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TelecomIQ Next Generation OSS Integration Summit

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TelecomIQ, a division of IQPC (International Quality & Productivity Center) have recently announced their upcoming Next Generation OSS Integration Summit titled “People, Process and Systems in the Migration to IP-Based Services”, which will be held on September 25-27, 2006 in Boston, Massachusetts.

“Today, an increasing number of IT executives in the telecom OSS space are recognizing the value of process-oriented thinking and a service orientation in dealing with the migration to IP based services. The OSS Summit in September will provide case studies from the Service Providers on dealing with implementing SOA, Web Services, business process management, and Quality of Service initiatives for improving the efficiency, quality and flexibility of the organization’s Operational Support Systems.”

At the summit, you can learn about defining the right approaches and tools for this service orientation using Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). You can also learn about the key factors for successful integration of the SOA into Enterprise Architecture and obtaining organizational buy-in (demonstrating the value and ROI of SOA to management). Other topics include “How OSS business case can aid or hinder production of new services”. [Read more…]

Magyar Telekom and Allround Win Best Revenue Assurance Project at World Billing Awards

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The joint application of Magyar Telekom’s T-Com business line and Allround has won the World Billing Awards 2006 in the Best Revenue Assurance/Management Project category. The winners have been announced at the Billing and Information Management Systems 2006 Gala Dinner in London, on 8th June 2006.

“We are delighted to acknowledge the T-Com / Magyar Telekom / Allround project as winner in the ‘Best Revenue Assurance / Revenue Management’ category. All of us were impressed by the proactive approach based on stability testing that was adopted, and also by the honesty demonstrated in both relationships and reporting structures that is clearly important for real long term benefits to accrue.” said Hugh Roberts, Chairman of the Awards Judging Panel and Consultant Director for IIR’s BSS/OSS and RM events.

László Harsányi, Director at Billing and CRM Directorate of T-Com Wireline Services of Magyar Telekom stated: “it is an honour that the T-Com / Magyar Telekom / Allround project won the prestigious World Billing Awards. This achievement acknowledges the innovative ideas and the strong co-operation between the two companies to customize and implement this new methodology.” [Read more…]

Redknee Wins CATA Alliance Award for Outstanding Product Achievement

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Redknee Inc., a provider of innovative infrastructure software that monetizes and personalizes services and content for mobile users, today announced it has received The Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance (CATA Alliance) award for Outstanding Product Achievement in Information Communications Telecom (ICT).

“Redknee exemplifies Canadian technology success,” said John Reid, President of the CATA Alliance. “The company’s strong focus on technology innovation has led them to become one of the leading forces of innovation in the wireless communication service provider industry, and this is the result of drive, energy and vision.”

Redknee empowers mobile network operators to maximize their differentiation and revenue with products and solutions for converged billing, IP charging, policy decision making and enhanced location, presence, profile, messaging and mCommerce services. The subscriber experience is improved through Redknee’s self-care, loyalty and analytics that deliver the content and services subscribers want, when they want them. [Read more…]

Intec Honored by AT&T As Outstanding Supplier

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Commitment to excellence over the past year has earned Intec Telecom Systems (LSE: ITL) recognition as an outstanding supplier to AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T), one of the world’s leading data, voice, wireless and Internet services providers.

“We are proud of our long-standing tradition of providing unparalleled products and services to our business and residential customers,” said Maureen Merkle, President, AT&T Procurement. “We’re successful on that front in large part thanks to supplier partners like Intec Telecom Systems that consistently go above and beyond the call of duty.”

Intec received one of 49 supplier recognition awards for its work in helping AT&T deliver outstanding service to its customers during the past year. Intec was recognized for its contributions in the Teamwork category. [Read more…]

LHS Wins Best Contribution to Billing at IIR Billing and Information Management Systems 2006

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LHS, a leading provider of telecommunications billing and customer care systems has won the “Overall – Best contribution to billing” at the IIR’s World Billing Awards 2006 second year in a row. The World Billing Awards acknowledge best billing practice and raise awareness of how significant billing, charging, IT and associated processes are to the communications industry. LHS was selected for its efforts in supporting IMS and all-IP billing. In the category “Best billing implementation” LHS earned second place.

“We are delighted to acknowledge LHS as winner in the ‘Overall – Best Contribution to Billing’ category for their development work on IMS-ready products.” said Hugh Roberts, Chairman of the Awards Judging Panel and Consultant Director for IIR’s BSS/OSS and RM events. “This year for the first time we took the unusual step of imposing an additional last minute requirement on the finalists in the ‘Overall’ category – and it was significant that each of them chose to highlight a different aspect of their value proposition as the most compelling. It was interesting to us that only one of the finalists mentioned the need to confront and overcome the challenges of IMS and all-IP billing – and that company was LHS.”

