Competitive & Rural Providers

  • Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, Xacct Partner
    Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Telecom Media Networks plans to co-market Xacct’s Real Time Network to Business Platform for value-based billing as part of its service offerings. The two plan to provide an enterprise billing and provisioning package for CLECs, ISPs and broadband ...More
    April 1, 2001
    Posted in News, Billing
  • DSET Enhances ezAccess 3.0
    DSET Corp. has upgraded its ezAccess ASR gateway and extended its capability to upport CLECs, ILECs, DLECs, IXCs and wholesale providers. The 3.0 version is designed to let service providers receive ASRs automatically and complies with industry standard Access Service ...More
    April 1, 2001
    Posted in News
  • Publisher's Letter:The Future of the CLECs
    Yes, it is as bad as it looks-and it's going to get worse. So what future do the CLECs have? As pure regional CLECs, probably none.So what went wrong with this industry segment created by the Telecommunications Act of 1996? On the surface it's easy to blame, on the one ...More
    March 1, 2001
    Posted in Articles
  • Telecommunications Outlook: 2001
    From çº investment perspective the telecommunications industry in the year 2000 was a disaster. What went wrong? And what is the outlook for 2001, from a billing and OSS perspective?The industry and investment errors would fill this issue and beyond with copy. Here are my ...More
    January 1, 2001
    Posted in Articles, Billing
  • Regulatory Watch :ILECs Turn to Congress in Reciprocal Comp Battle
    If you're an owner of a CLEC or an ISP, you're probably not going to like this one: The U.S. House Commerce Committee is pushing a bill that would end your compensation for Internet calls that originate on a LEC's network. H.R. 4445 would dump those payments and revert the ...More
    November 1, 2000
    Posted in Articles
  • Publisher's Letter:Predicting Network
    Evolution by Watching the Stock MarketYou can't build next-generation carrier networks without money. So which carriers will get new Wall Street money? What will they do with it? And what does this mean for billing/OSS carrier executives and their vendors? For starters, ...More
    November 1, 2000
    Posted in Articles, Billing
  • ALBION INTRODUCES OUTSOURCED OSS AND BILLING SYSTEM
    Albion Connect Inc., a provider of packaged OSS software components, and Integretel Inc. will bundle ASP-based billing services. The combination of services is designed to provide pre-integrated, outsourced back-office systems for CLECs and other communications service ...More
    August 1, 2000
    Posted in News, Billing
  • MURPHY CONSULTING DEBUTS AUDIT SOFTWARE
    Murphy Software Consulting Inc. recently released Version 2.0 of its Local Audit Software (LAS). The software lets CLECs automatically decode encrypted electronic invoices sent by LECs and import the vendor's invoice data. The database is designed to give CLECs critical ...More
    June 1, 2000
    Posted in News
  • Inter-Carrier Billing Faces Uncertain Future: Industry experts discuss trends in carrier access billing
    They're boasting about it on their Websites. "ICG Collects Again: US West and Pacific Bell Pay More than $20 Million in Reciprocal Comp." "US LEC Receives Payment of $11.2 million From BellSouth." "ESpire Wins $14.2 Million from BellSouth For Past Due Reciprocal Comp." US ...More
    May 1, 2000
    Posted in Articles, Billing
  • Preparation is Kkey for Effective Bill Reconciliation CLECs use different approach for same billing problem
    The person in charge of bill reconciliation at the CLEC is not in charge. She’s in the middle of converting from manual bill reconciliation to an automated system, and things aren’t working out as planned. She’s caught in a vortex of paper bills and overworked staff, ...More
    May 1, 2000
    Posted in Articles, Billing
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