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Alcatel Selects LHS Billing and Customer Care System for Pre-Postpaid Convergent Billing

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LHS, a provider of telecommunications billing and customer care systems and Alcatel (Paris: CGEP.PA and NYSE: ALA) announced today that they have extended their strategic partnership to offer a combined pre-post-paid convergent billing solution for simplified and cost-optimized billing operations.

Stéphane Terranova, President of Alcatel’s integration and services activities, commented: “Today, mobile operators need to compensate for the steady decline in revenue from voice services and reduce the cost of operations. Having a single billing system for both prepaid and postpaid customers will enable operators to increase operational efficiency. At the same time, the convergent solution will help operators to launch new pre- and postpaid services to fight fierce competition with faster time-to-market, and increase revenues. Alcatel has selected LHS’s BSCS for its proven superior functionality and excellent performance in the IT field, which perfectly fits with Alcatel’s real time billing leadership and over 10 years of expertise in the network field.”

The new solution combines LHS’s billing and customer care system, BSCS iX and Alcatel’s Payment Suite 4.4 with Alcatel’s project management and integration skills to provide an end-to-end convergent billing solution from customer management to network interaction. The convergent solution includes features such as real-time call control, full real-time convergent rating engine, and unified provisioning and customer care for prepaid and postpaid customers. [Read more…]

Allround and Energoinvest Win Roaming Tender for Introduction of TAP3 Standard in BH Telecom’s GSM Billing System

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Allround, a supplier in the global roaming market and Energoinvest, a key player in the telecommunications market in Bosnia Herzegovina announced that their joint bid has been successful in winning roaming tender for the introduction of the TAP3 standard in BH Telecom’s GSM Billing System. The strong partnership between Allround and Energoinvest will guarantee that BH Telecom will benefit both from Allround’s global roaming expertise and Energoinvest’s extensive local support.

“The contract was awarded and selected from a high level of competition that tested suppliers ability for local support competitiveness and ability to grow with our company” said Ms. Tanja Trivanovic, Project Manager at BH Telecom.

Bosnia Herzegovina represents a new addition to the expanding list of countries, where Allround’s highly reliable TAP Solution is deployed. It is a very thoroughly tested, robust application that proved its worth in several similar reference projects. [Read more…]

Avea Selects Schema’s GSM Network Optimization Solution

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Schema, a global provider of network optimization software solutions, announced today that it has signed a license agreement with Avea, one of Turkey’s leading wireless operators. Under the agreement, Avea will deploy Schema’s GSM Forté, a highly advanced automatic RF optimization solution, to optimize the planning of network frequencies in major cities in order to increase network capacity and improve quality of service. This deal, which marks the first phase in Schema’s relationship with Avea, demonstrates the company’s further expansion into Europe and continued deployment of GSM Forté by major wireless operators worldwide. [Read more…]

Manx Telecom Secures British Approvals Board of Telecommunications BABT Approval Using Cerillion Billing Solution

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Cerillion Technologies has announced that Manx Telecom, a wholly owned subsidiary of O2 and part of the Telefonica group, had become the first combined fixed and mobile telecommunications company in the world to gain BABT approval for its billing. BABT – British Approvals Board of Telecommunications – is the standard recognised worldwide which gives customers an assurance of accuracy in billing and pricing for telecommunications products and services.

“Gaining approval was a condition of our new Telecom license,” commented Mike Dee, Director of Finance, Manx Telecom. “Cerillion’s billing software supports all our fixed and mobile services and has played a vital role in us achieving this compliance.”

Manx Telecom worked in close co-operation with Cerillion staff to evaluate the existing billing operation, and identify and correct any areas that failed to meet the rigorous conditions laid down by the BABT Standard. By demonstrating that the bill production process achieved the high levels of accuracy and consistency required, approval was achieved in a comparatively short timeframe. [Read more…]

Azure Solutions Wins Fraud Detection Contract with Ukrainian Mobile Operator Astelit

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Azure Solutions, a revenue assurance company, today announced that Ukrainian mobile operator Astelit is deploying Azure Fraud Control System version 3.5 (AFCS v3.5) to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of its anti-fraud system.

