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Boston Communications Group Wins Contract With BellSouth International Wireless April 6, 1998 7:31 AM EDT
WOBURN, MA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 6, 1998--Boston Communications Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: BCGI) announced today that it has reached an agreement with BellSouth International Wireless Services, Inc. (BSI-WS) to provide prepaid platforms and network support services for deployment throughout Latin America. BSI-WS is a division of BellSouth International providing hemispheric wireless roaming and clearinghouse services.
Under the multi-year agreement, BCG's Systems Division will supply its VISION Platform(TM), which will be used by BellSouth International Wireless, in conjunction with its affiliate companies, to provide a variety of enhanced prepaid wireless services to customers throughout Latin America. The VISION Platform is an enhanced voice processing system that gives telecommunications carriers full control over all system functions including rate plans, account maintenance and reporting. The prepaid network will be one of the largest international prepaid networks in the world and will allow for inter-country roaming.
"We have made a commitment to provide top quality prepaid services," said Mike Reynolds, President of BellSouth International Wireless Services. "This agreement will help us to fulfill that commitment." Peter T. Zuyus, Sr., Vice President and General Manager of BCG Systems Division commented, "This agreement continues BCG's leadership role in international prepaid wireless and strengthens our commitment to expanding our presence in Latin America."
Boston Communications Group, Inc. develops, markets, and provides high quality, innovative call processing services, prepaid wireless services, teleservices, prepaid and voice systems to wireless telephone carriers. The Company's services and systems are designed to enable wireless telephone carriers to focus internal resources on their core business activities, while increasing revenues, improving service quality and reducing costs. BCG provides one or more of its services to carriers who serve over 90 percent of the United States population and who operate in over 1,100 North American markets. The Company also provides services to nine of the 10 largest cellular carriers, by number of subscribers, in the United States. Additional information is available at the BCG web site at www.bcgi.net.
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