Cisco Chooses Portal Software to Support New Cisco Order-to-Service Solution For DSL Service Providers.Business Editors/High Tech Writers CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 12, 2000 Infranet to support the Cisco new automated delivery solution set enabling DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary service providers deploying end-to-end Cisco DSL networks to reduce customer waiting period from several weeks to a few days Portal Software Portal Software was founded in 1985 as Portal Information Network, one of the first ISPs in the San Francisco Bay Area. It was founded by John Little. The company offered its own interface through modem access that featured Internet email. , Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :PRSF PRSF Presidio of San Francisco (US National Park Service) PRSF Peoples Republic of San Francisco ), a leading provider of business infrastructure software for Internet and next-generation communications services, has been chosen by Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. , Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO CSCO Cisco Systems Incorporated (stock symbol) CSCO Chief Supply Chain Officer ) to support the new Cisco Order-to-Service solution -- the industry's first complete system for automating the lengthy and manual DSL provisioning process for service providers deploying end-to-end Cisco DSL networks. As a Cisco New World Ecosystem company, Portal's Infranet(R) software will be deployed in the Cisco Order-to-Service solution, linking DSL services, subscribers and revenues and allowing providers to rapidly develop, price and provision new services, and effectively manage customer usage and billing in real time. The Cisco Order-to-Service solution is a flow-through provisioning system that automates DSL delivery, cutting the waiting period for service from several weeks to a few days, allowing service providers to rapidly scale services and capture new customers in the broadband market. With this solution, service providers can increase revenues and cut operating costs operating costs npl → gastos mpl operacionales by eliminating most truck rolls, manual systems and processes associated with DSL provisioning. As part of the solution, Portal's Infranet provides DSL providers with automatic commencement of billing, real-time, always-on customer care and billing, and the flexibility to implement any flat-rate, usage-based or quality-of-service price plan, as well as compelling value-added services such as digital content, application services See ASP and Web services. or voice over DSL (VoDSL). Other elements of the Cisco Order-to-Service solution include: DSL order placement and loop pre-qualification using Quintessent's DSLXchange and Turnstone's Copper CrossConnect CX100 products; DSL circuit turn-up using the new Cisco Network Order Manager product; and subscriber PC configuration and start of service using BroadJump's Virtual Truck product. This initiative builds on existing relationships Portal has established with each member company to deliver a robust solution for this key DSL challenge - service provisioning. "The Cisco Order-to-Service solution enables service providers to compete more effectively in the broadband market by enabling them to gain new customers faster and by improving operational efficiencies," said Enzo Signore si·gno·re n. 1. pl. si·gno·ri Abbr. Sig. or S. Used as a form of polite address for a man in an Italian-speaking area. 2. A plural of signora. , Director of Marketing for the Cisco DSL Business Unit. "We chose Portal to support our solution because of their industry-leading product, open platform and leadership in the DSL market." "The time-consuming process of provisioning a DSL circuit is currently the greatest factor limiting the growth of the DSL market," said Steve Sommer Sommer is a surname, from the German and Danish word for the season "summer". It may refer to:
Portal's customers in the DSL market include Covad Communications, Northpoint Communications NorthPoint Communications (Former NASDAQ: NPNT) was a CLEC (Competitive Local Exchange Carrier), focused on data transmission rather than voice. Its business plan involved leasing copper telephone lines from local phone companies, then selling them at wholesale prices to and Rhythms NetConnections Rhythms NetConnections Inc. (Former NASDAQ: RTHM) was in the business of providing broadband local-access communication services to large enterprises, telecommunications carriers and their internet service provider (ISP) affiliates and other ISPs. , among many others. Portal's Infranet has been incorporated into 20 end-to-end solution sets like the Cisco Order-to-Service solution. A solution set is a group of complementary products, selected, integrated and tested to solve a complete set of business and operational requirements for an industry. About Portal Software, Inc. Portal Software, Inc., is building business infrastructure for the Internet. Based in Cupertino, Calif., Portal is the leading provider of customer management and billing software for Internet and emerging, next-generation communications services. The company's real-time solution enables service providers to manage customers, support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services and collect money. Portal's customers include Qwest Communications, Inktomi, Covad, Deutsche Telekom's T-Online, Telenor Mobil AS, Juno Online and France Telecom. Information about Portal and its products can be found at http://www.portal.com. (c)2000 Portal Software, Inc. All rights reserved. Infranet is a U.S. registered trademark, and Portal and the Portal logo are trademarks of Portal Software, Inc. All statements made in this press release are made only as of the date set forth at the beginning of this release. Portal undertakes no obligation to update the information in the event facts or circumstances subsequently change. |
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