MetaSolv offers communications service providers a comprehensive product set for OSS service fulfillment – including provisioning, network inventory and activation. MetaSolv’s standards-based solutions support all types of services including next-generation IMS, VoIP, IPTV, IP VPN, broadband and mobile services, as well as traditional voice and data services.

“This is an exciting chapter in our business’ evolution for MetaSolv customers, partners, stockholders, and employees, “said T. Curtis Holmes Jr., MetaSolv’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “The natural synergies between Oracle’s and MetaSolv’s premier product suites, coupled with Oracle’s extensive research and development capacity, will enable us to further enhance our products and ensure our customers’ continued success. We believe it will be a very beneficial business combination that will drive service delivery innovation and leadership in the industry.”

“By adding a leading OSS application suite, Oracle plans to offer a fully integrated, end-to-end productized solution that will help service providers streamline the €˜campaign to cash’ process, optimize asset lifecycles, and accelerate time-to-market of new products and services,” said Bhaskar Gorti, Oracle Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Communications Global Business Unit. “Conventional, customized solutions have proven inefficient, inflexible and costly. Oracle is putting service providers in control to simplify their infrastructure, deliver more services faster, and drive brand loyalty.”

After the closing of the transaction, MetaSolv’s employees will join Oracle’s Communications Global Business Unit. Raymond James & Associates, Inc. acted as financial advisor to MetaSolv, and Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. acted as MetaSolv’s legal counsel.

The proposed merger will be submitted to the Company’s stockholders for their consideration and the Company will file with the SEC a proxy statement to be used by the Company to solicit the approval of the proposed merger by its stockholders, as well as other relevant documents concerning the proposed merger. You are urged to read the proxy statement regarding the proposed merger when it becomes available and any other relevant documents filed with the SEC, as well as any amendments or supplements to those documents, because they will contain important information. You will be able to obtain a free copy of the proxy statement, as well as other filings containing information about the Company at the SEC’s Internet Site (http://www.sec.gov). Copies of the proxy statement can also be obtained without charge, by directing a request to: MetaSolv Investor Relations, 5556 Tennyson Parkway, Plano, Texas 75024, or by telephone (972) 403-8300.

The Company and its directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the stockholders of the Company in connection with the proposed merger. Additional information regarding the interests of those participants may be obtained by reading the Company’s definitive proxy statement dated April 10, 2006 in connection with the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders held on May 9, 2006 and by reading the proxy statement regarding the proposed merger when it becomes available.

About MetaSolv
MetaSolv, Inc. (Nasdaq: MSLV) is a global leader in comprehensive operations support system solutions for next-generation communications service providers. MetaSolv automates the order-to-activate provisioning process for traditional and next-generation IP-based wireline and mobile service providers. MetaSolv’s multi-service, multi-technology capabilities include order management, inventory management, service activation, configuration management and network mediation. More than 170 global service providers €“ including Brasil Telecom, BT, Cable & Wireless, O2, Singtel, Telstra, T-Mobile, UPC, Verizon Dominicana, and Vodafone €“ use MetaSolv’s solutions to achieve increased revenues, reduced costs, and enhanced customer service. MetaSolv is a global company, headquartered in Plano, Texas. Visit www.metasolv.com for more information.

About Oracle
Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) is the world’s largest enterprise software company. For more information about Oracle visit Oracle’s Web site at http://www.oracle.com.

Order changes, like supplemental service orders or modifications, are often requested after the service fulfillment process has been initiated. Assessing the impact of an order change, undoing the service provisioning steps that are no longer valid, and then re-calculating and re-processing the order is a complicated effort that severely impacts business productivity. As order complexity continues to increase, as with enterprise services or triple-play bundled services, it is not uncommon for an order to undergo multiple changes while the provisioning process is underway.

“The reliance on manual intervention by operations personnel to manage in-flight order changes is a time-consuming and costly process that often results in increased order fall-outs and slower service delivery,” said Paul Hughes, Vice President of Communications Software Strategies at the Yankee Group. “Provisioning 6, through its innovative intelligent change management technology, offers operators a highly unique and effective approach for automating and optimizing dynamic changes to a customer order.”