Oguz Memiguven, chief technical officer at Astelit said: “Astelit is always moving forward, aiming to deliver the best technology and service. It was really important for us to find a solution that could both integrate with existing legacy systems, and new data or capabilities as they are introduced. Azure offered this in a package that could be easily configured to suit our needs, meaning that we can now run a stronger and more efficient fraud-detection team.”

As a rapidly growing digital communications technology and service provider, Astelit needed a cost-effective and forward-looking way of detecting and preventing fraud. Azure’s flexible and scalable solution will help Astelit easily configure, control and define fraud detection rules, and leverages comprehensive case management workflow and report generation to make its fraud-detection teams even more efficient. AFCS v3.5 will fully integrate with new data that is added to the system, and help to detect fraud as new products are introduced. [Read more…]

Telenor Pakistan Selects Interconnect System from Azure Solutions

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Azure Solutions, a revenue assurance company, announced that Telenor Pakistan is to implement Azure Interconnect version 9.0 for its GSM services. In addition, Telenor Pakistan will be upgrading its existing Azure Interconnect system for its long distance international (LDI) services.

Telenor acquired a license for providing GSM services in Pakistan in April 2004 and commercially launched services in Islamabad, Rawlpindi and Karachi in March 2005. Its GSM mobile network is now available in 286 destinations and is the fastest growing network in Pakistan. Such has been the rapid growth of the network that Telenor required an effective interconnect billing solution. [Read more…]

NuVox Communications Selects Syndesis for Convergent Service Delivery Management

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NuVox Communications, a provider of voice, data, and security services to business customers throughout the Southeast and Midwest United States, has selected Syndesis from a competitive field for a multi-phase convergent service delivery management project. NuVox has successfully deployed Syndesis® TrueSource™, the world’s most widely deployed data integrity management solution, for auto-discovery and reconciliation across its communications network. The implementation is already providing business benefits, including a more accurate view of OSS/BSS data. NuVox looks forward to realizing additional benefits in service delivery and management. A future phase of the ongoing partnership will include the implementation of Syndesis® NetProvision™ to power VoIP service delivery and other next-generation offerings at NuVox.

“Syndesis will play a critical role in streamlining our operations and ensuring the integrity of our OSS data, thereby enhancing service delivery for our customers,” said Jeff Sivori, Vice President of Technology Development for NuVox Communications.

Currently in production at NuVox, Syndesis TrueSource is powering the auto-discovery of numerous network elements and reconciling the data against inventory and provisioning databases of record. Discrepancies between the network and these databases are being corrected, resulting in improved service delivery. This, in turn, is helping NuVox to offer faster time-to-service and ensure exceptional customer service. [Read more…]

Sudatel Chooses CDMA Mediation and Provisioning Solution from Comptel Corporation

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Comptel Corporation, a convergent mediation, charging and provisioning software vendor, and Sudanese Telecom Company LTD (Sudatel), the Sudanese incumbent operator, announced today that they have signed an agreement for the delivery of Comptel EventLink® mediation solution and Comptel InstantLink® provisioning solution for Sudatel’s new CDMA network.

Mr. Osman Muktar, IT Manager for Sudatel says: “Comptel has proven to be a highly professional company and we have enjoyed working with them. We have a very aggressive roll-out schedule for our new network in which we will need Comptel’s expertise and assistance to be successful. Our mediation and provisioning layer will now be truly standardised, convergent and open – thanks to Comptel platform.”

