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.