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Ericsson, Accenture Named Tops in TOMS

Gartner says the TOMS market became more concentrated in 2012, with the top 20 vendors accounting for about 58 percent of total revenue, up from 56 ...read more

Keep an Eye On Your Network

Hopefully Brazil’s 4G networks will be ready to support the, because next month, the Confederations Cup, the first of three massive sporting events ...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 : Unbundled Network Element Standards Inch Forward

Processes for ordering and billing unbundled network elements (UNEs) between the RBOCs and CLECs continue to be hammered out in the Ordering and Billing Forum's (OBF) Billing and Ordering and Provisioning (O&P) committees. Reflecting the political nature of these ...More
July 8, 1998
Posted in Articles, Billing
LOGICA AND LHS PARTNER

Logica announced a $5.5 million dollar contract to provide a convergent billing system for Iusacell, an independent cellular operator in Mexico and an affiliate of Bell Atlantic Corporation. Logica partnered with LHS Group, Inc. to secure the contract. Acting as the systems ...More
July 8, 1998
Posted in News, Billing
AN INTERVIEW WITH....RANDY LINTECUM

The subject of this month's interview is Randy Lintecum, president of International Billing Services (IBS). IBS, along with billing software vendor CableData, is a subsidiary of USCS International. IBS, unquestionably the dominant player in the statement processing market, ...More
July 8, 1998
Posted in Articles, Billing
An Interview With...Kenan Sahin, President, Kenan Systems Corporation

This is the first in what will be a continuing feature in Billing World, an interview with a prominent member of the industry. Kicking off this monthly column is a conversation with Dr. Kenan Sahin, the president and founder of Kenan Systems Corporation, a 500-person ...More
June 1, 1998
Posted in Articles, Billing
Billing Solutions for Wireless Carriers

Across the globe the market for wireless telecom billing solutions will reach $2.3 billion by the year 2002, not including outsourced business processes. From China to Brazil to Germany, carriers are asking for faster, more robust billing solutions for their wireless ...More
June 1, 1998
Posted in Articles, Billing
CENTIGRAM SELLS BUSINESS UNIT TO MITEL

Centigram Communications Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) business unit to Mitel Corporation for $22 million in cash and between $3 million and $5 million for related receivables and inventory. Mitel stated ...More
June 1, 1998
Posted in News
Billing World Publisher's Letter Ten Billing Industry Hot Buttons From A Trade Show Perspective

This is our TeleStrategies Billing '98 show issue, and it's once again time to look at what's hot in the billing industry. Alternatively, this is why we expect over 3,000 telecommunications executives from over 40 countries to travel to Atlanta this June, and talk about ...More
June 1, 1998
Posted in Articles, Billing
INTERTECH, IBS ALLY

Intertech, a provider of billing and customer care software, and International Billing Services (IBS), a provider of statement processing services, have announced an alliance agreement. Under the terms of a non-exclusive, multi-year pact the two companies will work together ...More
June 1, 1998
Posted in News, Billing
CINCINNATI BELL TO SEPARATE

Cincinnati Bell Inc. has formed a new subsidiary, Convergys Corporation, to hold its billing and customer management businesses, CBIS and MATRIXX Marketing. Cincinnati Bell intends to take Convergys public and later spin it off in a tax-free distribution to Cincinnati Bell ...More
June 1, 1998
Posted in News, Billing
MOSCOM RECEIVES TWO ORDERS

MOSCOM Corporation announced the receipt of two orders for its VeraBill billing and customer care system from one of its major business partners. These orders are for wireline telephone customers in the Netherlands and Germany for 10,000 subscriber and 20,000 subscriber ...More
June 1, 1998
Posted in News, Billing