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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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Billing World Financial News Jefferies Releases First Telecom Billing and Customer Care Company Index

Jefferies & Company has released the first ever financial index of telecom billing and customer care companies. The index, which measures the financial health of 23 publicly-held billing and customer care companies, will be published monthly exclusively in Billing World. ...More
January 1, 1998
Posted in Articles, Billing
Billing World Publisher's Letter Top 10 Convergence Billing Opportunities for 1998

There will be many new and exciting events for 1998 in the telecommunications industry, but none will capture the attention of corporate America and consumers more than the new services created by network convergence. Nevertheless, these services will be meaningless to the ...More
January 1, 1998
Posted in Articles, Billing
SEMA GROUP LAUNCHES BILLING SERVICE BUREAU

Sema Group has launched a customer care and billing service bureau for wireless network operators in the United States. The service bureau is operated entirely by Sema Group Telecoms and uses Sema's CABS 2000 product. ...More
January 1, 1998
Posted in News, Billing
HP SS7 HELPS SOUTHWESTERN BELL

Hewlett-Packard Company has completed installation of the HP acceSS7 network monitoring system across Southwestern Bell Telephone Company's (SWBT) entire SS7 network. The implementation, which took 12 months to complete, is designed to help SWBT ensure the integrity of its ...More
January 1, 1998
Posted in News
CABLEDATA AND TIME WARNER RENEW CONTRACT

CableData Inc. and Time Warner Cable's Eastern Pennsylvania Division renewed their customer management and billing contract. The three-year agreement extends the Time Warner operation's use of CableData's DDP/SQL system to serve its 150,000 subscribers in eastern ...More
January 1, 1998
Posted in News
Putting Revenue Assurance into Practice

The term "revenue shortfall" is perhaps the most dreaded term in financial circles of telecommunications companies. If actual revenue results fall short of budgeted expectations, the billing system becomes fair game for blame. Unless revenue drivers, volumes and key process ...More
January 1, 1998
Posted in Articles
ILLUMINET ANNOUNCES LNP SERVICE BUREAU

Illuminet announced that it has completed testing necessary to connect to Lockheed Martin's Number Portability Administration Center (NPAC) in the mid-Atlantic region (New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia). ...More
January 1, 1998
Posted in News
CIBERNET SELECTED AS WIRELESS FINANCIAL CLEARING HOUSE

The Cellular Operators Association of India has named London-based Cibernet, Plc., as the preferred financial clearinghouse for its 27 members. Each cellular operator will make one local currency payment each month to Cibernet, which will then disburse payments, in ...More
January 1, 1998
Posted in News
US TELECOM AND BELLCORE SIGN AGREEMENTS

US Telecom Advanced Technology Systems Inc. (US Telecom ATS) has executed a software license, distribution agreement and memorandum of understanding with Bellcore. These agreements are designed to allow Bellcore's Rater "T" billing support system to be integrated with US ...More
January 1, 1998
Posted in News
MCI CHALLENGES US WEST

MCI challenged US West's request for a temporary restraining order from the U.S. District Court in Denver. In its request US West questioned the Colorado Public Utilities Commission's (PUC) authority to conduct a public hearing to determine if US West's Operations Support ...More
January 1, 1998
Posted in News