Billing Services Group Clearing Solutions GmbH and China Mobile's subsidiary, Advanced Roaming Clearing House, announced the formation of a strategic alliance for the delivery of data clearing services to the telecommunications market.

Having recently acquired EDS Clearing House in Germany, US company Billing Services Group (BSG) is now the world's leading clearing and settlements house with a global client base of over 550 operators.

BSG's solution portfolio is characterized by state-of-the-art services enabling the future of billing, clearing and settlements for wireless, fixed-line, WLAN, content and next-generation convergence network operators and service providers.

Advanced Roaming Clearing House is the first clearing house to offer international roaming clearing services in China, set up by China Mobile Clearing House.