Provisioning 6’s innovative capabilities tackle the costly problem of order churn for all services and technology domains. The solution intelligently analyzes the impact of an order change, then automatically generates an optimal compensation plan and manages the execution of the plan until order completion. The overall process is optimized to ensure that order changes are processed with the least amount of modifications, and with minimal or no human intervention.

“Provisioning 6’s support for optimizing in-flight order change processes is just one more example of how MetaSolv is leading next-generation service delivery innovation in the OSS industry,” said David Sharpley, MetaSolv’s Executive Vice President of Marketing and Product Management. “This capability offers service providers a unique competitive advantage by dramatically reducing operating costs while at the same time improving the customer experience through the rapid and efficient resolution of order changes.”

About MetaSolv
MetaSolv, Inc. (Nasdaq:MSLV) is a global leader in comprehensive operations support system solutions for next-generation communications service providers. MetaSolv automates the order-to-activate provisioning process for traditional and next-generation IP-based wireline and mobile service providers. MetaSolv’s multi-service, multi-technology capabilities include order management, inventory management, service activation, configuration management and network mediation. More than 170 global service providers – including Brasil Telecom, BT, Cable & Wireless, O2, Singtel, Telstra, T-Mobile, UPC, Verizon Dominicana, and Vodafone – use MetaSolv’s solutions to achieve increased revenues, reduced costs, and enhanced customer service. MetaSolv is a global company, headquartered in Plano, Texas. Visit www.metasolv.com for more information.

MetaSolv is a registered trademark. The MetaSolv logo and MetaSolv Solution are trademarks of MetaSolv Software, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners

Cable & Wireless has already successfully deployed the first phase of the project. This phase standardizes two large and disparate MPLS-based IP networks on MetaSolv’s next-generation activation platform. This enterprise-wide deployment has enabled Cable & Wireless to quickly derive significant synergies from their recent acquisition of a large European IP VPN service provider and provides the operator with a market-leading and common platform for the future growth of next-generation services.

“MetaSolv’s IP provisioning solution has – within a short time period – enabled us to rapidly, seamlessly and cost-effectively consolidate two large and highly complex MPLS-based IP networks on a common platform,” said Mark Dearnley, Chief Information Officer at Cable & Wireless. “As the implementation progresses, we will achieve significant cost savings through multi-service provisioning automation. It will also allow us to enhance our customers’ experience by offering a wide range of differentiated IP services that are delivered more quickly and are more reliable.”

After a rigorous selection process which involved several other OSS vendors, Cable & Wireless selected MetaSolv for its pre-integrated OSS portfolio and proven track record in next-generation provisioning. The agreement includes MetaSolv Activation 5, a next generation activation platform that provides activation across all service domains, and MetaSolv Provisioning 5, a next generation back office provisioning platform that manages internal network build-outs and orchestrates the essential tasks required to deliver ordered services to customers.

The transaction also includes MetaSolv Configuration Management – a newly launched product that offers unique advantages when pre-integrated with MetaSolv Activation 5. MetaSolv Configuration Management is a next generation management platform that centralizes and optimizes network control operations for multi-vendor networks by implementing automated, proactive and consistent configuration management practices. When implemented with MetaSolv Activation 5, this value-added combination significantly streamlines operations and enhances service delivery by leveraging the natural synergies that exist between activation and configuration management.

“As operators look to improve customer satisfaction, streamline operations and drive down costs, they need intelligent, automated IP provisioning solutions that are market-ready and provide a rapid return on investment,” said David Sharpley, MetaSolv’s Executive Vice President of Marketing and Product Management. “By delivering on these key requirements, MetaSolv’s innovative pre-integrated IP provisioning platform supports and expands Cable & Wireless’ continued business and customer service leadership in IP service offerings.”

About Cable & Wireless
Cable & Wireless is one of the world’s leading international communications companies. It operates through two standalone business units – International and UK.

