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Tata Communications Introduces New Vulnerability Management Service with Qualys

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Solution to improve security and ensure organization’s compliance

Tata Communications announced today the global availability of its Vulnerability Management Service (VMS). VMS is part of its Managed Security Services suite and is built upon Qualys’ industry leading QualysGuard’s vulnerability management and compliance solutions. [Read more…]

MetraTech Markets Innovative Contactless Credit Card

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MetraTech Corp., the ERG Group, and the Utah Transport Authority (UTA) signed a contract for ERG to develop and implement an account-based fare collection system which will include acceptance of contactless credit cards. MetraTech Corp’s MetraNet product to power the solution. [Read more…]

Infonova and HCL BPO to Jointly Go-To-Market With BSS 6

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New service will enable convergent Telcos and Media operators to use vendors for complex Order-to-Cash triple and quad play services

INFONOVA and HCL Technologies Ltd.-BPO Services announced a joint go-to-market with Infonova’s BSS 6. The flagship application Infonova Next Generation BSS 6 provides a proven business transformation model to put state-of-the-art Business Support Systems into efficient operation. [Read more…]

HickoryTech Corporation Repurchases Stock

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HickoryTech Corporation announced that it purchased 300,000 shares of HTCO common stock for $1.8 million in block transactions handled through market makers in the NASDAQ system. The stock was acquired from the company’s largest institutional shareholder. [Read more…]

TM Forum’s Content Encounter 3 Gives Providers a Real-world Exploration of Content-based Services

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Five multi-company live demonstrations offer an in-depth, hands-on focus on lubricating the value chain for personalized services and advertising-based business models at Management World Orlando

Today, TM Forum announced the next important milestone in its highly acclaimed Content Encounter initiative. Championed by AT&T, Swisscom and Verizon and supported by NAB Show as an industry partner, Content Encounter 3 provides collaboratively developed solutions to the challenges of creating, delivering and monetizing digital media services in an increasingly complex value chain, based on specific real-world operational issues. [Read more…]

Vodafone Chooses Amdocs Operational Support Systems

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Multi-phase, multi-year project to be deployed in strategic European locations; Amdocs OSS to serve as a key component in Vodafone’s future network management capability

Amdocs today announced that Vodafone selected Amdocs Operational Support Systems (OSS) fulfillment products for deployment in key European locations. Amdocs will play a major role in supporting Vodafone’s Internet Protocol / Multi-Protocol data switching (IP/MPLS) network deployment across Europe. The agreement expands Amdocs’ long standing relationship with Vodafone. [Read more…]

TDI Solution Wins Technovation Award

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Communication Solutions doubles effectiveness of sales with closed-loop coaching solution

TDI announced that it received the American Teleservices Association (ATA) 2008 Technovation Award for its Encore™ Suite. The Technovation Award recognizes innovative technologies that are the most influential to the advancement of Teleservices. It was presented at the ATA’s 25th Annual Convention and Exposition. [Read more…]

i-conX Enlists Telecom Expert for Emerging Markets

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Peter Deane, telecoms industry expert, was appointed by Dublin-based interconnect specialist, i-conX Solutions, to step-up the company’s continuing focus on emerging markets.

As former managing director for i-conX’s closest competitor, Intec, Peter was responsible for the company’s presence across Europe, Middle East, and [Read more…]

VimpelCom Group’s Strategic OSS Supplier to be NetCracker

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Operations across VimpelCom group will permit Integration with NetCracker’s solution

NetCracker was selected by Open Joint Stock Company VimpelCom Group as its strategic OSS supplier. The cooperation between NetCracker and VimpelCom is a continuation of the successful partnership originally established between NetCracker and Golden Telecom. [Read more…]

Revenue Assurance Benchmark Study Indicates Entire Revenue Leakage Three Times Operator Recovered Amount

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14 communications service providers from around the world considered by study

cVidya Networks announced the findings of the first Revenue Assurance Benchmark Study report carried out in collaboration between the TM Forum and cVidya Networks and based on the TM Forum’s 10 standard KPI methodology. The study included 14 communications service providers from 5 continents, most with a relatively high RA maturity level. [Read more…]

Cellcom Israel Reaffirms Trust in ECtel’s Revenue Assurance

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ECtel Ltd. (NASDAQ: ECTX), a leading provider of Integrated Revenue Management (IRM) solutions for communications service providers, has announced today that Cellcom Israel Ltd. (NYSE:CEL), Israel’s largest cellular operator, has chosen to upgrade its RAP system to ECtel’s most advanced integrated revenue assurance RAP platform. [Read more…]

MetraTech Adds Two Seasoned Executives to Team

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MetraTech Corp., the innovative charging, billing, settlement and customer care product provider, has strengthened its leadership team with two key executives. The additions are a response to the recent wins in the communications, transportation, and SaaS markets, the new regional headquarters in Asia Pacific and Latin America, and the dramatic increase in employee count. [Read more…]

Leading Central American Operator Standardises on Intec; Consolidates Operations on Integrated Platform

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Intec, a global provider of business and operations support systems (BSS/OSS), has signed a significant contract with a leading Central American network operator for an end-to-end settlements solution. This latest contract adds another new customer to Intec’s growing Latin American customer base and is further evidence of Intec’s momentum within the region. [Read more…]

Bouygues Telecom Customer Care Depends on Sicap Technology

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Bouygues Telecom and its long term mobile technology partner Sicap announced today how the managed Sicap platform is helping the operator to provide advanced customer care.

Sicap has customized its Device Management Center in order for Bouygues Telecom customers to provide a user-friendly website to update Web&Mail service settings. [Read more…]