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BillSoft® Announces EZTax® Ported to the IBM S/390 Mainframe Platform

Lenexa, KS, February 9, 2004: BillSoft, Inc., the leader for taxation solutions, announced today that it has completed the port of its EZTax product to the IBM S/390 Mainframe running MVS/zOS. “We have had an enormous request for EZTax on a mainframe platform. Our tier one clients are pleased that we can support them on this platform,” said Vicki Klein, president of BillSoft. “The IBM mainframe hosts numerous telecommunications billing systems, and enjoys a well-established history in the telecommunications industry.”

EZTax processes taxes for long distance services, prepaid/debit/calling cards, data services, internet usage, wireless services, voice mail, paging, fax, local services, shipping, cable and satellite television, and product sales and use, among others. BillSoft provides monthly updates for its EZTax product that includes both data and software.

With the completion of this port, EZTax is available for the IBM S/390 MVS/zOS Mainframe, IBM AS/400, Hewlett Packard's HPUX (32 and 64 bit), Data General's DGUX, SCO UNIX, Intel Linux, Sun Solaris (32 and 64 bit), IBM RS/6000 AIX, Bull Escala AIX and Windows NT/2000/2003 environments.

BillSoft specializes in providing products that enhance billing systems and service bureau products. Clients of BillSoft can license the EZTax program or use BillSoft Online, their online service bureau for taxation services. BillSoft also offers EZTax Viewer, a PC based program used to look up specific tax data. In addition, BillSoft offers EZGeoTM for address scrubbing to postal standards and jurisdiction assignment, insuring invoice delivery and rooftop taxation.

About BillSoft, Inc.
BillSoft specializes in enhancing billing systems and service bureau products by providing taxation, address scrubbing, and jurisdiction assignment solutions. BillSoft’s Total Tax Solution consists of EZTax, EZDataTM, EZFileTM, BillSoft Online, EZGeoTM, EZTax Viewer, tax compliance filing, and tax consulting services. BillSoft’s flagship product, EZTax, is the most comprehensive telecommunications tax package available. Taxing in excess of 1.8 billion transactions per hour, EZTax is by far the highest performance system on the market. With the availability of taxation for products and services in 76 countries, EZTax provides the most comprehensive telecom tax system and the best overall value. EZTax is supported on a wide array of platforms including the IBM S/390, IBM AS/400, Hewlett Packard’s HPUX (32 and 62 bit), Data General’s DGUX, Intel Linux, Sun Solaris (32 and 64 bit), IBM RS/6000 AIX, Bull Escala AIX and Windows NT/2000/2003 environments. In addition, BillSoft is partnered with billing and OSS providers, providing communications companies with a one-stop approach and seamless billing/taxation system.

BillSoft® and EZTax® are registered trademarks of BillSoft, Incorporated. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders. Copyright © 2004 BillSoft, Inc., 8220 Marshall Drive, Lenexa, KS 66214. All Rights Reserved.

For more information, please contact:
Heidi Winters, 800-525-8175,  sales@billsoft.com