Portal Software's International Customer Base Expands; WorldCom to implement Infranet customer management and billing platform in North America.Business Editors/High Tech Writers CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 2, 2000 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, today announced that UUNET (UUNET Technologies, Inc., Fairfax, VA, www.uunet.net) Founded in 1987, UUNET was the first commercial Internet service provider. Originally offering e-mail and news, it became a full Internet service organization providing dial-up and leased line accounts as well as archive space for , a WorldCom (NASDAQ:WCOM WCOM MCI/Worldcom (stock symbol) WCOM Windows Component Object Model WCOM Wireless Communication ) company, has selected Portal's Infranet(R) billing platform for use with its branded services products worldwide. The Infranet platform is currently supporting UUNET sites in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Italy, France, Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. , Spain, Sweden and Switzerland and will now also be implemented in North America. "Infranet is supporting UUNET sites around the world and provides the company with a billing platform that enables us to quickly bring up new products in new countries," said Peter Olle, UUNET's Chief Information Officer. "Infranet fits in well with our IT strategy to move to common application systems, business processes, and technical architecture to provide the flexibility and scalability we require to stay ahead of the growth curve for our rapidly growing Internet services." Infranet also enables UUNET to provide essential billing functionality for it's the company's traditional services, including dedicated access and wholesale dial. With Infranet, UUNET expects to speed time-to-market for these services. "UUNET is a leader in Internet communications solutions, and we are excited that they have selected Infranet to support their continued growth and innovation on a global basis," said Steve Sommer Sommer is a surname, from the German and Danish word for the season "summer". It may refer to:
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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