Subex Azure Ltd., the world’s largest vendor of revenue maximization solutions for telecom operators has announced the successful global integration of businesses, employees & products of the two merging companies - Subex Systems and Azure Solutions. The results of the integration were reflected in the strong financial performance of the new combined entity for the second quarter of FY07. (more…)

C-COR Incorporated (NASDAQ: CCBL) and BendBroadband are taking a leading role in Network Personal Video Recording (nPVR) with the launch of the advanced On Demand service to Bend customers. The service, available today, utilizes C-COR’s patented real-time encoding and playback technology to offer broadcast programs on the On Demand platform with full PVR capability from the time the scheduled program begins. (more…)

Yankee Group has announced that the Business Control Layer is a key new technology in driving Service Provider innovation. The Business Control Layer concept, originally conceived by leading telecom billing and CRM company, FTS (LSE: FTS), is gaining traction as a variety of industry observers, including Yankee Group promote the importance of this new sector. (more…)

ACE*COMM Corporation (NASDAQ:ACEC), a global provider of value-added services and advanced operations support systems (OSS) solutions, has reported financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2006, the first quarter of its 2007 fiscal year. The Company reported revenues of $3.0 million for the quarter, which compares to $6.7 million for the comparable quarter of fiscal year 2006. Net loss for the quarter was $2.7 million, or $0.16 per share, compared to a net profit of $99 thousand, or $0.01 per share, for same quarter of the prior year. (more…)

Boingo Wireless, the world’s leading wholesale Wi-Fi network aggregator, has recently announced a roaming agreement with Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. (SingTel) adding more than 347 locations in Singapore to the Boingo® Roaming System.

SingTel operates wireless hot spots in key locations across the country, including the Millennia Walk shopping center, Raffles City shopping center, Starbucks, Spinelli and Gelare cafes, popular eateries such as DeliFrance and Burger King, restaurants like Ichiban Boshi, Kuishin Bo, clubs like Ministry of Sound, tourist attractions like Sentosa as well as many country clubs, libraries and hotels. (more…)

Convergys Corporation (NYSE: CVG) received both silver and bronze awards in the 2006 Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning Awards announced during the 2006 Training Fall Conference this week in Denver.

Both awards recognized Convergys’ learning solutions in the Custom Content Category. Convergys’ Silver Award honors the development of the e-learning simulation, “Saks“ The Business of Buying: An Introduction to Retail Concepts and Principles.” The Bronze Award honors the development of the sales simulation, “Circuit City TV Sales Simulation.” (more…)

TerreStar Networks Inc., an emerging provider of America’s first 4G mobile communications network, has spent the last eleven months assembling a highly experienced management team since the FCC allocated 20MHz of S-Band spectrum for integrated MSS/ATC (Mobile Satellite Services/Ancillary Terrestrial Component) mobile communications in December 2005. TerreStar’s management team will guide the strategic development and operation of North America’s first all-IP mobile communications network with an integrated next-generation satellite and terrestrial system. (more…)

Comwave Telecom Inc., a leading Canadian provider of Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone service and RADCOM, Ltd., (Nasdaq and TASE: RDCM), a network test and service monitoring solutions provider, has announced that, in the third quarter of this year, Comwave selected RADCOM’s Omni-Q solution to monitor the quality of service delivered by its VoIP network. Omni-Q will allow Comwave to continuously collect, monitor and analyze voice quality and traffic performance to enhance service delivery to its customers. (more…)

Veramark Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: VERA) has announced the release of six new call accounting bundles that address the specific needs of Small Mid-sized Businesses (“SMB”). With all the traditional feature-rich functionality of eCAS® – at a very affordable price – the new eCAS SMB bundles are perfectly suited to even the smallest of businesses. (more…)

Convergys Corporation (NYSE: CVG), a global leader in providing customer care, human resources, and billing services, announced its financial results for the third quarter of 2006. The company had record quarterly revenue of $702.7 million, up 9 percent over the prior year, combined with 10 percent revenue growth in Customer Care with operating income up 12 percent. (more…)

Syndesis, the worldwide leader in Convergent Service Delivery Management (CSDM) solutions, announced today that its industry-leading service fulfillment solutions have been chosen by Telecom Italia Sparkle (TI Sparkle) to support its next-generation service offerings after a competitive selection process.

