Telecom Management Software

Sprint's Fonview telecommunications management software tool should find its way into the cellular arena by the third quarter of this year, according to Sprint Wireless Service Product Manager Mark Fisher, here last week at the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA) annual meeting Wireless '94. The Kansas City-based telecom company demonstrated its software here to gauge cellular carrier interest. Fonview, a computer-based call reporting and analysis network management tool, originally was designed for Sprint's long-distance telecom market management.

With Fonview, operators can analyze their own call-traffic patterns. The software's three main functions incorporate establishing custom reporting hierarchies, account reporting, and rebilling services.

In cellular adaptations, Sprint will integrate cellular phone options into the original software design. "The enhancements for cellular are in the process of being developed," Fisher told us. The company used the show as a venue to gauge cellular interest for its product and plans to beta-test Fonview in its cellular markets, Fisher said.

The beta test will include five large customers, he said, but was unable to disclose their identities. "From a cellular carrier's perspective, I think they will be interested in Fonview," Fisher said.

The software, available optionally on CD-ROM, works with a 486 PC, he saidm