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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 Standards Watch Year 2000 Business Guidelines Set, But Problems Implementing Continue

Some industry guidelines to solve the Y2K problems are already in place-but only for access ordering and billing, not for end-user ordering and billing. And even though guidelines for access are in place, some carriers are being tempted to use one of several faster, less ...More
November 12, 1997
Posted in Articles, Billing
ATU CHOOSES SAVILLE

Alaska-based ATU Telecommunications has chosen Saville Systems' Convergent Billing Platform (CBP) 3.2 for its more than 100,000 customers. Saville CBP is replacing ATU's legacy COBOL-based system, which could not provide quick pricing changes. In other news, Saville Systems ...More
November 12, 1997
Posted in News, Billing
IBM OFFERS USAGE-BASED WIRELESS SERVICES

IBM announced a new program designed to provide wireless operators with usage-based, service bureau capabilities for its Integrated Customer Management System (ICMS) customer care and billing product. IBM will also provide statement creation, printing and distribution ...More
November 12, 1997
Posted in News, Billing
BELLCORE INTRODUCES INTERCONNECTION PRODUCT

Bellcore's new product, ServiceGate, is designed to provide a complete ordering gateway to enable electronic commerce between telcos. The new system electronically automates the exchange of transactions necessary for the resale of local services, and the implementation of ...More
November 12, 1997
Posted in News
Revenue A$$urance Its Not Just Billing Anymore ILEC Panelists See New Challenges Arriving with Interconnection, Increased Competition Second in a Two-Part Series

Revenue Assurance is a big issue for communications services providers, even if it hasn't always been front and center in the minds of top management. For Incumbent Local Exchange Companies (ILECs), it means ensuring effective marketing, efficient and error-free networks, ...More
November 12, 1997
Posted in Articles, Billing
XEROX, DOCUCORP ANNOUNCE COOPERATIVE MARKETING

Xerox Corporation and DocuCorp International announced a cooperative marketing agreement to offer to utility industry customized billing and correspondence. The duo will combine DocuCorp's document automation software with Xerox's DocuPrint cut-sheet and continuous-feed ...More
October 1, 1997
Posted in News
BELLSOUTH AND ONYX DEVELOP CREDIT SYSTEM

BellSouth Cellular Corp. (BSCC) and Onyx Technologies LLC announced the joint development of a credit assessment system, 4SCORE. 4SCORE is designed to be a real-time, multi-bureau system to support commercial credit assessment, fraud, existing customer and duplicate ...More
October 1, 1997
Posted in News
AMERITECH BUYS BILLING SYSTEM FOR WHOLESALE SERVICES

Ameritech has contracted with the CTI Group to provide Ameritech with a Windows-based administrative and billing system for operational support of its wholesale service offerings. CTI's Windows-based Neptune product will replace Ameritech's current mainframe-based billing ...More
October 1, 1997
Posted in News, Billing
Carriers Look to SS7 Data for Solution to Usage Billing Dilemma

With regulatory change opening the local exchange markets in the United States, many operators are supporting an increasing number of interconnections. Simultaneously, these operators are rolling out enhanced (Advanced Intelligent Network, or AIN-based) services, ...More
October 1, 1997
Posted in Articles, Billing
CABLEDATA MAKES INTERNATIONAL GAINS

Lyonaise Cable, of the French Annecy district, and Cable and Telecommunications Co. Ltd. (CNT) of Korea have awarded contracts to CableData Inc. CableData will supply its Intelecable customer management and open billing solution. Intelecable is designed to support video, ...More
October 1, 1997
Posted in News, Billing