexible pricing models to meet their subscribers’ needs. [Read more…]
Convergys to Present at Citigroup’s 13th Annual Global Technology Conference
Convergys Corporation (NYSE: CVG), a leader in customer care, human resources, and billing services, announced today that its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Jim Orr, and its Chief Financial Officer, Earl Shanks, will be presenting at Citigroup’s 13th Annual Global Technology Conference in New York. The Convergys presentation is scheduled for Wednesday, September 6, at 10:25 A.M., Eastern Daylight Time. [Read more…]
Convergys President COO David F. Dougherty Elected to the Board of Directors
Convergys Corporation (NYSE: CVG), a provider of customer care, human resources, and billing services, has announced that David F. Dougherty, its President and Chief Operating Officer, has been elected to its Board of Directors.
Dougherty, a 16-year veteran of the company, was appointed to his current position in September 2005. He is responsible for all Convergys’ businesses including customer care, human resources, and billing services, for accelerating the growth of the company, and for coordinating the strategies of the various business units to leverage their strengths and integrated solutions. He reports to James F. Orr, Convergys’ Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. [Read more…]
Brasil Telecom Signs Contract with Convergys for Convergent Billing
Convergys Corporation (NYSE: CVG), a provider of customer care, human resources, and billing services, has announced a new five-year contract with Brasil Telecom S.A. (NYSE: BTM) to expand the use of Convergys’ Infinys [tm] software to support Brasil Telecom’s wireless, wireline, data, and Internet services. Since 2002, Infinys, the leading convergent BSS software, has supported Brasil Telecom’s fixed telephony customers and, as of 2003, its wireless subscribers.
“As part of the new agreement, Convergys will provide consulting and professional services for software customization and implementation of the solution across Brasil Telecom’s lines of business,” said Dante Nardell Junior, Brasil Telecom CTO.
Brasil Telecom is one of the largest telecommunications companies in South America. The operator has over 10.8 million fixed lines installed, reaches over 2.2 million customers in mobile telephone services, and has the second largest broadband base in South America. [Read more…]
LHS and Technology Partners Partner to Deliver Convergent Billing and Customer Care
LHS, a provider of telecommunications and billing software, has announced that it has formed a systems integration partnership with Technology Partners to provide Consultancy and integration services based around LHS’ best-in-class billing and customer care system, BSCS iX.
“Regional Network Operators are undergoing a new reality, de-regulations, second or third licenses, and the desire to offer unique customer benefits and differentiated services such as Convergence, ” says Omar Barzanji, President and CEO, Technology Partners. “We believe that the partnership of LHS and Technology Partners will allow them to do just that. LHS are making a big impact in the regional market and we are proud to be associated with the industry leader and a global market innovator.”
Together LHS and Technology Partners will focus on the delivery of LHS’ products to regional service providers. In addition, Technology Partners will create a training academy that will offer the market operational expertise and an advanced workshop-type environment designed to further empower the LHS customer base in terms of functionality and flexibility. [Read more…]
Sonus Networks Delivers Enhanced Billing Support for Next-Generation Networks
Sonus Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: SONS), a supplier of service provider Voice over IP (VoIP) infrastructure solutions, has announced the latest release of its carrier class billing platform, enabling network operators to further streamline the integration of next generation applications with existing Operational Support Systems (OSS). By leveraging the Sonus Insight Management System(TM), service providers can support the rapid integration of new multimedia services into existing billing platforms. Sonus’ billing mediation solution, the DataStream Integrator (DSI), effectively mediates and correlates billing records, whether generated from Sonus-based platforms or from third party application platforms, and incorporates the information into traditional as well as next generation billing systems. [Read more…]
MTS Announces Second Quarter 2006 Financial Results
MTS-Mer Telemanagement Solutions Ltd. (Nasdaq Capital Market: MTSL), a global provider of business support systems (BSS) for comprehensive telecommunication management and customer care & billing (CC&B) solutions, today announces its financial results for the second quarter of 2006, ended June 30, 2006.
Revenues for the second quarter were $2.7 million, compared with revenues of $2.8 million in the second quarter of 2005. Revenues for the six month period ended June 30, 2006 were $5.52 million, compared with revenues of $5.54 for the 2005 six month period. [Read more…]
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