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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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EDS AND KENAN TEAM

EDS and Kenan Systems Corporation announced that the two companies have signed a marketing and operations agreement to deliver billing, customer care and order management products and delivery services to single and multi-service carriers worldwide. Under terms of the ...More
April 1, 1998
Posted in News, Billing
Billing for Cellular, Local and Long Distance:Ready for Prime Time? Third Parties Preparing To Put Their Systems Where Their Marketing Is

Even in the days when deregulation of the telecommunications industry was still a distant dream, forward-thinking service providers talked of one-stop shopping. But with the 20th century nearing an end, there are still few instances in North America where the telephony ...More
April 1, 1998
Posted in Articles, Billing
AXIOM ACQUIRES SOFTWARE DEVELOPER

Axiom Inc. announced that it has purchased Greendown Software Ltd. (GSL), a privately held company based in Hampshire, England. GSL markets its product is under the name TERESA, specializes in fraud management software. The terms of the agreement were not disclosed. GSL ...More
April 1, 1998
Posted in News
ALLTEL CONVERTS GTE WIRELESS TO VITUOSO II

Alltel announced that it has converted 160,000 GTE Wireless customers located in GTE's Illinois and Iowa to the latest version of Alltel's Virtuoso II customer care and billing system. Virtuoso II developed in cooperation with GTE, is client/server-based and is designed to ...More
April 1, 1998
Posted in News, Billing
Combined Billing for Multinational Corporations

International telecom partnerships seem to promise the world to their customers, including a unified, consistent bill. But up until now none have been able to deliver timely, accurate bills in a consistent electronic format for all the telecom services ordered from all of a ...More
April 1, 1998
Posted in Articles, Billing
ERICSSON LAUNCHES PREPAID FUNCTION FOR AMPS/D-AMPS

Ericsson launched a new network function called PrePaid Calling Service, which enables D-AMPS and AMPS mobile users to prepay air time and value-added services, as an integrated element of the network. In other news, Ericsson and the Norwegian telco Telenor signed a ...More
April 1, 1998
Posted in News, Billing
WINSTAR SELECTS TEMPLATE

Template Software Inc. announced that WinStar Communications Inc. has selected Template to provide customer care and integrated service management software to support its customers nationwide. WinStar is planing to use Template's software to provide an integration platform ...More
April 1, 1998
Posted in News
SUBSCRIBER PROVISIONS INTERCELLULAR

Subscriber Computing, Inc., (SCI) is now completing the installation of a customer care and billing system and a prepaid billing application for Intercellular Nigeria, Ltd. Intercellular purchased SCI's Communication Resource Manager. The system will interface with ...More
April 1, 1998
Posted in News, Billing
LOGICA, LHS PARTNER FOR WIRELESS BILLING CONTRACT

Logica announced a $3.9 million contract to provide an integrated billing system with prepay capability for France Caraibe Mobiles (FCM). Logica partnered with LHS Group, Inc. to win the contract. FCM is a mobile telecom operator in the French-speaking states of Guadeloupe, ...More
April 1, 1998
Posted in News, Billing
Billing World Financial Watch Billing Index Outperforms the Dow

In this raging bull market, the billing and customer care index (BACC) has far out performed all the major American stock indexes including the Nasdaq, S&P 500 and the Russell 2000. The BACC has grown by 26 percent since May 1997, surpassing the growth of the Dow during ...More
April 1, 1998
Posted in Articles, Billing