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LONDON—Currently representing 10 percent of total carrier revenues, short message service (SMS) is the dominant data contributor to carrier average revenue per user (ARPU), and its value is expected to …

HANOVER, Germany—E-plus, Germany’s third largest wireless operator, selected Lucent Technologies to provide its MiLife SurePay real-time billing system for its GSM network. Lucent said the solution will allow E-plus to …

HONG KONG—The Hong Kong mobile market is set for a transformation, with four third-generation (3G) mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) established, based on the requirements of Hong Kong’s four 3G …

HONG KONG—Indian company Lifetree Convergence said it supplied its billing and operations system for Shell, which launched a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) service in Hong Kong in February. The …

HONG KONG—Indian company Lifetree Convergence Ltd. said it supplied its billing and operations system for Shell, which launched a mobile virtual network operator service in Hong Kong in February. The …

ALBANY, N.Y.—Telecommunications industry billing and customer care systems provider CommSoft Inc. released a new version of its flagship CommVergence product. CommVergence 8.0 allows customers to provide for wireless services in …

NEW DELHI, India—Thailand’s largest mobile operator, Advanced Info Service (AIS), plans to invest 2.8 billion baht (US$64 million) for the installation of a smart customer care and billing system over …

LONDON—Logica said its prepaid billing software will be installed by Trinidad and Tobago’s TSTT Mobile Services. TSTT will launch prepaid wireless data services over a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) …

DUBLIN, Ireland—Trinidad and Tobago’s operator, TSTT Mobile Service, will be the first Caribbean carrier to launch prepaid wireless data services on a GPRS network as it just signed a deal …

CANNES, France—Intec Telecom Systems and Apama are teaming up this week in Cannes to demonstrate the 3G billing process using a fictitious online dating service. Apama will record profile information …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—The third network operator in South Africa announced that it will target the youth market with the launch of its latest package called Club Chat. Cell C Marketing …

KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Sprint PCS unveiled its eBilling & Analysis service, a Web-enabled billing and analysis tool designed to help wireless enterprise customers monitor their corporate wireless accounts, analyze invoice data …

BERLIN—Berlin is a city undergoing a rebuilding and refurbishment program the likes of which few other cities in Europe have experienced in modern times. Against this backdrop of transformation, Deutsche …

GENEVA—Europe’s mobile users will likely wait much longer than expected for next-generation cellular, as the daunting implications of full-scale third-generation (3G) deployment are finally brought home to the region’s 60-plus …

NEW YORK—Under the terms of a service bureau agreement announced Feb. 7, Convergys’ Geneva Active Revenue Management software is providing billing and customer care support for Compaq Computer Corp. iPAQ …

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, Canada—Canadian vendor Redknee said it partnered with Germany’s mobile operator Viag Interkom to deploy real-time short message rating services. Redknee said Viag has enhanced its prepaid service through …

VICTOR, N.Y.—Seattle-based wireless Internet service provider Monet Mobile Networks has selected Info Directions’ CostGuard rating and billing system. The CostGuard system rates and bills real-time wireless data usage, which includes …

MINNEAPOLIS—ADC announced it has implemented its Singl.eView convergent billing solution for Appiant Technologies Inc. Singl.eView was launched in conjunction with Appiant’s unified communication service, inUnison, which offers unified messaging with …

LONDON—Logica announced a deal with T-Motion, the mobile online services arm of T-Mobile International, to create a portal to market billable value-added services to customers across Europe. The system uses …

LONDON—Logica announced a deal with T-Motion, the mobile online services arm of T-Mobile International, to create a portal to market billable value-added services to customers across Europe. The system uses …

CINCINNATI—TeleCorp PCS signed a contract with Convergys Corp. to use its Atlys end-to-end billing and customer care products in TeleCorp’s service bureau environment. The contract replaces an agreement signed in …

OXFORD, United Kingdom—Having planned to capitalize on the booming short message service (SMS) market by increasing its messaging charges by nearly 140 percent, Germany’s T-Mobile has backed down after a …

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SINGAPORE—The Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) is seeking comment on a possible change in charging methods between Singapore operators for calls from and to mobile and fixed-line customers. Regulator IDA would …

TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it may not sign up the 150,000 subscribers to its third-generation (3G) network by the end of March it predicted when it launched the service last …