Convergys to Support OTE’s 5 Million Residential Customers

Posted on February 2, 2006 Written by oss

Convergys Corporation (NYSE:CVG), a global leader in customer care, human resources, and billing services, announced today it has signed a multi-year licensing, support, and maintenance contract with the Hellenic Organization of Telecommunications … [Continue reading]

Motorola Helps Operators Extend ‘Push’ of a Button Services to Prepaid Consumer Market

Posted on February 2, 2006 Written by oss

Motorola (NYSE: MOT - News) today announced the Push-to-Talk Over Cellular (PoC) Prepaid Mediation Solution, a new service that enables wireless operators to extend PoC services to prepaid customers in parallel with their postpaid subscribers. … [Continue reading]

TeleManagement Forum Reaches 500 Global Members – MTC Group is 500th Member Company

Posted on February 1, 2006 Written by oss

The TeleManagement Forum today signed on its 500th member company, underscoring the tremendous momentum of the standards organization and the value of its work in the re-igniting, and now highly competitive and converging telecom market. The 500th … [Continue reading]

Leading Telecom Operator in the Nordic and Baltic Countries TeliaSonera Selects Cramer; Tier 1 European Telco Will Deploy Cramer to Automate Business Processes

Posted on February 1, 2006 Written by oss

Enterprise OSS software leader Cramer today announced that TeliaSonera, the leading telecommunications operator in the Nordics and Baltic, has selected Cramer's award-winning OSS solution. TeliaSonera will deploy Cramer's solution to provide an … [Continue reading]

Highland Lakes Software Selected by Access America Telephone Company to Provide a Comprehensive Telecom Billing Software Solution

Posted on February 1, 2006 Written by oss

Highland Lakes Software, Inc. (HLS), a leading supplier of billing software for telecom, Internet, and VoIP applications, announces the selection of its CAS offering by Access America Telephone Company, located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. … [Continue reading]

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

Posted on February 1, 2006 Written by oss

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 … [Continue reading]

Mobilink, Orascom Telecom subsidiary in Pakistan, Awards Substantial Contract for Intec Billing Settlement Solution

Posted on February 1, 2006 Written by oss

Mobilink, Pakistanâ€™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 … [Continue reading]

Y-Tel International Targets Wi-Fi Internet Service Industry for 2006

Posted on February 1, 2006 Written by oss

Y-Tel International, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: YTLI), a provider of telecommunications, VoIP and Wi-Fi services and devices, announced today it is developing a new business model for FY 2006 enabling the company to emerge as a leading provider in the … [Continue reading]

Sage Telecom Begins Rollout of Wireless Broadband Service

Posted on February 1, 2006 Written by oss

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 … [Continue reading]

Wholesale Phone Headset Distributor Upgrades Business Telephone Website

Posted on February 1, 2006 Written by oss

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 … [Continue reading]

Telecom Italia Sparkle Deploys Telarixâ€™s iXTools to Manage Their Entire Interconnect Business

Posted on January 31, 2006 Written by oss

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 Telarixâ€™s iXTools solution to … [Continue reading]

Portal Software Certification Testing Now Available for Customers, System Integrators, and Technology Partners

Posted on January 31, 2006 Written by oss

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 … [Continue reading]

Is It Time to Redefine Telecom?

Posted on January 31, 2006 Written by oss

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 … [Continue reading]

BSG Clearing Solutions Announces GSM Wireless Data Clearing Services in North America

Posted on January 31, 2006 Written by oss

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) … [Continue reading]

Cordia Corporation Announces Launch of Fully Integrated Spanish Language VoIP Service – VOZSIP

Posted on January 31, 2006 Written by oss

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 … [Continue reading]

Plantronics Discovery 640 Wins International Industry Forum Design Award

Posted on January 31, 2006 Written by oss

Plantronics, Inc. (NYSE: PLT) today announced that the Plantronics Discovery(TM) 640 Bluetooth(R) headset won the prestigious Industry Forum (iF) Product Design Award in the Consumer Electronics/Telecommunication category. … [Continue reading]

Fair Isaac Partners With Leading Wireless Data Clearing Provider MACH to Fight Fraud

Posted on January 31, 2006 Written by oss

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 … [Continue reading]

OSS Through JavaT Initiative Releases Web Services Profile to Further Support Next Generation Telco Solutions

Posted on January 30, 2006 Written by oss

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 … [Continue reading]

Philippines opens up to 3G networks

Posted on January 28, 2006 Written by oss

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 … [Continue reading]

Level 3 To Acquire Progress Telecom For $137 million

Posted on January 27, 2006 Written by oss

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. … [Continue reading]