Am-Beo and XACCT Announce Joint Solution; Prepaid Charging Solution based on Am-Beo's rate-rec software.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers IIR IIR - Infinite Impulse Response Billing Systems Conference LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 14, 2003 Am-Beo, the global leader in rating and revenue settlements and XACCT Technologies, a leading provider of network data management solutions for global communications service providers, announced today the unveiling of an integrated prepaid charging solution, XACCT Charging Control Node, aimed at the digital content communications market. Am-Beo and XACCT also announced an agreement to jointly market the Charging Control Node software. The companies are in the process of selling the combined solution to key European telecommunications companies. The Am-Beo software has been completely integrated with the Charging Control Node software and is provided to XACCT under a licensing agreement with Am-Beo. "As the telecommunications industry continues to provide more content and content delivery, the need for charging and mediation of these services has grown," stated John Brady, 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. of Am-Beo. "Real-time rating has become a key element for the successful roll-out of new digital products and services. XACCT's Charging Control Node provides a vital solution for this industry." "The Charging Control Node is designed to enable operators to offer value-add mobile data services, such as MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) An enhanced transmission service that enables graphics, video clips and sound files to be transmitted via cellphones. Developed as part of the 3GPP project, MMS phones are generally backward compatible with SMS and EMS. , games, ring-tones, streaming video, push-to-talk, and information services See Information Systems. on a pre-paid charge-differentiated-per-event basis, from a single pre-paid account balance," according to Anil Uberoi, senior vice president of product marketing & business development at XACCT. Am-Beo provides unique software solutions for the next-generation of content, products and services emerging in the mobile markets. Am-Beo has developed an expertise in revenue settlements between the many partners involved in delivering these next generation products. Am-Beo also enables pricing products and services dynamically, based on any set of parameters. In addition, Am-Beo provides revenue management support for roaming between hot spots hot spots acute moist dermatitis. and WLAN See wireless LAN. WLAN - wireless local area network providers. Live demonstrations of the combined solution - featuring newly announced XACCT Charging Control Node and Am-Beo's rate-rec software - will be hosted in Am-Beo's stand #B4 at the conference. About Am-Beo Based in Galway, Ireland and with offices in France, Spain and the United States, Am-Beo is a global provider of real-time rating and settlement solutions for the communications, WLAN and next-generation services industry. Am-Beo's provides rating, roaming and revenue settlement for voice, data, content and other usage-based services. Tornado Insider recently recognized the company as one of the Top-10 Technology companies in Europe. www.am-beo.com. About XACCT XACCT Technologies provides the leading network data management platform for telecommunications service providers such as network backbone providers, mobile operators, cable operators and managed services providers. XACCT's carrier-class Network-to-Business (N2B N2B Not Too Bad (internet chat) (TM)) platform enables service providers to monetize their network traffic by harnessing network information to create new value-based services and lower operational costs. XACCT offers the industry's first and only platform that enables real-time data capture and enhancement; seamless integration with any business or operations application; and flow-through service provisioning. XACCTmobile, based on the N2B universal data management platform, captures and transforms raw network data from CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) A method for transmitting simultaneous signals over a shared portion of the spectrum. The foremost application of CDMA is the digital cellular phone technology from QUALCOMM that operates in the 800 MHz band and 1.9 GHz PCS band. , GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) The first high-speed digital data service provided by cellular carriers that used the GSM technology. GPRS added a packet-switched channel to GSM, which uses dedicated, circuit-switched channels for voice conversations. , UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) The GSM implementation of the 3G wireless phone system. Part of IMT-2000, UMTS provides service in the 2 GHz band and offers global roaming and personalized features. , WLAN and IP networks into actionable business information allowing mobile operators to develop new services and business models, quickly and cost effectively. The XACCT N2B platform links the network to the business. www.xacct.com |
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