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Tech Mahindra Receives Business Partnership of The Year Award

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Tech Mahindra Limited, the leading provider of IT services and solutions to the global Telecom industry, has won the first ‘UK Trade & Investment India Business Awards 2006.’ They were declared winners in the coveted ‘Business Partnership of The Year Award’ category.

These awards have been instituted by the UK Trade & Investment at the behest of Prime Minister Tony Blair in September 2005. UK Trade & Investment India Business Awards recognise and celebrate UK-India business partnership, specifically in terms of inward investment, collaborative business partnership, entrepreneurship and innovation. [Read more…]

Midcontinent Communications Extends Billing and Customer Care Contract with Convergys

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Convergys Corporation (NYSE: CVG), a global leader in providing customer care, human resources, and billing services, announced today that Midcontinent Communications has extended for 5 years its contract for ICOMS, Convergys’ convergent voice, video, and data billing and customer care solution. The original contract was signed in 1998. [Read more…]

Penn Telecom Deploys Back Office Solution from Info Directions

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Info Directions, Inc. leading developer of net-centric billing, rating, order management, workflow and selling solutions for the telecommunications industry, recently announced that the Pittsburgh Region’s leading competitive service provider, Penn Telecom, has implemented its CostGuard®.NET ASP solution to manage operations and billing functions for its growing customer base. [Read more…]

Boingo Partners with SingTel to Add 347 Singapore Wi-Fi Hot Spots

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Boingo Wireless, the world’s leading wholesale Wi-Fi network aggregator, has recently announced a roaming agreement with Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. (SingTel) adding more than 347 locations in Singapore to the Boingo® Roaming System.

SingTel operates wireless hot spots in key locations across the country, including the Millennia Walk shopping center, Raffles City shopping center, Starbucks, Spinelli and Gelare cafes, popular eateries such as DeliFrance and Burger King, restaurants like Ichiban Boshi, Kuishin Bo, clubs like Ministry of Sound, tourist attractions like Sentosa as well as many country clubs, libraries and hotels. [Read more…]

Convergys Wins Silver and Bronze Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning Awards

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Convergys Corporation (NYSE: CVG) received both silver and bronze awards in the 2006 Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning Awards announced during the 2006 Training Fall Conference this week in Denver.

Both awards recognized Convergys’ learning solutions in the Custom Content Category. Convergys’ Silver Award honors the development of the e-learning simulation, “Saks“ The Business of Buying: An Introduction to Retail Concepts and Principles.” The Bronze Award honors the development of the sales simulation, “Circuit City TV Sales Simulation.” [Read more…]

TerreStar Builds Management Team to Deliver Next Evolution in Mobile Communications

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TerreStar Networks Inc., an emerging provider of America’s first 4G mobile communications network, has spent the last eleven months assembling a highly experienced management team since the FCC allocated 20MHz of S-Band spectrum for integrated MSS/ATC (Mobile Satellite Services/Ancillary Terrestrial Component) mobile communications in December 2005. TerreStar’s management team will guide the strategic development and operation of North America’s first all-IP mobile communications network with an integrated next-generation satellite and terrestrial system. [Read more…]

Comwave Telecom Partners With RADCOM to Enhance VoIP Service Quality for Growing Customer Base

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Comwave Telecom Inc., a leading Canadian provider of Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone service and RADCOM, Ltd., (Nasdaq and TASE: RDCM), a network test and service monitoring solutions provider, has announced that, in the third quarter of this year, Comwave selected RADCOM’s Omni-Q solution to monitor the quality of service delivered by its VoIP network. Omni-Q will allow Comwave to continuously collect, monitor and analyze voice quality and traffic performance to enhance service delivery to its customers. [Read more…]

Telecom Italia Sparkle Deploys Syndesis for Next Generation Service Offerings

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Syndesis, the worldwide leader in Convergent Service Delivery Management (CSDM) solutions, announced today that its industry-leading service fulfillment solutions have been chosen by Telecom Italia Sparkle (TI Sparkle) to support its next-generation service offerings after a competitive selection process.

A comprehensive Syndesis solution to deliver new services, including automated activation, provisioning, and discovery, is now in production across TI Sparkle’s international IP network. Network reconciliation of TI Sparkle’s inventory system will follow in the next phase of the multi-phase, multi-year license agreement, which is being implemented in conjunction with Datamat, a leading systems integrator. [Read more…]

Comptel Chosen by Huawei as Qualified Partner for Mediation and Provisioning

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Comptel Corporation (OMX Helsinki: CTL1V), a leading OSS software vendor for convergent mediation, charging, provisioning and network inventory, has been selected by next generation network solutions supplier Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd ( “Huawei” ), as a qualified partner. This selection, which follows a formal and lengthy evaluation process, means that Comptel is now a preferred Huawei partner for the deployment of mediation & provisioning services to its customers. Huawei and Comptel have already delivered joint-projects, including a CDMA Voice, Data Provisioning and Mediation solution for Telecom Namibia, which was recently announced by Comptel. [Read more…]

Euroset Selects FTS Leap Billing

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FTS (LSE: FTS), a global provider of Business Control, Billing and CRM solutions for communications service providers, has announced that Euroset, a major Russian communication service provider and retailer, has selected FTS’ Leap Billing real-time billing and customer care solution for its MVNO, Broadband and fixed-line telephony services. The contract will provide Euroset with a real-time rating, billing, customer care and business management tool designed for quick service introductions in multi-service environments. [Read more…]

Budget Telecom Chooses Highdeal for Pricing and Rating of New VOIP Services

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Highdeal, the world’s leading provider of pricing, rating and charging solutions has announced that Budget Telecom, a prosperous low-cost telecommunications provider, has selected Highdeal to price and rate its new VoIP services. In a second phase, Highdeal will replace Budget Telecom’s existing pricing and rating infrastructure for all other IP services as well as future fixed-mobile and MVNO services. [Read more…]

Xero Mobile Completes Phase Three of Implementation Plan

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Xero Mobile’s (Pink Sheets:XRMB) revolutionary ad-subsidized mobile phone service for college students is entering its pilot testing phase, the company recently announced, after completing the design and implementation of its core systems with technology partner XIUS.

