Selection indicates Intec Interconnect solution the one of choice for Latin American Nextel affiliates

Intec Telecom Systems announced today that Nextel Mexico is deploying Intec’s market-leading interconnect billing and settlements solution. The operator will roll out Intec’s Interconnect system to support their market expansion, growth, and profitability in the increasingly competitive Latin American market.

Established in 1998, Nextel Mexico offers business and consumer customers a broad range of voice and data services. As part of NII Holdings, the operating group is a leader in customer retention with the lowest churn rate of 1.89% in the second quarter of 2008. This is the lowest churn rate in Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, and Chile.

“To effectively expand into the domestic wholesale market, we needed a robust solution to support our growth while efficiently managing complexities in the marketplace. Intec provides us with a complete solution that is unique in its depth of functionality, from collection, rating, and management, to a dashboard of managerial reports,” commented Maria Eugenia Ayala Porras, Vice President of Revenue Assurance for Nextel Mexico. “It will deliver the critical cost controls Nextel Mexico requires for this important part of our business.”

Intec’s Interconnect v7.1 addresses the functionality and performance requirements of a fast-moving telecommunications market by handling traditional and next-generation products and services in a single system, with proven ability to scale to handle the traffic levels of the biggest carriers. Interconnect v7.1 also fully supports inter-partner settlement for IP-based services offered over next generation networks. This includes multi-party settlement with third party providers for services such as Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), content downloads and multimedia messaging.

“This is an extremely important customer win for Intec,” commented Ian Watterson, Intec Vice President for the Americas. “We are very much enjoying working closely with the Nextel team in Mexico, and look forward to addressing the interconnect solution needs of other Nextel affiliates throughout Latin America.”

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

About Nextel de Mexico S.A.

Nextel de Mexico is part of NII Holdings and is one of the world’s leading providers of fully integrated wireless communication services designed to meet the needs of business customers in selected international markets. Nextel Mexico is headquartered in Mexico City, having begun operations in the country in August of 1998.

Nextel Mexico has been recognized for their accomplishments in business and social responsibility. The firm was ranked as a Top 10 Latin American Telecom Operator by Frecuencia magazine two years in a row. In addition, it ranked as one of the Top 100 Multi-National Companies in Mexico by Expansion magazine and was recognized for the third consecutive year as a Socially Responsible Company by the Mexican Center for Philanthropy and AliaRSE (Alliance for Enterprise Social Responsibility) for their “Mucho Mas por los Ninos” (Much More for the Children) alliance with UNICEF.

Cities of operation include Mexico City (Federal District), Acapulco, Celaya, Irapuato, Salamanca, Chilpancingo, Cordoba, Cuautla, Cuernavaca, Guadalajara, Guanajuato, Lagos de Moreno, La Piedad, Leon, Monterrey, Morelia, Nuevo Laredo, Orizaba, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, San Juan de Rio, Tijuana, Tlaxcala, Toluca, and Veracruz.

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

About NII Holdings

NII Holdings, Inc is one of the world’s leading providers of fully integrated mobile communication services designed to meet the needs of businesses and individual customers in selected Latin American markets. Principal operations are in major business centers and related transportation corridors of Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Peru, and Chile. The corporate headquarters is located in Reston, Virginia USA.

About Intec Telecom Systems

Intec supplies solutions to over 70 of the world’s top 100 telecoms carriers and is one of the world’s fastest growing major BSS/OSS (business and operations support systems) vendors. Intec’s 400 plus customers include AT&T, Cable & Wireless, The Carphone Warehouse (UK), China Unicom, Deutsche Telekom, Eircom (Ireland), France Telecom, Hutchison 3G, O2, Orange, T-Mobile, Telefonica, Vodafone, Virgin Mobile, Vivo and Verizon. Intec works closely with its customers, many of whom have been with Intec since its inception, to provide the highest standards of performance, flexibility and robustness to help carriers service their customers effectively and profitably. Intec’s comprehensive and expanding range of products, solutions, and services include:

*** Retail billing and customer management;
*** Multi-service mediation and activation;
*** Inter-carrier billing settlements including US CABS and ITU-based settlement;
*** End-to-end content partner management;
*** Optimized wholesale routing and trading;
*** Real-time pre/post-paid mediation and charging; and
*** Pre-integrated solutions for wholesale, wireless and core IMS charging functions.

Founded in 1997, Intec is listed on the London Stock Exchange (ITL.L) and has over 1,600 staff and 28 offices in 22 countries.

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