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Billing & Mediation Who is using what

Billing & Mediation Who is using what
SERVICE PROVIDER	COMMENT	POSTPAID-PRESENT	POSTPAID-PAST	MEDIATION & PROVISIONING	PREPAID (PRESENT)
MOBILE
Bharti Group (15 circles/metros)	Centralized	CSG Systems (Arbor)		HSS
Delhi			Sema (CABS 2000)		Ericsson IN
Karnataka			Sema (BSCS)		NA
Andhra Pradesh			Sema (BSCS)		Comverse
Kolkata			Wipro, LHS* (BSCS)		Comverse
Himachal Pradesh			Ushacomm, Lifetree		NA
Chennai			Sema (CABS 2000), Ushacomm		Comverse
Punjab, Mumbai, Kerala, Maharashtra,			New circles
Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Haryana,
MP, UP (West)

Hutch Group (7 circles/metro)	Standardized on SchlumbergerSema (BSCS)
Hutch-Delhi	Will shift to SchlumbergerSema (BSCS)	CSC Intellicon (ISIS)	No change in the past	Wipro	Siemens IN
Orange-Mumbai		SchlumbergerSema (BSCS)	Sema (CABS 2000)	Wipro	Ericsson-IN
Command-Kolkata	Will shift to SchlumbergerSema (BSCS)	Ushacomm (Unicom)	Kingston SCL (Jupiter)	Wipro	NA
Hutch-Gujarat	Centralized from Gujarat for	SchlumbergerSema (BSCS)	Earlier Version of BSCS	In-house, replacing	Comverse
Hutch-AP, Karnataka, Chennai		SchlumbergerSema (BSCS)	New circle		Ericsson-IN
		SchlumbergerSema (BSCS)	New circle		Ericsson-IN
	aa	SchlumbergerSema (BSCS)	New circle		Ericsson-IN

Idea Cellular	Standardized on SchlumbergerSema (BSCS)
Andhra Pradesh		SchlumbergerSema (BSCS)	CSG Systems (Arbor) & Kingston SCL (Jupiter)	Comptel	Nokia IN
Delhi		SchlumbergerSema (BSCS)	New circle	Comptel	Nokia IN
Maharashtra		SchlumbergerSema (BSCS)	Sema (CABS2000)	Comptel	Ericsson IN
Gujarat		SchlumbergerSema (BSCS)	Sema (CABS2000)	Comptel	Ericsson IN
Madhya Pradesh		SchlumbergerSema (BSCS)	No change	Comptel	Ericsson IN
	aa
BPL Mobile-Mumbai		SchlumbergerSema (BSCS)	No change	SchlumbergerSema (provisioning only)	Siemens IN
BPL Cellular
Tamil Nadu	Decentralized	SchlumbergerSema (BSCS)	No change	SchlumbergerSema (provisioning only)	Siemens IN
Kerala		SchlumbergerSema (BSCS)	No change	SchlumbergerSema (provisioning only)	Siemens IN
Maharashtra		SchlumbergerSema (BSCS)	No change	SchlumbergerSema (provisioning only)	Siemens IN

Escotel	aa
Kerala		SchlumbergerSema (CABS 2000)	No change	Hughes Software, Shortlisted Comptel, Wipro, Ushacomm	Lucent IN
UP (West)		SchlumbergerSema (CABS 2000)	No change	Hughes Software, Shortlisted Comptel, Wipro, Ushacomm	Lucent IN
Haryana		SchlumbergerSema (CABS 2000)	No change	Hughes Software, Shortlisted Comptel, Wipro, Ushacomm	Lucent IN
Punjab		Undecided	New Circle	Undecided	Undecided
Rajasthan		Undecided	New Circle	Undecided	Undecided
UP (East)		Undecided	New Circle	Undecided	Undecided
Himachal		Undecided	New Circle	Undecided	Undecided

MTNL	Changing the system and has shortlisted	EHPT (Progressor)	No change in the past	EHPT	Lucent IN
	SchlumbergerSema and CSG

BSNL
BSNL-North		CSG Systems (Arbor)	New operation		Ericsson-IN
BSNL-South		CSG Systems (Arbor)	New operation	Hughes Software Systems	Siemens-IN
BSNL-East		CSG Systems (Arbor)	New operation		Ericsson-IN
BSNL-West		CSG Systems (Arbor)	New operation	CSG	Lucent-IN
Reliance Telecom (8 circles/metros)		SISL (GABS)	Siemens Nixdorf (INTEBIS)		SISL (GABS)
Spice (2 circles)		Lifetree	In-house		Logica-IN
Aircel-Tamil Nadu		Ushacomm (Unicorn)	No change in the past		NA
RPG Cellular Chennai		SchlumbergerSema (BSCS)	No change		Ericsson-IN
Hexacomm-Rajasthan		In-house	Siemens Nixdorf (INTEBIS)
Aircell Digilink	Centralized	CSC Intellicon (ISIS)

FIXED
Bharti Telenet (Five Circles)		CSG Systems (Arbor)	Earlier EHPT in MP	Comptel
Tata Teleservices (AP and five new circles)		CSG Systems (Arbor)	No change	Comptel
Hughes Tele.com		Alltel	No change	Hughes Software Systems
Reliance Infocom		ADC (Singularit.e)	New circles		Comverse
HFCL Infotel		Suntec	CinShyam (COMPASS)	Hughes Software Systems
Shyam Telelink		CinShyam (COMPASS)	No change	Cinshyam
NA: Not Available