Xero features TV-style ads with better ability to measure viewership than direct mail, the accountability of the Web and the intimacy of mobile, and unlike many competitors, has developed its own integrated telecommunications solution to provide a range of services. [Read more…]

VoluBill Signs Deal with Mobile Operator in Northern Africa

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VoluBill, a leading supplier of real-time charging, control and monitoring applications for IP-based mobile services, has announced their selection for a groundbreaking new deal with a major Northern African affiliate of a leading mobile telecoms group. According to the terms of the agreement, VoluBill will supply its Charge It™ real-time data control and charging solution which is valued at close to one million Euros.

“Mobile services are growing rapidly in many North African countries and companies are looking for charging applications that can keep up with the pace of change,” explains John Aalbers, CEO of VoluBill. “This new deal is part of our customer’s overall strategy to offer a fully convergent suite of the most innovative data services possible in this fast-growing market. VoluBill’s Charge it™ solution will help manage traffic across the mobile network and enable the operator’s VAS team to use the information to charge for any type of service in real-time, with content awareness.”

VoluBill’s solution Charge it™ will enable the mobile operator to implement sophisticated value-based charging strategies that allows them to differentiate their services through innovative packages, bundles and promotions. Charge it™ is a proven solution with a growing list of global customers, including Orange, Orascom, Bharti, Globe Telecom and Digicel Group amongst others. [Read more…]

Subex Azure Delivers Telecom Fraud Management and Revenue Assurance to MTC Namibia

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Subex Azure Ltd, the world’s largest vendor of revenue maximization solutions for telecom operators, has successfully deployed its fraud management and revenue assurance systems at MTC Namibia.

MTC Namibia is the leading mobile services provider in Namibia, with in excess of 500,000 subscribers. Portugal Telecom recently acquired a 34 per cent in the company, and MTC Namibia was looking to further expand its reach in the region. As MTC Namibia’s network grows, it wanted to ensure that it had greater visibility of traffic crossing its network and had the tools to minimize its exposure to revenue leakage and reduce fraud on its pre-paid services. [Read more…]

Veramark Signs Deal with Leading Mass Media Company

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Veramark Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: VERA) has announced the receipt of a VeraSMART order approaching $200,000 from a leading diversified mass media company. The customer will utilize the full suite of VeraSMART modules to track charges for Assets as well as other costs. The new Work Order module will be used to provision new services and manage change orders, and the Invoice Management module will be used to track wireless charges. The customer chose the Veramark solution because of its robust functionality, complete integration of modules, and the ease of use provided by the browser based web interface. [Read more…]

Bezeq International Selects cVidya Networks for Rating and Billing Verification

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cVidya Networks, a global leader of Telecom Data Integrity and Revenue Assurance Systems, has announced that Bezeq International, Israel’s leading international calls operator, largest provider of broadband internet (ISP) and total business solutions, has chosen cVidya’s MoneyMap® for Rating and Billing Verification.

This solution will allow Bezeq International to support a wide range of varied and complex bundled price plans and promotion campaigns needed to succeed amidst increasingly competitive market conditions, while preventing the revenue leakage to which such plans are often susceptible. This agreement was preceded by a thorough evaluation process, in which Proof of Concepts were conducted among a number of competing solutions. Significant criteria for the choice were configurability, quick set-up of plans and comprehensive data analysis capabilities. [Read more…]

Comptel Extends Global Presence to South Africa by Opening Cape Town Office

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Comptel Corporation (OMX Helsinki: CTL1V), a leading Operational Support System (OSS) software vendor for convergent mediation, charging, provisioning and network inventory, has announced that it is extending its global operational presence to South Africa in order to meet the growing demand for its software in the region. The Comptel representation based in Cape Town, South Africa, will be headed by Mr. Erwin Blomeyer. This new representation extends Comptel’s global presence to a total of 18 countries, serving over 250 customers in over 80 countries worldwide. [Read more…]

Alcatel and Amdocs Cramer OSS Suite Selected by Telekom Austria

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Alcatel (Paris: CGEP.PA and NYSE: ALA) and Amdocs (NYSE: DOX – News), the leading provider of software and services to enable integrated customer management and the intentional customer experience(TM), today announced that they have been selected by Telekom Austria to deploy an integrated end-to end fulfillment solution to enable Telekom Austria to launch next generation services quickly. Alcatel will act as the prime integrator of Amdocs’ technology, which is based on the solution developed by Cramer, Amdocs OSS Division. The solution will be operational across Austria’s leading provider of telecommunications services later this year. [Read more…]

Subex Azure Signs Fraud Management Contract with Safaricom

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Subex Azure Ltd, the world’s largest vendor of revenue maximization solutions for telecom operators, has announced that it has won a contract to provide its fraud management system to Safaricom Ltd, the Kenyan mobile services provider.

Safaricom is the largest mobile operator in Kenya with a customer base of 4.4 million subscribers. The number of mobile phone subscribers in Kenya has risen by 41 per cent over the last year according to the Communiciations Commission of Kenya. Safaricom wanted a scalable fraud management solution to help it reduce and identify subscriber fraud on its pre-and post-paid services. [Read more…]

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