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ProfitLine Leverages Strategic Partner Program to Secure Renewal of Department of Homeland Security Wireless Telecom Billing Contract

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ProfitLine today announced that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has renewed its multi-million dollar telecom expense management contract. Initiated by iSYS, a certified ProfitLine partner, ProfitLine was awarded the $3 million contract to manage wireless telecom billing on an outsourced basis for the department.
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Mobilink, Orascom Telecom subsidiary in Pakistan, Awards Substantial Contract for Intec Billing Settlement Solution

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Mobilink, Pakistan’s leading cellular service provider and part of the Orascom Telecom Group, today announced the awarding of a contract worth in excess of US$1.5 million to Intec, a leading supplier of business and operations support systems (BSS/OSS) to the global telecom industry. Pakistan’s mobile market expanded by almost 150% to surpass 20 million subscribers in 2005, according to the latest statistics released by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA). Mobilink led the market with over 11 million customers.
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Sage Telecom Begins Rollout of Wireless Broadband Service

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Starting today, Sage Telecom is adding high-speed wireless broadband Internet service to its slate of local and long distance telephone services. The new broadband service is the first wave of new high-speed Internet services being rolled out within Sage’s eleven-state service territory.

Coined eSageLink, this wireless broadband product joins Sage’s dial-up Internet service, with additional product launches scheduled during 2006. For this initial broadband effort, Sage is teaming with Omnicity, Inc., an Indianapolis-based company endorsed by the Muncie/Delaware County Chamber and Economic Development Group. [Read more…]

Wholesale Phone Headset Distributor Upgrades Business Telephone Website

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Telephone Magic Inc. is pleased to announce the redesign of the phone headset section of its award-winning website. The updates can be seen at http://www.telephonemagic.com/phone-headset/phone-headset.htm. The redesign brings improvements in both navigation and products, making it even easier for commercial and residential visitors to find the best headset for them.
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Telecom Italia Sparkle Deploys Telarix’s iXTools to Manage Their Entire Interconnect Business

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Telarix, Inc., the leading provider of Interconnect Business Optimization (IBO) software for telecom carriers, today announced that Telecom Italia Sparkle had trialed and replaced a competitive interconnect system with Telarix’s iXTools solution to more effectively manage its interconnect partner agreements, optimize its routing, streamline its buy and sell processes and increase the overall profitability of its interconnect operations. Three of the world’s five largest telecom providers depend on iXTools to optimize their interconnect business.
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Portal Software Certification Testing Now Available for Customers, System Integrators, and Technology Partners

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Portal Software, Inc. (Pink Sheets:PRSF), the premier global provider of billing and Revenue Management solutions for telecommunications and media markets, today announced the general availability of published tests for certification of Portal Specialist and Portal Professional consultants through the Portal Certification Program. To date, more than 100 individuals have been certified in the three Specialist Certifications available, which include Portal Server Specialist, Portal Pricing Specialist, and Portal System Administrator, as well as the Portal Professional level of certification.
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Is It Time to Redefine Telecom?

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Telecommunication, according to Wikipedia, is the extension of communication over a distance. In practice, it also recognizes that something may be lost in the process; hence the term ‘telecommunication’ covers all forms of distance and/or conversion of the original communications, including radio, telegraphy, television, telephony, data communication and computer networking.

While defining telecom gets more and more difficult, the profit and ethics behind the business keep on diminishing.
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BSG Clearing Solutions Announces GSM Wireless Data Clearing Services in North America

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BSG Clearing Solutions, a global provider of clearing and settlement, payment services, and financial risk management solutions for communications service providers today announced the availability of its Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) wireless data clearing services in North America. BSG Clearing Solutions’ GSM service gives operators the ability to exchange and clear GSM roaming records through a single source.
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Cordia Corporation Announces Launch of Fully Integrated Spanish Language VoIP Service – VOZSIP

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Cordia Corporation (OTCBB: CORG), a global communications service provider, announced today that it has successfully launched VOZSIP a fully integrated Spanish language VoIP service. As an integral part of Cordia’s plans to expand its addressable market globally, VOZSIP will provide the approximately 330 million Spanish speaking people in the world with the opportunity to enjoy the benefits of Cordia’s VoIP service offerings in their native language.
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Fair Isaac Partners With Leading Wireless Data Clearing Provider MACH to Fight Fraud

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Fair Isaac Corporation (NYSE:FIC – News), the leading provider of analytics and decision management technology, today announced that it has partnered with MACH, one of the world’s leading providers of inter-operator solutions to the telecommunications and data industry, to offer telecommunications operators across the world enhanced protection against roaming fraud.
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OSS Through JavaT Initiative Releases Web Services Profile to Further Support Next Generation Telco Solutions

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The OSS through JavaT Initiative today announced the availability of a Web Services integration profile for its Trouble Ticket API (JSR 91). In 2005, the Initiative unveiled its Web Services strategy and published design guidelines for the development of the Web Services profiles of all OSS/J APIs. Today, the Web Services profile for the first API is made available. Web Services specifications for other OSS/J APIs will be available by April 2006. (A full list of OSS/J APIs is provided below.)
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Philippines opens up to 3G networks

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According to esjpchest:

“On Wednesday the Philippines’ National Telecommunications Commission said SMART Communications, Globe Telecom, Digital Mobile Philippines and Connectivity Unlimited Resources Enterprise will be able to transmit high-bandwidth, high-speed applications such as videoconferencing via cellular-phone networks.”

This should be very good for Intec Billing, as they just opened an office.

Level 3 To Acquire Progress Telecom For $137 million

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Level 3 Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: LVLT) today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire all of the membership interests of Progress Telecom LLC, a regional wholesale network services company based in St. Petersburg, Florida. Progress Telecom, LLC is jointly owned by Progress Energy, Inc. (NYSE: PGN) and Odyssey Telecorp, Inc.
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River City Internet Group Expands Network Presence and Connectivity

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River City Internet Group (http://www.rcig.net), today announced the expansion of its network to include a presence in St. Louis’s leading, downtown based, “Telco Hotel” The Broadband Exchange Building. River City is supplementing its’ new presence at the Broadband Exchange Building with a point to point OC-12 from Verizon Business (formerly MCI) back to its’ primary Data Center located in the Westport area of St. Louis.
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Branded Internet Fax Service Launched by Venali; VoIP Provider Kancharla to be First OEM Partner

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Venali, Inc. announced today the launch of their Branded Internet Fax Service that makes it easy for VoIP and Telecom providers to offer fax services to their clients while increasing their recurring revenues and profits. The company announced that VoIP provider Kancharla will be the first branding partner to profit from the new service.
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