LHS recognized the trend towards IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) very early. IMS is a layered horizontal network architecture based on IP standards enabling network operators to offer all kinds of new services to their customers, independent from the type of network access or device used. LHS has managed to cope with the requirements and challenges of IMS and all-IP billing, and taken the industry lead by integrating its key charging and accounting protocol Diameter into its product portfolio. This enables carriers on-line and offline billing in an all-IP environment. [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…]

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…]

Allround Short-listed as Finalist for World Billing Awards 2006 in Best Revenue Assurance/Management Project Category

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The joint application of Magyar Telekom’s T-Com business line and Allround has been short-listed as Finalist for the World Billing Awards 2006 in the Best Revenue Assurance/Management Project category. The common project is an excellent example of proven billing accuracy, targeting efficient revenue assurance and legal compliance at the same time. The winners will be announced at the Billing and Information Management Systems 2006 Gala Dinner in London, on 8th June 2006.

László Harsányi, Director at Billing and CRM Directorate of T-Com stated: “it is our pleasure that the successful project with Allround was short-listed as finalist for the prestigious World Billing Awards. This nomination acknowledges the innovative ideas and the strong co-operation between the two companies to customize and implement this new methodology.“

The methodology behind this revenue assurance project was stability testing – time-based regression testing – which is a focused, efficient and cost-effective method to ensure that the tested system preserves its quality level over time. The backbone of this methodology is Allround’s flagship product – CeDaR. CeDaR introduces high-level of automation and the improvement of testing efficiency and meets the highest quality standards as the world’s first billing system testing solution attested by the British Approvals Board for Telecommunications (BABT). [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…]

Azure Solutions Nominated for World Billing Awards 2006

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Azure Solutions, the revenue assurance company, has been named as a finalist in three categories for the World Billing Awards 2006. The categories that Azure has been short-listed for are: ‘Overall Best Contribution to Billing’, ‘Most Innovative Billing Product’ and ‘Best Revenue Assurance/ Management Project’.

Azure’s Certo 2 product, the latest version of its automated revenue assurance solution, was nominated as a finalist in the ‘Most Innovative Billing Product’ category. Certo 2 helps operators detect, analyse and correct revenue-leakage problems in real-time and has already been implemented by several customers since its launch in January 2006. [Read more…]

Yankee Group and ACE*COMM to Present on Data Integrity Management at TeleManagement World Nice 2006 Conference

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ACE*COMM Corporation (NASDAQ:ACEC) today announced that it will be presenting with Yankee Group at TeleManagement World Nice 2006, Wednesday, May 17th, in Nice, France. TeleManagement World brings together noted business and technical leaders from both service providers and their suppliers to discuss and debate the issues, challenges and solutions facing the management of next generation networks and services. [Read more…]

Exstream Software Awarded Most Promising Company Award At Telestrategies Billing & OSS World 2006

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Exstream Software, Inc. announced that it received the ‘Most Promising Company’ award at the sixth annual Billing and OSS World Excellence Awards ceremony held during the Billing & OSS World 2006 conference in Miami, May 3-5. Telecommunications professionals from all over the globe attend this conference to discuss the latest trends and future challenges of the industry.

“There is a clear need in our industry for enterprise solutions that streamline the document management process as well as deliver the capability to more proactively market to customers with personalized statements and invoices,” said Jill Morgan, publisher and editorial director for Billing World and OSS Today. “We continue to be impressed with the way Exstream is taking the telecom industry by storm. In the last few months alone, Exstream has gained huge traction with the largest of the wireless service providers, signing many significant deals. They certainly deserve the award in this category.”

Billing World and OSS Today magazine issues the ‘Most Promising Company’ award to recognize a company that is extremely well positioned for success in the telecom marketplace in the coming year. Receiving over 100 applications from OSS/BSS vendor companies vying for the six Excellence Awards, winners in each category had to demonstrate clear signs of success and growth. The finalists stood out due to their ability to measure, quantify and articulate the specific improvements they had delivered to their customers. [Read more…]

cVidya Networks’ Named Winner of the 2006 Red Herring 100 Europe Award

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Red Herring today announced that cVidya Networks is a recipient of Red Herring 100 Europe, a selection of the 100 private companies based in the EMEA region that play a leading role in innovation and technology. “Market obstacles remain but our list shows that great companies are being created in Europe,” said Red Herring editor-in-chief Joel Dreyfuss. [Read more…]

