Billing


  • Billing World Standards Watch Wireless Industry Association Pushes for Caller-Pays Standard
    Another new standard for billing wireless calls is hot off the press and hitting the desks at several standards-making bodies. The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA) has submitted its "Service Description for Calling Party Pays" document to committees ...More
    March 1, 1998
    Posted in Articles, Billing
  • BELLSOUTH SELECTS ANDERSEN FOR IT
    BellSouth has signed an agreement with Andersen Consulting to provide information technology functions for its telephone operations. Under the agreement, BellSouth will outsource its application software development and maintenance functions to Andersen. BellSouth's ...More
    March 1, 1998
    Posted in News, Billing
  • COMMSOFT SELECTED BY POKA LAMBRO PCS
    Under terms of a signed agreement, Poka Lambro PCS purchased Commsoft's Comm-Vergence product for its cellular and PCS billing and customer care operations. Poka Lambro has been a customer of Commsoft since 1990 when it used Commsoft's first-generation billing product. Poka ...More
    March 1, 1998
    Posted in News, Billing
  • SCI PARTNERS WITH ERICSSON
    Subscriber Computing, Inc. (SCI), has signed a worldwide partnership agreement with Ericsson. Under the agreement, Ericsson will market a new wireless intelligent network-based (WIN) prepaid metered billing system. Ericsson will handle sales, installation, training and ...More
    March 1, 1998
    Posted in News, Billing
  • Financial News 1997 Stock Performance in Review
    Although most billing stocks soared in 1997, there was a great disparity on their year's highs and lows. Some stocks held their value at year-end, while others gave back most of their gains. Solid performances were put in by CSG systems, up 160 percent in 1997; LHS Group, ...More
    February 1, 1998
    Posted in Articles, Billing
  • Real World Lessons from Billing: an Insiders Perspective
    Allow me to introduce myself. For the past 10 years I have been employed in the cellular telecommunications industry with two very dynamic and different carriers in the Information Technology department of both. When I started my career a good day was when the whole company ...More
    February 1, 1998
    Posted in Articles, Billing
  • CBIS AND TMN OF PORTUGAL SIGN CONTRACT
    CBIS and Telecomunicacoes Moveis Nacionais (TMN), a subsidiary of Portugal Telecom, signed a five-year contract for the CBIS Advantage customer care and billing system. CBIS Advantage is designed as a new-generation, real-time wireless billing and administration system for ...More
    February 1, 1998
    Posted in News, Billing
  • TELEGROUP SELECTS SAVILLE
    Telegroup, Inc., a global alternative provider of long distance services, selected Saville Systems' Convergent Billing Platform (CBP) to support its future growth. Telegroup is the first customer to implement CBP upgrade for its Oracle-based system, which is built on a UNIX ...More
    February 1, 1998
    Posted in News, Billing
  • Billing World, DMR Consulting Group Report on Billing System Functionality Due Out in March Project Seeks to Provide Telephony Carriers, Resellers With a Head Start for Choosing a Vendor
    In March 1997 the first annual Billing World magazine report on billing system functionality will become available. The report, created in conjunction with DMR Consulting Group, will list vital features and other pertinent data for 20 vendors, each offering an off-the-shelf ...More
    February 1, 1998
    Posted in Articles, Billing
  • JUST IN TIME, CHECKFREE ENTER MARKETING AGREEMENT
    Just in Time Solutions has joined CheckFree's E-Bill Partner Program and has entered into a joint marketing agreement with CheckFree. The E-Bill Partner Program is designed to allow billers, banks and other financial institutions the ability to offer customers online ...More
    February 1, 1998
    Posted in News, Billing