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USCS Announces Contract Renewal with American Cablevision of Kansas
City for Billing and Customer Care
Multi-Year Agreement Extends Commitment to USCS's DDP/SQL Customer Management and
Billing System
RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 25, 1997--USCS International Inc. (NASDAQ:USCS) today
announced that its CableData Inc. subsidiary has renewed a long-standing contract with American Cablevision of Kansas City,
Missouri for CableData's DDP/SQL customer management and billing system.
American Cablevision is one of four cable systems owned by Kansas City Cable Partners, which is jointly owned by Time
Warner and TCI. According to the terms of the multi-year agreement, American Cablevision will continue using DDP/SQL to
support 220,000 cable customers in the greater Kansas City area.
``American Cablevision has been a CableData customer for more than ten years,'' commented Bob McKenzie, CableData's vice
president of Marketing. ``This contract is indicative of the long term partnering relationships that CableData forms with its
customers, and the ability of CableData solutions to meet cable systems' requirements for customer management and billing.''
Based on relational database technology, open-systems design and strict adherence to industry standards, CableData's
DDP/SQL is used by the majority of the largest cable television providers in North America. Its flexible design facilitates
integration with popular information systems and decision-support tools; and its sophisticated functionality allows cable operators
to easily enter complex programming schedules, use variable pricing schemes and better control master and component events.
DDP/SQL integrates every function of a service provider's business, from field operations to customer service, financial analysis
to marketing.
CableData Inc. is a leading provider of customer care and open billing solutions to communications industries worldwide and is a
USCS International company. USCS International offers customer management software and statement processing solutions to
the global communications marketplace. In the United States, the company currently serves 58 percent of all cable television
subscribers, 39 percent of all cellular telephone subscribers and 11 percent of all landline telephone subscribers. USCS
International's clients include providers of cable television, wireless and wireline telephony, direct broadcast satellite and multiple
communications services in the United States and 20 other countries. More information on USCS can be found at
uscs.com . |
