London/Kuala Lumpur, 6th March 2006: Reliance Infocomm, the fastest growing mobile operator in India, with one of the country’s largest subscriber bases at over 16 million customers, today affirmed the importance of its continued partnership with Intec, based on its successful use of Intec’s retail billing, interconnect billing and convergent mediation systems. The scalability and performance of Intec’s technology has allowed Reliance Infocomm to grow at very high rates within the competitive and fast-developing Indian market.
"We consider Intec as a vital technology partner that will continue to grow with us in our journey to scale and speed, in our ambition to lead the Indian market, and in our mission to deliver true value to our customers," said Mr. Anil Dhirubhai Ambani, Chairman of Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group. "Intec’s technology, experience and capabilities in BSS/OSS are helping us to optimize our business model through the rapid launch of innovative, cost effective products and services to a huge and growing customer base. Intec’s scalable solutions help us create a competitive differentiation for Reliance Infocomm as a significant player in India, and we look forward to the continuing benefits that this partnership brings to both companies".
Within the span of just three years, Reliance Infocomm has grown at breakneck speed to capture over 16 million subscriber base in one of the world’s fastest growing telecoms markets. Reliance Infocomm has used Intec’s world leading, carrier grade BSS/OSS solutions for its mediation, retail and wholesale billing within its core IT infrastructure since the start of its operations in December 2002.
“Subscriber numbers, particularly in developing economies like India, continue to accelerate, and many operators are faced with the challenge of finding BSS/OSS technology that can cope with both substantial volumes and complex new services,” said Intec CEO, Kevin Adams. “Intec Convergent Billing, Intec Interconnect and Intec Mediation are proven solutions in many of the world’s largest wireless, fixed, cable and IP carriers, supporting hundreds of millions of events per day in our largest accounts. We’re proud of our strong relationship with Reliance Infocomm, and we are confident of supporting their ambitious growth and development plans.”
Intec is the fastest growing major BSS/OSS vendor in the world, recording a 69% increase in sales from 2004 to 2005, and increasing its customer base by 27% to a total of over 350 customers worldwide. Intec’s solutions have been chosen by over 60% of the world’s top 100 carriers. Intec invests heavily in both its core technology and its customer service capabilities on a global basis, including, for example, its expanding technical facilities in India which are delivering and supporting successful OSS/BSS projects to operators in India as well as across the world.
Intec Managing Director, Asia Pacific, John Rocca added: “Intec is proud to be recognised as an integral technology and solutions partner, working with Reliance Infocomm to deliver high quality, leading edge technology, robust performance and the benefits of next generation services to a wider spectrum of the Indian market.”
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About Reliance Infocomm Reliance
Infocomm Ltd. is the flagship company of Reliance--Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, India's largest private information and communications services provider over 19 million subscribers. Reliance Infocomm has established a pan-India, high-capacity, integrated (wireless and wireline), convergent (voice, data and video) digital network, to offer services spanning the entire Infocomm value chain.
The Reliance--Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group is a member of the Reliance Group founded by Shri Dhirubhai H. Ambani (1932-2002).
About Intec
Intec Telecom Systems is a leading supplier of business and operations support systems (BSS/OSS) to over 350 customers across the global telecoms and IPTV industry. Intec’s customer base now includes over 60 per cent of the world’s top 100 carriers. Founded in 1997, Intec has over 1,600 staff and 31 offices in 25 countries. Intec’s world-class OSS/BSS portfolio, which is proven in fixed, wireless, cable and IP operators worldwide, is divided into three categories – Products, Solutions, and Services.
Intec Products include:
- Intec Convergent Billing
- Intec Customer Management
- Intec Product Catalogue
- Intec Interconnect Billing
- Intec Trading and Routing
- Intec Carrier Access Billing
- Intec Partner Management
- Intec Convergent Mediation
- Intec Active Mediation
- Intec Service Activation
- Intec Charging and Rating
- Intec Centralised Error Management
Intec Solutions include:
- Intec IPTV Business Solution
- Intec Mobile Business Solution
- Intec Wholesale Business Solution
- Intec VoIP Business Solution
Intec Services include:
- Consulting
- Implementation
- Configuration and scripting
- Optimisation and tuning
- Education and training
- Global support
Intec’s customer base includes, among others, BellSouth Telecommunications Inc., Cable & Wireless, China Unicom, China Netcom, Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom, Hutchison 3G, Reliance, SingTel Optus, Orange, Telstra, Vodafone, Virgin Mobile, and Verizon.
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