- New solution to help VimpelCom drive business efficiency in competitive Russian market
London, 28 February, 2006 - 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.
VimpelCom is a major provider of telecommunications services in the rapidly expanding Russia, Kazakhastan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan markets, together with newly acquired operations in Ukraine. VimpelCom has in excess of 40 million subscribers across Russia, and recent Russian Federation legislation means Vimpelcom operates in an increasingly transparent and competitive environment. The Intec Trading and Routing solution will help VimpelCom manage complex trading agreements and traffic across a growing set of partner networks.
“We see the deployment of InterconnecT OR as a natural extension to the successful roll out of InterconnecT,” said VimpelCom’s Evgeny Saburov. “The solution has the potential to increase the number of carriers we connect to and the number of destinations we can analyse for routing. Ultimately, this should bring improved efficiency and reduced costs.”
Kevin Adams, CEO of Intec, added: “This latest win in Russia, with such a prestigious operator, is a strong endorsement of our Trading and Routing technology. It also highlights the benefit of our recent Moscow office opening, which will enhance our ability to deliver local service and support to our CIS customers.”
The Intec Trading and Routing solution will give VimpelCom a single system for controlling all data associated with the routing of international traffic. Already chosen by tier one operators including TeliaSonera, Eircom, Wind and Telecom Egypt, unparalleled tariff, routing and volume analysis, quality measurements and alerting capabilities have made the Intec Trading and Routing solution a market leader. Users of the solution can benefit from significantly lower wholesale costs, key decision support, aggressive pricing, more efficient routing and greater speed to market.
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For more information on Intec, please contact:
| Andrew Rodaway |
| Director of Marketing |
| Intec Telecom Systems PLC |
| Tel: +44 (0)1483 745800 |
| Mobile: +44 (0)7768 808082 |
| andrew.rodaway@intecbilling.com |
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| Charlotte Villiers |
| Manager, Corporate Communications |
| Intec Telecom Systems PLC |
| Tel: +44 (0)1483 745839 or 745800 |
| Mobile: +44 (0)7917 425667 |
| charlotte.villiers@intecbilling.com |
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About Vimpelcom
VimpelCom is a leading international provider of mobile telecommunications services in Russia and Kazakhstan, with newly acquired operations in Ukraine, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The VimpelCom Group's license portfolio covers approximately 232 million people. Geographically it covers 78 regions in Russia (with 136.5 million people, representing 94% of Russia's population) as well as the entire territories of Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. VimpelCom was the first Russian company to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE"). VimpelCom's ADSs are listed on the NYSE under the symbol "VIP". |
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 industry. Intec is world market leader in both inter-carrier billing and mediation, and one of the largest suppliers of retail billing systems. Intec’s customer base now includes over 60 per cent of the world’s top 100 carriers. Founded in 1997, Intec is listed on the London Stock Exchange (ITL.L) and has over 1,600 staff and 31 offices in 25 countries.
Intec's product and solution portfolio includes:
- Retail billing and customer management
- Multi-service mediation and activation
- Inter-carrier billing settlements including US CABS and ITU-based settlement
- End-to-end content partner management
- Optimised wholesale routing and trading
- Real-time pre/post-paid mediation and charging
- A fully-integrated solution for IPTV charging, billing and user interaction
Intec’s customer base includes, among others, BellSouth Telecommunications Inc., Cable & Wireless, The Carphone Warehouse (UK), Cesky Telecom (Czech Republic), China Unicom, China Netcom, COLT Telecommunications, Deutsche Telekom, Eircom (Ireland), France Telecom, Hutchison 3G, MTN, Nitel (Nigeria), Reliance (India), SingTel Optus (Australia), O2, Orange, Telecom Argentina, Telecom Egypt, Telecom Italia, Tiscali, TPSA (Poland), Swisscom, T-Mobile, Telefonica, Telia, Telkom South Africa, Telstra, US Cellular, Vodafone, VimpelCom (Russia), Virgin Mobile, Vivo (Brasil), XO Communications and Verizon.
For more information, visit the Intec website at www.intecbilling.com.