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International Turnkey Systems (ITS) and Tango Telecom Announce Strategic Partnership at 3GSM 2006

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International Turnkey Systems (ITS), and Tango Telecom have announced a strategic partnership which will see the integration of the ITS Real Time Rating and Billing Platform (TABS) with the Tango Telecom Voice and Data Converged Charging Node (CCN). The full integration of the two platforms will marry the extensive billing and account settlement functionality offered by the ITS converged billing platform with the comprehensive network call control and metering functionality supported by the Tango platform.
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New Messaging Services from Avalanche Mobile Open New Ways to Reach Gen-Y

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Avalanche Mobile announces IMF Append, an innovative text messaging solution which enables mobile subscribers to send and receive their text messages for free – courtesy of third party sponsorship. This solution appeals to younger subscribers with limited budgets but lots of friends to keep in touch with, and of course to advertisers who are eager to reach the elusive Gen Y and youth markets.
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CERTO 2 Debuts at 3GSM to Help Mobile Operators Reduce $72 Billion in Annual Losses

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According to Azure Solutions, the global revenue-assurance company, mobile operators worldwide are losing billions of dollars from unintentional or malicious revenue leakage. It estimates that annual global losses are over $72 billion and this figure is likely to increase with the emergence of 3G and other next-generation technologies.
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Convergys Supports Delivery and Settlement of Mobile Messaging and Data Services at Mobile 365

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Convergys Corporation (NYSE:CVG), a global leader in customer care, human resources, and billing services, announced today its Infinys(TM) Rating and Billing software is operational at Mobile 365, a world leader in the delivery and settlement of mobile messaging and data services including SMS, MMS, and WAP. Mobile 365 delivers two billion messages per month with reach to over 500 operators around the world.
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MetaSolv Ranked #1 in OSS Observer OSS Industry Report

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MetaSolv Software, Inc., a global leader in comprehensive operational support system solutions for next-generation communications service providers, today announced that the latest report from OSS Observer, a leading OSS market research firm, has named MetaSolv as the market leader in service activation. MetaSolv was ranked 2nd in service fulfillment and placed 3rd in inventory management.
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MatrixStream to Release World’s First High Definition IPTV and Set Top Box and PC Player

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MatrixStream Technologies, Inc., will soon be releasing the world’s first H.264 AVC (advance video codec) Video on Demand and IPTV Set Top Box (STB) and PC Player capable of the highest of high definition (HD) signal formats with 1080 vertical pixels by 1920 horizontal pixels. MatrixStream’s 1020HD STB will match and even exceed broadcast and satellite quality video over any broadband network the same way that VoIP can be used over any broadband connection.
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Alcatel and Oracle join forces to develop an innovative next-generation convergent billing solution

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Alcatel (Paris: CGEP.PA and NYSE: ALA) and Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) today announced their intent to develop and market a solution for “Convergent Charging and Receivables”. This next-generation convergent billing solution will deploy Alcatel’s real-time rating engine in the billing workflow, and provide fixed and mobile operators with a highly efficient architecture that simplifies operations, while enhancing the operator’s marketing capabilities and reactivity.
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ACE*COMM Reports 41% Revenue Growth for the Second Quarter of Fiscal 2006; Company Achieves Third Consecutive Quarter of Profitability

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ACE*COMM Corporation (NASDAQ:ACEC), a global provider of network business intelligence and advanced operations support systems (OSS) solutions, today reported financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2005, the second quarter of its 2006 fiscal year. The Company reported revenues of $6.7 million for the quarter, which compares to $4.8 million for the comparable quarter of fiscal year 2005. Net profit for the quarter was $347 thousand, or $0.02 per share, compared to a net profit of $176 thousand, or $0.01 per share, for the same quarter in the prior year.
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StreamServe and LHS Announce Strategic Partnership to Enable Enhanced Bill Presentment for Telecom Customers in 70 Countries

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StreamServe(R) Inc. (www.streamserve.com), the global leader in Enterprise Document Presentment, and LHS, a leading provider of telecom billing and customer care systems, today announced a strategic partnership that will enable LHS to provide the most advanced invoicing capabilities available for their client companies.
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Sunrise Telecom Nets Major Five-year Agreement with O2 Germany

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Sunrise Telecom® Incorporated (Pink Sheets: SRTI.PK – News), a leader in testing and monitoring solutions for voice, video, data services and next-generation digital multimedia, today announced that it was awarded a five-year contract to provide its Traffic Analysis and Monitoring System (TAMS) to O2 Germany, one of Europe’s leading providers of mobile communications services. Sunrise Telecom was selected for its technical leadership, flexible solutions, and exceptionally high performance during its partnership with O2 over the past several years.
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Syndesis Appoints Mark Fowlie as Chief Marketing Officer

