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'''AMATPS''' is an [[Operations Support System]] developed during the early 1980s by the [[Bell System]] 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]] 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.
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