More good news from BILL. This stock has been basing for a while. I wonder what it will take for it to break out.
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Monday March 22, 11:00 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
SOURCE: Billing Concepts Corp.
Billing Concepts Announces
Multi-Year Agreement With
10-10-345 Lucky Dog
SAN ANTONIO, March 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Billing Concepts Corp. (Nasdaq: BILL - news), a
leading billing solutions provider to the communications industry, announced today a multi-year
agreement with 10-10-345 Lucky Dog Phone Company for billing services.
10-10-345 Lucky Dog, a wholly owned unit of AT&T (NYSE: T - news), is a calling service
introduced in 25 markets in October 1998. In February, service availability was expanded to most
U.S. households nationwide.
The 10-10-345 calling service offers consumers simple, low, upfront pricing for their long distance
calls. For state-to-state calls placed from home using 10-10-345, consumers pay just 10 cents a
minute. For international calls placed from home, the per-minute rate varies depending on the country
called. For all calls, there is a 10-cent connection fee per call. 10-10-345's pricing is in effect 24
hours a day, seven days a week, with no restrictions, no minimum talk-time requirement and no
monthly fee. Every qualified call made with 10-10-345 is an entry to win one of 345 prizes daily or a
$1 Million Grand Prize. For more information, call 1-800-317-2657 or visit the web site at
www.luckydog.com.
Parris H. Holmes, Jr., Chairman and CEO of Billing Concepts, stated, ''We are excited about our
agreement with 10-10-345. We have been pleased to provide billing services to 10-10-345 during
its first few months in the marketplace, and look forward to continuing that relationship.''
Howard McNally, President and CEO of 10-10-345 Lucky Dog, stated, ''We are pleased to be
expanding our 10-10-345 service availability to more households in the country. As we do so, we
continue to have our customer billing managed by Billing Concepts.''
Billing Concepts is one of the most experienced providers of comprehensive billing and customer
care solutions to the communications industry. The Company licenses fast-to-implement and
cost-effective convergent billing software to virtually any size company in the industry. Billing
Concepts is also the largest third-party provider of billing clearinghouse and information services to
the telecommunications industry. Billing Concepts supports multiple services such as Internet, PCS,
cellular, paging, cable/satellite TV, local service, long distance and Carrier Access Billing. With over
600 customers throughout North America, the Company offers billing solutions for service providers
including LEC, CLEC, ILEC and ISP companies, from the newest entrants to some of the largest
facilities-based providers in the industry. Headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, Billing Concepts
maintains offices in Corpus Christi, Texas, Glendale, California and Albany, New York. For more
information, visit www.billingconcepts.com.
Certain statements contained herein are ''forward-looking'' statements (as such term is defined in the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995). Because such statements include risks and
uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause results to differ materially from those
expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, those
discussed in filings made by the Companies with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
CONTACT: Terri A. Hunter, Director, Investor Relations of Billing Concepts Corp.,
210-949-7020, or email, terri.hunter@billingconcepts.com.
SOURCE: Billing Concepts Corp. |