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John Lochow, President and CEO of Syndesis, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Mark Fowlie to the position of Chief Marketing Officer. In this newly created role, Mr. Fowlie will be responsible for Syndesis’ extensive global marketing efforts at this important juncture in the corporation’s recently announced growth strategy.
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Avalanche Mobile Provides Operator’s the Key to Protecting Subscribers From Mobile Spam and Fraud

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Avalanche Mobile, a leading global developer of network-based SMS management technologies, announces the launch of their IMF Protect solution to help mobile network operators protect subscribers from mobile spam and fraud. A part of Avalanche Mobile’s Intelligent Messaging Filter™ suite, IMF Protect can screen and analyze all text messages before they are delivered to subscribers, which has significant implications for text spam and fraud which are becoming increasingly common problems for network operators and subscribers. These solutions will be demonstrated at Hall 4, HS6.08 at 3GSM in Barcelona from February 13 – 16.
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Saudi Telecom Company Selects Convergys To Provide Advanced Billing and Customer Care Solution

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Convergys Corporation (NYSE:CVG), a global leader in customer care, human resources, and billing services, announced today it has signed a landmark contract with Saudi Telecom Company (STC), a provider of mobile, landline, data, and Internet services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This multi-year licensing, support, and maintenance contract for a Convergys billing and customer care solution is one of the largest of its kind in this region of the world. As one of the world’s top 15 most profitable telecom operators, STC operates the largest communications network in the Arab world covering more than 95 percent of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Russia’s OAO Uralsvyazinform Depends on Micromuse and Open Technologies for Assurance of Service Infrastructure

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Micromuse Inc. (Nasdaq: MUSE), the leading provider of ultra-scalable, realtime business and service assurance software, and Open Technologies, a premier Russian systems integrator, today announced that they have successfully deployed Netcool® solutions for OAO Uralsvyazinform, the leading regional telecommunications operator in the Urals Federal District and Perm region of Russia, and part of the SvyazInvest Group. Micromuse’s Netcool software is being used as the primary business service management and security monitoring platform and will manage OAO Uralsvyazinform’s enterprise IT infrastructure, as well as its main information storage center, which has been developed together with the implementation of an Oracle E-Business ERP suite.
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Micromuse Delivers Complete Assurance Solution For Integrated Network and Security Operations Management

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Micromuse Inc. (Nasdaq: MUSE), the leading provider of ultra-scalable, realtime business and service assurance software today announced enhanced integration and visualization between its Netcool® operations management console and Netcool/NeuSecure®, the security information and event management (SIEM) solution acquired from GuardedNet Inc., in 2005. Combining Netcool’s service assurance solution with the Netcool/NeuSecure product provides organizations with unparalleled clarity of the realtime availability, performance, and security of critical services delivered over their technology infrastructure.
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iotum Pronto Conferencing Debuts at DEMO 2006; Makes Conference Calling Simple; Eliminates Access Numbers, PIN Codes and Frustration

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iotum, the company that brings relevance to communications, is debuting iotum Pronto Conferencing at the DEMO 2006 conference. iotum Pronto Conferencing eliminates the need for special phone numbers, PIN codes or access codes to participate in a conference call. Pronto Conferencing will be released as part of the company’s iotum platform, the world’s first presence based, contextual communications manager. With iotum Pronto Conferencing, conference call participants dial the regular phone number of the iotum enabled conference organizer and then are immediately placed into the conference bridge without any additional work or effort.
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TTI Telecom to Present Latest Developments in Next-Generation-OSS Solutions at 3GSM 2006

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TTI Team Telecom International Ltd. (NASDAQ: TTIL) (‘the Company’), a global supplier of Operations Support Systems (OSS) to communications service providers, announced its attendance at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, February 13-16 at the Fira de Barcelona convention grounds. Visitors to Booth #E24-25 will discover how TTI Telecom’s industry-proven Performance Management offerings let service providers proactively monitor mission critical network and IT services.
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Amino Strengthens Leadership Position in Hospitality IPTV Market; Guest-Tek Works with Amino for Significant Hotel Deployment

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Guest-Tek Interactive Entertainment Ltd., a leading provider of broadband technology solutions for the hospitality industry, has selected Amino’s AmiNET110H as its in-room set-top box to deliver interactive IPTV services to its global hotel rooms. The AmiNET110H set-top box allows guests to take full advantage of the hotel’s IP network, which can offer guests high-speed Internet access, multicast Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) and true video-on-demand from their rooms.
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