Portal to Roll Out Advanced Cable Services to High Speed Access Corp.; Portal and High Speed Access Corp. Expand Relationship
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CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 8, 2000--Portal Software
Inc. (NASDAQ:PRSF), a leading provider of business infrastructure
software for Internet and next-generation communications services
today announced that High Speed Access Corp. (NASDAQ:HSAC), a leading
provider of broadband services, has selected Portal's customer
management and billing software to provide the billing platform that
will support its high-speed, consumer cable modem services.
Expanding its relationship with Portal, High Speed Access Corp.
("HSA") plans to deploy Infranet(R) for advanced ISP services such as
data over cable modem and voice over Internet protocol (VoIP)
services.
HSA provides a comprehensive turnkey solution available to cable
operators, enabling them to offer their subscribers Internet access at
speeds substantially faster than traditional Internet access, and at
minimal operating cost to the cable operator. HSA enters into
long-term contracts with cable operators to provide them with the
Company's services. What sets HSA apart from its competition is its
offering of a complete turnkey solution that enables cable operators,
at a minimal cost, to completely outsource their value-added IP
services. As a result, HSA provides its customers end-to-end services,
including installation and operations, local content, powerful local
marketing and community outreach, customer service, and direct
customer billing.
"Through the use of Portal's Infranet, we have been able to
position HSA as a leader in the broadband marketplace," said Thad
Mazurczyk, vice president of business development at HSA. "Our
decision to expand our relationship with Portal was based on the need
for a billing solution capable of supporting the wide range of
advanced services an ISP must offer in today's competitive market
place. We evaluated alternative billing solutions, and it was evident
that Infranet continues to offer us the most flexibility. We were
particularly impressed by the way that Infranet enables our marketing
department to respond to various market dynamics."
By expanding its relationship with Portal, HSA continues to have
immediate access to Infranet's complete flexibility and functionality,
which enables providers to rapidly bring new services to market and
support substantial subscriber growth. With Infranet, cable providers
can also support multi-service businesses to offer basic access as
well as a wide range of other fee-based, value-added services.
"We are extremely pleased to expand our relationship with HSA, one
of the leading high-speed Internet access providers," said Vijay Iyer,
senior director of market development at Portal Software. "HSA's
decision reaffirms their commitment to Infranet and its ability to
enable HSA to rapidly and flexibly extend their service offerings,
including high-speed data over cable modems and VoIP over cable."
About HSA
High Speed Access Corp. (NASDAQ:HSAC) is a leading provider of
broadband services to residential and commercial end users. The
Company believes that it provides the most comprehensive turnkey
solution available to the cable operator. For more information, please
visit the company's Web site at www.hsacorp.net.
About Portal Software Inc.
Portal Software Inc., is building business infrastructure for the
Internet. Based in Cupertino, Calif., Portal is the leading provider
of customer management and billing software for Internet and emerging,
next-generation communications services. The company's real-time
solution enables service providers to manage customers, support
services and collect money. Portal's customers include US WEST, Qwest
Communications, Inktomi, Covad, Deutsche Telekom's T-Online, Telenor
Mobil AS, Juno Online, France Telecom and Demon. Information about
Portal and its products can be found at portal.com.
(c)2000 Portal Software Inc. All rights reserved.
Infranet is a U.S. registered trademark, and Portal Software, the
Portal logo, and Infranet are trademarks of Portal Software Inc.
All statements made in this press release are made only as of the date
set forth at the beginning of this release. Portal undertakes no
obligation to update the information in the event facts or
circumstances subsequently change.
This press release contains statements about future events and
expectations, which are "forward-looking statements." Any statement in
this press release that is not a statement of historical fact may be
deemed to be a forward-looking statement. Such forward-looking
statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other
factors which may cause the company's actual results, performance or
achievements to be materially different from any future results,
performance or achievements expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements.
CONTACT: Portal Software Inc., Cupertino
Media Contacts:
Christina Dort, 408/572-2545
cdort@portal.com
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