The telecoms industry is changing and billing is one of the key components that will influence the commercial viability of next generation services based on the IMS. Traditional voice and data services may still be the cash-cow for most Telcos however these traditional services are becoming commoditized. Telcos are now looking at launching “Next generation” services made possible by the IMS however the fundamental area that needs to be addressed before the benefits of IMS are realized is billing.

Billing is becoming one of the critical factors in enabling new services and protecting existing ones. When looking at billing in the IMS, Telcos must ensure that it is both commercially profitable and technically feasible. The commercial aspect opens up whole new areas of opportunities and challenges that billing will need to address. There will be opportunities to charge for new services but billing must also become more customised based on individual preferences.

Responding to this critical issue facing the Teleco Industry ETIS is pleased to announce its 2008 Billing Workshop: 'Telecom Billing Strategies in the IMS' which will be hosted in Brussels on April 17/18 2008. The conference will cover topics like Opportunities & Challenges for Billing of IMS service, Billing operational efficiency and cost reduction, Data Retention and Electronic billing.

Keynote Presentations
We are pleased to announce that the keynote speaker for Day 1 of this event will be Brendan Logan, Senior VP from Patni Telecom Consulting. Brendan Logan will be speaking about Billing being a critical enabler as well as once of the biggest challenges facing telcos today.

The keynote speaker for Day 2 will be Jean-Louis Previdi, VP & Program Director EMEA from Gartner who will be discussing how much investment is needed in your next generation billing system & how IMS changing the industry landscape.

We also have many confirmed speakers from companies like Telecom Italia, Deutsche Telekom, T-Systems, OTE, Telekom Austria, Belgacom, Atos Origin, Comarch, LHS, Openet, INTEC, CA Wily, Oracle, Comverse and TNO. The Workshop will be Chaired by Jürg Haseloff VP Information Systems Postbilling ActiveBilling.

This workshop is targeted towards the Billing practitioners among the European Telecommunications companies such as Heads of Billing Departments, Billing Experts, Operations & Process Management, and more from our membership base. We anticipate up to 70 professionals from the telecommunications industry to share knowledge and network with their peers.

Registration Fee
Entrance to the workshop is free of charge for ETIS Members and 900 EURO + 21%VAT for non-members.  This fee includes the new ETIS Electronic Billing Standard CD-ROM (which normally costs 990 euro).

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