Openet Telecom, a leading provider of active mediation, charging and rating solutions, has announced the release of the company’s Lawful Network Surveillance solution to address regulatory and government-mandated compliance issues faced by Tier One telecom operators worldwide. [Read more…]
Comptel Enhances Its IMS Suite
Comptel Corporation (OMX Helsinki: CTL1V), the leading Operational Support System (OSS) software vendor for convergent mediation, charging, provisioning and network inventory, has added its network inventory and its identifier management products to its proven suite of IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) compliant solutions. These new additions complete Comptel’s IMS lifecycle management capability, which already included mediation, charging, provisioning and activation. Comptel is also already involved in deploying IMS projects with fixed and mobile operators in Europe, Africa and Asia. [Read more…]
Telsasoft Receives Order for Set of CDMA Call Detail Record Reports
Telsasoft, a Telecommunications Service Assurance Software Company Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has recently received an order for a set of CDMA CDR (Call Detail Record) reports from a regional CDMA Network Service Operator. MTA Wireless of Wasilla, Alaska, has deployed a set of CDMA CDR (Call Detail Record) reports from Telsasoft to complement their next generation integrated OSS network management solution that they also purchased from Telsasoft for their CDMA2000 1x network infrastructure. [Read more…]
Comptel Chosen by Huawei as Qualified Partner for Mediation and Provisioning
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…]
Vivodi Telecom Upgrades to ACE-COMM Hyperconvergent Mediation Platform
ACE*COMM Corporation (NASDAQ:ACEC), a global provider of advanced OSS and value-added services applications, has announced that Vivodi Telecommunications, S.A. will be deploying its new N*VISION® 2 (NV2) hyperconvergent mediation solution. Vivodi is a rapidly-growing next-generation Voice-over-IP (VoIP) and IP/Data service provider in Greece. NV2 is the next generation of ACE*COMM’s award winning convergent mediation solution, which has been significantly enhanced to meet the demands of carriers’ mediation and collection environments. [Read more…]
Verso to Offer Intec BSS OSS Products and Services in Adriatic Region
Intec Telecom Systems, a global provider of Business and Operations Support Systems (BSS/OSS) for fixed, wireless, and IP/next generation networks, has signed a partnership agreement with Mrežne tehnologije VERSO d.o.o., Croatia’s leading provider of customised network solutions and services. Under the contract Verso will offer and integrate Intec BSS/OSS products to its customers in the region, including Intec Interconnect, Intec Mediation, and Intec Centralised Error Management (CEMS) solutions. [Read more…]
Comptel Showcases Live Triple-Play Provisioning and Mediation Solutions
Comptel Corporation (OMX Helsinki: CTL1V), a leading Operational Support System (OSS) software vendor for convergent mediation, charging, provisioning and network inventory, announced today that its provisioning and mediation solutions feature in a fully functional live Triple-Play environment at the Triple-Play Alliance’s labs near Munich, Germany. As one of the founding members of the Triple-Play Alliance, Comptel is the only OSS vendor involved in the Triple-Play Lab, an international centre of competence that has been set up to develop and demonstrate integrated voice, data and video applications. [Read more…]
EMC and Intec and Sensage Technology to Identify Terrorist Activity in Call Detail Records
EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC), Intec Telecom Systems (LSE: ITL.L) and SenSage, Inc. have pooled their resources to provide a comprehensive, cost effective solution to answer the mandates of the EU Data Retention Directive. The combined technologies tackle two issues. First, it provides telecommunication and Internet service providers with a lower cost means to manage communication records that support compliance with the Directive. Second, it enables law enforcement agencies to quickly access historical phone and Internet records to pinpoint and prosecute terrorist activity and other serious crime. The Directive states that all service providers must be compliant by August, 2007. [Read more…]
Dialog Telekom Chooses Intec Convergent Mediation
Intec, a leading BSS OSS software vendor for fixed, mobile and next-generation networks, announced today that Dialog Telekom, Sri Lanka’s largest GSM mobile phone network and a leading broadband and internet service provider, has selected Intec’s convergent multi-service mediation solution. The contract for Intec Convergent Mediation will help Dialog to accelerate market penetration through faster introduction of next-generation services. [Read more…]
MoviStar Puerto Rico Selects Comptel Mediation for CDMA Mobile Network
Comptel Corporation (OMX Helsinki: CTL1V), a leading OSS software vendor for convergent mediation, charging, provisioning and network inventory, has announced that MoviStar Puerto Rico, a mobile operator in which Telefónica Móviles has an equity participation, has selected Comptel EventLink(r) mediation solution for its CDMA network. Comptel EventLink(r) will collect and process the usage information required by MoviStar to bill for its voice, SMS, and advanced data services. [Read more…]
Coastal Technologies Group CMP Platform Improves Call Detail Record Searches
Coastal Technologies Group Inc. (CTGi), a leader in call detail processing, back-office accounting process and OSS support for the telecommunications industry, has announced enhanced Call Detail Record (CDR) search capabilities on its industry-leading ASP Call Management Platform (CMP). The new search enhancements can be based on any number of search criteria, by LATA, 10-digit phone number, switch id, or trunk, in order to perform exhaustive trend analysis, auditing, market intelligence and overall usage analytics.
