• CAP GEMINI AND MICROSOFT ANNOUNCE AGREEMENT
    Cap Gemini, a business consulting and systems integration company, has signed an agreement with Microsoft to jointly address opportunities in the Internet market. Cap Gemini's global telecommunications unit will create a design center in Paris focused on applications of ...More
    June 1, 1998
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  • SAP INTRODUCES ACCOUNTING AND LOGISTICS COMPONENTS
    SAP AG's IS-T/FI-CA (financial accounting-contract accounting) and IS-T/ML (network element logistics) are based on SAP R/3 Release 4.0. IS-T/FI-CA is designed to allow companies to streamline open item and revenue management processes through more efficient parallel ...More
    June 1, 1998
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  • DSET LAUNCHES LNP APPLICATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, IPO
    DSET Corporation launched a line of local number portability (LNP) applications designed for use by CLECs. DSET also announced strategic alliances with DSC Communications Corp., Lockheed Martin IMS, MetaSolv Software and Versant Object Technology to help with integration of ...More
    June 1, 1998
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  • POWERTEL ADOPTS TASC-COLD
    TASC Inc. announced a contract with Powertel Inc. of West Point, Ga., to provide TASC-COLD archiving system designed to allow the PCS provider to leverage its statement archives and provide accelerated access for customer care applications. The system will initially support ...More
    June 1, 1998
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  • VANGUARD SELECTS EDS
    Vanguard Cellular Systems Inc. and EDS announced a three-year agreement to make EDS' suite of clearinghouse and customer support services available to Vanguard. Vanguard selected EDS Intercarrier Settlement Services (ISS) and its Pre-Call Validation and Network Service ...More
    May 1, 1998
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  • DIGITAL AND MICROSOFT ANNOUNCE INTERNET-ENHANCED IN
    Digital Equipment Corporation and Microsoft Corporation announced a new program to address Internet Enhanced Intelligent Networks, which will combine Intelligent Networks (IN) with the Internet and Windows NT. Digital's SS7 product DECss7 for Windows NT will be the heart of ...More
    May 1, 1998
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  • ORANGE SELECTS CIBERNET
    Orange Personal Communications Services, a DCS-1800 operator, has appointed Cibernet to handle financial clearing and settlements with its international roaming partners. Orange has implemented 81 roaming agreements covering 59 countries and by year-end expects to have 160 ...More
    May 1, 1998
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  • CTIA CAMPAIGNS TO APPEAL EXCISE TAX
    The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA) launched a campaign to repeal the federal excise tax on communications. The tax was enacted as temporary in 1898 to fund the Spanish-American War and was re-imposed by Congress in 1914 as a temporary tax on luxury ...More
    May 1, 1998
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  • Billing World Standards Watch A Hot Number: 877 Toll Free Implementation
    From 1967 to 1996, a span of almost 30 years, the demand for toll free resources was satisfied within the parameters of one NPA- 800 NXX-XXXX. As the 800 toll free resources approached depletion, the 888 NPA was rolled out on March 1, 1996. Now, approximately two years ...More
    May 1, 1998
    Posted in Articles, Billing
  • Using SS7 for Jurisdictional Reporting of Interconnection Traffic
    Traffic on SS7 networks today is more congested due to the growth of the Internet, regulatory changes and changing customer expectations. Jurisdictional reporting on interconnect carrier traffic is critical to business in this competitive and ever-changing landscape. ...More
    May 1, 1998
    Posted in Articles