The International business unit operates integrated telecommunications companies in 33 countries offering mobile, broadband, domestic and international fixed line services to residential and business customers, with principal operations in the Caribbean, Panama, Macau, Monaco and the Channel Islands.

The UK business unit provides enterprise and carrier solutions to the largest users of telecoms services across the UK, US, continental Europe and Asia, and wholesale broadband services in the UK.

In Asia Pacific, its principal operations are in China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Singapore and Australia.

For more information about Cable & Wireless, go to http://www.cw.com.

About MetaSolv
MetaSolv, Inc. (Nasdaq:MSLV) is a global leader in comprehensive operations support system solutions for next-generation communications service providers. MetaSolv automates the order-to-activate provisioning process for traditional and next-generation IP-based wireline and mobile service providers. MetaSolv’s multi-service, multi-technology capabilities include order management, inventory management, service activation, configuration management and network mediation. More than 170 global service providers – including Brasil Telecom, BT, Cable & Wireless, O2, Singtel, Telstra, T-Mobile, UPC, Verizon Dominicana, and Vodafone – use MetaSolv’s solutions to achieve increased revenues, reduced costs, and enhanced customer service. MetaSolv is a global company, headquartered in Plano, Texas. Visit www.metasolv.com for more information.

Revenues for the quarter increased 8% to $25.4 million, compared to second quarter 2005 revenues of $23.4 million. MetaSolv reported net income for the second quarter of $649,000, or $0.01 per diluted share, compared to a net loss of $663,000, or $0.02 per diluted share, in the second quarter of 2005. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization and stock compensation expense (“adjusted EBITDA”) for the quarter was $2.4 million, an increase of 108% compared to $1.1 million in the prior year. Non-GAAP net income for the quarter was $1.7 million, or $0.03 per diluted share, compared to a net loss of $113,000, or $0.00 per diluted share for the second quarter of 2005.

Highlights of MetaSolv’s second quarter operating and financial results include:

- A multi-year, multi-million dollar license and services contract with Telstra, Australia’s leading media-communications company, to deploy MetaSolv’s Activation 5 solution as part of a comprehensive network and OSS transformation for both fixed-line and mobile services;

- A multi-year, multi-million dollar contract with a tier 1 operator in India for enterprise-wide use of MetaSolv’s inventory management and service activation solutions;

- A major contract win with one of the largest cable providers in the U.S. to leverage MetaSolv’s inventory management system to support the growth of its nationwide IP network and digital voice services;

- A new win for the Company’s provisioning order management product, Provisioning 5, with a large, U.S. based incumbent carrier to support a new service rollout;

- The market launch of two new products expected to serve as a platform for future revenue growth – MetaSolv Configuration Management and MetaSolv Subscriber & Service Management – both currently being deployed by global Tier 1 operators;

- A 53% increase in license revenues, which increased gross profit to 59% of total revenues;

- Net income of $649,000 or $0.01 per diluted share; adjusted EBITDA of $2.4 million, a 108% improvement over the prior year; and

- A continued solid financial position at quarter end, with $58.0 million in cash equivalents and marketable securities and no debt.

For the six months ended June 30, 2006, revenues were $48.0 million, a 7% increase from $44.8 million for the same period in 2005. MetaSolv reported net income for the six months of $261,000, or $0.01 per diluted share, compared to a net loss of $2.7 million, or $0.07 per diluted share, for the same period in 2005. Adjusted EBITDA for the six months ended June 30, 2006 was $3.8 million, an increase of 475% compared to $653,000 for the same period in 2005. Non-GAAP net income for the six months ended June 30, 2006 was $2.3 million, or $0.04 per diluted share, compared to a Non-GAAP net loss of $1.9 million, or $0.05 per diluted share for the same period in 2005.

The Company’s net income for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2006 includes stock-based compensation expense related to the implementation of Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (SFAS) 123R which was adopted effective January 1, 2006. The Company’s net loss for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2005 includes stock-based compensation expense computed under APB 25. The Company’s non-GAAP results exclude stock based compensation expense in both periods. Please see table below for a complete reconciliation of non-GAAP net income (loss) and adjusted EBITDA to net income (loss) reported under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.

