Amdocs and Narus Form Technology Alliance for Internet Billing; Enables Telcos to Develop Sophisticated Service-Based Internet Businesses.ST. LOUIS and REDWOOD CITY Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 22, 1999-- Amdocs Ltd. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :DOX DOX Design of Experiments DOX Direct Operational Exchange ), a major international provider of customer care, billing and order management solutions for the telecommunications industry, and Narus Inc., pioneer of Semantic Traffic Analysis, said today that Amdocs will integrate Narus technology with its Ensemble end-to-end customer care and billing platform. This integrated solution will enable telecommunications companies to differentiate their service and pricing packages by adding usage-sensitive analysis of Internet Protocol See Internet and TCP/IP. (networking) Internet Protocol - (IP) The network layer for the TCP/IP protocol suite widely used on Ethernet networks, defined in STD 5, RFC 791. IP is a connectionless, best-effort packet switching protocol. (IP) data records. "The traditional ways of gathering information about the customer's network usage need to evolve to fit the requirements of the IP world," said Norman Rafalowitz, senior vice president of International Marketing. "Telcos are rolling out Internet-based services like voice, fax, and video conferencing See videoconferencing. (communications) video conferencing - A discussion between two or more groups of people who are in different places but can see and hear each other using electronic communications. . Our alliance with Narus will enable telcos to offer their customers usage-based pricing options for the full range of IP services." Narus' Semantic Traffic Analysis technology captures comprehensive network and application-level customer usage information directly from IP networks. The technology is non-intrusive, working independently of all other network devices, across all applications and protocols. The integration of this technology with Amdocs' Ensemble enables telcos to obtain comprehensive network usage information for pricing and billing for IP services based on actual usage. This feature will enable telcos to tailor data services, such as voice, video, and data transmission over IP, and other telecommunications service In telecommunication, the term telecommunications service has the following meanings: 1. Any service provided by a telecommunication provider. 2. packages, to each customer's specific needs and usage patterns. "Narus technology is capable of capturing and managing the depth and breadth of complex IP data demanded by a truly flexible billing solution," said Mark Stone, Narus president and COO. "Our strategic partnership with Amdocs enables both companies to better serve the needs of major telecommunications companies and Internet Service Providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. ." About Amdocs Amdocs is a leading provider of product-driven customer care, billing and order management solutions to premier telecommunications companies worldwide. Amdocs has an unparalleled success record in project delivery of its mission-critical products. With human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. of over 3,700 information systems professionals dedicated to the telecommunications industry, Amdocs has an installed base of successful projects with more than 70 major telecommunications companies throughout the world. For more information visit, our Web site at www.amdocs.com. About Narus Narus, the pioneer of Semantic Traffic Analysis, is the only company to meet the need for capturing and providing the business critical information and understanding that providers of Internet services and telecommunications companies need to build sustainable, profitable businesses. Narus applications enable ready identification of new opportunities for Internet services businesses -- from voice, fax and video over IP to applications hosting, unified messaging Having access to e-mail, voice mail and faxes via a common computer application or by telephone. For example, unified messaging may send faxes and digitized voice mail to a mail server that turns them into e-mail attachments. and many others -- and capture the value of these services through value based billing. In addition to its partnership with Amdocs, Narus has teamed with Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq:SUNW SUNW Sun Microsystems, Inc (former stock symbol; now JAVA) SUNW Stanford University Network Workstation (Sun Microsystems, Inc) ) to enable providers of Internet services, and telecommunications companies, to build value-added Internet services. The company's web address is www.narus.com. Note to Editors: All trademarks and registered trademarks are those of their respective companies. |
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