Billing


  • Billing World Publisher's Letter On the Road to SS8
    With every new generation of voice switches comes a new generation of switch-to-switch signaling protocols. In the 1950s electromechanical crossbar switching came along and so did MF or CCITT#5 signaling. The 1970s saw digital toll switches (4ESS) and also CCIS or CCITT#6, ...More
    May 1, 1998
    Posted in Articles, Billing
  • Convergent Care as a Strategic Differentiator
    If the challenges presented by the post-telecommunications reform act era could be summarized in two words, they would be bundling and convergence. Telecommunications providers are spending billions of dollars to assemble an array of services under their brand names. They ...More
    April 1, 1998
    Posted in Articles, Billing
  • WIZTEC SELECTED IN POLAND
    Wiztec Solutions Ltd. has signed a contract with @Entertainment, Inc. @Entertainment' will use Wiztec's Wizard subscriber management and billing system to support all customer care and billing services for @Entertainment's more than 780,000 subscribers in Poland. In ...More
    April 1, 1998
    Posted in News, Billing
  • HARRON SELECTS CABLEDATA
    Harron Communications Corp. has selected CableData's DDP/SQL customer management and billing system to support its cable television customers in Mich., Penn., N.Y., N.H. and Mass. CableData will initially convert 227,000 Harron subscribers from CableData's earlier DDP ...More
    April 1, 1998
    Posted in News, Billing
  • US BUYING GROUP SELECTS INFO DIRECTIONS
    US Buying Group (USBG) has purchased Info Directions' CostGuard, its integrated rating, billing and customer care software package. The installation represents a shift for USBG away from service bureau billing to an in-house Windows 95/NT system. USBG is a Chicago-based ...More
    April 1, 1998
    Posted in News, Billing
  • Rim Shot: Will Billing Companies Tough-It-Out in What Could Potentially Be the Biggest Game on the Globe?
    Lack of a home court advantage is not a deterrent for foreign billing and customer care (BCC) solutions providers desiring to do business in the Pacific Rim region. At least not in terms of the telecommunications' service delivery process, which is considered fundamentally ...More
    April 1, 1998
    Posted in Articles, Billing
  • ITDS LAUNCHES NEW BILLING SYSTEM
    International Telecommunications Data Systems Inc. (ITDS) announced its next generation of billing customer care and management information systems. The new system is designed for the HP/Unix server platform environment, with a GUI provided through a Windows front-end ...More
    April 1, 1998
    Posted in News, Billing
  • Who is Who in the World of Local Telephone Service Competition?
    When a competitive local exchange provider connects a customer via another carrier's switch, how can the various carriers be identified for billing purposes? Which local provider should bill access minutes to the long distance carrier? Which provider bills and settles for ...More
    April 1, 1998
    Posted in Articles, Billing
  • INTERTECH RELEASES UPGRADE
    Intertech Management Group Inc. announced the release of Network Strategies version 3.0, a Windows NT-based billing and customer care software designed specifically for the communications industry. Its new features include enhanced customer care, integrated billing, complex ...More
    April 1, 1998
    Posted in News, Billing
  • SAVILLE BUYS BHA, CAP GEMINIS INTERCONNECT SYSTEM
    SAVILLE BUYS BHA, CAP GEMINI'S INTERCONNECT SYSTEM Saville Systems and BHA Computer Pty Ltd., a privately held telecom software company, have signed a letter of intent for Saville to purchase BHA's assets for approximately $20 million in cash and stock. BHA, located in ...More
    April 1, 1998
    Posted in News, Billing