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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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VegaStream Partners with vCentrix for Gateway Deployment; Massachusetts-based vCentrix Will Deploy VegaStream Gateways To Rollout VoIP Services

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Dedicated VoIP gateway manufacturer VegaStream today announced that vCentrix will introduce the complete line of reliable, cost-effective and easy to deploy VegaStream VoIP gateways to their carrier partners. Vcentrix provides branded wholesale VoIP services to CLECs, MSOs and ISPs, including provisioning, billing and subscriber management systems.
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NTG Clarity Networks Inc. To Provide PPL Telcom with Management Software

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NTG Clarity Networks Inc., (TSX VENTURE:NCI) a leader in delivering network, IT and infrastructure solutions, today announced that it will supply PPL Telcom, a regional facilities-based carrier offering transport services to carriers, ISPs and large enterprise customers, its integrated operations support system (OSS) software. The OSS will manage customer orders, network inventory, service provisioning and trouble ticketing.
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Telenity Names Dilip Singh as Chief Executive Officer

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Telenity (www.telenity.com), a leading provider of next generation converged services platforms and applications for communications networks, today announced the appointment of Dilip Singh, an industry veteran with over 32 years of experience, as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) effective January 1, 2006. Mr. Singh has served as the President of Telenity since September 2004. In his new role as President and CEO, Mr. Singh will continue to lead the company to sustained growth, profitability and international expansion. Mr, Bekir Serbet, a founder and former CEO of Telenity, will continue as a member of the Board of Directors.
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Agilent Technologies Announces Wireless QoS Management Solution

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Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) today announced the industry’s most robust QoS management hardware and software solution to measure the end-to-end telecom service experience. The new Wireless QoS Manager (WQM) enables the support of diverse technologies that will be phased in throughout the next six months, starting with GSM, UMTS and CDMA. These solutions enable telecommunications providers to characterize service behavior and quickly pinpoint service and customer problems, ensuring a high-quality customer experience, while reducing capital and operational expenditures.
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Infozech Joins OSS Through Java(TM) Initiative to Speed the Adoption of Component-Based Telco Solutions

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Infozech, a leading provider of transaction processing management and Billing, Mediation and Rating solutions for packet-based converged network environments, today announced that it has joined the OSS through Java(TM) (OSS/J) Initiative, a working group of telecommunications industry leaders that provides standards-based Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and design guidelines for the development of component-based OSS systems. As a member of the OSS/J Initiative, Infozech will lead the development of the OSS/J Billing Mediation API (JSR 130). This will include aligning the API to OSS/J Design Guidelines and supporting on-going changes in the OSS Common API (JSR 144).
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BSG Clearing Solutions Announces Credit Card Processing

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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 immediate availability of its credit card processing solution in North America. The service provides secure credit card processing for all major credit card associations and adds a comprehensive analytic fraud service for transaction risk management.
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Andreas Schenck Joins ProfitLine as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing

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ProfitLine, the premier provider of outsourced telecom lifecycle management, has appointed Andreas Schenck senior vice president of sales and marketing. In this new position, Mr. Schenck is responsible for guiding the sales force and the development of marketing strategies that drive growth for ProfitLine. ProfitLine provides enterprises and federal agencies with a complete, outsourced solution for managing the entire telecom lifecycle.
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Micromuse Selected By EyakTek To Provide Net-Centric Service Management In $15 Million Navy Contract

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Micromuse Inc. (Nasdaq: MUSE) today announced that Eyak Technology (EyakTek) has selected Netcool® solutions to provide realtime service management and assurance for next generation infrastructures as part of a defense contract that was recently awarded to EyakTek by the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command in San Diego. As part of the contract, Micromuse, the leading provider of ultra-scalable, realtime business and service assurance software, will provide its Netcool solutions to support the transport communications backbone layer and provide a foundation for Net-Centric Operations and Warfare. The contract includes options which, if exercised, will bring the cumulative value of the contract to approximately $15 Million for Micromuse over this period.
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Azure Solutions Launches Certo 2 With Resounding Tier-One Carrier Support

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Azure Solutions, the global revenue-assurance company, today announced the availability of Certo 2, the latest version of its automated revenue-assurance solution designed to help operators analyze, detect and correct revenue-leakage problems in real time. Certo 2 is designed to meet the demands of high-volume, next-generation tier-one networks while, at the same time, lowering the time and effort needed to deploy and manage an enterprise-grade revenue-assurance program. Azure also announced that two new global tier-one operators, a wireline provider and a wireless carrier, have purchased Certo 2.
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Cramer to Play Essential Role in IBM Off-the-Shelf Triple-Play OSS Solution; Solution to Enable Carriers to Efficiently Roll Out Triple Play Offering

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Enterprise OSS software leader Cramer today announced its Enterprise Inventory Management solution will be integrated into the IBM Service Delivery Platform (SDP) for Triple Play, a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) OSS product that will enable telecom operators to quickly and efficiently deliver voice, data and video service bundles.
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Amdocs Signs New Services Contract of Billing Transformation Program for Operators Held by Svyazinvest

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Amdocs (NYSE: DOX), the leading provider of software and services to enable integrated customer management and the intentional customer experience(TM), and Svyazintek, the IT competence center of Svyazinvest, Russia’s largest wireline telecommunications provider, announced today that following the successful completion of Phase I of the Billing Transformation Program (BTP) Amdocs was awarded a contract to start the implementation of Phase II of the project.
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Intec demonstrates comprehensive new IPTV OSS / BSS solution

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Intec, a leading supplier of business and operations support systems (BSS/OSS) to the global telecoms industry, has demonstrated its new, pre-integrated IPTV solution, Intec IPTV. Intec IPTV addresses key service provider challenges surrounding customer interaction and the management and charging of IPTV services. These include rating, charging and balance management for different payment models; real-time service activation and provisioning; interactive customer self-care; and content partner management for revenue sharing and settlement. Intec IPTV, which is available immediately, is already undergoing deployment at a major carrier in Asia Pacific.
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Intec launches Mobile Business Solution for new operators and MVNOs

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Intec, a leading supplier of business and operations support systems (BSS/OSS) to the global telecoms industry, today launched its new mobile charging, customer management and revenue management solution. The Intec Mobile Business Solution meets the evolving needs of mobile operators and MVNOs worldwide for a single, scalable OSS/BSS platform, capable of evolving from simple voice and messaging services through to fully converged, circuit-switched and IP-based next-generation mobile services.
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