Sudatel is currently deploying a new CDMA technology in Sudan in order to offer new services to their customers. Sudatel needed a solution to provision this new network to enable customers to enjoy those new services. Sudatel also needed to be able to collect and process usage information in order to charge customers for services used. Having previously deployed Comptel’s convergent mediation solutions for PSTN services, Sudatel decided to extend the agreement with Comptel to use not only mediation but also for provisioning for all their networks including CDMA. [Read more…]

BEA Systems and Partners to Showcase Telecom Technology and Next-Generation IMS Services at GLOBALCOMM 2006

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BEA Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: BEAS – News), a world leader in enterprise and communications infrastructure software, together with Ericpol Telecom, HP, IMS Stream, Intel, and MobileAware invites you to see several demonstrations of their IMS solutions at GLOBALCOMM 2006, Booth #51048, scheduled to be held at the McCormick Convention Center Chicago, June 5-7, 2006. [Read more…]

Intec and Huawei Team Up for Convergent Mediation Solution at Taiwan 3G Operator Asia Pacific Broadband Wireless Communication APBW

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Intec Billing, a BSS/OSS software vendor for fixed, mobile and next-generation networks, and Huawei Technologies Company Limited China, have successfully implemented Intec’s carrier class multi-service Intec Mediation solution for Asia Pacific Broadband Wireless (“APBW”), a leading CDMA 2000 operator in Taiwan, within three months.

Mr. L.T. Wang, Chairman of APBW stated: “With its business logic-based configuration, the Intec mediation solution has demonstrated its capability to help a service provider to differentiate itself by accurately delivering new and innovative communication services, and by leveraging a single converged mediation platform to scale and support the needs of rapid penetration into a high-volume market. We are also very impressed by the quality of the product and delivery team and also the speed of delivery.”

Asia Pacific Broadband Wireless Communication Inc., (APBW) is Taiwan`s first third generation (3G) broadband wireless service provider. Established in November 2001, APBW won its 3G mobile operating license and successfully introduced Taiwan`s first CDMA cellular service in 2003. [Read more…]

GPTC Selects Telarix iXTools to Manage Interconnect Business

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Telarix™, a leading provider of Interconnect Business Optimization (IBO) and settlement solutions for content providers, IP service providers and global fixed and mobile operators, today announced that General Post and Telecommunications Company (GPTC), the main telecom operator in Libya, has selected Telarix’s iXTools™ as part of a strategic effort to expand its international carrier business and enhance the overall performance of its interconnect systems. The contract also marks Telarix’s expansion into Africa and the Middle East and solidifies the company’s position as the market leader among providers of interconnect business optimization and settlement solutions to the international telecommunications industry.

“GPTC has an ambitious plan to play a major and strategic role in the voice termination market worldwide and specifically in the Pan-African area,” said Kamal Farhat, Director of International Carrier Business at GPTC.

GPTC will leverage Telarix’s next generation routing optimization solutions, iXRoute™
and iXTranslate™, to further streamline and automate the carrier’s routing processes. These solutions eliminate the limitations associated with legacy Least Cost Routing (LCR) products by allowing carriers to define business and network requirements to financially optimize their network routing. [Read more…]

Intec CEMS Wins Best New Product Award at Billing and OSS World

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Intec Centralized Error Management System (Intec CEMS) was named “Best New Product” by US-based TeleStrategies as part of the Billing & OSS World 2006 Excellence Awards, which recognise the best vendors in the billing and operations support system ( OSS ) segment of the telecommunications industry.

Ed Finegold, Billing World & OSS Today editor-in-chief, said, “There were more than 100 submissions for the Excellence Awards this year. Intec CEMS was chosen to win the award for best new product due to its practicality for all types of carriers and its ability to impact and improve the bottom line, particularly for carriers undergoing significant change and consolidation with their large IT environments.”

