Dr. Graham Carey, director of product marketing, Portal Software, Inc., (Pink Sheets:PRSF) is a featured presenter at the MMS Congress 2006. His presentation, titled “Examining the Billing Requirements Needed to Support MMS,” will evaluate the impact of MMS on the billing system; discuss the specific challenges of billing for MMS; and detail ways to evolve the billing infrastructure in order to support complex charging models for MMS. [Read more…]
New Plantronics Bluetooth Headsets Embody Sound Innovation – Plantronics Voyager 510 Bluetooth Headset Receives ‘Innovation’ Award
Plantronics, Inc. (NYSE: PLT) today announced two new Bluetooth(R) headsets, the Plantronics Discovery(TM) 645 and Plantronics Voyager 510 with WindSmart(R), that incorporate new technologies for excellent audio clarity during conversations. The Voyager 510 is the first Bluetooth headset on the market to include both a noise-canceling microphone and wind-reduction technology for brilliant sound in windy environments. The Discovery 645 includes a digital signal processing (DSP) chip to actively reduce background noise when talking. [Read more…]
Convergys to Present at Two Financial Analyst Conferences
Convergys Corporation (NYSE: CVG), a global leader in customer care, human resources, and billing services, announced today that its Chief Financial Officer, Earl Shanks, will be presenting at two upcoming financial analyst conferences. [Read more…]
Narus VP of Marketing Steve Bannerman Speaks in a Phelon Group Webinar: Harnessing the Power of Voices to Conquer the Market
Steve Bannerman, vice president of marketing for Narus, a carrier-class IP platform provider for the largest, most profitable networks in the world, will discuss his experience using The Phelon Group’s Voice to MarketSM methodology in a Webinar to take place on Wednesday, March 15, 2006 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time. [Read more…]
Infogix Executives to Speak at Telestrategies Spring Revenue Assurance & Analytics Conference; Revenue Management Professionals to Share Strategies and Best Practices for Mitigating Information Risk
Infogix(TM), Inc., a leading provider of Automated Information Control solutions, today announced that Ramon Nayar, Vice President and Unit Leader of Professional Services for Infogix, will lead a workshop session at the Telestrategies Revenue Assurance & Analytics Conference taking place March 8-10, at the Caribe Royale in Orlando, Florida. [Read more…]
OSS Observer puts Telcordia #1 in Fulfillment, Inventory, Order Management; Telcordia Demonstrates Unparalleled Capabilities in the Service Fulfillment and Assurance Sector According To OSS Observer
Telcordia is the clear market leader in Inventory, Network Resource Management and Service Fulfillment according to a newly released report from OSS Observer, one of the leading market research firms analyzing the telecom software market. The results of this report continue to demonstrate Telcordia’s unique industry-leading position as the dominant global OSS market vendor with clear leadership positions in the Service Assurance and Fulfillment market segments. [Read more…]
Celona & Openreach Selected To Jointly Present And Co-Host Workshop At Business Intelligence Conference For Telecom Operators
Telcoms are constantly battling with how to transform customer’s data into intelligent information so that they can improve their business decision making process, get products to market quickly and efficiently, examine strategy and address practical and operational issues. Help is at hand as the first event of its kind has been launched on Business Intelligence for Telecom operators organized by IIR Conferences from 27th – 30th March 2006 at the Andels Hotel, Prague. [Read more…]
Convergys Announces Change in Financial Reporting Structure and Conference Call
Convergys Corporation (NYSE: CVG), a leader in customer care, human resources, and billing services, announced today it will implement a new financial reporting structure that will be effective with the filing of its 2005 Annual Report on Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 6, 2006. Convergys will now report financial results for its three segments: Employee Care, Customer Care, and Information Management Group. [Read more…]
Intec wins contract with Russia’s VimpelCom for Intec Trading and Routing system
Intec, a leading supplier of BSS/OSS solutions to the global telecoms industry, will deliver its Intec Trading and Routing Solution to VimpelCom. The solution enables optimised capacity trading and traffic routing in the highly competitive wholesale voice business. The deal further extends Intec’s relationship with VimpelCom, following announcements in 2005 of a multi-million dollar agreement for core components of Intec’s BSS/OSS technology (Intec Dynamic Charging Platform and Intec Mediation.) VimpelCom is also a long-term user of Intec’s market leading settlement platform, Intec InterconnecT. [Read more…]
Azure Solutions and Verizon Outline Strategies for Proactive Revenue Assurance at TeleStrategies RA Conference