“Tier 1 carriers generate billions of call detail records every day. They are under increasing pressure to process these CDRs quickly for further analysis, from resolving interconnect billing disputes, to better understanding network call routing patterns, to complying with law enforcement to investigate call pattern analysis,” said Jay Bowker, vice president of marketing and worldwide sales for Coastal Technologies Group.
Coastal Technologies Group has also announced that it has upgraded its CMP Dashboard, an easy-to-use monitoring tool which provides a near real-time window into regular processing status, usage volume and quality control metrics of call detail records. [Read more…]
Comptel Selected by Telecom Namibia For CDMA Voice and Data Provisioning and Mediation
Comptel Corporation (OMX Helsinki: CTL1V), an OSS software vendor for convergent mediation, charging, provisioning and network inventory, has announced that it has been selected by Telecom Namibia to provide provisioning and mediation solutions for their CDMA voice and data services. The Comptel InstantLink provisioning solution will enable Telecom Namibia to activate new customers and services fast and efficiently. The Comptel EventLink mediation solution will ensure that usage information is collected effectively, so that Telecom Namibia can bill their customers in a timely way.
Oiva Angula, Acting Head of Corporate Communications and Public Relations at Telecom Namibia, said, “Enabling us to rapidly activate services for customers without any delays, and collecting information to reliably charge for these services, are obviously fundamental requirements for the success of Telecom Namibia. It was, therefore, vital that we chose the right solutions for provisioning and mediation. We selected Comptel InstantLink and Comptel EventLink because we knew that Comptel solutions interoperate smoothly with the CDMA networks of our chosen supplier, Huawei”.
As Namibia’s incumbent operator, Telecom Namibia needed provisioning and mediation solutions that would be able to work with their leading edge CDMA network, which is currently being deployed by equipment vendor Huawei. [Read more…]
Gibtelecom Selects Comptel’s Reporting and Provisioning Solutions
Comptel Corporation, a leading Operational Support System (OSS) software vendor for convergent mediation, charging, provisioning and network inventory, announced today that Gibraltar’s Gibtelecom, an affiliate of Verizon, has now deployed Comptel’s mediation solution, and signed a further agreement to use Comptel’s reporting and provisioning solution. Gibtelecom will be using Comptel’s convergent solutions for its fixed, mobile and Internet services.
Mr. George Gaskin, Gibtelecom’s IT Manager says: “Comptel was selected following a competitive tender for both mediation and provisioning. Obviously, by the time we came to choose a solution for reporting and provisioning, we had already worked with Comptel, so we felt confident that Comptel’s solutions would meet our needs. These solutions will enable us to provide even better services to our customers, while helping combat fraud.”
Gibtelecom chose Comptel EventLink® because it needed a convergent mediation solution that would be able to handle, collect and process usage information across all networks and services, allowing a greater flexibility in billing for these services. Comptel’s mediation solution offered an off-the-shelf integration with Gibtelecom’s billing systems. The solution is now deployed and live, managing Gibtelecom’s services, including GSM, GPRS and MMS. [Read more…]
Reltelwireless Implements Cerillion Mediation Solution for CDMA Network
Cerillion Technologies has announced a new contract with Reliance Telecommunications (Reltelwireless) to implement a complete mediation solution for their CDMA network in Nigeria. Cerillion will deliver their Mediator product and provide integration with network switches from Huawei.
Kenneth Aigbinode, Vice Chairman Reliance Telecommunications, said “Mediation has become an important area of focus within Reltelwireless as we continue to develop our revenue assurance programmes. Cerillion have proven they understand our business and we are confident that their Mediator system will help us maximise our billable revenues.”
The system will be used to improve revenue assurance in Reltelwireless, securing revenue generation from a full range of corporate and residential services. Mediator’s intuitive configuration tools and rules-based processing engine will support their time-to-market demands, whilst providing a complete audit trail and CDR traceability. [Read more…]
Sudatel Chooses CDMA Mediation and Provisioning Solution from Comptel Corporation
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…]
Intec and Huawei Team Up for Convergent Mediation Solution at Taiwan 3G Operator Asia Pacific Broadband Wireless Communication APBW
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…]
Argent Networks Launches New Content Mediation Platform
Argent Networks, a technology and telecommunications billing solutions company today announced that it was launching a new content mediation platform, ACMP, which will transform the way in which the world’s telecommunications carriers manage and generate revenues from a rapidly growing convergence of data on mobile and fixed networks.
