Amdocs CES 7.5 will enhance the customer experience for Japan's largest multi-play provider; demonstrates Amdocs' momentum in Broadband Cable
ST. LOUIS, May 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Amdocs (NYSE:DOX), the leading provider of customer experience systems, today announced that Jupiter Communications (J:COM), Japan's largest multi-play service provider, has selected Amdocs for customer management and will upgrade its Amdocs billing system to address its future growth and manage billing for multi-play products and services. In addition, Amdocs will continue the partnership with Sumisho Computer Systems Corporation, a local systems integrator, for this project.
Together, Sumisho Computer Systems and Amdocs have provided J:COM with a number of products and services including customer care and billing products for more than 12 years. J:COM is a leading provider of high-speed Internet access, telephony and mobile services through 20 managed franchises and serves approximately 2.6 million subscribers.
"At J:COM, we are pioneering new products and services to deliver the most compelling customer experience," said Tomoya Aoki, chief financial officer of J:COM. "J:COM's long standing relationship with Amdocs and its innovative solutions will enable us to deliver operational and technical strategies for sustained growth and subscriber support across our business. We anticipate that these new products will enable us to transform our call center operations and maximize the value of our customer interactions." As part of this customer management system replacement, J:COM will deploy Amdocs Smart Agent Desktop, which is part of Amdocs CES (customer experience systems) product portfolio. This agent portal provides a unified desktop to manage all customer interactions regardless of where the information resides, and supports first-call resolution. The Amdocs Smart Agent Desktop will enable J:COM agents to respond quickly to service and information requests, and make recommendations for new services to its customers.
In addition, J:COM will upgrade its billing system to the Amdocs Multi-Play Smart Pack billing solution. The integration of Amdocs' customer management and billing solutions will enable J:COM to automate its order-to-cash process, and quickly and cost-effectively deliver innovative bundles, pricing options and personalized offerings to its customers.
About Amdocs CES Amdocs CES (customer experience systems) is an integrated portfolio that delivers the operating environment service providers need to transform from providers of utility voice, data and video services into purveyors of the digital lifestyle. Amdocs CES allows providers to deliver an optimal customer experience--personalized, participatory and timely across any service, location and device. The Amdocs CES Portfolio leverages Amdocs business process best practices based on real-world scenarios, and transcends traditional business support systems (BSS), operational support systems (OSS) and service delivery platforms (SDPs) to enable service providers to address both current and emerging customer experience business processes. Amdocs' unique business model focuses on enabling its customers to create differentiation and build brand, loyalty, profitability and competitive leadership. Please visit http://www.amdocs.com/cesportfolio for more information.
About Amdocs Amdocs is the market leader in customer experience systems innovation, enabling world-leading service providers to deliver an integrated, innovative and intentional customer experience(TM) at every point of service. Amdocs provides solutions that deliver customer experience excellence, combining the software, services and expertise to help its customers execute their strategies and achieve service, operational and financial excellence. A global company with revenue of $3.16 billion in fiscal 2008, Amdocs has more than 17,000 employees and serves customers in more than 50 countries around the world. For more information, visit Amdocs at http://www.amdocs.com/.
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