VeriSign Wireless Commerce Suite Helps Carriers
Deliver Next-Generation Voice, Data and Mobile Commerce Services
Features Enhanced PrePayIN Service, New Proprietary Settlement and
Exchange Services, and Next-Generation Billing & OSS Service
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – November 16, 2005 -VeriSign, Inc. (Nasdaq:
VRSN), the leading provider of intelligent infrastructure services for
the Internet and telecommunications networks, today announced the VeriSign
Wireless Commerce Suite, a set of converged services that helps wireless
carriers speed the delivery of next-generation communications, commerce
and content solutions.
The VeriSign Wireless Commerce Suite provides unique
capabilities for provisioning a wireless user and device, port the user’s
mobile number, push intelligently formatted content to the device, mediate
the event, settle revenue with content partners, bill for the services,
replenish prepaid usage, process a secure payment and enable seamless
customer care.
“Mobile operators are building next-generation networks
to better compete, mitigate churn and offer 3G services,” said Vernon
Irvin, executive vice president and general manager, VeriSign Communications
Services. “The Wireless Commerce Suite can help carriers add services
and deliver a unified consumer experience—without forcing them to make
large capital outlays or lose focus on more critical business priorities.”
According to a recent Yankee Group report1,
operators around the globe will spend more than $10 billion this year
on software services and infrastructure to create more efficient order-to-cash-to-care
processes. Operators are betting IT investments will help decrease operating
expenses and improve customer services and they are using IT investments
to execute strategies to build customer loyalty and give them competitive
advantage.
The VeriSign Wireless Commerce Suite creates an order-to-cash
system for provisioning, billing, content delivery and settlement of
wireless services. It provides the ability to combine post- and
pre-pay functionalities for voice, data and content, which helps carriers
offer consumers pay-per-use and pay-in-advance options. The suite
also features a common interface for subscriber management from initial
activation, to adding and upgrading features, to providing consolidated
billing statements.
“As one of the first wireless service operators to
deploy an all-digital, 3G network that currently serves nearly 2 million
subscribers across the U.S., MetroPCS sees value in using many of the
services that are in the VeriSign Wireless Commerce Suite,” said Braxton
Carter, Chief Financial Officer, MetroPCS. “Over the years, VeriSign
has helped us differentiate our offerings, handle rapid growth and become
a driving force in the industry.”
“Carriers that use VeriSign Billing and OSS and PrePayIN
will be able to provision a customer with their own postpay plan and
a prepay plan for their teenager. Furthermore, they allow mobile operators
to sell provision and distribute mobile content and manage a multiple
accounts through a single interface,” said Irvin.
The VeriSign Wireless Commerce Suite is offered as
a service bureau solution that leverages VeriSign’s world-class operating
facilities that enable and protect more than 14 billion transactions
per day for Internet and telecommunications networks. The services,
which can be sold separately or bundled for operators that want a comprehensive
managed solution, are:
- VeriSign PrePayIN: Real-time rating, charging and billing application
for voice and data services that run on commonly used platforms and
can be integrated into legacy and next-generation networks. Service
is designed to handle growth and facilitate timely deployment of services.
When combined with VeriSign Billing and OSS services, carriers can provide
mobile content, prepaid and postpaid plans, and manage multiple accounts
using a single interface.
- VeriSign Settlement and Exchange Services: Proprietary
services that simplify tracking and settling of roaming services by
consolidating roamer data and facilitating payment. Flag and identify
call record disparities so charges are correctly processed, which is
a key component in revenue assurance. Enable settlement with Financial
Net Settlement members or with VeriSign NetSelect™ , a service which
allows CIBER carriers to conduct financial settlement directly with
roaming partners.
- VeriSign® Billing and OSS: Related services feature six functional
lifecycle components—content and applications, provisioning, mediation,
pricing and billing, payments and customer care—that are designed to
improve accuracy and timeliness of settlements, billing and receipts,
and help companies address key needs so they can focus on providing
quality services and customer care.
- VeriSign Mobile Content and Commerce Services: Managed services
that enable effective distribution, digital rights management, copyright
clearing and financial settlement for mobile content offerings and allows
service providers to deliver innovative services and related revenue.
VeriSign provides the trusted middleware that can help reduce the complexity
of managing the mobile content value chain.
- VeriSign Wireless Number Portability: A service-bureau option,
VeriSign manages connections to regional Number Portability Administration
Centers and maintains the hardware and software required for number
portability. This platform includes the VeriSign NP Data Access service,
the VeriSign NP Service Order Administration service and fully-integrated
wireless services for the Inter-Carrier Communications Process (ICP)
and Local Service Requests.
About VeriSign
VeriSign, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRSN), operates intelligent infrastructure services
that enable and protect billions of interactions every day across the
world’s voice and data networks. Additional news and information about
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