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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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Standards Watch : The Evolution of Wireless Roaming Standards: 1984 to 1998

When wireless first started, there was little demand for roaming, or using one's wireless service outside of one's home area. This changed, however, once cellular networks became established and became more reliable. Initially, roaming usage was low. Carriers that supported ...More
September 1, 1998
Posted in Articles, Billing
COMCAST WILL USE CABLEDATA FOR @HOME

CableData Inc. and Comcast, the nation's forth largest multiple system operator with 4.3 million subscribers, announced a multi-year agreement that will increase the number of Comcast subscribers served by CableData's DPP/SQL customer management and billing system. In ...More
September 1, 1998
Posted in News, Billing
Financial Watch : Demand Remains Strong in Volatile Market: Increasing Focus on RandD, MandA

The market for billing, customer care and OSS companies has seen much volatility in the past few months. As a result, some analysts are recommending that investors choose individual stocks wisely rather than invest in the group as a whole. The market for billing, customer ...More
September 1, 1998
Posted in Articles, Billing
CLEARINGHOUSES ANNOUNCE "COALITION TO ENSURE RESPONISBLE BILLING"

Three clearinghouses have formed a coalition to combat consumer fraud in the telecom industry. The coalition has formulated Standards of Practice for billing charges on consumer telephone bills. The clearinghouses are Billing Concepts of San Antonio, FTT of Atlanta and OAN ...More
September 1, 1998
Posted in News, Billing
AG AND LUCENT TO MARKET JOINTLY

AG Communications Systems and Lucent Technologies announced that AG's Intelligent Network & Wireless business unit will integrate its network-based Ingage Calling Party Pays (CPP) system into Lucent's intelligent network platform. The CPP system will be integrated into ...More
September 1, 1998
Posted in News
So, Youre Thinking About a New Software Package? Selection, Implementation and Pitfalls

The days of building your own systems are over. According to a Standish Group report, in 1997 only 16 percent of the IT development projects in the United States were successful; with 31 percent canceled and 53 percent challenged because of late delivery, over-budget ...More
September 1, 1998
Posted in Articles, Billing
TAI TO PROVISION ALLTEL, BELTEL

ALLTEL Communications Corporation has chosen St.-Louis-based Technology Applications, Inc. (TAI) to provide customer care and billing for its Internet customers. TAI's product CIM (Customer Information Management) will be used to track, rate and bill Internet usage and ...More
September 1, 1998
Posted in News, Billing
E-BILLING PAYMENTS INCREASE 150 PERCENT

The computer-initiated electronic bill payment industry processed more than 283 million consumer bill payments in 1997, a 150 percent increase over 1996, according to the results of a survey of the industry. Sponsored jointly by the National Automated ClearingHouse ...More
September 1, 1998
Posted in News
VERAMARK SELECTED BY HAMBURG, PARTNERS WITH LUCENT

Veramark Technologies formerly know as Moscom, received an order for its VeraBill billing and customer care software from a start-up telephone company serving the city of Hamburg, Germany. In other news, Veramark has been chosen to participate in Lucent Technologies' ...More
September 1, 1998
Posted in News, Billing
BELL ATLANTIC ATTACKS CRAMMING

Bell Atlantic unveiled plans to allow customers to limit the service providers whose charges are carried on the Bell Atlantic bill. The move is intended to thwart cramming, the inclusion of bogus charges on telephone bills. Bell Atlantic now bills its customers for ...More
September 1, 1998
Posted in News, Billing