Mr. Steven Bruny, President of Azure Solutions (www.azuresolutions.com), one of the world’s leading revenue assurance companies, and Kathy Romano, Director of Broadband Billing and Collections at Verizon (www.verizon.com), will outline steps operators can use to build revenue assurance into new service offerings. While common sense tells us that building revenue assurance programs in early is clearly the best practice, it’s not always easy to do. [Read more…]
Industria Announces March Launch for Radical New Zignal IPTV Offering; London’s IPTV World Forum Named as Setting for Debut of Groundbreaking Middleware Solution
London’s Olympia exhibition centre will provide the setting in March for the first public appearance of a radical departure in IPTV middleware, with the launch at this year’s IPTV World Forum of a new service delivery platform from Zignal, a leading provider of IPTV software solutions and devices. [Read more…]
Echostar Presents MetraTech with Vendor Award for Fastest Implementation of a Major Project
MetraTech Corp., the leading provider of Web Services-based billing, customer self-care, and partner management solutions, and EchoStar Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH) and its DISH Network have announced that MetraTech has successfully completed a project to deploy MetraTech’s MetraNet platform to deliver the service activation, provisioning and subscriber management functionality required to support a key service offering in late 2005.
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Konftel Conference Phones Fill Void Left by Polycom SoundStation
Telephone Magic Inc. is pleased to announce the addition of Konftel conferece phones to its award-winning website. Konftel is a major European manufacturer of conference phones and their models feature cutting edge technology to the voice conferencing market. [Read more…]
Clarity Wins Hotly Contested Contract at Tier 1 Telekom Malaysia
Clarity International Pty Ltd, a leading supplier of next generation Operational Support Systems (OSS), has signed a multi-million dollar license deal with Telekom Malaysia Berhad for Clarity’s convergent inventory system.
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iotum Pronto Conferencing Debuts at DEMO 2006; Makes Conference Calling Simple; Eliminates Access Numbers, PIN Codes and Frustration
iotum, the company that brings relevance to communications, is debuting iotum Pronto Conferencing at the DEMO 2006 conference. iotum Pronto Conferencing eliminates the need for special phone numbers, PIN codes or access codes to participate in a conference call. Pronto Conferencing will be released as part of the company’s iotum platform, the world’s first presence based, contextual communications manager. With iotum Pronto Conferencing, conference call participants dial the regular phone number of the iotum enabled conference organizer and then are immediately placed into the conference bridge without any additional work or effort.
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Portal Software Announces Financial Update Teleconference
Portal Software, Inc. (Pink Sheets:PRSF), the premier global provider of billing and Revenue Management solutions for telecommunications and media markets, today announced that it will hold a conference call to discuss preliminary financial information for the fourth quarter and fiscal 2006 periods on Wednesday, February 8, 2006 at 5:00 p.m. EST/2:00 p.m. PST.
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HickoryTech Schedules Fourth Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call Webcast
HickoryTech Corporation (Nasdaq: HTCO) announced today that it will host a live Webcast of its 2005 fourth quarter conference call Feb. 28 at 9 a.m. EST. Results for the fourth quarter will be released after the close of trading Feb. 27, at approximately 6:30 p.m. EST.
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Mobilink, Orascom Telecom subsidiary in Pakistan, Awards Substantial Contract for Intec Billing Settlement Solution
Mobilink, Pakistan’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 (BSS/OSS) to the global telecom industry. Pakistan’s mobile market expanded by almost 150% to surpass 20 million subscribers in 2005, according to the latest statistics released by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA). Mobilink led the market with over 11 million customers.
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Plantronics Discovery 640 Wins International Industry Forum Design Award
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.
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IPDR.org Announces IPTV Standards Initiative; Call to Attend Open IPTV Kick-off Event
The Internet Protocol Detail Record Organization (IPDR.org), a collaborative industry consortium and recognized leader in next-generation IP service usage and exchange standards worldwide, today announced it will host an open, industry wide meeting to focus on accounting and settlement standards for IPTV services.
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