February 10, 2004 – Intec Telecom Systems, a global provider of Operations Support Systems (OSS) for fixed, wireless, and IP/next generation networks, today announced a contract with Union Telephone Company of Wyoming, US for a suite of products to automate and streamline the operator’s service operations, and to enable Union Telephone to improve its service offerings, quality, and delivery to its customers throughout the region. Union Telephone will license all of Intec’s main US product offerings, including convergent mediation (Inter-mediatE), service activation (Inter-activatE), and carrier access billing (InterconnecT CABS CG). This will provide Union Telephone with a comprehensive back-office solution that collects and processes information for billing purposes and assures customer service satisfaction.
Intec’s convergent mediation solution, Inter-mediatE, is used by operators large and small to collect and process any kind of network data from simple voice traffic to sophisticated next-generation services. The charging gateway functions provided by Inter-mediatE will enable Union Telephone to seamlessly support GPRS services over its GSM wireless network.
Intec’s Inter-activatE solution provides a single platform service activation capability that minimizes operational costs while improving customer satisfaction. Union Telephone will use Intec’s Interconnect CABS CG solution to bill other carriers for the completion of calls to its customer base, thus maximizing the revenue potential of its network.
“When it became evident that Union Telephone’s existing OSS needed to be upgraded to support our current operations, we evaluated potential replacements. Intec offers a comprehensive OSS suite specifically designed for the telecommunications industry,” said Alan Marchant, CIO at Union Telephone. “Union Telephone is extremely pleased to be working with a vendor of the calibre of Intec, and to be able to use its market-leading solutions.
In business for 90 years, Union Telephone Company is a family-owned and operated independent local exchange carrier (ILEC) serving areas of Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado. Originally a wireline operator for southwest Wyoming only, in the last decade Union Telephone expanded its service offering and coverage area with wireless voice, cable, and Internet access.
“Intec has a long history of serving the needs of the ILEC community and is actively targeting this market with appropriately sized, comprehensive solutions that will allow them to maximize the revenue derived from their network usage. Intec is very pleased to add Union Telephone to our growing list of ILEC customers,” said Fred Brott, President of Intec North America.
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About Intec Telecom Systems
Intec Telecom Systems is an award-winning worldwide Operations Support Systems (“OSS”) vendor for fixed, mobile and next-generation networks (ie. WLAN, 3G and IP), with more than 550 installations of its products worldwide. Founded in 1997, Intec was listed on the London Stock Exchange (Code: ITL.L) in June 2000. Intec is the market leader in intercarrier billing systems and convergent mediation software, and a recent winner of the 2003 Global Billing Award – Best Overall Contribution, and Telestrategies ‘2003 Mediation Excellence Award’.
Intec’s portfolio includes:
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Inter-mediatE™ - convergent mediation solution
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InterconnecT™ - intercarrier billing including US CABS and ITU
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Inter-activatE™ - flow-through provisioning and activation
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Intec Dynamic Charging Platform™ – a real-time pre/post-paid charging interface between the network and the back office
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Intec ASF™ - end-to-end management for advanced data services
Intec’s customer base includes, among others, BellSouth, BellSouth Peru, Cable & Wireless, Cesky Telecom (Czech Republic), China Unicom, COLT Telecommunications, EBT (Taiwan), Eircom (Ireland), France Telecom, Hutchison 3G, Maxis (Malaysia), Singtel Optus (Australia), Orange, Telecom Argentina, Telecom Egypt, Telecom Italia, Tiscali, TPSA (Poland), Swisscom, T-Mobile International, Telia (Sweden), Telefonica, Telkom South Africa, Telstra, US Cellular, Westel (Hungary), Vodafone, VimpelCom (Russia) and Verizon. For more information on Intec Telecom Systems, visit the website at http://www.intec-telecom-systems.com