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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…]

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…]

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…]

cVidya Adds Rating and Billing Verification to MoneyMap

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cVidya Networks, a global leader of Telecom Data Integrity and Revenue Assurance Systems, announced today the addition of a new module – rating & billing verification – to the latest release of its flagship revenue assurance product, MoneyMap®/Suite.

“Including the rating & billing verification capabilities in the MoneyMap®/Suite will be beneficial for our existing customers and will open up more business opportunities for cVidya Networks. It allows us to create wider offerings and to stabilize the position of MoneyMap® as the leading complete revenue assurance solution suite in the market. We have successfully installed this module for existing customers and the feedback is very positive,” said Alon Aginsky, CEO of cVidya Networks.

With this new module, the MoneyMap®/Suite now provides a full revenue assurance integrated operations platform covering all areas of revenue assurance – usage, configuration, and now rating & billing verification. [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…]

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…]

Subex Systems Limited and Azure Solutions Merge – New Company Named Subex Azure Systems Limited

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Subex Systems Limited, the global telecom software product company, and Azure Solutions Limited, the telecoms revenue assurance company, today announced an agreement to merge the two companies. The new company, to be named Subex Azure Systems Limited, will combine the two companies’ industry-leading positions as fraud management and revenue assurance systems providers and will be headed by Mr. Subash Menon, the current chairman and CEO of Subex Systems. This deal represents a big step in augmenting Subex Azure’s strategic business focus of helping telecom operators establish Revenue Operations Centers (ROC) through an integrated suite of solutions. [Read more…]

Azure Solutions’ Certo 2 Revenue Assurance Selected by North American MVNO

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Azure Solutions, the revenue-assurance company, today announced that a national, tier-one Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) in North America has selected its Certo 2 revenue-assurance solution to monitor wireless network and revenue performance for a major new service offering it launched in early 2006. Certo 2, recently recognized as a finalist as Best New Product for Telestrategies’ Sixth Annual Excellence Awards, is the latest version of Azure’s automated revenue-assurance solution. After its initial market launch, the MVNO is currently adding high volumes of new customers to its service offering that is highly interactive and data intensive.
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European Cable Operator Expands Use of Azure Interconnect and Fraud Bureau Services

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Azure Solutions, the revenue-assurance company, today announced that a leading European cable operator will be expanding its use of Azure’s Interconnect and Fraud Bureau services across three countries in Eastern Europe. The new implementations mean that the cable operator will be eventually using bureau services in seven European countries. [Read more…]

Far East Asian Mobile Operator Signs Up for Certo 2 by Azure Solutions

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Azure Solutions, the revenue assurance company, today announced that a leading mobile operator in Far East Asia has purchased Certo 2, the latest version of its automated revenue-assurance solution. The mobile operator currently has a customer base of seven million subscribers, offering both 2.5G and 3G services. [Read more…]

Azure Solutions and Teradata Partner to Offer Revenue Assurance and Enterprise Data Warehouse Solutions

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Azure Solutions, the revenue-assurance company, today announced a global partnering agreement with global enterprise data warehouse (EDW) leader, Teradata, a division of NCR Corporation. This agreement combines the Teradata® Warehouse with Azure’s Certo 2.0(TM) revenue-assurance software to help telecommunications firms reduce revenue leakage and leverage the data that is collected during the revenue assurance process. [Read more…]

Azure Solutions Opens North American Revenue Assurance Service Bureau

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Azure Solutions, the revenue-assurance company, today announced it will offer complete revenue-assurance, fraud and interconnect capabilities through a new world-class service and data bureau established in Colorado. Azure’s new service bureau complements the company’s robust European centre to meet increased customer demand from a growing roster of North American telecommunications operators. [Read more…]

Azure Solutions Opens Revenue Assurance Service Bureau for Latin and North American Markets

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Azure Solutions, the revenue-assurance company, today announced it will offer complete revenue-assurance, fraud and interconnect capabilities through a new world-class service and data bureau established in Colorado. Azure’s new service bureau complements the company’s robust European center to meet increased customer demand from a growing roster of telecommunications operators in both the Latin American and North America markets. [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

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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…]

Azure Solutions and Verizon Outline Strategies for Proactive Revenue Assurance at TeleStrategies RA Conference

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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…]

Azure Solutions Embarks on Trade Mission to India and Pakistan

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Azure Solutions, the revenue-assurance company, is taking part in a trade mission to India and Pakistan, organised by UK Trade & Investment, between 27 February – 7 March 2005.  The trade mission will involve meeting a series of senior regulatory and telecoms executives in the region, where Azure will highlight the revenue-assurance issues they are facing. [Read more…]

MetaSolv Launches Mediation 5 to Support 3G, IMS and Triple Play

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MetaSolv Software, Inc., a global leader in comprehensive operational support system solutions for next-generation communications service providers, today announced the release of Mediation 5, MetaSolv’s carrier-class mediation application designed for multi-service 3G wireless, IP, VoIP and traditional voice networks. The Mediation 5 release delivers key enhancements that enable mobile and fixed line operators to support revenue assurance and enable IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) deployments.
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CERTO 2 Debuts at 3GSM to Help Mobile Operators Reduce $72 Billion in Annual Losses

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According to Azure Solutions, the global revenue-assurance company, mobile operators worldwide are losing billions of dollars from unintentional or malicious revenue leakage. It estimates that annual global losses are over $72 billion and this figure is likely to increase with the emergence of 3G and other next-generation technologies.
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Avalanche Mobile Provides Operator’s the Key to Protecting Subscribers From Mobile Spam and Fraud

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Avalanche Mobile, a leading global developer of network-based SMS management technologies, announces the launch of their IMF Protect solution to help mobile network operators protect subscribers from mobile spam and fraud. A part of Avalanche Mobile’s Intelligent Messaging Filter™ suite, IMF Protect can screen and analyze all text messages before they are delivered to subscribers, which has significant implications for text spam and fraud which are becoming increasingly common problems for network operators and subscribers. These solutions will be demonstrated at Hall 4, HS6.08 at 3GSM in Barcelona from February 13 – 16.
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