Convergys Strengthens Marketing Capabilities for Wireless Next-Generation Service Providers with Atlys Release 9.1.Business Editors/High Tech Writers CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 19, 2002 Convergys Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CVG CVG Convergys Corp CVG Corporación Venezolana de Guayana CVG Clear Vertical Grain (woodworking) CVG Carrier Group CVG Corporacion Venezolana de Guyana CVG Comprehensive Video Group (South Hackensack, NJ, USA) ) Operators Benefit From Faster Network Configuration for New Offerings, Expanded OSS Oss (ôs), city (1994 pop. 62,141), North Brabant prov., S Netherlands; chartered 1399. It is a significant industrial center. Manufactures include meat products, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, electrical equipment, and metalware. and Content Partner Support and End-to-End High Availability of Pre-Paid Services Convergys Corporation (NYSE:CVG), the global leader in integrated billing, employee care, and customer care services, announced today the availability of Atlys(R) Release 9.1. New and improved functionality includes enhanced support for next-generation services, end-to-end high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. of pre-paid services, expanded OSS and content partner support, improved Web GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. configurability for improved workflow processing and ease of use, and strengthened real-time capabilities. Atlys is Convergys' highly scalable and flexible end-to-end billing and customer care product. Leading wireless voice and data service providers worldwide rely on Atlys to support and differentiate their offerings, maximize the value of each customer interaction, and strategically grow their businesses. "The enhancements we've made to Atlys with Release 9.1 stem from increasing industry recognition of the essential role that billing and customer care play in the successful deployment of next-generation services," said Randy Mysliviec, Senior Vice President, Marketing. "With demand accelerating for convergent offerings, Atlys Release 9.1 provides our clients with a feature-rich and cost-effective product built on an open, modular architecture designed to support current and emerging services." Highlights of Atlys Release 9.1 include: -- Expanded marketing options for next-generation services: Operators can use Atlys' dynamic event definition to configure new services quickly as they bring next-generation convergent offerings to market. Operators can also build customer loyalty and drive revenue growth through greater flexibility in configuring threshold alarms and one-time promotional service packages. -- More seamless integration with content providers and third-party applications: Release 9.1 builds on Atlys' open architecture with additional XML application programming interfaces (API) across numerous subsystems. These APIs further enhance Atlys' ability to interface and communicate with external OSS software and content provider systems, to enhance partner relationship management. -- Enhanced integrated pre-paid capabilities: Enhancements to Atlys' mediation gateway and core rating engine enable end-to-end high availability for pre-paid services, virtually eliminating downtime, reducing revenue loss and increasing revenue assurance. The new Atlys release also features the ability to operate as a charging gateway function (CGF CGF Commonwealth Games Federation (UK) CGF Computer Graphics Forum CGF Computer Generated Forces CGF Chlorella Growth Factor CGF Charging Gateway Function CGF Crystal Growth Furnace CGF College Golf Foundation ) for 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. networks to mediate events across network devices, eliminating the need for operators to purchase CGF network nodes (networking) network node - (node) An addressable device attached to a computer network. If the node is a computer it is more often called a "host". and allowing operators to choose their own third-party CGF if they prefer. Release 9.1 also provides enhanced Web GUI configuration for improved workflow processing of provisioning updates. Operators can leverage this robust functionality to reduce network complexity, streamline call center workflow and offer competitive price plans and service packages. Real-time capabilities are additionally upgraded with real-time account level sharing and balance inquiries. Atlys, a total customer management solution combining a flexible, scalable billing platform with a complete suite of integrated contact center services, is available in a licensed, outsourced, or build-operate-transfer delivery model. It supports all major mobile network standards including 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). , GSM, and AMPS, in an open, client-server environment. Atlys is capable of supporting tens of millions of subscribers in a single relational database relational database Database in which all data are represented in tabular form. The description of a particular entity is provided by the set of its attribute values, stored as one row or record of the table, called a tuple. . Convergys' product line of highly scalable end-to-end billing products, preintegrated application suites and application modules enables communication providers to create fully integrated billing and customer care environments that are adaptable, reliable, and cost-effective. Convergys products are based on its proven and innovative Next Generation Framework, a component-based architecture that provides unsurpassed flexibility, investment protection, and support for convergent communication services. About Convergys Convergys Corporation (NYSE:CVG), a member of the S&P 500 and the Forbes' Platinum 400, is the global leader in integrated billing, employee care, and customer care services provided through outsourcing or licensing. We serve top companies in telecommunications, Internet, cable and broadband services, technology, 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. , and other industries in more than 40 countries. We also provide integrated, outsourced, human resource services to leading companies across a broad range of industries. We bring together world-class resources, software, and expertise to help create valuable relationships between our clients and their customers and their employees. This commitment is validated by the more than 1.5 million individual bills our software produces each day to support more than 120 million subscribers, and by the more than 1.7 million separate customer and employee contacts we manage each day, both live and via electronic interaction. Convergys(TM) employs more than 45,000 people in 47 customer contact centers and in our data centers and other offices in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Canada, 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. , Europe, Israel, and Asia. Convergys is on the net at www.convergys.com and has world headquarters in Cincinnati. (Convergys and the Convergys logo are trademarks and Atlys is a registered trademark of Convergys Corporation.) |
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