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Finally! T-Mobile USA Confirms No-Contract iPhone 5 Release Date

Amid a flurry of announcements, T-Mobile also announced its new 4G LTE network is live in seven cities and that its iPhone 5 comes with a payment plan since it doesn't give the generous subsidy offered by its competitors. ...More
March 26, 2013 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News
C Spire Wireless Selects NetCracker to Streamline Billing Infrastructure

NetCracker's convergent BSS solution will consolidate and manage all billing, customer account and service-activation activities for prepaid, postpaid and hybrid customers. ...More
March 7, 2013
Posted in News, Billing, Customer Experience Management, Service & Network Management, Service Creation & Delivery
T-Mobile Takes on Tracfone, Boost, Virgin With GoSmart Brand

In an effort to move some of its business into the prepaid market, T-Mobile has launched GoSmart Mobile. ...More
February 25, 2013 By Arselia Gales
Posted in News
Globe Telecom Launches Evolving's SIM Allocation Solution

Globe Telecom of the Philippines hopes Evolving Systems' Dynamic SIM Allocation solution will improve customer experience for its prepaid subscribers and manage SIMs inventory more efficiently. ...More
February 20, 2013 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News, Billing, Customer Experience Management
Shared Data Helps Verizon, AT&T Top Customer-Care Rankings

J.D. Power and Associates says shared-data plans are paying off for Verizon Wireless and AT&T. Customers on these plans are generally more satisfied than those with traditional wireless contracts. ...More
February 7, 2013 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News, Customer Experience Management
New Verizon Prepaid Plans Likely Pending

3G wireless customers on prepaid plans will be able to get unlimited talk and text starting at $60 per month, a new report says. ...More
January 28, 2013
Posted in News
Slide Show: B/OSS' Top 10 Stories in December

We tallied our top 10 stories for December by combining online page views with results from our weekly newsletters. Among the top: Ericsson's OSS-BSS revolution; an alarming Oracle survey on churn; and 3G vs. 4G charging. But what was No. 1? ...More
January 3, 2013
Posted in Galleries, Billing
The Biggest Service Provider-BSS/OSS M&A in Q4 2012

There was a flurry of M&A activity in Q4 2012 affecting the BSS/OSS and service-provider communities. Sprint-Clearwire; Redknee-Nokia Siemens; Oracle; Cisco; T-Mo-MetroPCS; even a merger rumor that got everyone talking. ...More
January 2, 2013
Posted in Galleries, Billing, Revenue Management, Service & Network Management, Service Creation & Delivery
6 Billing-Related Predictions for the Wireless Market in 2013

As the wireless industry rockets forward technologically, it is diversifying with regard to the business models and services that emerge from it. Here are six predictions relating to billing that seem inevitable in the coming year. ...More
December 27, 2012
Posted in Articles, Billing, Service & Network Management, Service Creation & Delivery
Cellular One Snaps Up Redknee Billing Solution

Redknee says its converged real-time billing, rating and charging solution is enabling Cellular One Arizona to launch prepaid data services as well as provide an enhanced customer experience. ...More
November 28, 2012 By Craig Galbraith
Posted in News, Billing, Customer Experience Management, Service Creation & Delivery