Billing & Payments
BICS enables next generation data roaming with over 325 mobile operators across the globe LTE roaming is now available in 126 countries worldwide BICS, a global leader in wholesale carrier services, today announced a 70% increase in the number of countries adopting LTE roaming in the last year, with availability now in 126 countries worldwide. […]
In the 1970s and 80s even the idea of creating a flexible, multi-part, open ecosystem of software, hardware, network, and developers was just too far-fetched to comprehend. In those days we needed absolute control and structure. We needed a way to model and simplify and constrain the problem space severely so that we could apply […]
It is easy to find fault in company launches, but as a former payments product manager I fully understand the courage it takes to even get to the market in the face of uncertainty, and the myriad factors that stand between you and success. So I invite you to take a few minutes to reflect […]
BT Mobile selects Openet to deliver real-time charging for mobile MVNO Openet, real-time BSS (business support systems) specialist today announced that BT has installed Openet’s NFV-ready Evolved Charging Suite (ECS). The market leading converged service provider has selected Openet’s virtualized, real-time BSS technology to monetize its consumer mobile service. BT Mobile will harness the added […]
As reported by Haaretz and The Marker (Hebrew) Amdocs completed its purchase of cVidya on Friday. The buyout, that we reported in November, cost $30 million. Some 10 percent of cVidya’s 200 employees will lose their jobs as a result. The remainder will go to work for Amdocs, after signing employment contracts with the company on Monday. It […]
It is extraordinary how badly banks treat their customers. Getting the service you want is a hit and miss affair. RBS and NatWest are the latest to lock people out of their accounts. HSBC managed this trick not so long ago. In the latest RBS case, the culprit was a system (or actually mish-mash of […]
MUNICH (Reuters) – The world’s most popular messaging service, WhatsApp, is dropping its token $1 fee still levied on some users as it experiments with making businesses pay to reach their customers, Chief Executive Jan Koum said on Monday. In addition, the Facebook-owned communications service expects in the coming months to offer complete encryption of […]
Last week the nice people at Mondo signed me up for the alpha of their new payments product. Mondo is one of the new generation of companies applying for UK banking licences who aim to fundamentally change the way we bank. What makes Mondo different from other ‘digital challengers’ is that rather that wait for […]
LONDON (Reuters) – Bitcoin slid by 10 percent on Friday after one of its lead developers, Mike Hearn, said in a blogpost that he was ending his involvement with the cryptocurrency and selling all of his remaining holdings because it had “failed”. Hearn, one of five senior developers who has spent more than five years […]
Telarix, Inc. (“Telarix”), a provider of wholesale and partner solutions for communication service providers (“CSPs”), announced today its acquisition by Vista Equity Partners (“Vista”), a leading private equity firm focused on investing in software, data, and technology-enabled companies. The acquisition will leverage Telarix’s world-class technology platform to pursue new growth opportunities, helping CSPs more efficiently […]
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