BSG Clearing Solutions Acquires Business Unit From VoiceLog for US$15.63 Million.GLENVIEW, Ill. -- BSG BSG Battlestar Galactica BSG Broadband Stakeholder Group (UK) BSG British Society of Gastroenterology (London, UK) BSG Business Systems Group BSG Business Solutions Group BSG Basigin Clearing Solutions North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Billing Services Group Limited (AIM:BILL), the telecom industry's leading clearing and settlement, payment and financial risk management solutions group, today announced the acquisition of VoiceLog, LLC's third party verification (TPV TPV Temporary Protection Visa (Australia) TPV Terminal Punto Venta TPV Third-Party Verification TPV Thermophotovoltaic TPV Thermoplastic Vulcanizate (thermoplastic elastomer) TPV Total Payment Volume ) business. VoiceLog is the world's leading provider of third party verification services. The all-cash deal values VoiceLog at US$15.63M and will be financed from the existing resources and facilities of the Group. The transaction closed on Friday 30th of June. Highlights of the transaction include: --Immediate earnings contribution; --fully complementary to existing BSG operations and BSG customers; --broadens BSG's customer base to include utility groups and financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. companies; --further diversifies the Company's revenue streams through the wide array of call-center services; --consistent with BSG's stated growth strategy. Commenting on the acquisition, Roland J. Bopp, 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 BSG, said: "VoiceLog's third party verification business has a great reputation in the industry and offers us considerable benefits of scale and market penetration Noun 1. market penetration - the extent to which a product is recognized and bought by customers in a particular market penetration - the act of entering into or through something; "the penetration of upper management by women" . Their complementary services reinforce our business proposition and for over 5 years, we've cultivated a relationship that makes this a very natural conclusion. I am delighted to welcome the VoiceLog team to BSG." VoiceLog, LLC Founded in 1996, VoiceLog, LLC has grown from an original idea into the world's leading provider of third party verification services, with over 300 clients in Europe, the U.S. and Canada. Following the acquisition, 30 employees including VoiceLog founder Larry Leikin will remain with the business. Mr. Leikin will continue in his role as General Manager of the TPV business for BSG. During the year ended 31 December 2005 the TPV business recorded unaudited revenues of $7.6 million and net income before taxation of $2.4 million after charging $0.5 million of depreciation and amortisation. The business had unaudited assets of $1.8 million at 31 December 2005. This information has been extracted from unaudited segment information contained in the audited accounts of VoiceLog, LLC at and for the 12 months ended 31 December 2005. The company has unrivalled expertise in principal areas of third party verification, E911 notification, and electronic verification. Its software and services are capable of transacting in 24 different spoken languages. --Third Party Verification ("TPV"): VoiceLog, LLC is contracted by telecom providers, utility groups and financial services companies to gain independent, authoritative confirmation that companies or individuals have agreed to change to new service providers. In the U.S., VoiceLog has an approximate 60% market share in TPV by number of clients. TPV is required or authorised by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission (FCC), independent executive agency of the U.S. government established in 1934 to regulate interstate and foreign communications in the public interest. (FCC (1) (Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, www.fcc.gov) The U.S. government agency that regulates interstate and international communications including wire, cable, radio, TV and satellite. The FCC was created under the U.S. ) in most states for telecom service changes, and by many states for changes in electric and natural gas service. In addition, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission requires a process similar to TPV for many orders and many clients use TPV to ensure reliable documentation of those orders. VoiceLog offers both automated and live third party verification utilizing the latest technologies such as speech recognition and distributed live agents. --In-Language Support: VoiceLog's Any Language on Earth(TM) provides translation and verification services in any language a client requires. In addition to the current list of 24 different languages including Arabic, Hebrew, Hmong and Tagalog, VoiceLog will locate and train new agents to accommodate any special language requests. --Electronic Letters of Authorization (eLOA): VoiceLog's NetTPV(TM) verifies telecom, Internet or other service orders with the security and credibility of third party verification and the legal standing of a fully qualified electronic signature. --Reg E Xpress: Reg E Xpress(TM) is a phone-based electronic signature process specifically designed for one-off and recurring automated demand draft and debit authorization. The VoiceLog system records necessary information which customers can retrieve via a toll-free number. A written copy is then sent to the customer for their records. --E911 Notification: VoiceLog's E911Alert(TM) notifies VoIP customers of E911 service, while gaining their affirmative acknowledgement of the notice. The U.S. FCC requires VoIP carriers who connect with the public telephone network to notify their customers of any limitations to their E911 service, including where and under what conditions it may not be available. Importantly, VoIP carriers must also obtain "affirmative acknowledgement" from every customer that they have received and understood that information. About BSG (www.bsgclearing.com) Billing Services Group Limited (BSG) is a leading global provider of clearing, settlement, payment and financial risk 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. . Listed on the London Stock Exchange London Stock Exchange London marketplace for securities. It was formed in 1773 by a group of stockbrokers who had been doing business informally in local coffeehouses. (AIM: BILL), the company has to date made two acquisitions -- EDS (Electronic Data Systems, Plano, TX, www.eds.com) Founded in 1962 by H. Ross Perot (independent candidate for the President of the U.S. in 1992), EDS is the largest outsourcing and data processing services organization in the country. Interoperator Services GmbH (August 2005) and United Clearing Plc (March 2006). Through its operating business units, the Group processes over 20 billion transactions annually for 630 of the world's largest communications companies Communications Company is a communications unit of the United States Marine Corps. They are part of Combat Logistics Regiment 37 , 3rd Marine Logistics Group (3MLG) and III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF). The unit is based out of the Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. throughout Europe, North America and Asia. Recent developments include: --renewal of agreement with Cincinnati Bell Cincinnati Bell is the dominant telephone company for Cincinnati, Ohio and its nearby suburbs in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. The parent company is named Cincinnati Bell Inc. for GSM international roaming financial clearing and settlement services; --availability of BSG's Roaming Information Service in Europe and Asia; and --corporate debt refinancing Refinancing An extension and/or increase in amount of existing debt. with a new $330 million multi-currency credit facility. With a ubiquitous, scalable platform and an extensive portfolio of clearinghouse services for wireless, fixed-line, WLAN See wireless LAN. WLAN - wireless local area network , content and next-generation networks, BSG monetizes network transactions by facilitating financial settlements. Positioned at the centre of network commerce, BSG has the ability to process accurately and manage billions of financial transactions with the highest standards of security, reliability and trust, all in real time. About VoiceLog VoiceLog, LLC is the world's leading provider of third party verification, with over 300 clients in the U.S., Canada and Europe. VoiceLog has developed unrivalled expertise in regulatory compliance, automated and live agent verification scripting, recording, storage, retrieval and reporting. With over 10 years of experience and over 100 million calls recorded, it is no wonder that more telecom companies choose VoiceLog than all other TPV providers combined. For more information about VoiceLog, call 240-631-8392 or visit VoiceLog on the web at www.voicelog.com. All company or product names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks. |
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