SchlumbergerSema, a business unit of Schlumberger Limited, announced that it has completed the implementation of its new billing solution, BSCS 7.0 at E-Plus, Germany's third mobile operator, to support its GPRS and future UMTS services. BSCS 7.0, is part of a platform that will enable E-Plus to fully integrate billing for its existing voice, SMS, and WAP services, as well as the new i-mode and future UMTS services.
"By partnering with SchlumbergerSema, we took a crucial step towards greater efficiency and cost-effectiveness in current generation and next generation mobile communication services," asserted Thorsten Dirks, executive director product & process innovation at E-Plus. "The technical experience and international expertise of SchlumbergerSema make them the ideal partner for our company. Having successfully delivered and implemented our previous billing solution, we were convinced of the Company's capabilities and our expectations were met when migration to the new version was completed professionally, on time and to budget."
"After purchasing UMTS licenses and investing in the networks, it's now essential that mobile operators achieve a return on investment as quickly as possible," explained Dr. Christoph Bergdolt, managing director Germany, CIS and Eastern Europe, SchlumbergerSema. "Our billing solution provides E-Plus with optimum support in generating new revenue streams, lowering costs, and building loyalty among its mobile subscribers. We look forward to continuing to work closely with E-Plus in the future."
BSCS 7.0 enables instant access to all customer-related information while incorporating a range of new and innovative functionalities, such as UMTS user profiles, flexible rating, real-time rating, content rating, enhanced virtual private network support and mobile number portability, helping to attract new customers and increase average revenue per user. E-plus will also benefit from the open architecture of the solution and the new roaming facilities.
With more than 20 years telecommunications experience, SchlumbergerSema provides consulting and systems integration services, in addition to the strongest set of business and operational solutions to the industry, serving over 350 operators worldwide. The portfolio of services includes complete end-to-end and component based solutions for customer care and billing. With the largest installed base of pre- and post-paid billing systems, the company is uniquely positioned to deliver fully convergent billing. SchlumbergerSema also provides messaging services, customer relationship management solutions, secure wireless application services, SIM and USIM smart cards.
