Egypt's newest mobile phone network Click GSM selects LHS customer care and billing software BSCS.FRANKFURT/ATLANTA/CAIRO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 26, 1998--LHS today announced that the Egyptian mobile phone network named Click GSM (Misrfone Telecommunications S.A.E.) has selected the Business Support and Control 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) ) from LHS (filename extension) lhs - The filename extension for literate Haskell source files. to support their customer care and billing system needs. The LHS solution will be instrumental in supporting Click GSM's effort to quickly acquire new customers, introduce new and enhanced service Enhanced service is service offered over commercial carrier transmission facilities used in interstate communications, that employs computer processing applications that act on the format, content, code, protocol, or similar aspects of the subscriber's transmitted information; offerings and offer superior customer service. Vodafone and AirTouch, two of the world's largest mobile operators, each hold a 30% share in the consortium. Click GSM is the newest mobile phone network in Egypt and has won the concession for a GSM 900 license. The company is launching its GSM 900 network this year. The mobile phone market in Egypt is expected to grow quickly with the introduction of competition. It is expected that by the year 2000 there will be more than 1 million customers shared between the two then existing mobile phone networks. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. research carried out by European Mobile Communications (EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. ), mobile markets in Egypt, Nigeria and South Africa are considered to be the most dynamic markets in Africa and the Middle East with a substantial potential for growth. Under the terms of the multi-million US Dollar agreement, LHS will supply and install its BSCS version 5.1 software as well as provide product customisation and related services. BSCS supports Click GSM's goal to become the leading provider of mobile services in Egypt. "As a result of the potential subscriber growth in Egypt, we looked for a customer care and billing system that can quickly adapt to our specific needs and enable us to offer innovative telecommunications services and superior service to our customers" comments Hamid Husain, Director of Information Technology of Misrfone, on the decision for the LHS system. Wolfgang Kroh, Senior Vice President LHS Europe, Middle East and Africa added, "Customer service is key to a mobile operator's success - everywhere in the world from sophisticated markets to newly developing markets. As deregulation Deregulation The reduction or elimination of government power in a particular industry, usually enacted to create more competition within the industry. Notes: Traditional areas that have been deregulated are the telephone and airline industries. is driving operators from the traditional network-centric view of business to a more customer-centric view, customer care and billing systems form a mission critical tool." LHS is a leading provider of convergent client/server modula customer care and billing software and services for the telecommunications industry. Its over 130 systems are installed in more than 60 countries, operating in 13 languages. In addition to its Atlanta headquarters, LHS has major offices in Frankfurt, Germany; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Miami, USA 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 LHI Local Heritage Initiative LHI Leading Health Indicator LHI Leasehold Improvement LHI Lars Hoej Informatik A/S (Danish translation technology company) LHI Lipschitz-Hankel Integral ). For more information, visit LHS' web site at www.lhsgroup.com. |
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