Account Management System (AMS.NET) is a web-based system designed to increase the efficiency and accuracy of voice, data and IP services costing, quoting and ordering. AMS.NET helps carriers increase their revenue and lower their costs by decreasing the time required to generate quotes, ensuring that created quotes reflect exact business rules and rates and minimizing the number of billing errors. By extending quote creation functionality to customers and partners, further savings are realized and satisfaction increased.

AMS.NET is built on a multi-tier architecture based on Microsoft .NET, IIS, COM+ and Oracle technologies. Its use of web services allows for easy integration to your Front and Back Office systems.

Customers using AMS.NET have taken advantage of the following capabilities:

• Dynamic cost and price calculations incorporating vendor agreements and network infrastructure
• Bi-monthly ILEC pricing updates for all ILECs in the U.S. and Canada
• Address based pricing with integrated geocoder
• off-net cost optimization
• Customer specific pricing
• Promotions
• ICB and discounted pricing
• Equipment pricing
• Rate maintenance through the Product Catalog
• Automatic population of proposal/quote templates for a professional image
• Separate internal employee views and external customer/partner views allowing customers/partners to create their own quotes online

Other process enhancing features include:

• Customer and contact management
• Real time sales metrics
• Workflow management for multi-user coordination

AMS.NET's centralized server allows for enterprise wide access to customer profile and rate information while ensuring enhanced control and consistency in quote and customer data.

AMS.NET supports Local Access, Private Line, Ethernet, Frame Relay, SONET, ATM, IPVPN, MPLS, SIP Trunking, DIA, ISDN, DSL, Long Distance Voice, Local Voice and CPE/Managed Services.