AM-BEO Announces First Release from New Product Portfolio; Addresses Complexities of Charging for Next Generation Network Services.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers GALWAY, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 8, 2004 AM-BEO, LTD LTD 1 Laron-type dwarfism 2 Leukotriene D 3 Long-term depression, see there 4. Long-term disability ., a global leader in rating, charging and revenue settlement software solutions, today announced the availability of nCharge(TM), the first of three planned product announcements to be made in the first half of 2004. This new suite of products will align AM-BEO's technology and SI partner delivery capabilities to solving existing and future business problems in a rapidly changing data marketplace. nCharge is an advanced solution for the identification, control, rating and charging of network services for both content providers and network operators. nCharge is designed to address the complexities of charging for next generation communication services and provides complex rating, real-time credit control and multiple balance management to enable the generation of additional revenue from new and innovative network services requiring reduced time to market and improved financial margin management. "nCharge represents a 'Best of Breed' solution which will enable carriers to implement, deliver and charge for next generation services driving service revenue and growing data services ARPU (Average Revenue Per User) A calculation often used to determine the overall value of an application. 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"AM-BEO is well positioned at the fore-front of multi-service delivery and is a leader in the area of transaction service charging, thanks to its broad vertical market product capabilities." nCharge is the product from AM-BEO's new portfolio focused on advanced rating, charging and revenue settlements. Built on its proven and evolving technologies, nCharge has already been deployed in a major European content aggregator, who delivers millions of content items daily with real-time account management for account confirmation, credit checking and balance update through a broad number of network operators across Europe. "Our goal for 2004 is to align AM-BEO's operations and product portfolio to deliver solutions that enable our customers to accelerate the delivery of high margin service revenue," stated Mike Murphy, AM-BEO CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "Within our new product portfolio of rating, charging and settlement we have a solid set of capabilities built on the latest proven technologies with multiple customer references. As the first release of this portfolio, nCharge represents a new direction for AM-BEO, a focused solution with the flexibility and adaptability to deliver real returns in short timeframes." nCharge uses standard and proven technologies such as J2EE (Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition) A platform from Sun for building distributed enterprise applications. J2EE services are performed in the middle tier between the user's machine and the enterprise's databases and legacy information systems. and CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture) A software-based interface from the Object Management Group (OMG) that allows software modules (objects) to communicate with each other no matter where they are located on a private network or the global , to ensure a stable and robust infrastructure capable of supporting the throughput and scalability required in Tier 1 software and data throughput implementations. nCharge runs on standard operating environments of UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). and Windows, using the proven Oracle database. OSA/Parlay compliance is delivered with support for both the Charging and Account Management SCS. These services enable session-based charging for applications running on an OSA/Parlay SDP (Session Description Protocol) An IETF protocol that defines a text-based message format for describing a multimedia session. Data such as version number, contact information, broadcast times and audio and video encoding types are included in the message. . About AM-BEO, LTD. Based in Galway, Ireland, and with offices in London, Dublin, Paris, Madrid and Denver, AM-BEO provides a full suite of software product and service solutions to support telecommunications providers, content owners and aggregators. The suite of software and solutions provide advanced rating, charging and settlements capabilities for multi-delivery channels including broadband, DBS (Direct Broadcast Satellite) A one-way TV broadcast service from a communications satellite to a small round or oval dish antenna no larger than 20" in diameter. , wireline and wireless network providers. Its suite of products for the content industry support both origination and aggregation businesses, including mobile games, news, financial data, streaming content, advertising usage valuation, loyalty point programs and the advanced settlements between trading partners. AM-BEO provides service operators and content providers with solutions that quickly integrate into their legacy BSS/OSS environments, supporting the roll out of next generation products while extending the functionality and life of their infrastructure investments. |
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