Chris Jones, CEO of Argent Networks, says that ACMP was developed specifically to help the world’s major telecommunications carriers, many of whom are already the Company’s customers, better serve their customers by providing the additional services the market is demanding. “The beauty of Argent’s ACMP is that it is web-based using standard browsers so there are no additional deployment issues or costs. ACMP allows all subscriber services and activities, using however many different content providers and forms of data, to be instantly synthesised and made available to view in real- time through a single interface,” says Jones.
ACMP is a significant evolution in Argent’s product set. It provides a robust platform for delivery of content in real-time from content providers to subscribers. It can also integrate with Argent’s existing billing system ArgentEclipse for the billing of the provided content. This provides carriers with a single interface allowing a telecommunications carrier to deliver, rate and bill for provided content to their subscribers in real-time. [Read more…]
TeleSciences and MetaSwitch Team to Enable Seamless Billing for Blended Multimedia Services in IMS Networks
TeleSciences, a pioneer in Mediation systems and MetaSwitch(R), a leading vendor of next-generation carrier switching and applications solutions, today announced a partnership designed to ease the transition to multiservice converged networks based on the emerging IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) standard. Proven interoperability between the TeleSciences 600i Mediation Platform and MetaSwitch’s multimedia- enhanced telephony solutions enables operators of IMS networks to maximize revenues and increase customer satisfaction with accurate, blended billing across wireless, mobile and cable services.
“The ability to collect and correlate chargeable events from multiple network elements is a key aspect of the IMS architecture,” said Martin Taylor, MetaSwitch vice president of product management and technology strategy. “Our partnership with TeleSciences shows that we are responding to carriers’ needs to drive greater revenue from service innovations as they migrate to more flexible and distributed next-generation networks.”
With the introduction of multimedia-enhanced services in an IMS architecture, there is a need to acknowledge the additional sources of billing records, all of which require mediation before the records can be sent to the OSS/BSS. With its flexibility, the 600i brings the future needs of network data collection in focus. The 600i integrates easily with existing legacy networks yet fits in as a critical component of IMS networks. The 600i is capable of support for RADIUS and DIAMETER protocols, collection of SIP and QoS records and supports multiple security requirements including SSH2 and SFTP. Real-time capabilities push individual records to OSS downstream, and open APIs support today’s need for Prepaid and Interactive account control. [Read more…]
Openet Appoints Apollo Guy as Vice President of Sales for Americas
Openet Telecom, a world leader in real-time charging, advanced mediation, and network-edge rating, today announced that Apollo Guy has been appointed Vice President of Sales for the Americas. Apollo is responsible for sales of Openet’s product and professional services, both direct and indirect, in North America, Central America and Latin America.
“I am excited in joining Openet at the cusp of IMS taking hold. Openet’s product suite provides proven and scalable solutions in a marketplace that is fast converging”, commented Guy. “Openet is playing a leadership position in changing the old commodity role of rating, charging, and mediation in the evolving communications sector, and redefining the concept of real-time performance”, added Guy.
Apollo joins Openet from CSG Systems, which acquired Telution, where he served as Vice President and General Manager, Broadband and Telco Business Unit. Prior to that, Apollo was Vice President of Marketing and Business Development at Lemur Networks. Apollo has over 20 years experience in the Telecommunications and Cable industries focused on finance, sales, marketing, business development and technologies, working for Rogers Cablesystems, Bell Canada, and Futureway Communications. [Read more…]
ACE*COMM Announces N*VISION2 Hyperconvergent Mediation Platform
ACE*COMM Corporation (NASDAQ:ACEC), a provider of advanced OSS, value-added services, and network business intelligence solutions, has announced that it will officially launch N*VISION(R)2 (NV2) at the TeleStrategies Billing & OSS World 2006 conference in Miami Beach, Florida, May 3-4. NV2 is the next generation of ACE*COMM’s award winning convergent mediation solution, which has evolved dramatically to meet the demands of carrier’s mediation and collection environments. NV2 uses advanced technologies and techniques to control, moderate, and facilitate the interactive communication between multiple network technologies and software support systems, without sacrificing support for critical legacy network and infrastructure investments.
“NV2 is the industry’s first hyperconvergent platform,” said Chris Couch, ACE*COMM’s Chief Marketing Officer. “Our established service provider customers want to take advantage of new network technologies without sacrificing existing OSS infrastructure. They want to tap into new services like MMS, phone-based gaming, IPTV, and VoIP to increase revenues, expand market share, and increase customer loyalty – while still extracting returns on their existing network investments. NV2 was developed with these challenges in mind.”
Based on core ACE*COMM technology and expertise, the NV2 product suite enables the flow of information in hyperconvergent environments by removing traditional application barriers that delay or even prevent the incorporation of new products and services. NV2 uses advanced technologies and techniques for the simultaneous and multi-directional flow of information. It supports the service provider’s legacy network investment while allowing the full exploitation of new service and technologies. [Read more…]