AsiaInfo had not respondent to NT´s calls for more than eight months after bagging the tender for delivery of software and equipment for convergent billing system. [break]
The Singaporean firm finally responded to NT calls after the state-owned operator decided to blacklist the company for flouting the contract agreement of delivering the equipment within six months.
According to the new agreement, AsiaInfo will start working in the project from January 1, 2012. “It will take 17 months for the convergent billing system to work,” an NT official said.
According to officials, AsiaInfo will start the project with ´scoping´, under which they will do a quick planning and feasibility study regarding that service that can be made available at the earliest. It will deliver necessary hardware for the system in the second phase.
“The system will firstly be made available to pre-paid GSM mobile. It will allow the owners to limit the number of SMS and phone calls,” the official said, adding that it will help parents to monitor call activities of their children.
AsiaInfo had earlier clarified that it cannot comply with the contract agreement because the company encountered problems with companies - HP and Oracle -- that it partnered with for the project.
Once the system is completely functional, customers can make payment for Internet, mobile, PSTN or any other services through a single bill and from any counter. NT is spending over Rs 2 billion for the implementation of the project.
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