Vicorp announces deployment of network-based prepaid card and calling card services at Germany's Thyssen Telecom.UTRECHT, The Netherlands--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 21, 1996-- Plusnets Corporate Customers Are Targeted For New Services Utilizing Features Enabled By Vicorps BETEX-ESP Software Vicorp, a Precision Systems company, (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 :PSYS PSYS Pressure Systems (weather forecasts) PSYS Pseudo System PSYS Public Access Catalog System ,BSE See Bombay Stock Exchange. BSE See Boston Stock Exchange (BSE). :PNS Peripheral nervous system (PNS) One of the two major divisions of the nervous system. PNS nerves link the central nervous system with sensory organs, muscles, blood vessels, and glands. ) Monday announced that it has completed the installation of prepaid card and calling card services The software support for PC Cards. PC Card applications talk to Card Services. See PC Card. at Thyssen Telecom, one of Germany's fastest-growing telecommunications service providers A Telecommunications Service Provider or TSP is a type of Communications Service Provider that has traditionally provided telephone and similar services. This category includes ILECs, CLECs, and mobile wireless companies. . The order is valued at approximately 600,000 DM (approximately $390,000 USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. 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. ), and came through Precision Systems majority-owned German subsidiary Vicorp Geminus. Vicorp Geminus worked with Thyssen Telecom to design and install the prepaid card and calling card services for Thyssen's network, called Plusnet. The Plusnet services use Vicorp's BETEXd Enhanced Services Platform (BETEX-ESP) and the BETEX EasyCall application running on a Tandem NonStop Himalayad host. "Plusnet is one of the leading telecommunications providers in the rapidly growing European market focused on delivering to its customers the latest leading-edge services and technologies," said Willem Huisman, President and General Manager, Precision Systems International. "They have a strong commitment to maintaining their premier position with the platforms and technology they employ." Martin Lux, Director of Product Marketing at Plusnet, said: "The teamwork by Vicorp and Plusnet was excellent and the results show it. This collaboration gives us a leading edge on the technology -- and the competition. Our combined expertise will open windows to new opportunities in a constantly changing business." Plusnet offers cardholders a friendly interface that allows customers to access menus in both German and English. The prepaid services plays a recording indicating the minutes left on a call when funds are low. In addition, the services are integrated with a fully staffed customer care center offering 24-hour assistance seven days a week. Due to current regulations that limit Plusnet's market to certain user groups, the new services provide features that are targeted to the corporate customer. Employers can restrict card service to certain destination numbers, for example, in order to avoid misuse and fraud. The BETEX-ESP software enables Plusnet to offer these features. With Vicorps flexible platform, Plusnet is well positioned to offer new enhanced services as regulations ease in Germany's highly regulated telecommunications industry. BETEX-ESP connects to Plusnet's network through an ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. interface to a Siemens switch. Developers used BETEX QuickScript, Vicorps service independent building block (SIB sib: see clan. )-based service creation environment (SCE SCE (in Scotland) Scottish Certificate of Education SCE n abbr (= Scottish Certificate of Education) → Schulabschlusszeugnis in Schottland ) for fast customization of applications. Precision Systems provides solutions which simplify and personalize communications. The company's suite of software-based products are used by global wireless, wireline, and private network providers to deploy a wide range of voice, data, and video-based enhanced services in more than 600 installations in 35 countries. Headquartered in St. Petersburg, Fla. (USA), Precision Systems has sales and support offices in 15 countries worldwide. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: BETEX and QuickScript are trademarks of Precision Systems Inc. All other trademarks are properties of their respective corporations. In the World Wide Web address noted in this news release, there is a double slash between http: and www.talkpsi.com. This symbol may not appear properly in some systems. CONTACT: VICORP, A Precision Systems Company Eric Montague, International Marketing Manager +31 30 289 21 20 or Precision Systems Paula Burk, Corporate Marketing Manager +813.572.9300 ext. 3189 http://www.talkpsi.com |
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