AMATPS is an
Operations Support System
Operations support systems (OSS), operational support systems in British usage, or Operation System (OpS) in Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, NTT are computer systems used by telecommunications service providers to manage their networks (e.g., tele ...
developed during the early 1980s by the
Bell System
The Bell System was a system of telecommunication companies, led by the Bell Telephone Company and later by the AT&T Corporation, American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T), that dominated the telephone services industry in North America fo ...
and
Bell Communications Research. AMATPS is an acronym that stands for Automatic Message Accounting Tele-Processing System. The purpose of this OSS and communications application was to transport customer billing information from switching systems to a centralized computer that serves as a repository for billing data. Nearly all wireline and wireless
telecommunications
Telecommunication, often used in its plural form or abbreviated as telecom, is the transmission of information over a distance using electronic means, typically through cables, radio waves, or other communication technologies. These means of ...
companies utilize similar technologies today to transport near-real-time billing information.
Early systems deployed in the mid-1970s include
HOBIC or
Hotel Billing Information Center features deployed with
Traffic Service Position System TSPS switching systems used for operator-assisted calls. HOBIC provided near-real-time billing to hotels for calls initiated by their guests.
References
*''
Bell System Technical Journal'' published in 1975.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Amatps
Telecommunications standards