A comprehensive Syndesis solution to deliver new services, including automated activation, provisioning, and discovery, is now in production across TI Sparkle’s international IP network. Network reconciliation of TI Sparkle’s inventory system will follow in the next phase of the multi-phase, multi-year license agreement, which is being implemented in conjunction with Datamat, a leading systems integrator. (more…)

Comptel Corporation (OMX Helsinki: CTL1V), a leading OSS software vendor for convergent mediation, charging, provisioning and network inventory, has been selected by next generation network solutions supplier Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd ( “Huawei” ), as a qualified partner. This selection, which follows a formal and lengthy evaluation process, means that Comptel is now a preferred Huawei partner for the deployment of mediation & provisioning services to its customers. Huawei and Comptel have already delivered joint-projects, including a CDMA Voice, Data Provisioning and Mediation solution for Telecom Namibia, which was recently announced by Comptel. (more…)

InfoVista (NASDAQ: IVTA; Euronext IFV - FR0004031649), a leading service-centric performance management software company, has announced that its solutions are certified as pre-integrated with Alcatel’s 5620 Service Aware Manager (SAM) 4.0, the latest version of its industry-leading management application. Through InfoVista’s L2/L3 VPN Services Module for Alcatel 5620 SAM 4.0, service providers can leverage carrier-grade Metro Ethernet services and meet customer expectations for “always on,” high bandwidth service levels. (more…)

FTS (LSE: FTS), a global provider of Business Control, Billing and CRM solutions for communications service providers, has announced that Euroset, a major Russian communication service provider and retailer, has selected FTS’ Leap Billing real-time billing and customer care solution for its MVNO, Broadband and fixed-line telephony services. The contract will provide Euroset with a real-time rating, billing, customer care and business management tool designed for quick service introductions in multi-service environments. (more…)

ACE*COMM Corporation (NASDAQ:ACEC), a global provider of advanced OSS and value-added services applications, has announced that John Bennett, its president since June 2005, will be leaving the company.

“Through some difficult times, John has demonstrated his leadership and professionalism,” said George T. Jimenez, CEO of ACE*COMM. “Over the course of the past year, he has worked diligently to manage our corporate operations and sales functions, and has been a most effective representative of the company’s interests around the world. On behalf of the rest of the management team, I would like to express our appreciation for his contributions and wish him well in his future endeavors.”

Mr. Bennett’s duties will be assumed by other members of the management team, until a replacement is named. (more…)

MetaSolv, Inc. (NASDAQ: MSLV), a global leader in service fulfillment operations support system (OSS) solutions for next-generation communications service providers, has announced that Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) has agreed to acquire MetaSolv through a cash merger for $4.10 per share, or approximately $219.2 million. The agreement is subject to stockholder and regulatory approval and is expected to close in late 2006 or early 2007. (more…)

Research and Markets has announced the addition of The Next-Generation Bill: Commercial and Technical Strategies to their offering. The Next-Generation Bill: commercial and technical strategies examines the changing role of the bill in the next-generation world from the perspective of three different groups of telecoms service users: residential subscribers and small businesses; corporate customers; and wholesale customers (including network and content partners). (more…)

JacobsRimell (JR), a leading provider of customer-centric IP service fulfillment solutions, recently unveiled guidelines for a unified approach to telecommunications information management for all service providers as they face a number of systematic changes in the industry. The white paper, entitled “Telecom Information Management and Analysis (TIMA): Challenges and Solutions,” describes how an important strategic priority for service providers is to create an operations infrastructure that allows them to roll out new services much more rapidly, and with fewer errors, than in the past. (more…)

telSPACE, a leading MVNE, has teamed up with deltathree, Inc. (NASDAQ: DDDC), a leading provider of hosted Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) solutions worldwide, to provide a multi-service application for service providers that wish to deploy both VoIP and MVNO cellular services under a unified platform. (more…)

Highdeal, the world’s leading provider of pricing, rating and charging solutions has announced that Budget Telecom, a prosperous low-cost telecommunications provider, has selected Highdeal to price and rate its new VoIP services. In a second phase, Highdeal will replace Budget Telecom’s existing pricing and rating infrastructure for all other IP services as well as future fixed-mobile and MVNO services. (more…)