CUPERTINO, Calif.-Portal Software Inc. announced Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM) has chosen Portal's Infranet convergent billing product as the billing solution for its wireless voice, data and content and to replace its legacy billing systems. TIM will also use the new TelcoOne customer relationship management...
NEW YORK-Amdocs Ltd., St. Louis, a major provider of billing and customer care systems and services to telecommunications carriers, said Nov. 27 it would eliminate 400 staff positions out of its 9,000-employee workforce.The reductions are planned for various company locations worldwide and are part...
LONDON-Intec Telecom Systems said it acquired L.M. Ericsson's Settler interconnect billing product unit for a cash amount of $5.1 million.The deal also allows Intel to develop and market the Settler product range, according to a press release."By acquiring this product unit, we not only...
Even though accessing wireless data using wireless local area networks is a questionable revenue driver for wireless carriers, any operator without a clear 802.11b-based business model is seen by many in the industry as being behind the times. The buzz surrounding WLAN technology based...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. plans to introduce its Limitplus billing plan Dec. 1 that will block all outgoing calls and all data communications once monthly phone charges reach a pre-set limit.The carrier said the billing plan, which is similar to automatic spending limit plans introduced...
JAKARTA, Indonesia-Economic factors coupled with customers' general habits have driven most Southeast Asian customers to choose the most appropriate payment method for their mobile-phone plans. In developed countries like Singapore, the number of postpaid subscribers compared with prepaid subscribers is roughly a 3:1 ratio....
LONDON-Intec Telecom Systems said it acquired Ericsson's Settler interconnect billing product unit for a cash amount of US$5.1 million.The deal also allows Intel to develop and market the Settler product range, according to a press release."By acquiring this product unit, we not only bring...
LONDON-Intec Telecom Systems said it acquired L.M. Ericsson's Settler interconnect billing product unit for a cash amount of $5.1 million.The deal also allows Intel to develop and market the Settler product range, according to a press release."By acquiring this product unit, we not only...
By launching a service-based business group, enhanced open standards portfolio and partnerships to enhance a variety of wireless applications, Motorola Inc. has spread its dragnet to collect carrier contracts.As multimedia services continue to take center stage, the Schaumburg, Ill.-based company is attacking next-generation services...
REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. introduced an online billing option for its customers through the carrier's Web site eliminating the need for customers to receive a paper bill through the mail.AT&T Wireless said the service will allow customers to pay their bills online with...
SAN DIEGO-In the midst of a corporate restructuring, Leap Wireless International Inc. reported $155.2 million in total revenues for the third quarter, more than double the $66.7 million it posted for the same quarter last year. Net losses dropped from $160.7 million last year,...
NEW YORK-Amdocs Ltd., St. Louis, a provider of billing and customer relationship management for telecommunications operators, reported increased revenues and losses for the fiscal year, which ended Sept. 30.The company's revenues totaled $1.61 billion, up from $1.53 billion during the prior fiscal year. However,...
CUPERTINO, Calif.-Portal Software Inc. said Poland-based Polkomtel S.A. has launched multimedia messaging service using Infranet, Portal's convergent billing solution. "Mobile operators are finding that the key to profitability for GPRS services lies in having the flexibility to introduce compelling data and content services to...
MELBOURNE, Australia-Consumers contacted Australia's Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman 62,275 times to complain about telephone and Internet services last financial year, a drop of 13 percent on the previous year, the organization's annual report released on Wednesday stated.In particular, the report revealed much customer disquiet with...
MINNEAPOLIS-ADC said Thailand's TOT Corp. plc will implement ADC's Singl.eView convergent billing platform in its GSM mobile phone network, which it is rolling out now.Singl.eView will be installed by ADC and Samart Corp., a Thailand-based company.
SEATTLE-Billing and content management company Qpass Inc. released a new version of its software platform, dubbed Prosperity Series, which the company said allows carriers to change way they sell and charge for wireless data, from text messaging to Java-based application downloads.Tom Trinneer, vice president...
CINCINNATI-Convergys Corp. announced BT Retail, a U.K.-based communications service provider for residential and business markets, has chosen Convergys' Geneva software as its billing platform.Geneva will be used to bill all new services including Internet telephony and access, as well as mobile services for small...
LAS VEGAS-Moviso L.L.C. unveiled its new V4 technology platform, designed to support the production, presentation and distribution of mobile media content across all wireless networks, billing systems, handset protocols and electronic storefronts.The platform is currently in use by Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and T-Mobile and...
WOBURN, Mass.-Boston Communications Group Inc. (BCGI) will acquire all assets of billing software solution provider Infotech Solutions Corp., allowing BCGI to offer solutions for handling postpaid, prepaid and hybrid subscriber management.The company's new suite of products will include point-of-sale capabilities, inventory management, real-time transaction...
NEW YORK-PayCircle, a group formed to push mobile commerce applications through standard application programming interfaces-released the PayCircle Payment Web Service Specification 1.0, which covers WSDL sources, XML schema definitions and supporting documents."CSG Systems has been actively supporting and promoting the PayCircle approach from the...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Content providers looking to launch reverse-billed short message service (SMS)-based services are calling on cell-phone operators to increase the price limits set for each message. U.K. operators are said to be actively considering the request in an effort not to dissuade content...
CINCINNATI-Billing solutions provider Convergys Corp. opened a regional office in Beijing to cater to clients in the People's Republic of China, including Hong Kong, and the Republic of Korea."We see today's opening of our Beijing office as a milestone in our international expansion to...
ENGLEWOOD, Colo.-With a new solution and an enhanced billing platform, billing solutions provider CSG Systems is entering the prepaid space and leveraging its postpaid expertise to focus on a new trend among wireless carriers, prepaid and postpaid convergence.The latest version of CSG's Kenan/BP billing...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Having operated as a fixed-line operator in Spain since early 2001, Sweden-based Tele2 has now obtained the necessary license agreements to become the country's first mobile virtual network operator (MVNO). The 20-year license enables Tele2 to interconnect traffic and roam across the...
