Press Release
VPIsystems Selected as Finalist for Billing & OSS World 2008 Excellence Awards
Phoenix, AZ (April 21, 2008) - Billing & OSS World magazine and Billing & OSS World Conference & Expo announced today that VPIsystems has been selected as a finalist to receive the Billing & OSS World 2008 Excellence Award for the OnePlan server in the Best New Product category. The awards recognize the leaders—vendors, service providers and integrators—in the development and deployment of billing and OSS technologies and solutions.
Nominations were open to participating exhibitors, sponsors, speakers and attendees of the Billing & OSS World 2008 Conference & Expo, April 29-May 1, in Chicago. Having received more than 90 submissions, a select judging panel of experts from the billing and OSS community narrowed the field to three finalists per category, including VPIsystems' OnePlan.
The winners will be announced by Billing & OSS World Group Publisher Mike Saxby and Editor In Chief Tim McElligott at a special ceremony at the Billing & OSS World 2008 Conference & Expo on April 30. Awards will be given in the following categories:
- Best OSS Transformation
- Best Service Assurance Solution
- Best Service Fulfillment Solution
- Best Customer Loyalty Program
- Best Customer Care Solution
- Best Revenue Management Solution
- Best Billing Solution
- Best New Product
Billing & OSS World 2008 Excellence Award winners and runners-up will be featured in an upcoming issue of Billing & OSS World magazine and on the companion Web site, www.billingworld.com.
"Billing & OSS World congratulates all the finalists in this contest. The response to the program was outstanding and the competition intense, so making the cut is by itself a significant achievement and an acknowledgement of VPIsystems' pursuit of excellence in OSS," said Saxby.
OnePlan allows telecommunications providers to integrate technology planning, marketing demands, equipment resources and financial requirements associated with new network build-outs. By combining domain expertise gained within each disparate area of network planning, VPIsystems created the OnePlan software system to integrate every aspect of the highly complex planning process. Because most carriers are currently considering a transition to Internet Protocol (IP) based telecommunications networks, VPIsystems created OnePlan to help carriers more rapidly transition from older network technologies to new IP-based networks.
Billing & OSS World 2008 Excellence Award finalists were selected by an independent judging panel, including Ian Scales, independent OSS/BSS journalist and analyst; Jeffrey Cotrupe, CEO, MarketPower LLC; Shira Levine, senior research analyst, OSS/BSS, IDC; Sheryl Kingstone, director, enterprise research and customer centric strategies, Yankee Group; Ed Shanahan, partner, Excelerate Partners Inc.; Paul Hughes, vice president, enabling technologies, Yankee Group; Dan Baker, research director, OSS/BSS KnowledgeBase, Dittberner Associates Inc.; Susan McNeice, senior analyst, Stratecast; and members of the Billing & OSS World editorial team.
For more information on the Billing & OSS World 2008 Excellence Awards, visit www.billingworld.com/excellenceawards.
Billing & OSS World magazine
Since 1995, Billing & OSS World magazine has been a primary source for coverage and analysis of telecommunications billing and operations support systems - from service creation, provisioning and customer management to fraud management, billing, revenue assurance and more. Published six times a year, Billing & OSS World provides in-depth analysis for executives and billing professionals at communications services provider organizations worldwide.
Billing & OSS World Conference & Expo
Celebrating its 16th year in 2008, the Billing & OSS World Conference & Expo is the premier conference and exposition focusing on the business and operations support systems requirements for next-generation communications networks. Billing & OSS World 2008 will be held April 29-May 1, at the Hyatt McCormick Place in Chicago. There will be five simultaneous tracks of education covering OSS transformation, service creation and delivery, service assurance, revenue assurance, billing and payment processing, customer loyalty programs and customer experience management.