When billing was just billing
When billing was just billing the world seemed a simpler place. Read article in Billing OSS magazine on page 34.
Not worth the paper it’s written on: why telcos should conspire to Kill the Bill
This may be the era of the ‘e’ (as prefixed to commerce) and the ‘i’ as (prefixed to phone), but in telecoms for some reason, e-billing (or i-billing) isn’t cutting it. Tony Poulos asks “Why not?” Read article…
Pssst, wanna buy a new BSS?
One of the challenges I face in my role at the TM Forum is keeping abreast of all the innovation and advancement of Business Support Systems, especially around billing and customer care.
Banking via Mobiles in Africa
The so-called ‘mattress to mobile’ revolution, whereby Africans are moving from the habit of keeping under the bed what small sums of physical cash they have and to the use of cellphone-based systems able to deal in transfers of virtual money. Read article.
Pre-paid billing is driving growth in the African telecoms market.
Read Article.
Africa, telecommunications next frontier?
It is a little known fact that one of the world’s earliest implementations of a pre-paid mobile platform was in South Africa in the early 90’s. Its introduction spawned a mobile telecommunications growth that rivaled those currently being experienced in countries like India and China.