This new product from Intec, which is already in volume production at a major US carrier, has also been shortlisted for two awards at the forthcoming World Billing Awards in London , June 8. Using Intec CEMS, service providers can cut revenue losses by dramatically reducing error volumes, lowering the costs of managing errors, and recovering revenue from unbilled usage and service order errors. Intec has also been shortlisted for a third World Billing Award for its mediation solution under “Best Billing Implementation”. [Read more…]

Vmobile Selects Allround’s Roaming Management System

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Allround, a leading supplier in the global roaming market is pleased to announce another major client of its Roaming Management system – Vee Networks Limited, trading as Vmobile Nigeria, one of the fastest growing operators in the country. In this highly competitive market Allround’s uniquely competitive price structure and close operator cooperation were vital to winning the tender.

“The tender was awarded to Allround based on the company’s reputation, high quality software, competitive pricing and many implementations both in the region and globally. Vendors had to demonstrate excellence in all categories, including system functionality, scalability, implementation and support. The awarding of the tender demonstrates Allround’s ability to excel in all these areas,” says Ayodele Adeboye, Vmobile’s Chief Billing Officer.

Nigeria represents a new addition to the expanding list of African countries, where Allround’s highly reliable TAP Solution allows Vmobile to introduce new services quickly to the market to get ahead of its competitors. It enables the management of all roaming aspects with unlimited operator connections and ensures Vmobile is always “TAP-to-date”. [Read more…]

telSPACE Selects Smartpath Solution by Trilibis Mobile

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telSPACE , an innovative provider of multi-service billing, rating, and customer care software solutions for the MVNO industry, today announced its selection of the SmartPathTM solution by Trilibis Mobile. This choice will accelerate telSPACE’s plan to offer data services that will dramatically enhance the customer’s experience with their mobile phones. These applications will work hand in hand with its data strategy launch powered by Wireless Services Corporation.

Paris Holt, telSPACE’s Chief Executive says, “The final piece to the puzzle has been put in place and we have now started development on what we believe will be the most comprehensive suite of cellular phone applications ever assembled. Each of our 27 MVNO clients will be able to customize this phone based application to fit their exact target demographic. Our goal is to revolutionize the way our MVNOs are positioned in the marketplace and provide customers with so much more functionality and utility than they have today.”

telSPACE has created a system that allows any company to add communications to their product line and become an MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator). The system comprises a comprehensive back office network, including all operations functions such as customer activation, carrier procurement, fulfillment, billing and rating, MIS reporting, customer service and soon data all integrated into one ubiquitous operating platform. telSPACE effectively uses the internet to automate the complex customer acquisition process, thereby allowing its clients to instantly penetrate new markets or expand service offerings. [Read more…]

Maroc Telecom Selects Atos Origin and Comptel for Automated Broadband Delivery

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Atos Origin, an international IT service provider and Comptel Corporation, a leading OSS software vendor for convergent mediation, charging, provisioning and network inventory announced today that they had been selected by Maroc Telecom, Morocco’s leading telecoms operator to automate DSL services across Morocco. Maroc Telecom provides fixed, broadband internet and mobile services across all regions in Morocco.

The Comptel® Fulfilment solution will be integrated into Maroc Telecom’s OSS by Atos Origin to automate the activation of DSL services to Maroc Telecom’s customers. This will meet the rapid growth in demand for broadband in Morocco. [Read more…]

Alcatel Selects Syndesis OSS for Triple Play and Next-Generation Services

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Alcatel (Paris: CGEP.PA and NYSE: ALA) announced today the signing of a global partnership agreement enabling Alcatel to offer Syndesis’ carrier-grade suite as part of its Operation Support Systems (OSS) portfolio. Combined with Alcatel integration services, service providers will be able to rapidly launch revenue generating next-generation services such as Triple/Quad Play, IPTV and VoIP. The integrated offering focuses on the end-to-end service delivery across access, aggregation and core, including subscriber-centric activation and discovery, in multi-vendor networks.

“This partnership with Alcatel is based on a shared strategy, joint vision and proven customer success,” added John Lochow, President and CEO of Syndesis. “Thanks to our complementary competencies, service providers are leveraging a rapidly growing subscriber base and profiting like never before from their network investments. Subscriber-centric activation and first-time-right service delivery, built on product-based software solutions, are paramount to delivering a truly differentiated and unified communications experience. We are thrilled that our partnership with Alcatel enables service providers globally to benefit from these solutions and acknowledge their vote of confidence in our proven, industry-leading service delivery suite.”

