Telarix, Inc., the leading provider of Interconnect Business Optimization (IBO) software for telecom carriers, today announced that Telecom Italia Sparkle had trialed and replaced a competitive interconnect system with Telarix’s iXTools solution to more effectively manage its interconnect partner agreements, optimize its routing, streamline its buy and sell processes and increase the overall profitability of its interconnect operations. Three of the world’s five largest telecom providers depend on iXTools to optimize their interconnect business.
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Portal Software, Inc. (Pink Sheets:PRSF), the premier global provider of billing and Revenue Management solutions for telecommunications and media markets, today announced the general availability of published tests for certification of Portal Specialist and Portal Professional consultants through the Portal Certification Program. To date, more than 100 individuals have been certified in the three Specialist Certifications available, which include Portal Server Specialist, Portal Pricing Specialist, and Portal System Administrator, as well as the Portal Professional level of certification.
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Telecommunication, according to Wikipedia, is the extension of communication over a distance. In practice, it also recognizes that something may be lost in the process; hence the term ‘telecommunication’ covers all forms of distance and/or conversion of the original communications, including radio, telegraphy, television, telephony, data communication and computer networking.

While defining telecom gets more and more difficult, the profit and ethics behind the business keep on diminishing.
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BSG Clearing Solutions, a global provider of clearing and settlement, payment services, and financial risk management solutions for communications service providers today announced the availability of its Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) wireless data clearing services in North America. BSG Clearing Solutions’ GSM service gives operators the ability to exchange and clear GSM roaming records through a single source.
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Cordia Corporation (OTCBB: CORG), a global communications service provider, announced today that it has successfully launched VOZSIP a fully integrated Spanish language VoIP service. As an integral part of Cordia’s plans to expand its addressable market globally, VOZSIP will provide the approximately 330 million Spanish speaking people in the world with the opportunity to enjoy the benefits of Cordia’s VoIP service offerings in their native language.
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Plantronics, Inc. (NYSE: PLT) today announced that the Plantronics Discovery(TM) 640 Bluetooth(R) headset won the prestigious Industry Forum (iF) Product Design Award in the Consumer Electronics/Telecommunication category.
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Fair Isaac Corporation (NYSE:FIC - News), the leading provider of analytics and decision management technology, today announced that it has partnered with MACH, one of the world’s leading providers of inter-operator solutions to the telecommunications and data industry, to offer telecommunications operators across the world enhanced protection against roaming fraud.
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The OSS through JavaT Initiative today announced the availability of a Web Services integration profile for its Trouble Ticket API (JSR 91). In 2005, the Initiative unveiled its Web Services strategy and published design guidelines for the development of the Web Services profiles of all OSS/J APIs. Today, the Web Services profile for the first API is made available. Web Services specifications for other OSS/J APIs will be available by April 2006. (A full list of OSS/J APIs is provided below.)
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According to esjpchest:

“On Wednesday the Philippines’ National Telecommunications Commission said SMART Communications, Globe Telecom, Digital Mobile Philippines and Connectivity Unlimited Resources Enterprise will be able to transmit high-bandwidth, high-speed applications such as videoconferencing via cellular-phone networks.”

This should be very good for Intec Billing, as they just opened an office.

Level 3 Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: LVLT) today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire all of the membership interests of Progress Telecom LLC, a regional wholesale network services company based in St. Petersburg, Florida. Progress Telecom, LLC is jointly owned by Progress Energy, Inc. (NYSE: PGN) and Odyssey Telecorp, Inc.
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River City Internet Group (http://www.rcig.net), today announced the expansion of its network to include a presence in St. Louis’s leading, downtown based, “Telco Hotel” The Broadband Exchange Building. River City is supplementing its’ new presence at the Broadband Exchange Building with a point to point OC-12 from Verizon Business (formerly MCI) back to its’ primary Data Center located in the Westport area of St. Louis.
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Venali, Inc. announced today the launch of their Branded Internet Fax Service that makes it easy for VoIP and Telecom providers to offer fax services to their clients while increasing their recurring revenues and profits. The company announced that VoIP provider Kancharla will be the first branding partner to profit from the new service.
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Brazilian wireless operators Telemig Celular and Amazônia Celular have introduced a next-generation content charging solution for pre-paid and post-paid mobile data services, based on a new software platform developed by Accenture and Intec Billing, the companies announced today.
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Qatar Telecom (Qtel) announced today the deployment of a state-of-the-art ’global network node’ and the launch of Internet Protocol Virtual Private Network (IP VPN) services in Qatar that will provide Qtel’s customers with safe, secure and reliable global connectivity.
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The Internet Protocol Detail Record Organization (IPDR.org), a collaborative industry consortium and recognized leader in next-generation IP service usage and exchange standards worldwide, today announced it will host an open, industry wide meeting to focus on accounting and settlement standards for IPTV services.
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Dedicated VoIP gateway manufacturer VegaStream today announced that vCentrix will introduce the complete line of reliable, cost-effective and easy to deploy VegaStream VoIP gateways to their carrier partners. Vcentrix provides branded wholesale VoIP services to CLECs, MSOs and ISPs, including provisioning, billing and subscriber management systems.
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NTG Clarity Networks Inc., (TSX VENTURE:NCI) a leader in delivering network, IT and infrastructure solutions, today announced that it will supply PPL Telcom, a regional facilities-based carrier offering transport services to carriers, ISPs and large enterprise customers, its integrated operations support system (OSS) software. The OSS will manage customer orders, network inventory, service provisioning and trouble ticketing.
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Telenity (www.telenity.com), a leading provider of next generation converged services platforms and applications for communications networks, today announced the appointment of Dilip Singh, an industry veteran with over 32 years of experience, as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) effective January 1, 2006. Mr. Singh has served as the President of Telenity since September 2004. In his new role as President and CEO, Mr. Singh will continue to lead the company to sustained growth, profitability and international expansion. Mr, Bekir Serbet, a founder and former CEO of Telenity, will continue as a member of the Board of Directors.
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Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) today announced the industry’s most robust QoS management hardware and software solution to measure the end-to-end telecom service experience. The new Wireless QoS Manager (WQM) enables the support of diverse technologies that will be phased in throughout the next six months, starting with GSM, UMTS and CDMA. These solutions enable telecommunications providers to characterize service behavior and quickly pinpoint service and customer problems, ensuring a high-quality customer experience, while reducing capital and operational expenditures.
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Infozech, a leading provider of transaction processing management and Billing, Mediation and Rating solutions for packet-based converged network environments, today announced that it has joined the OSS through Java(TM) (OSS/J) Initiative, a working group of telecommunications industry leaders that provides standards-based Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and design guidelines for the development of component-based OSS systems. As a member of the OSS/J Initiative, Infozech will lead the development of the OSS/J Billing Mediation API (JSR 130). This will include aligning the API to OSS/J Design Guidelines and supporting on-going changes in the OSS Common API (JSR 144).
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