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Operax Nominated for 2007 European ICT Grand Prize

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Further to their announcement of 29 January 2007 that Operax was listed as one out of 70 nominees for the 2007 European ICT Prize, Euro-CASE has recently announced that Operax is also nominated as one of 20 companies for the ICT Grand Prize. For the companies selected, nomination for the Grand Prize is a significant endorsement of their technological and business potential. [Read more…]

cVidya Networks and Highdeal Announce Partnership Deal

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Highdeal, a leading provider of pricing and rating solutions, and cVidya Networks, the global leader and innovative provider of Telecom Revenue Assurance and Data Integrity products, have announced a strategic partnership. Highdeal’s technology will be incorporated into the cVidya Networks MoneyMap® Revenue Assurance solution to enhance its overall performance and versatility. This strategic partnership expands the market opportunities for both Highdeal and cVidya Networks and has already been deployed by leading European communications provider Swisscom Mobile. [Read more…]

Comptel Corporation Reports Successful 2006

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Comptel Corporation, the leading Operational Support System (OSS) software vendor for convergent mediation, charging, provisioning and network inventory, announced on February 14 the financial results for the fourth quarter and for 2006. These results underline Comptel’s continuing success, growth and leadership in its chosen area of business. [Read more…]

Interactive Enterprise Launches Service Activation Solution for Online Payment Services

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Interactive Enterprise Limited (IE) has launched a new service provisioning and management solution supporting online payments. As part of its industry leading provisioning and management solution, Conexon, IE now enables service providers activate and manage both pre-paid and post-paid services for broadband data, voice wireless and video services. [Read more…]

IBM Completes Acquisition of Vallent

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IBM (NYSE: IBM) has completed its acquisition of Vallent Corporation, a privately held software company based in Bellevue, Washington with more than 400 employees. IBM announced a definitive agreement to acquire Vallent on November 28, 2006. Vallent’s operations will be integrated into the IBM Software Group’s Tivoli Software unit. [Read more…]

First Hop Launches Intelligent Promotion Solution

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First Hop, the mobile service control expert, has launched its Intelligent Promotion Solution, and announced that it has already been deployed by five mobile operators in Europe and Asia. The Intelligent Service Promotion Solution gives mobile operators the ability to drive additional premium service revenues from its existing subscriber base. Operators can now identify cross-selling and up-selling opportunities and launch targeted or personalised usage-stimulating campaigns. [Read more…]

Huawei Launches Next-Generation Convergent Billing Solution at 3GSM World Congress

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Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd (“Huawei”), a leader in providing next generation network telecommunication solutions for operators around the world, has launched its Convergent Billing Solution (CBS) at 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona. Huawei’s CBS will help operators build a horizontal and open billing network architecture with the capability to support various networks and services, serving all end users regardless of whether they are prepaid or postpaid. [Read more…]

Al Mazaya Telecommunications Selects VeriSign’s PrePay Solution to Serve its CDMA Network in Iraq

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VeriSign, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRSN), a leading provider of digital infrastructure for the networked world, has announced that Iraqi based Al Mazaya Telecommunications chose VeriSign PrePayIN to support its prepay service in Iraq. The new service, which is scheduled to launch in the first half of 2007, is the first installation of PrePayIN in the Middle East. [Read more…]

Sun Microsystems and Comptel Collaborate to Provide Data Retention Solution to Mobile and Fixed Telecom Operators

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Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW), the creator of the free and open source Solaris[TM] Operating System (OS), and Comptel Corporation (OMX Helsinki: CTL1V), a leading Operations Support System (OSS) software vendor for convergent mediation, charging, provisioning and network inventory, will jointly provide a turn-key Data Retention Solution to mobile and fixed telecom operators worldwide for data retention of voice call and Internet traffic related data. [Read more…]

FTS Creates Next Generation Converged Solutions with HP

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FTS (LSE: FTS), a global provider of Business Control, Billing & CRM solutions for communications service providers (CSPs), is working with HP to deliver next generation solutions enabling network, service and payment convergence. This offering is targeted at service providers looking to blend services from multiple networks – voice, video, data, and content – supporting prepaid, postpaid, and hybrid payment methods. [Read more…]

New Location Based Technology Could Herald the Demise of the Traditional Home Phone

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Seeker Wireless, one of the leading location based service technology companies, announced has at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona (3GSM) that its SeekerZone solution is currently being deployed by one operator and trialled by other operators in Europe. In a move that could signal the demise of the traditional home phone, operators will be using Seeker’s accurate mobile location technology to encourage consumers to use their mobile at home. [Read more…]

Megasoft Launches MYPeers World’s First Smart Tagging and Context Based Advertising Engine for Mobile Communications

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Megasoft Limited (BSE CODE NO: 532408), a transnational Intellectual Property-driven, product-based technology company, has announced that its telecom division XIUS has unveiled ‘MYPeers’, a new revolution in the peer-to-peer communication. Entirely developed at their R&D centre in Hyderabad, XIUS is the first vendor in the globe to develop a smart-tagging and context-based advertising engine for the communications industry. [Read more…]

Comptel Research Says Mobile Operators Ill-Equiped to Meet User Demands

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New independent research, commissioned by Comptel Corporation (OMX Helsinki: CTL1V), the leading Operations Support System (OSS) software vendor for convergent mediation, charging, provisioning and network inventory, has revealed that mobile operators are struggling to meet growing demand by consumers for more control over their services. [Read more…]

Allot Communications and FTS Partner to Provide Business Control of Services

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Allot Communications (NASDAQ: ALLT), a leader in IP service optimization solutions based on deep packet inspection (DPI), and FTS (LSE: FTS) , a provider of business control, billing and CRM solutions, have partnered to deliver service providers a comprehensive and integrated platform for real-time visibility and business management of customer services. The platform enables service providers to offer innovative services such as tiered service packages, customer self-provisioning, and smart, service-aware quota management. [Read more…]

HT Mobile Chooses Full Intec Billing Solution Architecture

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Intec Billing, a leading BSS/OSS software vendor for fixed, mobile and next-generation networks, has announced that HT Mobile, Vietnam’s newest nation-wide mobile communications service provider has selected Intec’s full suite of billing and operations support systems, including Interconnect, Mediation, Convergent Billing, and Charging solutions and the provision of managed services. The Intec solution architecture will form a key part of the operator’s strategy to offer advanced mobile services in Vietnam. [Read more…]

TEOCO Expands Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence Capabilities

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TEOCO Corporation, a leading supplier of revenue and cost management solutions to communications and entertainment providers, has expanded its high-volume analytics and business intelligence capabilities with the acquisition of another data warehouse appliance from DATAllegro, supplier of data warehouse appliances that lead the industry in price and performance. TEOCO has also been selected by a Tier 1 communications provider to deploy TEOCO’s SONAR analytics solution to drive cost management, revenue assurance, and margin enhancements. [Read more…]