Intec Billing Wins Interconnect Billing Deal with Dutch Incumbent KPN

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Intec Billing, a supplier of BSS/OSS solutions to the global telecoms industry, has announced a win for core components from its market leading billing family, Intec Interconnect V7 and Intec Interconnect PREP, with the international wholesale voice division within KPN, the Dutch national operator. The deal is worth in excess of two and a half million dollars. KPN Global Carrier Services B.V. (KGCS) is an integrated part of the fixed division of KPN. It provides termination of international voice traffic originating outside and inside the Netherlands to any place in the world. [Read more…]

cVidya Networks Leads the TeleManagement Forum’s Revenue Assurance Catalyst Project

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cVidya Networks, a leader of Telecom Data Integrity and Revenue Assurance Systems, has announced its leadership role in The Telemanagement Forum’s (TMF) Revenue Assurance (RA) Catalyst Project for the second year in a row. This is one of several such projects in which TMF member organizations collaborate to advance the framework of next generation OSS (NGOSS). cVidya’s repeated selection as team leader in this project came as a result of its position as a developer of the most advanced and effective revenue assurance solutions in the telecommunications industry. This year’s RA Catalyst is sponsored by China Unicom and led by cVidya Networks with collaboration with other companies;. cVidya Networks will also be participating in the TMF’s Catalyst Project titled “IPTV Impact on Fulfillment, Assurance, and Billing (FAB)”. The IPTV project is sponsored and led by Swisscom. [Read more…]

Convergys Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from Customer Inter@ction Solutions Magazine

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“Bringing great respect and legitimacy to the customer care industry through true leadership and outstanding performance, quality of service, professionalism, and integrity over the past 25 years.” That’s how Customer Inter@ction Solutions magazine described Convergys Corporation (NYSE: CVG) as it awarded the Cincinnati-based company a Lifetime Achievement Award.

Customer Inter@ction Solutions presented this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award to Convergys at the 21st Annual Top 50 Teleservices Agencies & MVP Quality Awards Dinner in New York. From 2000 to 2005, the magazine recognized Convergys annually with six consecutive Gold MVP Quality Awards. [Read more…]

Convergys Wins Best Overall Company Award at Telestrategies’ Billing World 2006

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Convergys Corporation (NYSE: CVG), a leader in providing customer care, human resources, and billing services, announced today it has received the “Best Overall Company” award as part of the sixth annual Billing and OSS World “Excellence Awards” at Telestrategies’ Billing World 2006.

Billing World and OSS Today magazine established the Best Overall Company Excellence Award to recognize a company that has proven leadership in its respective market and has demonstrated market achievement and innovative product development. The award application required companies to list key clients, recent contract wins, and partnerships. Additionally, the application required companies to address specific implementations and how they met client requirements, challenges, third-party involvement, benchmarks, and implementation times, and how the solution improved the clients’ operations. [Read more…]

Telarix to Showcase iXBill Next Generation Billing Solution at Billing and OSS World 2006

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Telarix, Inc., the leading provider of Interconnect Business Optimization (IBO) and settlement solutions for content providers, IP service providers and global fixed and mobile operators, today announced it will be exhibiting its next generation interconnect billing solution as well as presenting with Deutsche Telekom’s ICSS at Billing and OSS World 2006. The conference is being held May 2-5 at the Miami Beach Convention Center.

iXBill(TM), one element of Telarix’s comprehensive revenue assurance solution, is a robust and highly flexible interconnect billing system that allows carriers to eliminate revenue leakage by ensuring that every call is captured, rated and invoiced correctly. Unlike many of the billing-only focused interconnect solutions available in the market today, iXBill is integrated with other key carrier business functions including agreement management; route optimization; pricing; and audit and reconciliation. This level of sophistication ensures that all billable activities are accurately captured, rated and billed while allowing service providers to support a variety of agreement types and rating scenarios including the multi-party settlements and sophisticated revenue sharing partnerships common in today’s dynamic voice, data, and IP interconnect market. [Read more…]

ACE*COMM Executives to Present at AeA Micro Cap Financial Conference

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ACE*COMM Corporation (NASDAQ:ACEC), a global provider of advanced OSS, value-added services, and network business intelligence solutions, today announced that its CEO, Mr. George T. Jimenez, and CMO, Mr. Chris Couch, will be presenting at the 8th Annual AeA Micro Cap Financial Conference on May 8, 2006. The Conference is focussed on technology companies with under $200 million in annual sales or market capitalization. Mr. Jimenez and Mr. Couch will discuss the Company’s recent successes, new market directions, and global growth strategies. [Read more…]

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