“We are pleased to report MetaSolv’s continued revenue growth and increased profitability for the second quarter,” said T. Curtis Holmes, MetaSolv’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “This marks eight consecutive quarters of year-over-year revenue growth. More importantly, we had our strongest quarterly performance for license revenues in nearly five years. Communications providers worldwide are consolidating and converging their networks in the drive to enable next-generation mobile and IP services. We believe that MetaSolv, with a strong customer base and proven products, is well positioned to help service providers worldwide accelerate time-to-market, reduce operations costs and improve customer satisfaction.”

“The multi-million dollar OSS transformation projects we secured in recent months are a direct reflection of our compelling value proposition in automating the fulfillment cycle for next-generation service providers. We see continued opportunity for MetaSolv as global operators invest in transformation of their network and OSS systems,” concluded Holmes.

Financial Guidance
Based on the Company’s results for the second quarter, the pipeline of potential contracts, and expectations concerning the business environment, MetaSolv today established its guidance for revenues for the third quarter of 2006 in a range of $23.5 million to $26.5 million, compared with $23.3 million for the third quarter of 2005. The Company also established guidance for its net income for the period of between $0.00 and $0.03 per diluted share. Net income guidance for the third quarter of 2006 includes approximately $1.1 million in stock-based compensation expense computed under SFAS 123R. Excluding stock-based compensation expense, the Company expects to report non-GAAP net income of between $0.02 and $0.05 per diluted share for the third quarter of 2006.

About MetaSolv
MetaSolv, Inc. (Nasdaq:MSLV) is a global leader in comprehensive operations support system solutions for communications service providers. MetaSolv’s multi-service order management, inventory management, and service activation capabilities automate the order-to-activate provisioning process for traditional and next-generation IP-based wireline and mobile service providers. Many of the world’s largest global service providers – including Brasil Telecom, BT, Cable & Wireless, O2, T-Mobile, Vodafone, and others – use MetaSolv’s solutions to achieve increased revenues, reduced costs, and enhanced customer service. MetaSolv is a global company, headquartered in Plano, Texas.

MetaSolv is a registered trademark. The MetaSolv logo is a trademark of MetaSolv Software, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.

“Telstra is transforming its business to deliver a ‘one click, one touch, one button, one screen, one step solutions’ environment for customers and employees. The company’s vision is a simpler IT environment that involves partnering with world-class suppliers using proven off-the-shelf solutions. We are pleased to welcome MetaSolv as one of our partners in the Operations Support Systems (OSS) transformation space,” Mr. John McInerney, Program Director, IT Transformation, Telstra Corporation said.

MetaSolv’s multi-year, multi-million dollar agreement is planned to provide Telstra with a sophisticated, scalable next-generation activation platform that enables multi-service activation across all technology domains, including multi-vendor 3G wireless and IP-based networks. Telstra will use MetaSolv to help consolidate its activation systems, with the aim of reducing operations costs, improving customer service and accelerating time-to-market for new services through rapid service introduction and bundling.

“Telstra’s OSS Transformation Project is breaking new ground and is driving service innovation and cost reduction leadership in our industry,” said T. Curtis Holmes, MetaSolv’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “MetaSolv is honoured to be a part of this exciting project and, together with Telstra, we aim to set a new benchmark in next generation mobile, broadband and IP service activation.”

MetaSolv’s multi-vendor, multi-service activation capabilities have been deployed by more than 75 operators in over 26 countries for an array of services including VoIP, IPTV, IP VPN, mobile, broadband, voice and data. MetaSolv currently provisions numerous services over multiple network technologies for approximately 200 million subscribers worldwide.

