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HP Enables Vodafone UK Billing for Mobile IP Services
URL(s): www.hp.com
PALO ALTO, Calif., May 24, 2001--Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HWP) and Vodafone UK
Limited, part of the world's largest telecommunications company Vodafone Group Plc, today announced that Vodafone UK has
successfully deployed an HP software solution to enable its latest mobile communications system for mobile Internet Protocol (IP)
services.
Vodafone UK selected the HP Internet Usage Manager (IUM) platform for its flexibility, ease-of-use and growth capabilities to
enable the company's General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) network for content billing. HP and Vodafone UK used their expertise in
wireless and IP technologies to combine GPRS network equipment, IP services and back-office systems.
"The work between HP and Vodafone UK for GPRS solutions has proven the feasibility of content billing for mobile IP services
and has accelerated its availability," said Bill Russell, vice president, HP Software Solutions Organization. "We are very pleased to be
a part of Vodafone's advance into mobile e-services."
"Vodafone is keen to deliver to market a full spectrum of mobile IP services in 2001," said Malcolm Dunn, IT executive at
Vodafone UK. "HP has been instrumental in helping us to bridge the gaps between emerging network equipment and services, existing
network infrastructure and our back-office business support systems."
The HP IUM platform, an HP Netaction product, meters individual customer service usage to provide network operators with
greater flexibility to package and sell individual services. It aggregates usage data and correlates among services, producing the Internet
Data Records (IDRs) required by billing, marketing analysis and operations management systems.
Vodafone UK now has the ability to process call detail records from various network equipment, allowing operators to solve
complex data collection and correlation problems by using the HP IUM solution. In addition, the HP IUM implementation incorporates
billing interfaces, error handling and revenue assurance processes that set the stage for telecom-grade service delivery.
The HP IUM platform offers an open, flexible plug-in architecture that is easily extended to new devices and services such as the
GPRS equipment described here, as well as to existing back-office billing systems. Deploying the HP IUM platform to meter wireless
networks enables mobile service providers to measure packet data from WAP and IP data services. For more information, visit
http://www.hp.com/usage.
Vodafone is the UK's most popular mobile phone network with more than 12.3 million customers, including 7.9 million Pay as You
Talk customers. Vodafone UK is part of the Vodafone Group Plc, the world's largest mobile telecommunications company, with
interests in 29 countries and more than 83.4 million customers worldwide.
Hewlett-Packard Company -- a leading global provider of computing and imaging solutions and services -- is focused on making
technology and its benefits accessible to individuals and businesses through simple appliances, useful e-services and solutions for an
Internet infrastructure that's always on.
HP had total revenue from continuing operations of $48.8 billion in its 2000 fiscal year. Information about HP and its products can
be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.hp.com.
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