AsiaInfo-Linkage Inks NG-BOSS 3.0 and NG-BASS 3.0 Upgrade Contracts with China Mobile's Subsidiaries
AsiaInfo-Linkage has said that it has signed five next generation business operation support system (NG-BOSS) 3.0 version upgrade contracts with Gansu Mobile, Inner Mongolia Mobile, Qinghai Mobile, Tianjin Mobile and Xinjiang Mobile.
Additionally, the company also has signed two next generation business analysis support system (NG-BAS) 3.0 version upgrade contracts with Qinghai Mobile and Zhejiang Mobile. All these are provincial subsidiaries of telecommunications operator China Mobile.
Noting that competition among China’s three telecom carriers is driving demand for the company’s best-of-class IT solutions, Steve Zhang, president and CEO at AsiaInfo (News - Alert)-Linkage, said that these upgrade contract wins demonstrate the company’s strong position in the market as a provider of specialized and cutting edge IT solutions.
Zhang believes that the NG-BOSS 3.0 upgrades will optimize billing and accounting functionality including increased information sharing capabilities and more accurate real-time billing capacity.
“Moreover, the NG-BOSS 3.0 upgrades will improve the carrier’s CRM functionality, including more efficient e-channel operation, customized business management procedure and the development of a multi-tiered customer service system with an emphasis on VIP and corporate customers,” Zhang said.
Zhang added that the NG-BASS 3.0 upgrade will expand the application of the current system, enhance customer analysis and optimize business analysis and targeted marketing solutions.
AsiaInfo-Linkage has worked on China Mobile's (News - Alert) NG-BOSS Phase-I introduction, or version 1.0, for the past two years. And then it signed contracts to upgrade NG-BOSS to version 2.0, which primarily took place in early 2010.
To provide a comprehensive bundled solution, enhance TD-SCDMA functionality and improve customer service quality, the Company continues to make progress in the signing of additional contracts to upgrade NG-BOSS to version 3.0, said company officials.
AsiaInfo-Linkage has been upgrading China Mobile's Business Intelligence (BI) systems in the last two years, thus accommodating the introduction of the carrier’s TD-SCDMA 3G network, said company officials.
AsiaInfo-Linkage indicated that it’s planning to sign additional NG-BASS 3.0 upgrade contracts to provide carriers with an integrated solution that will enhance business applications and marketing solutions.
Recently, AsiaInfo-Linkage signed a contract with Jiangsu Cable Television Network Corporation, Ltd. to develop a Business Operation Support System, or BOSS.
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