About MetaSolv
MetaSolv, Inc. (Nasdaq:MSLV) is a global leader in comprehensive operations support system solutions for next-generation communications service providers. MetaSolv automates the order-to-activate provisioning process for traditional and next-generation IP-based wireline and mobile service providers. MetaSolv’s multi-service, multi-technology capabilities include order management, inventory management, service activation, configuration management and network mediation. More than 170 global service providers – including Brasil Telecom, BT, Cable & Wireless, O2, Singtel, Telstra, T-Mobile, UPC, Verizon Dominicana, and Vodafone – use MetaSolv’s solutions to achieve increased revenues, reduced costs, and enhanced customer service. MetaSolv is a global company, headquartered in Plano, Texas. Visit www.metasolv.com for more information.

Telenet’s converged services require a converged cross-domain activation platform – a single order of complex services can trigger activation and configuration requirements in multiple domains, including POTS, VoIP, Digital TV, and DSL-Broadband, all of which are supported by MetaSolv’s activation solution.

MetaSolv provides a convergent, multi-service activation platform, which enables Telenet to offer triple-play services – voice, video and data – on a common broadband infrastructure. MetaSolv’s extensive expertise in advanced IP services deployment, coupled with its robust and flexible activation platform, allowed Telenet to upgrade its OSS rapidly and efficiently. Telenet has been successfully using MetaSolv’s activation solution for voice and broadband IP data services, including VoIP, which made MetaSolv the logical choice for Telenet’s transition to Digital TV.

“Our long term partnership with MetaSolv coupled with their clear IP leadership gave us confidence that they could support our evolving activation needs,” said Dirk Van Dessel, Senior Vice President Informations System & PMO of Telenet. “The MetaSolv activation platform is highly flexible and scalable, allowing us to quickly and efficiently deploy new services, ultimately expanding our subscriber base and revenue stream.”

MetaSolv’s multi-vendor, multi-service activation capabilities have been deployed by more than 75 operators in over 26 countries for an array of services including VoIP, IPTV, IP VPN, mobile, broadband, voice and data. MetaSolv currently provisions numerous services over multiple network technologies for approximately 200 million subscribers globally.

“We are pleased to have been selected to automate activation for Telenet’s new Digital TV services, as part of its triple-play offering, enabling rapid time to market and reduced operating costs,” said David Sharpley, MetaSolv’s executive vice president of marketing and product management. “Telenet is another powerful example of the significant value unleashed by MetaSolv in the delivery of mass-market triple-play services.”

About Telenet
Telenet is the largest provider of broadband cable services in Belgium. Its business comprises the provision of cable television, high speed internet and telephony services, primarily to residential customers in Flanders. In addition Telenet offers services to business customers all across Belgium and in Luxembourg under its brand Telenet Solutions. Visit http://www.telenet.be/ for more information.

About MetaSolv
MetaSolv, Inc. (Nasdaq:MSLV) is a global leader in comprehensive operations support system solutions for next-generation communications service providers. MetaSolv automates the order-to-activate provisioning process for traditional and next-generation IP-based wireline and mobile service providers. MetaSolv’s multi-service, multi-technology capabilities include order management, inventory management, service activation, configuration management and network mediation. More than 170 global service providers – including Brasil Telecom, BT, Cable & Wireless, O2, Singtel, Sprint, Telstra, T-Mobile, UPC, Verizon Dominicana, and Vodafone – use MetaSolv’s solutions to achieve increased revenues, reduced costs, and enhanced customer service. MetaSolv is a global company, headquartered in Plano, Texas. Visit www.metasolv.com for more information.

The ongoing transformation to next-generation networks is pushing service intelligence to the edge, resulting in rapidly growing networks in terms of both size and diversity. This imposes increased proactive configuration management requirements on service providers and large enterprises as they seek to efficiently manage both high volumes and increased frequency and complexity of network configurations. Configuration control is at the heart of service provider operational concerns as they look to implement carrier-grade methodologies with centralized management, to obtain increased network-wide configuration quality and accuracy.

“Legacy OSS software was designed in the days when networks were confined to vertical stacks – a DSL network over here and an ATM network over there. But today’s networks are so muddled with multi-vendor flavors of overlapping technologies, such as 2G and 3G, that carriers are crying out for more integrated OSSs,” says Dan Baker, Research Director, OSS/BSS KnowledgeBase of Dittberner Associates. “It’s good to see a capable supplier like MetaSolv attacking this complex configuration problem head on.”

