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Portal Software Announces TelcoOne(TM) Version 2; Productized Integration with Siebel's Industry Leading CRM and Portal's Revenue Management System
Portal Software, Inc. (Pink Sheets:PRSF), the premier global provider of billing and Revenue Management solutions for telecommunications and media markets, announced TelcoOne version 2, the latest version of the Universal Application Network (UAN)-based, productized integration between industry leading customer facing solutions from Siebel Systems, Inc. and Portal's leading Revenue Management system. Version 2 extends the capabilities of TelcoOne to include support for Siebel Communications 7.7 and Portal 7.
TelcoOne version 2 enables telecommunication and media service providers to manage, synchronize, and coordinate sales, marketing, and customer service across all communication channels and points of customer contact. It provides enhanced support for business processes such as account management, product and pricing management, order management, and billing management as well as improved performance. By supporting service providers' most common cross-application business processes, TelcoOne enables carriers to go to market with an integrated solution more quickly, at a lower cost, and with less complexity.
"We're excited to continue our partnership with Siebel and strengthen the solution and joint value we bring to our customers," said Bhaskar Gorti, senior vice president of global sales, marketing, and alliances for Portal Software. "This joint investment provides a clear message to our customers of our continued commitment to ensuring the success of our customer's needs and provides a powerful, comprehensive integrated solution."
TelcoOne leverages UAN specifically for the communications service and media industries, enabling carriers to effectively integrate Portal 7 with Siebel Communications 7.7 to optimize their cross-application business processes. This results in greater organizational agility and a lower total cost of technology ownership. UAN is a standards-based architecture for business integration developed by Siebel Systems in collaboration with the world's leading technology companies. By decoupling the application specific logic from the application-agnostic business process, TelcoOne enables flexibility around system consolidation as well as upgrades and replacements.
"The end-user touch points that Siebel provides are richly enhanced with capabilities through integration with the Portal 7 Revenue Management systems," said Butch Winters, vice president and general manager of global alliances for Siebel. "With TelcoOne version 2, our customers reap the benefits of the added functionality without time consuming and costly integration projects."
TelcoOne version 2 will be available at the end of October 2005.
Liaoning CNC Taps Portal for Revenue Management Across New Broadband and Content Offerings; Subsidiary of China Netcom Expands Relationship with Portal to Address High-Growth Market Opportunities
Portal Software, Inc. (Pink Sheets:PRSF), the premier global provider of billing and Revenue Management solutions, today announced that Liaoning CNC, a subsidiary of China Netcom (Group) Company Limited, has expanded its use of Portal's Revenue Management solution to support additional broadband and content rating and billing service offerings. Portal, in conjunction with China-based partner GE-Soft (Shenyang Global Envoy Software Co., Ltd.), worked closely with Liaoning to integrate Liaoning's broadband and content users onto a single unified Revenue Management platform, enabling the company to quickly deploy convergent products and allow subscribers to choose services based on multiple pricing packages.
Liaoning, having first selected Portal to provide billing for its dial-up services in 1999, sought Portal's assistance in meeting growing customer demand and market opportunities in broadband and value-added content services. This expansion enables Liaoning to:
-- Support significantly more broadband subscribers, services, and operational management functions;
-- Provide for additional content services, including instant messaging, online gaming, university education registration, pre-paid top-ups, credit-card payments, enhanced discounting, video on demand, and music downloads, via an extended range of content providers; and,
-- Offer enhanced web-based, customer self-care and CSR management capabilities, based on Portal's WebKit, allowing customers to manage their account and pricing profiles easily.
"Portal enables Liaoning CNC to rapidly develop and profitably launch new services to meet the ever-changing demands of our customers," said Pang Yang, IT and projects manager of Liaoning CNC. "By integrating our broadband and content offerings we can gain competitive differentiation in the market."