Alcatel has embedded Syndesis’ award-winning IP Triple Play service delivery management solutions into its industry-leading suite of next generation network offerings. The solution is proven to dramatically reduce the time and costs associated with the installation of IP networks and the delivery of feature-rich IP-based video, voice and data services. [Read more…]

Telenet Deploys MetaSolv for Digital TV Activation

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MetaSolv Software, Inc., a leader in comprehensive operations support system solutions for next-generation communications service providers, today announced that Telenet has successfully deployed MetaSolv’s convergent service activation platform for Digital TV services. Telenet is the largest provider of broadband cable services in Belgium – including cable television, high speed internet and telephony services – with over 1.8 million subscribers.

Telenet’s converged services require a converged cross-domain activation platform – a single order of complex services can trigger activation and configuration requirements in multiple domains, including POTS, VoIP, Digital TV, and DSL-Broadband, all of which are supported by MetaSolv’s activation solution. [Read more…]

AOL Selects AXIOSS from Axiom Systems For Their Provision of Broadband and IP Services in France

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Axiom Systems today announced that, with their partners Inoven and Accenture, the AXIOSS platform has been chosen to enable the design, creation and delivery of all new IP and broadband services for AOL in France. AOL, assisted by Inoven for the Program Management and Accenture, will use AXIOSS as a single standardized OSS platform to support their current applications and shorten the time between new service conception and delivery to the market. [Read more…]

Greece Carrier Lannet Chooses Intec Convergent Billing

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Intec, a supplier of BSS/OSS solutions to the global telecoms industry, announced today that Lannet, a major alternate provider offering fixed telephony and internet ADSL services to retail and corporate customers in Greece, has gone live with Intec Convergent Billing (Singl.eView). The news follows the recent announcement of a win for Intec Convergent Billing with a major carrier in the Asia Pacific region.

“We needed to replace an out-dated, unsupported retail billing system if we were to have the capability to quickly react to the market,” said Fotis Tsitsirigos, IT Manager Lannet. “The major advantage of Intec Convergent Billing is that it is a robust, capable platform that allows us to move from traditional telephony models and freely develop whatever we imagine or need to best respond, lead and compete. Following an impressive implementation with zero delays or problems, we are now cost-effective and independent with no necessity for outsourcing or external consultancy when responding to commercial challenges. This is critical for a relatively small company with limited resources.”

Lannet operates in a crowded, deregulated market of ten alternate providers and the national fixed telephony company, OTE. With a fast-growing customer base, the company is successfully pursuing a new market share expansion plan of new products and services backed up by loyalty programmes, network development, investment, acquisition and alliances. The Lannet vision is to be the leading challenger in fixed telephony and broadband services. [Read more…]

Broadbus and Axiom Systems Partner to Simplify Deployment and Management of IPTV

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Broadbus Technologies, Inc., the leading provider of technology solutions for Television on Demand (TOD®), and Axiom Systems, a market leader in service fulfillment software, today announced a partnership to address service providers’ need for a next-generation video platform with an operational support system (OSS) that gives subscribers highly reliable, premium on-demand experiences. The alliance creates a solution that enables operators to simplify the deployment of IPTV video offerings, including networked digital video recording (nDVR), time-shifted television and TOD.

While the growing market for IPTV services presents new opportunities for service providers, it also introduces a number of significant challenges. For example, the advanced video services enabled by IPTV demand a more reliable, powerful and scalable video platform. Furthermore, the advent of these new IPTV services will have a marked impact on operational support systems. Designing, creating, delivering and analyzing performance of such services with existing systems is proving to be very complex as the next-generation networks over which they are delivered grow and evolve. [Read more…]

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