MetaSolv Configuration Management supports the ability to optimize and centralize the network control operations for multi-vendor networks, and implement automated, proactive and consistent configuration management practices. Key product capabilities include:
- Network Discovery – capture network element information, manage, and organize network elements into networks and sub-networks with customer or geographical organization.
- Configuration Archiving and Versioning – maintain records of historical configuration versions for change tracking, configuration troubleshooting and emergency re-build of the network elements. Perform intelligent network element software restoration with any selected network archive version using the product or using standard Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) to obtain the latest archived configuration.
- Configuration Auditing and Compliance Management – quickly identify configuration changes between archived versions and/or with the running configuration using a highly intuitive visual audit diagnostic environment. Operators can then invoke automated configuration compliance auditing across the network to validate configuration consistency and accuracy, and identify any abnormality on a recurring basis.
- Configuration Activation – provide efficient and flexible configuration templating to network operations, enabling highly consistent configuration implementations based on pre-defined network engineering guidelines, including easy and rapid configuration modeling and effective configuration template versioning management.

MetaSolv Configuration Management can be deployed either in a stand-alone environment or in conjunction with MetaSolv’s industry-leading Activation platform, further enabling operators to manage the configuration and activation lifecycle of their entire next-generation network. This combination enables highly automated and sophisticated activation of services and provides extensive network-wide control over the entire network element configuration.

Generally available in the third quarter and already selected by a large Tier-1 service provider to manage the configuration of its growing international multi-vendor IP network, MetaSolv Configuration Management delivers exceptional value. This product complements MetaSolv’s extensive service fulfillment portfolio by providing the ability to manage and control the entire configuration of network devices. Key product differentiators include:
Real-Time – MetaSolv Configuration Management is aware of what the network configuration should be, and allows intelligent network element restoration without any service order loss. Traditional configuration management systems typically restore to the last backed-up version which is normally obsolete. MetaSolv’s real-time capability provides the accurate view of what the network configuration should be at any given time, enabling the operator to provide optimal service quality and eliminating any potential lost service requests.
- Service-Aware – MetaSolv Configuration Management allows very sophisticated management of dynamic service configurations, in addition to the static base element configuration. MetaSolv provides a dynamic service view as opposed to “flat management” of the configuration.
- Intelligent Compliance – MetaSolv Configuration Management provides highly flexible network-wide auditing and reporting of detailed network configuration data, as opposed to tools that only validate data structures, which are generally not sufficiently representative of the configuration accuracy.

“MetaSolv’s new Configuration Management offering addresses an important gap in service providers’ operational environments,” said David Sharpley, executive vice president, marketing and product management, MetaSolv. “MetaSolv’s Configuration Management enables service providers to increase operational efficiency, decrease operational costs and enhance overall service quality. This new product provides differentiated configuration management functionality with the carrier-grade performance and scalability required by operators.”

About MetaSolv
MetaSolv, Inc. (Nasdaq:MSLV) is a global leader in comprehensive operations support system solutions for next-generation communications service providers. MetaSolv automates the order-to-activate provisioning process for traditional and next-generation IP-based wireline and mobile service providers. MetaSolv’s multi-service, multi-technology capabilities include order management, inventory management, service activation and network mediation. More than 170 global service providers – including Brasil Telecom, BT, Cable & Wireless, O2, Singtel, Sprint, Telstra, T-Mobile, UPC, Verizon Dominicana, and Vodafone – use MetaSolv’s solutions to achieve increased revenues, reduced costs, and enhanced customer service. MetaSolv is a global company, headquartered in Plano, Texas. Visit www.metasolv.com for more information.

Successful telecom operators understand that they must develop and rapidly deploy more sophisticated end-user services and bundles across fixed, mobile and broadband networks in order to differentiate themselves in the marketplace. This drives increased operations complexity and necessitates service agility and cost control. A single consolidated view of customers and their services is a fundamental component in enabling the creation and management of next-generation offers and the provisioning of dynamic voice-data-video convergent service combinations.

