BCP Telecomunicacoes Selects Lightbridge to Deliver Fraud Prevention Solution.Business/Technology Editors BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 13, 2000 Lightbridge to Replace BCP's Current Fraud Prevention Solution with Industry-Leading Fraud Centurion(TM)and Consulting Services Noun 1. consulting service - service provided by a professional advisor (e.g., a lawyer or doctor or CPA etc.) service - work done by one person or group that benefits another; "budget separately for goods and services" Lightbridge, Inc. (Nasdaq: LTBG), a leading enabler of customer relationship management solutions for communications service providers A Communications Service Provider or CSP is a company that transports information electronically. The term encompasses public and private companies in the wireline, wireless, Internet, cable, satellite, and managed services businesses. , today announced an agreement with BCP BCP Best Current Practice(s) BCP Business Continuity Planning BCP Business Continuity Plan BCP Book of Common Prayer BCP Banco Comercial Português BCP Bureau of Consumer Protection (US Federal Trade Commission) Telecomunicacoes. Based on the agreement, Lightbridge will replace BCP's current fraud detection system with its Fraud Centurion(TM) integrated solution in Sao Paulo and six Northeast states in Brazil. BCP Telecomunicacoes will also utilize Lightbridge's Consulting Services (LCS LCS - Language for Communicating Systems ) to review fraud prevention procedures. In order to become a provider to BCP in its fraud prevention systems upgrade, Lightbridge participated in a strict selection process based on careful analysis of the solutions available in the global telecommunications market. "Lightbridge's solutions were evaluated and compared with other options in the market, and its Fraud Centurion was selected," comments Ascold Szymanskyj, Lightbridge's business development director for Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. . "Having BCP as a client demonstrates Lightbridge's capacity to offer comprehensive consulting services and applications like Fraud Centurion in the Latin American region to fight all forms fraud, especially subscription fraud," adds Szymanskyj. "Faced with the prospect of tremendous growth within Brazil's mobile telecommunications market, companies will have to develop strategies to preserve the reliability of their services. Proven business solutions, such as Fraud Centurion, are tools designed to enable clients like BCP to maintain profitable growth in their business," states Pamela D.A. Reeve REEVE. The name of an ancient English officer of justice, inferior in rank to an alderman. 2. He was a ministerial officer, appointed to execute process, keep the king's peace, and put the laws in execution. , president and 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 Lightbridge. "We appreciate the opportunity to offer BCP the latest products and services that will help the company to stay at the forefront of the telecommunications industry in Latin America," concludes Reeve. Fraud Centurion, the solution selected by BCP Telecomunicacoes, fights known types of fraud, including internal, cloning, roaming, distribution channels and subscription fraud. Fraud Centurion constantly monitors subscribers' usage suspect data, in addition to monitoring and warning about suspicious changes in the subscribers' data in the carrier's billing system. The solution was designed to manage networks in constant expansion and with open architecture. Fraud Centurion is an extremely versatile solution, supporting analog and digital transmission standards like GSM, AMPS, 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. , TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) A satellite and cellular phone technology that interleaves multiple digital signals onto a single high-speed channel. For cellular, TDMA triples the capacity of the original analog method (FDMA). and iDEN. About Lightbridge Lightbridge, Inc. (Nasdaq: LTBG) provides customer relationship management solutions that enable communications service providers to initiate and maintain relationships with their subscribers. Clients ranging from large established carriers to emerging service providers worldwide rely on Lightbridge's Telesto(R) network of integrated customer acquisition and risk management solutions to forge enduring customer relationships. Lightbridge's traditional and Web-based offerings are designed to facilitate rapid application approval, minimize fraud and expand the opportunity to retain high-value customers. Carriers also depend on Lightbridge as a valuable partner, leveraging its diverse range of business consulting services to enhance customer profitability Customer profitability (CP) is the difference between the revenues earned from and the costs associated with the customer relationship in a specified period. According to Philip Kotler,"a profitable customer is a person,household or a company that overtime,yields a revenue and operational efficiencies. On October 26, 2000, Lightbridge announced a signed definitive agreement under which it will merger with Corsair corsair: see Barbary States; piracy. Communications, a leading provider of real-time pre-paid billing systems for the global wireless industry. Under this agreement, Corsair will become a division of Lightbridge. Lightbridge is headquartered in Burlington, Mass. For more information visit http://www.lightbridge.com or call 800-LIGHTBR. Telesto, Lightbridge and the Lightbridge logo are registered trademarks and CAS and Fraud Centurion are trademarks of Lightbridge, Inc. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the properties of their respective owners. |
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