Telkom SA Chooses Amdocs' Usage Processing System.PRETORIA, South Africa--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 1, 1999-- Telkom SA
Telkom SA Ltd. (NYSE: TKG, JSE:J653) is a wireline and wireless telecommunications provider in South Africa. Telkom is a semi-privatised, 39% state-owned company. Ltd., South Africa's largest telecommunications company See telecom company. , and Amdocs (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : DOX DOX Design of Experiments DOX Direct Operational Exchange ), a major international provider of customer care and billing solutions to the telecommunications industry, announced an agreement to implement Amdocs' Ensemble modules for usage processing. Telkom SA will deploy Ensemble for all of its local and long distance operations, using the system to provide rating, billing services and error management for more than 4.5 million subscribers. Telkom SA and Amdocs will implement the system, including integration with Telkom SA's legacy system, and Amdocs will provide ongoing maintenance. "Telkom SA is committed to providing advanced service and price packaging for our customers," said Sizwe Nxasana, Telkom SA chief executive officer. "This enables us to swiftly introduce new market offerings ahead of the competition." "With our scalable UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). platform, the Amdocs' usage processing system will readily expand to meet Telkom SA's high volumes and expected growth," said Norman Rafalowitz, Amdocs Senior Vice President of International Marketing. "Amdocs' solution readily meets Telkom SA demands for a billing and rating system that can cope with large volumes while accommodating changes in billing and rating." The Amdocs' solution also provides a comprehensive error management tool with advanced facilities for investigators and rule-based error correction tools that address repeated errors. About Telkom SA Telkom SA is the exclusive provider of public-switched telecommunications services (PSTS PSTS Philosophy of Science, Technology and Society PSTS Precision SIGINT Targeting System PSTS Power Supply Test Station/Set ) in South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. . Telkom SA and its subsidiaries offer the wide array of convergent telecommunications services, including local, long distance, international, cellular, data services, and Internet. Telkom SA has annual revenues in excess of $3.2 billion (R 20 billion) and approximately 56,480 employees. For more information visit the Telkom SA Web site at www.telkom.co.za About Amdocs Amdocs is a leading provider of product-driven customer care, billing and order management solutions to premier telecommunications companies worldwide. Amdocs has an unparalleled success record in project delivery of its mission-critical products. Human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. of more than 4,000 information systems professionals are exclusively dedicated to the telecommunications industry. Amdocs has an installed base of more than 300 successful projects in more than 70 major telecommunications companies throughout the world. For more information visit our Web site at www.amdocs.com About Ensemble Ensemble is Amdocs' platform for customer care, billing and order management solutions in voice and data environments. Ensemble supports the full range of telecom services, including local, cellular, paging, long distance, international cable, Internet, and Voice over the Internet Protocol (VOIP (Voice Over IP) A digital telephone service that uses the public Internet as well as private backbones instead of the traditional telephone network. Many companies, including Vonage, 8x8 and AT&T (CallVantage), typically offer calling within the country for a ). Ensemble includes advanced capabilities such as a flexible customer hierarchy facility and a multi-service rating engine. The system utilizes a scaleable, multi-tier, client-server UNIX platform and has been proven to support the high-volume performance requirements of leading carriers. |
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