Liaoning CNC services the Liaoning province, which is located in northeastern China and is home to approximately 40 million people. The region is a leader in a variety of industries including electronics and manufacturing, which is expected to fuel continued broadband growth. Broadband is among the most rapidly growing businesses for Liaoning. The company reached one million broadband subscribers earlier this year and expects to double that number in less than 18 months.
"The rapid growth of content -- from music to video -- is rapidly transforming the requirements of broadband service providers," said Bhaskar Gorti, senior vice president at Portal Software, Inc. "Portal is helping Liaoning to deliver a variety of content pricing and promotional programs that its customers want, leading to improved margins and profitability."
Portal Software, Inc.'s Bhaskar Gorti to Be Featured Panelist at The Economist Telecommunications Conference and The Yankee Group Decision Summit
"Planning for Sustainable Growth" and "Optimizing New Services for Revenue Growth" to Be Focus of Industry Panels
Portal Software, Inc.'s (Pink Sheets:PRSF) Senior Vice President of Sales, Marketing, and Alliances, Bhaskar Gorti, is a featured panelist at two important industry events being sponsored by Portal Software.
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-- The Economist 15th European Telecommunications Conference
-- Tuesday, November 1, 2005
-- Radisson SAS Portman Hotel, London, UK
-- The panel "Value Drivers for Mobile Communications" will
be moderated by Tom Standage of The Economist and will
address how mobile operators can strengthen their global
positions and tap new growth opportunities. This panel,
featuring Mr. Gorti, commences at 2:30pm.
-- http://www.economistconferences.com
-- The Yankee Group 2005 Decision Summit
-- Thursday and Friday, November 3 and 4, 2005
-- The Millennium Gloucester Hotel, London, UK
-- The panel "Successful Business Models for Wireless/Mobile
Revenue Growth" will be moderated by Andrew Bairsto of the
Yankee Group and will address billing, payment, and
applications strategies. This panel, featuring Mr. Gorti,
commences on Thursday, November 3 at 4:15pm.
-- http://www.yankeegroup.com
Additional information on the conferences can be found on the respective websites.
Portal Software, Inc.'s Brian McCann to Present at Prepaid Mobile Conference in Geneva, Switzerland on Wednesday, September 28, 2005
Portal Software, Inc. (Pink Sheets:PRSF):
"Convergent Charging: Can Your Prepaid Revenue Management Strategy Weather the Storm?" Will Discuss Challenges Facing the Prepaid Industry
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WHAT: Portal Software, Inc. will be a featured participant at
the Prepaid Mobile 2005 Conference. Brian McCann, Portal's
director of product marketing, is a featured presenter
discussing the changing face of the prepaid market, the
opportunities and challenges, as well as the role of
convergent charging.
WHO: Brian McCann, Portal director of product marketing
WHERE: Prepaid Mobile 2005, Intercontinental Hotel, Geneva,
Switzerland
WHEN: Prepaid Mobile 2005 is being held September 26-29, 2005.
Mr. McCann's presentation is scheduled for Wednesday,
September 28, from 5:10-5:50 pm.
Portal is a silver sponsor of this event, viewed as the largest prepaid mobile event in the European conference calendar, and the major venue for discussing and developing strategies for maximizing prepaid customer loyalty and profitability. Portal will be demonstrating its product-based solution for mobile prepaid and prepaid convergence in the exhibit area at the conference.
Additional information on the conference can be found on the IIR website: www.iirconferences.com.
About Portal Software, Inc.
Portal is the premier global provider of billing and Revenue Management solutions for the communications and media markets. The company delivers the only platform for the end-to-end management of customer revenue across offerings, channels, and geographies. Portal's solutions enable companies to dramatically accelerate the launch of innovative, profit-rich services while significantly reducing the costs associated with legacy billing systems. Portal is the Revenue Management partner of choice to the world's leading service providers, including Vodafone, AOL Time Warner, Deutsche Telekom, Telstra, NTT, China Telecom, Reuters, China Mobile, Telenor Mobil, and France Telecom.
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Portal Software, Inc.
Kevin Payne, 408-572-3614
kpayne@portal.com