MetaSolv Subscriber and Service Management provides a cohesive and unified view to efficiently manage subscribers and services. Designed to complement current inventory systems and to leverage existing OSS investments, MetaSolv Subscriber and Service Management offers a highly agile solution for rapid services introduction regardless of technology or domain. Key product capabilities include:
- Specification Catalog – enables the flexible definition of subscribers, products, services, configurations and rules with dynamic extensibility to realize lower cost and risk.
- Subscriber and Service Repository – provides a unified scaleable repository of managed or federated subscriber, product, services and customer data, integral to the entire service lifecycle.
- Integration Framework – promotes interoperability and collaboration with complementary OSS/BSS components through rich web services and Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), strong data sharing and synchronization, data federation, and transaction propagation.
- Standards Based – designed on a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) leveraging J2EE, the TeleManagement Forum Shared Information Data model (SID) framework and OSS through Java (OSS/J).

Generally available in June 2006, MetaSolv Subscriber and Service Management is currently being deployed at a large, top-tier operator in Asia to efficiently manage converged services including voice, broadband DSL and mobile. The flexibility of the solution will allow the operator to rapidly plan and design new services and quickly address the market dynamics and changing competitive landscape.

Designed from inception to comply with key industry standards, Subscriber and Service Management provides the foundation for introducing and managing services in a highly powerful, flexible, interoperable way. This capability is a fundamental component of Service Delivery Platforms, allowing carriers to deliver new broad or niche services in a faster, more responsive manner, driving increased customer retention and higher revenue. A key product in the MetaSolv’s service fulfillment portfolio, Subscriber and Service Management’s differentiators include:

- Unified Service View – ability to view services regardless of technology or domain
- Resource and Inventory Systems Independence – integrates and leverages data regardless of the underlying source or system
- Ease of Deployment – inherent modularity and flexibility enables rapid time to deploy and realize value

“MetaSolv’s new Subscriber and Service Management offering addresses a key operational need, providing service agility and flexibility, while enabling operators to cap, and yet leverage, their investments in existing systems,” said David Sharpley, executive vice president of product management and marketing, MetaSolv. “A key component in our Time-to-Market OSS vision, MetaSolv’s Subscriber and Service Management product provides operators with the modularity required to enable the rapid launch and delivery of next-generation services in a cost-effective and timely manner. This new product further underscores MetaSolv’s commitment to innovation as we continue to invest in the delivery of compelling, value-based solutions to operators worldwide.”

About MetaSolv
MetaSolv, Inc. (Nasdaq:MSLV) is a global leader in comprehensive operations support system solutions for next-generation communications service providers. MetaSolv automates the order-to-activate provisioning process for traditional and next-generation IP-based wireline and mobile service providers. MetaSolv’s multi-service, multi-technology capabilities include order management, inventory management, service activation and network mediation. More than 170 global service providers – including Brasil Telecom, BT, Cable & Wireless, O2, Singtel, Sprint, Telstra, T-Mobile, UPC, Verizon Dominicana, and Vodafone – use MetaSolv’s solutions to achieve increased revenues, reduced costs, and enhanced customer service. MetaSolv is a global company, headquartered in Plano, Texas. Visit www.metasolv.com for more information.

More than ever, service providers worldwide are demanding extreme flexibility from their OSS solutions, to support 90-day or less service incubation, creation and delivery cycles. With the introduction of Time-to-Market OSS, MetaSolv provides the capability for operators who no longer have to choose between the operational needs of getting a new service up and running today with limited time and budget, and the strategic OSS platform for full-service automation tomorrow. MetaSolv’s TTM OSS approach provides scalability in cost, sophistication, order volumes and functional footprint from the initial implementation to the full solution.

“Communications service providers worldwide are introducing IP-based services in very short service creation intervals,” noted Larry Goldman, partner, OSS Observer. “They are looking for OSS systems that can support their present VoIP and IPTV rollouts while anticipating the introduction of IMS and Service Delivery Platforms.”

