• BILLCAST NOW IN VERSION 2.0
    Just In Time Solution Inc.'s BillCast 2.0 is now available, the company said recently. The Internet billing and interactive customer care system is based on open standards, and lets billers use the electronic bill as a platform for delivering self-care applications. Billers ...More
    December 1, 1999
    Posted in News
  • TELEMEDIA RENEWS CSG CONTRACT
    CSG Systems Inc. has signed a 7-year billing contract extension with Tele-Media Corp. of Delaware. The company will also use CSG’s Statement Express CSR product. Financial terms were not disclosed. Tele-Media has 266,000 subscribers in 10 states. ...More
    December 1, 1999
    Posted in News, Billing
  • WDP TEAMS WITH CHA
    Western Datapro Inc. (WDP) has purchased CHA Systems’ Strategic Software applications to modify and lease to WDP’s telecom clients. WDP purchased modules for customer care, billing, carrier access billing, plant records, and assignment tracking and trouble management. The ...More
    December 1, 1999
    Posted in News, Billing
  • Disaster Recovery for Billing Systems
    In a perfect world, telco operations would be free of disruptions, and bill processing would be done quickly and efficiently. The unfortunate reality is that crashes and interruptions do occur, caused by a wide range of factors, including natural disasters, power failures, ...More
    December 1, 1999
    Posted in Articles, Billing
  • LUCENT SIGNS BILLING CONTRACT WITH TELEMAR
    Lucent Technologies has signed a contract with Telemar, a wireline carrier in northeastern Brazil, to supply its Billdats call record management software. Telemar will use Billdats for collection, mediation and distribution of call records. Billdats is now part of Kenan ...More
    December 1, 1999
    Posted in News, Billing
  • Dog ‘Signs’ Up for New Long Distance
    Qwest faces $2 million FCC fine for allegedly forging long distance contracts It is the kind of behavior that gives even telemarketers a bad name. In a fever pitch to get customers to sign up for Qwest’s long-distance service, the FCC charges, telemarketers forged customer ...More
    December 1, 1999
    Posted in Articles
  • THREE TO USE CSF SYSTEM
    M&I Data Services has signed three new customers for its CSF Internet system. US Bank, ABM AMRO and Northern Indiana Public Service Co. will use the electronic bill payment and presentment system. M&I and its partner BlueGill Technologies Inc. will implement the system. ...More
    December 1, 1999
    Posted in News
  • Wireless Access Billing: Make it Right
    Editor's Note: In the May issue of Billing World magazine, we explored how CLECs are turning to automated reconciliation systems to keep tabs on access billing (Page 42). This month, we've peeked into the world of wireless/wireline reconciliation to learn how disparate ...More
    December 1, 1999
    Posted in Articles, Billing
  • ERICSSON TO INTEGRATE SOLECT
    Ericsson will deploy and integrate Solect Technology Group’s IP billing software, IAF Horizon, into its data communication portfolio, company officials said. The system is designed to support pre- and postpaid billing and improve IP management capabilities for service ...More
    December 1, 1999
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  • TRANSPOINT GAINS MCIW, MOBIL, GTE
    MCI WorldCom Inc., Mobil Oil Corp. and GTE customers can now receive and pay bills on-line through TransPoint LLC’s e-bill service over the Internet. The following companies are scheduled to go live with TransPoint by year-end: Time Warner Communications Mid-South Division, ...More
    December 1, 1999
    Posted in News