Colombia Movil uses CBOSS rtBilling and gains significant market share

Added : ( Tue Feb 24 2004 )

CBOSS rtBilling helps Colombia Móvil to gain significant market share in record time

HELSINKI, Finland - 24 February 2004 - CBOSS Oy today announced that Colombia Móvil has successfully deployed rtBilling, a real-time billing solution developed by CBOSS, for its voice and data communications services. By using CBOSS rtBilling, Colombia Móvil is not only able to create innovative and competitive price plans; it is also the first operator in the Colombian market to offer convergent pre- and post-paid services to its customers.

Colombia’s third mobile communications operator Colombia Móvil launched its OLA branded services in November 2003. In only two months Colombia Móvil set a record by gaining a 7,5 per cent market share and reaching over 560 000 subscribers.

CBOSS rtBilling provides Colombia Móvil with a full range of features for its voice, SMS and MMS messaging, and data services, including convergent pre- and post-paid billing, targeted promotions and bonus plans, m-commerce rating, and Camel-based roaming.

“CBOSS rtBilling enables us to offer differentiated price plans and targeted promotions for various customer segments, as well as discounted calls for closed user groups. While our competitors are relying on freebies, we have managed to reach new customer segments with very affordable prices and interesting loyalty schemes, such as the Bonus Plan that gives loyal users extra minutes, when they recharge their prepaid accounts. Moreover, we can gain knowledge of our customers’ ability to pay, by offering controlled accounts that introduce hybrid prepaid and post-paid service usage”, says Guillermo Estrada, CIO at Colombia Móvil.

The real-time billing solution rtBilling developed by CBOSS enables convergent billing of pre- and post-paid services in both wireless and IP environments. The IN-based billing application runs on highly scalable HP NonStop Servers. The solution can scale up to millions of subscribers on a single service control point. CBOSS rtBilling has been implemented together with HP hardware, as part of a large system integration project to Colombian start-up operator Colombia Móvil.

“The IN-based rtBilling solution together with the scalable NonStop platforms provided by HP, allows Colombia Móvil to grow its customer base to millions of subscribers without the need to invest in new hardware. Therefore, the total cost of ownership is low. In addition, as all transactions, including voice, messaging, data and content, are processed and charged in a single system in real time, Colombia Móvil’s operations are safe and cost-efficient. This is very important for a new operator”, Juan Pablo Villegas, Account Manager at HP Colombia points out.

“CBOSS has almost 20 years of experience in billing systems and Intelligent Network technology. HP has been a trusted reseller and system integrator of our real-time billing systems for several years. The rtBilling system has successfully been implemented in four continents and it currently serves millions of mobile communications users worldwide. We believe that operators can’t afford to play around and juggle with different billing systems to see which of them really works. Whether pre- or post-paid service usage, our rtBilling solution provides what is crucial for managing the risks and assuring revenue in today’s mobile communications business, that is, processing and billing of transactions in true real time”, says Tapani Lehtinen, Vice President at CBOSS.

More information:

Tapani Lehtinen, Vice President, CBOSS Oy
Tel. +358 40 506 6109, tapani.lehtinen@cboss.fi

Josefin Hoviniemi, Media Contacts, CBOSS Oy
Tel. +358 50 372 5046, josefin.hoviniemi@cboss.fi

About CBOSS Oy
CBOSS Oy (formerly the On-Line Billing Solutions business of Fujitsu Services) is a leading provider of real-time billing solutions for telecom operators and m-commerce service providers. With almost 20 years of experience in billing systems and Intelligent Network technology, the company has been able to develop and implement state-of-the-art network solutions that help operators to achieve their business operations targets. These solutions are currently serving millions of subscribers in Europe, North and South America, and the Asia Pacific region. The company is based in Finland and it employs about 70 people.

The globally proven rtBilling is a real-time billing solution developed by CBOSS Oy. In a single system, rtBilling provides true real-time processing of voice, SMS&MMS, data and mobile commerce transactions, thus enabling convergent billing for all types of mobile communications traffic.

CBOSS Oy is a subsidiary of CBOSS Association. CBOSS Association is a leading international provider of high-tech integrated solutions for telecommunications operators. CBOSS Association has delivered more than 700 installations worldwide, including Russia, CIS, Western Europe, and Asia. The company is privately owned and it employs over 1800 people.

For more information, visit www.cboss.fi or www.cbossbilling.com
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