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Sprint Increases Bid for Clearwire

Sprint calls this bid for the half of Clearwire it doesn't own its "best and final offer." ...read more

Is Big Data the Key to Combating Churn?

With operator revenues from their traditional business getting more and more unpredictable since the emergence of over-the-top players such as ...read more

Verizon, Comcast Post Strong Q1 Numbers

Verizon, CenturyLink and Comcast were among the U.S. communications giants that delivered strong first-quarter financial news to their customers and ...read more

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CHECKFREE AND PNM TO PROVIDE UTILITY EBPP

CheckFree and the Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM) announced an agreement designed to allow PNM customers to visit a single Web site to receive and pay bills electronically on PCs. PNM customers are expected to be able to use CheckFree's E-Bill service to receive ...More
October 1, 1998
Posted in News
EAGLE SELECTS BILLING CONCEPTS

Philadelphia-based Eagle Communications has entered a five-year agreement to use Billing Concepts Corp.'s entire suite of service offerings. These services include LEC billing, direct billing, collections and advance funding for Eagle's long distance, calling card, local ...More
October 1, 1998
Posted in News, Billing
Calling Party Pays: Fact or Fiction?

Cut the cord on the wireline phone and go fully wireless. Many wireless carriers hope for this future, especially as they struggle in the wake of chasing one another down the competitive price curve. According to Duane Ackerman, chairman and CEO of BellSouth, 17 percent of ...More
October 1, 1998
Posted in Articles, Billing
CSG ACQUIRES USTATS, RENEWS WITH TIME WARNER

CSG Systems International, Inc., has acquired the assets of US Telecom Advanced Technology Systems (USTATS). Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. USTATS specializes in open systems, client/server customer care and billing systems serving the telecom market. USTATS ...More
October 1, 1998
Posted in News
LHS, ERICSSON TO BILL FOR THURAYA

LHS and Ericsson have been selected by Maryland-based Hughes Network Systems to provide billing and customer care for Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications Company's turnkey mobile satellite system. Under terms of the agreement, LHS and Ericsson will handle the ...More
October 1, 1998
Posted in News
CTI SELECTED BY TWO

Reston, Virginia-based Call Technologies Inc. (CTI) announced that BC Telecom Canada's second largest telecom firm, with 2.5 million customers, purchased Call Verify service assurance and Call Notify service notification software. Call Verify is designed to review customer ...More
October 1, 1998
Posted in News
Y2K Testing of Network to Begin January 1999

Testing of an industry-wide Y2K solution for telecommunications carriers will begin January 4, 1999. Testing scripts and some pre-test scenarios within individual carriers were completed as early as August 1998. Testing of an industry-wide Y2K solution for ...More
October 1, 1998
Posted in Articles, Billing
BROADSPAN SELECTS INTERTECH

Intertech Management Group, Inc., announced that BroadSpan Communications Inc., a Missouri-based CLEC, had selected Intertech to support its entry in the competitive communications marketplace. Under a multi-year contract, BroadSpan will use Intertech's Network Strategies ...More
October 1, 1998
Posted in News
BELL ATLANTIC AND IDC TO DEPLOY TCSI

TCSI Corporation announced that its SolutionCore telecom OSS development and deployment platform will be used by Bell Atlantic in its deployment its Data Network Management System (DNMS) in New York and New England. Bell Atlantic is deploying DNMS to support its growing ATM ...More
September 1, 1998
Posted in News
Counting Down Prepaid Services

Prepaid wireless is a global growth phenomenon that surmounts service establishment barriers for millions of subscribers. Thirty some-odd prepaid solutions vendors, such as Subscriber Computing (now Corsair Communications - Irvine), Boston Communications Group (BCG), and ...More
September 1, 1998
Posted in Articles, Billing