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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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TIME WARNER, ACCUTEL CHOOSE COSTGUARD

Time Warner Communications of Rochester N.Y. and Fla.-based Accutel have independently selected InfoDirections' CostGuard software to rate, bill and support their respective customer bases. Time Warner switched from a billing service bureau to an in-house process with the ...More
September 1, 1998
Posted in News
AXIOM SIGNED BY NEW GUINEA US WEST

Axiom Inc. announced that it has signed a contract with Telikom Papua New Guinea for a Sterling Solution billing mediation system for approximately $3 million. $1.5 million of this amount is expected to be paid by June 30, 1998. Secured payment is included as part of the ...More
July 8, 1998
Posted in News, Billing
Roaming Agreements, New Record Formats Offer New Challenges to the Wireless Community

New inter-carrier roaming and billing challenges will continue to arise as the number of wireless subscribers worldwide grows from 198 million this year to 529 million by 2002. The increasingly global scope of commerce is driving international roaming and subsequently many ...More
July 8, 1998
Posted in Articles, Billing
ACC CORP EXTENDS CONTRACT WITH SAVILLE

ACC Corp. an international telecommunications provider and unit of Teleport Communications Group Inc. has selected Saville's Convergent Billing Platform (CBP) as its Canadian subsidiary's primary biling system. The contract is worth up to $6 million. Saville also intends to ...More
July 8, 1998
Posted in News
TELENERGY SELECTS COSTGUARD

TelEnergy has installed InfoDirections, Inc.'s Costguard, a Windows 95/NT software system designed to support the rating, billing and customer care of its product line-residential electric, gas, oil and telecommunications services. TelEnergy offers consolidated monthly ...More
July 8, 1998
Posted in News, Billing
CHECKFREE ALLIES WITH UNICOMP, VISA

CheckFree announced a strategic business alliance with Marietta, Ga.-based UniComp. CheckFree and UniComp are introducing a new automated clearinghouse (ACH) return item processing module, Returnworks. Unicomp developed the module and will offer it as an optional ...More
July 8, 1998
Posted in News
Lucent Expands Billing Offering

Lucent Technologies released a suite of three new software products, collectively known as Service Ready, for inter-carrier billing, real-time rating, and pre-paid Internet telephony billing. The move is an effort to drive Bell Labs' new Quick To Market (QTM) processing ...More
July 8, 1998
Posted in Articles, Billing
MCI SYSTEMHOUSE, NETDELIVERY PARTNER

MCI Systemhouse, MCI's global IT company, and NETdelivery Corporation jointly announced a strategic partnering agreement to provide secure Internet-based electronic billing and payment services to banks and other financial institutions and businesses. The offering is ...More
July 8, 1998
Posted in News
ACE*COMM WINS IOWA

ACE*COMM Corporation has won a contract from the State of Iowa Telecommunications and Technology Commission, which operates the Iowa Communications Network (ICN), to provide implementation and integration of a new billing system using ACE*COMM's NetPlus program suite. The ...More
July 8, 1998
Posted in News, Billing
AETHOS WINS THREE

Aethos Communications Systems announced three contract wins to deploy its Aethos Service Node (SN) and Aethos Service Support System (SNSS), a hardware and software wireless prepayment system in Europe. Telenor Mobil Radiomobil of Norway, Libertel B.V. of the Netherlands ...More
July 8, 1998
Posted in News