Intec Telecom Systems PLC released its unaudited interim results for the six months ended 31 March 2008.

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Aperto now offers complete solution for license-exempt WiMAX Deployments in the U.S.

Aperto® Networks announced that has it has received FCC certification for its PacketMAX® base stations, customer premise equipment (CPE), and base station radios (BSR). (more…)

Focused to help service providers make informed OSS/BSS investment decisions

Subex Limited launched the first edition of The ROC Resource Book, a publication that provides perspectives on Revenue and Operational Assurance, targeted at communication service providers.

The book carries articles written by industry experts, analysts, and researchers of the telecom software industry, veteran journalists, and leading writers to provide different perspectives on ideas and opportunities for service providers to transform operations and business processes to increase revenue. (more…)

Virtual Voucher: the “Most Innovative Application of Customer Care”

Orga Systems was recognized to be delivering the “Most Innovative Application of Customer Care” by being awarded the 2008 Excellence Awards.

The application awarded was, actually, a joint application of TIM CELULAR S.A. (TIM Brasil) and Orga Systems GmbH. TIM Brasil is the biggest operator in the world to use the Virtual Voucher, which is the first innovative prepaid top-up solution of its kind in Brazil. (more…)

A court ruling brought to a close a suit against Razorsight because of its stolen use of TEOCO’s intellectual property. As part of the order entered in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Razorsight Corporation, and other defendants, admitted liability on all of the claims filed against them. The settlement includes an injunction from Razorsight making any further use of any TEOCO intellectual property, a USD $4,500,000 payment, and a future audit. As an additional part of the court ordered injunction, Razorsight is required to extricate the stolen TEOCO intellectual property from all existing systems being used by its clients by September 1, 2008. (more…)

Telstra Corporation Limited (Telstra) was awarded the 2008 Excellence Award in the ‘Best Practices - Service Provider’ category by the TeleManagement Forum (TM Forum). (more…)

Quintum Technologies published a new whitepaper entitled “VoIP Infrastructure for the Evolving Enterprise: How to Control Costs, Mitigate Risk, and Ensure Service Levels in an Ever-changing Network Environment.” (more…)

New Berg Insight research identifies technologies, such as NFC, are enabling a completely new segment of mobile applications, which are proximity services or local services, but the industry first needs to settle several critical technical and pedagogic issues. (more…)

12 Villages in Community of Terespol to Connect Wirelessly with Carrier-Grade PacketMAX Solution

Aperto® Networks announced its carrier-grade PacketMAX solution is being deployed by the Community of Terespol in eastern Poland. An integrated WiMAX/WiFi municipal network using PacketMAX® will provide high-speed voice, data, and video services to the Community. A system integrator headquartered in Warsaw, Poland, Biatel SA, is providing the engineering for the deployment that is being expanded to all twelve villages that comprise the municipality. (more…)

Icosnet, one of the leading service providers in Algeria, deployed a WiMAX network using Aperto PacketMAX® 5000 base stations and Aperto PacketMAX 100 subscriber units. The equipment will be used to provide high-speed wireless data to businesses, banks, and energy companies. (more…)

Catalyst projects, Prosspero program solution and Content Encounter participation reinforce use of TM Forum standards for service providers

Three Catalyst projects to be showcased at Management World 2008 will include participation by Amdocs. They will demonstrate how charging for Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) and Fixed-Mobile Convergence (FMC) services may be accomplished using its Customer Experience Systems (CES) product portfolio. In addition, their CES can be used for the management of network capacity and network service quality for triple-play services. They will also exhibit a solution for measuring and analyzing customer video viewing as part of the TM Forum Prosspero Program. Another Amdocs demonstration will cover the use of TM Forum initiatives and best practices in the areas of billing, payments, and settlements for digital media services, as part of the event. (more…)

MetraTech Corp., the leading provider of Web Services-based billing, customer self-care and partner management, has been nominated as a finalist for three prestigious 2008 World BSS Awards. These awards, widely regarded as the highest industry recognition of BSS excellence, are now in their 12th year. The announcement of the winners will be made at the BIMS 2008 Gala Diamond Drinks Party in Amsterdam on the evening of Tuesday 10th June 2008. (more…)

Assets to enhance Soleus™ software business and Intrinsyc’s customer base, as well as accelerate growth of firm’s wireless software revenues

Intrinsyc Software International, Inc. entered into an asset purchase agreement to acquire certain assets and operations of Destinator Technologies Inc. (Destinator). The acquisition is subject to court administered restructuring proceedings in Canada and the United States involving Destinator and certain of its affiliates and is expected to take six to eight weeks to complete. (more…)

Next-generation communications leader to be led by industry veteran

Sonus Networks, Inc. appointed Richard N. Nottenburg, PhD as the company’s next president and chief executive officer, succeeding Hassan Ahmed. Nottenburg will join the company in mid-June, reporting to the Board of Directors. (more…)

Cerillion Technologies today announced a multi-million dollar contract with The Bahamas Telecommunications Company Limited (BTC) to implement a fully convergent CRM and billing solution in the Bahamas. The new solution will replace two separate legacy systems and be used to consolidate all fixed and mobile services onto a single platform, including support for convergent prepaid and post paid rating. It is also a key component in BTC’s wider business strategy, preparing for deregulation and helping to secure revenues from the new Next Generation Network (NGN) currently under deployment. (more…)

Subex Limited announced that Romtelecom selected Subex Rocware™ solutions to form the core of a Revenue Operations Center (ROC).

Romtelecom’s objective is to reduce the risk of financial loss from revenue leakage, fraud, or bad debts. The ROC environment at Romtelecom will include Subex’s Moneta™ Revenue Assurance Solution, NikiraTM Fraud Management Solution, and the Prevea™ Risk Management Solution. (more…)

Unified OSS comes of age

Clarity announced it is now the market leader in unified OSS, having hit 120 million subscribers. This amount of subscribers marks a breakthrough in the marketing and provisioning for unified OSS for Tier 1 as well as Tier 2 telcos. This achievement follows a 12 month period of extra-ordinary growth, which has seen Clarity sign contracts with a number of new customers including BSNL, Globe Telecom, and Western Power. (more…)

eServGlobal Limited announced a new initiative to offer MessageMax alongside SOPRANO Campaign Manager and other third-party solutions, which is expected to deliver additional value for their clients.

The solutions partner program allows eServGlobal to expand its service capabilities by delivering MessageMax with third party messaging applications such as SOPRANO Campaign Manager, a world leading mobile marketing and customer engagement tool. (more…)

Sigma Systems, a recognized industry leader, has been enlisted by the TM Forum to present a service provider case study with one of North America’s leading cable operators at the upcoming Management World conference, which will be held in Nice, France. Sigma will also demonstrate its solutions for advanced advertising, residential triple play, hosted commercial voice, and mobile services at booth 87. (more…)

Value of a hosted delivery model for unified communications to be discussed by
Frank Grillo at financial technology seminar at Warwick New York Hotel

Frank Grillo, Cypress Communications’ executive vice president of marketing, will present an educational session entitled, “Why Go Hosted? Implementing Unified Communications” for the Wall Street Technology Association (WSTA). The seminar will be held Wednesday, 21 May 2008 at the Warwick New York Hotel in New York City, NY USA. (more…)