Comarch’s offering for telecoms receives “Strong” rating in Leading Analyst Firm’s BSS Market Overview and Strategic Scorecard for Vendors (2007).

Comarch, the leading provider of IT systems for telecoms, received a “Strong” rating in Gartner’s market report: “Dataquest Insight: BSS Market Overview and Strategic Scorecard for Vendors, 2007.”

Gartner evaluated nine vendors on the scope of their products or services, market understanding, offering strategy, geographic strategy, sales strategy, market responsiveness and track record and overall viability.

“This strong rating is even more important to us, as it addresses Comarch’s main strength – quality of products. We pay a lot of attention and effort to the entire process of research, design, and development of products and to the structure of our offer. On one hand we leverage 15 years of experience in the industry, on the other, we support creation of new, innovative product lines,” said Piotr Piatosa, VP Telecommunications, Comarch.

Comarch BSS Suite is a modular billing and fulfillment management solution that enables communication providers to achieve their business objectives while preparing them for next generation technology and services.

Comarch BSS Suite has a flexible, scalable, open architecture that supports the entire billing chain. The use of the latest technology facilitates the delivery of a certified high-performance, robust and efficient solution that can be integrated with most third party systems. With the Suite, providers can address the industry’s most formidable challenges, including revenue sharing and settlements, the deployment of next generation services, and convergent billing.

Comarch has been developing BSS/OSS solutions for telecommunications since 1991. The company’s solutions and managed services are chosen by incumbent operators, broadband and Triple-Play carriers, MVNOs/MVNEs and start-ups in the Americas, Europe and Middle East. Comarch’s new generation of billing, network and service management systems enable the launching of next-gen services and support innovative business models. The customers include T-Mobile International, O2, Bouygues Telecom, Auchan Telecom, Lucent Technologies, The State of Washington, in&phone, Multimedia Poland, Cable Onda and others. Comarch end-to-end BSS and OSS Suites facilitate service convergence, multimedia integration, advanced customer functionalities and process automation.

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About Comarch

Comarch is a leading Central European IT business solutions provider. They specialize in forging relationships with clients that maximize their profitability and optimize their operations and business processes. Their primary advantage lies in the huge domain of knowledge accumulated in their software products. These products deliver and integrate sophisticated business IT solutions for businesses in the telecommunications, financial services, public, large enterprise and SME sectors. Comarch specializes in billing and network management, CRM and sales support, ERP and EDI – all of which are supported by a full range of professional services and a strong R&D tradition. Since its inception 14 years ago, Comarch has blossomed into a multinational network of offices employing over 2500 highly-experienced IT specialists in EMEA and the Americas. Comarch clients include global business leaders as well as over40,000 SMEs in Poland.

For more information, please visit their website: http://www.comarch.com