MetaSolv’s Time-to-Market OSS is specifically positioned to enable operators to deploy next generation services swiftly and affordably for incubation in pilots, trials, and initial deployment stages. The solution can be evolved to support fully automated operational excellence, with the scalability and robustness critical to mass market deployment of carrier-grade services. TTM OSS arms the agile operator with the precision tools needed to introduce and incubate new services by:

- Coordinating the abundance of people, systems and activities while giving back-office end-users a consistent web interface to see the data they need, exactly when they need to see it;
- Providing a series of pre-packaged processes for next generation services, including IPTV;
- Leveraging existing systems and data sources to extract data and make it available to back-office end-users in real-time;
- Tracking tasks, processes, and end-user changes, and providing the right information to measure and improve those processes; and
- Supporting multiple iterations of provisioning processes as operators introduce, refine, streamline, and automate the delivery of new services.

MetaSolv’s Time-to-Market OSS approach has been successfully applied in several operators worldwide, including data services for a large Latin American operator and VoIP services for a large incumbent operator in Asia. In addition, MetaSolv Time-to-Market OSS has been deployed with a large PTT in Europe for IP and Ethernet services, where the system will rapidly enable integration with existing and new systems for rapid service delivery as part of a comprehensive network transformation program. In this instance, MetaSolv Time-to-Market OSS has reduced provisioning time from hours to minutes, increased service quality and accuracy, all while leveraging existing system investments.

“MetaSolv’s Time-to-Market OSS, leveraging Provisioning 5, is designed and packaged to facilitate service providers’ needs to innovate and rapidly launch new services cost-effectively,” said David Sharpley, executive vice president, marketing and product management, MetaSolv. “MetaSolv’s innovative approach allows operators to address the balance of achieving time-to-market for new services while maintaining a strategic OSS vision.”

About MetaSolv
MetaSolv, Inc. (Nasdaq:MSLV) is a global leader in comprehensive operations support system solutions for next-generation communications service providers. MetaSolv automates the order-to-activate provisioning process for traditional and next-generation IP-based wireline and mobile service providers. MetaSolv’s multi-service, multi-technology capabilities include order management, inventory management, service activation and network mediation. More than 170 global service providers – including Brasil Telecom, BT, Cable & Wireless, O2, Singtel, Sprint, Telstra, T-Mobile, UPC, Verizon Dominicana, and Vodafone – use MetaSolv’s solutions to achieve increased revenues, reduced costs, and enhanced customer service. MetaSolv is a global company, headquartered in Plano, Texas. Visit www.metasolv.com for more information.

The key objective of BT’s Vserve program is to simplify and automate its entire VPN provisioning process, reducing time to revenue and lowering operational costs. As a major part of this initiative, BT is replacing a legacy order management system with MetaSolv’s Provisioning 5 to manage the entire provisioning process for provider edge (PE) and customer edge (CE) routers, MPLS IP-VPN services, and quality of service (QoS). Provisioning 5 is already deployed at BT to manage a number of services and technologies.

“BT chose MetaSolv’s Provisioning 5 due to its ability to rapidly model and implement BT’s IP VPN service processes globally,” said Simon Hollins who heads up the Vserve team in BT Global Services. “We are delivering an improved customer experience by dramatically reducing service delivery cycle times. Provisioning 5 contributes to this by distinguishing itself as being a proven carrier-grade platform with the reliability and performance necessary to meet our existing and planned provisioning volumes.”

Provisioning 5, formerly known as MetaSolv OMS, provides critical back-office provisioning management functions to orchestrate the essential tasks required to deliver a service to a customer. The solution framework enables easy integration of multiple systems, both legacy and commercial products, and simplifies the design of new services and bundles. Provisioning 5 has a full J2EE (JEE) meta-data driven architecture enabling it to scale and handle the demands of the largest carriers and provide the flexibility required to manage highly complex service processes essential for next-generation service delivery.