Czech Mobile Operator EuroTel Prague Successfully Migrates 400,000 Customers to LHS Billing and Customer Care System BSCS.FRANKFURT/ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 28, 1998--LHS announces the successful migration of its billing and customer care system BSCS BSCS Biological Sciences Curriculum Study BSCS Bachelor of Science in Computer Science BSCS Business Support & Control System BSCS Black Sea Coastal States (Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine) (Business Support and Control System) for Czech mobile operator EuroTel Prague. In the form of a 'big bang' migration, LHS (filename extension) lhs - The filename extension for literate Haskell source files. migrated more than 400,000 GSM and NMT (Nordic Mobile Telephone) An analog cellular phone system deployed in more than 40 countries in Europe. Launched in the Scandinavian countries in 1979, NMT was the first analog cellphone system. Both 450 MHz and 900 MHz versions are available. See cellular generations. subscribers to the billing and customer care system BSCS Version 4 from BSCS Version 3 which EuroTel Prague had selected in early 1997. EuroTel Prague is the largest mobile operator in the Czech Republic and one of the fastest growing telecommunications service providers in Central Europe. The company experiences a continuous growth rate, adding up to 30,000 new subscribers per month. Besides GSM 900 (Global System for Mobile Communications (communications) Global System for Mobile Communications - (GSM, originally "Groupe de travail Sp?ciale pour les services Mobiles") One of the major standards for digital cellular communications, in use in over 60 countries and serving over one billion subscribers. ), the company offers NMT 450 services as well (Nordic Mobile Telephone NMT (Nordisk MobilTelefoni or Nordiska MobilTelefoni-gruppen, Nordic Mobile Telephony in English) is the first fully-automatic cellular phone system. System). "As a result of our rapid growth, we need a flexible billing and customer care system, which can quickly adapt to our specific needs and enables us to offer innovative services to our customers. The BSCS Version 4 provides our company with such additional flexibility to accommodate our expanding services," comments Jiri Pinkas, information systems director EuroTel Prague on the new billing system. The Version of BSCS Version 4 supports the flexible design of complex rate plans, e.g. a large variety of discounts can be granted via free units of measurement Units of measurement Values, quantities, or magnitudes in terms of which other such are expressed. Units are grouped into systems, suitable for use in the measurement of physical quantities and in the convenient statement of laws relating physical quantities. . In addition, it offers customizable rates for a predefined group of subscribers, e.g. for a company's sales team. "One of the main challenges was the 'big bang' migration of all GSM and NMT subscribers on a fixed date within an exceptional tight time-frame. After the cut-off we migrated 400,000 subscribers to the new system, followed by the first bill cycle run only a few days later," explains the LHS project director in charge Dr. Matthias Hallmann. "An important success factor was the comprehensive BSCS knowledge at EuroTel Prague and the close cooperation with the customer. They were eager to learn about the system beforehand and took part in extensive training." EuroTel Prague is the largest operator of GSM and NMT mobile telephone networks in the Czech Republic. With its GSM network the company covers more than 90% of the population. EuroTel Prague signed roaming agreements with 80 partners spanning all over four continents. EuroTel is a joint venture between SPT (Sectors Per Track) The number of sectors in one track. Telecom Inc. (51%) and Atlantic West B.V. (49%). In 1997 the company reports revenues of 104 Mio. CZK CZK In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Czech Koruna. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. ($3,22 million). For more information contact: http://www.Eurotel.cz. LHS is a leading provider of convergent client/server modular customer care and billing software and services for the telecommunications industry. Its systems are installed in more than 50 countries, operating in 13 languages. In addition to its Atlanta headquarters, LHS has major offices in Frankfurt, Germany; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; and Zurich Switzerland. LHS is listed with 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 (LHSG) and on the Frankfurt Neuer Markt Exchange (LHI). For more information, visit our site on the Internet at www.lhsgroup.com.
CONTACT: LHS Group Inc.
Klaus Kleber, 770/280-3461 (USA)
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Andrea Pollak, +49 (0) 6103.482.100 (Europe)
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EuroTel Prague
Iva Tatounova, +420 (0) 2.6701.1193
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