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RateIntegration and Backplane To
Provide Integrated Hosted Rating and Billing Platform |
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Joint Offering Provides Unprecedented
Pre-integrated Functionality for Service Providers |
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McLean, VA and Emeryville, CA - June
22, 2001 - RateIntegration, the leading provider of advanced
rating solutions for service providers, and Backplane Inc., provider
of the first comprehensive, enterprise-class hosted billing and
customer care system for recurring service providers, announced
today the integration of each company's cornerstone product -
RateIntegration's PriceMakerTM and Backplane
BillingTM. Each company will offer the integrated
functionality to their customers via their respective products and
services. This capability will be demonstrated live in booth #816 at
BillingWorld 2001 in Orlando, June 26-27.
Combining PriceMaker's ability to rate any transaction, from any
source under any time constraint, with Backplane's comprehensive,
enterprise-class billing application gives service providers a
degree of flexibility and speed to market previously unmatched in
the industry. This secure, web-based solution is backed by a 100%
service level guarantee and allows CSPs to focus on their core
business, without the headache of building, buying or maintaining a
system in-house. An initial system implementation can be completed
in a matter of weeks - a fraction of the time of traditional
site-licensed billing systems. New products and services can be
offered in any combination in a matter of hours or days, translating
directly into quicker time to revenue for service providers.
The solution is applicable across the following industry
segments, and supports both traditional and non-traditional business
models with complex transaction and informational needs such as
content delivery and settlement: |
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Communications - data, content,
broadband |
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Internet-based services -
application, access and content |
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Infrastructure - hosting,
co-location, network management, storage and security |
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Information Services -
information retrieval, data processing |
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"Service providers, regardless of their
industry focus, are under extreme pressure to cut costs and still
roll out competitive products and service offerings quickly and
efficiently. The joint RateIntegration-Backplane solution
addresses a number of pain points, not the least of which are
internal resource constraints and time to market," said Chris Couch,
Chief Technology Officer with RateIntegration. "Hosted
solutions are an increasingly attractive option for service
providers wishing to focus time and energy on their core business
rather than on their IT and OSS infrastructures."
"RateIntegration's rating technology enhances Backplane's
complete enterprise-class billing system to fulfill the most complex
rating functions and billing needs of solution providers" said Jim
Hyman, VP of Business Development at Backplane. "We are now able to
pass on the benefits of this partnership to our customers with a
pre-integrated and cost-effective solution." |
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About PriceMaker from
RateIntegration
PriceMaker, RateIntegration's
patent-pending product, offers a cutting-edge rating platform that
supports real-time processing of all transaction types - wireline,
wireless, voice, data, content and broadband. PriceMaker's
pre-integrated component-based architecture and robust APIs provide
ultimate flexibility, without disruption to existing systems or
operational processes. |
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The Backplane Billing
Solution
Backplane's premier service, Backplane Billing, is
the first hosted billing and customer care system to offer recurring
service providers a comprehensive, enterprise-class solution - from
order management and service activation to bill presentment and
payment processing. Developed from the ground up as a hosted
solution, Backplane Billing gives recurring service providers an
enterprise-class system without the pain of implementing or managing
a solution in-house. Backplane Billing is pre-integrated with a
suite of value-added services including private-label paper bill
presentment, online bill presentment, electronic payment processing,
tax calculation, and online customer self care. As such, it delivers
an end-to-end solution that neither homegrown nor enterprise billing
installations can match. Backplane Billing is a hosted service that
runs over the Internet and is accessible through any Web
browser. |
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About RateIntegration
Inc.
RateIntegration develops OSS software that
enables service providers to deploy and profit from breakthrough
services by coupling technology and business systems that create
revenue now. Founded in 1999 by leaders in the OSS and network
engineering fields, RateIntegration is the only company
dedicated exclusively to building advanced rating solutions for the
communications services industry. Through its PriceMaker product,
RateIntegration is the first - and still today the only -
company that offers a true standalone transaction and rating
platform that addresses the challenge of rating complex,
multidimensional services across diverse network platforms and the
entire enterprise. Privately held, the company is headquartered in
McLean, Virginia (USA), with offices in Durham, North Carolina, and
Denver, Colorado.
For more information about RateIntegration and PriceMaker,
visit the company's website at http://www.rateintegration.com/,
or call the company at 703-270-3700. |
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About Backplane,
Inc.
Backplane, Inc. is dedicated to making companies of all
sizes more successful by providing mission critical business
solutions that enable growth, increase profitability, and reduce
expenses. By offering software as a service over the Internet,
Backplane helps companies thrive while keeping costs under control.
For more information about Backplane, Inc. visit http://www.backplane.com/. For
sales inquiries call toll-free 866-596-0600, or email
sales@backplane.com. |
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Backplane, Backplane Billing, and the
Backplane logo are trademarks of Backplane, Inc. |
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