Openet and Promon Announce Partnership in South America

6:47 pm   -   October 2nd, 2006

Openet Telecom, a leading provider of active mediation, charging and rating solutions, has announced a partnership with Promon, the largest network integration company in Brazil by the International Data Group (IDG), for the distribution of Openet’s revenue generating solutions to wireless, wireline, and cable operators in Central and Latin America.

“Openet is delighted with to have a Promon partnership in place,” said Apollo Guy, VP of Sales and Alliances, Americas, at Openet. “Openet is committed to extending its North American market leadership into Central and Latin America. Promon’s proven track record with operators in the region combined with Openet’s industry-leading products and solutions will accelerate our shared objectives,” said Guy.

Promon’s domain expertise and strength in the Latin and Central America markets provides telecommunications operators with a local presence for integration, deployment, and operational support for the full breadth of Openet’s solutions.

“This announcement sees the maturing of our relationship with Openet to the next level; Promon engineers have been working on Openet projects for some time now in preparation for this expansion. Promon is looking forward to a successful relationship directly in the CALA markets where the core strengths of each company can be realized together” said Rodrigo Parreira, Executive Director of Promon.

Openet and Promon are at Futurecom in Florianópolis Oct 2nd -5th to meet with prospective customers. Futurecom is the leading Telecoms event in South America.

About Openet Telecom
Openet Telecom is a world-leading provider of Active OSS solutions that enable network operators to maximize the profitability of their network and services. Our products, FusionWorks Mediation, FusionWorks ActiveCharge, FusionWorks ActiveRate and FusionWorks IMS enable network operators with diverse networks to easily implement, manage, charge for, rate and bill sophisticated service – leading to enhanced profitability and quality of services.

With headquarters in Dublin, Ireland and major offices in Washington, Singapore an Sao Paulo, Openet Telecom has signed customers that include British Telecom, Cingular Wireless, StarHub, Orange Group, T-Mobile, TIM, Telstra, Verizon Wireless and Vodafone. Additional information is available at www.openet.com.

About Promon
Founded in 1960, Promon is a Brazilian organization owned entirely by its employees. Its core business is the design, integration and implementation of projects and ventures for key infrastructure sectors such as energy, oil & gas, chemical and petrochemical, mining and mettalurgy, and telecommunications.

Promon currently has a staff of some 800 professionals. It has been recognized as one of the best places to work in Brazil by every edition of the annual Guia Exame – As Melhores Empresas para Você Trabalhar, demonstrating the soundness of its human resources management practices and the success of its business model. Additional information is available at www.promon.com.

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