London, 01 February 2006 – Mobilink, Pakistan’s leading cellular service provider and part of the Orascom Telecom Group, today announced the awarding of a contract worth in excess of US$1.5 million to Intec, a leading supplier of business and operations support systems (BSS/OSS) to the global telecom industry. Pakistan’s mobile market expanded by almost 150% to surpass 20 million subscribers in 2005, according to the latest statistics released by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA). Mobilink led the market with over 11 million customers.
Under the terms of the agreement, Intec will supply the mobile operator with core components from its advanced Settlement product family, Intec InterconnecT v7 and Intec Automated Reconciliation. Together these technologies will substantially enhance Mobilink’s ability to invoice mobile and fixed interconnect partners, cutting billing costs and improving cash flow.
“Pakistan’s telecommunications market is growing in complexity, particularly with the arrival of mobile companies offering content and IP-based communications, hence the need for a billing strategy that can reduce the cost and time associated with accurately reconciling large numbers of inter-operator agreements,” explained Tariq Rashid, CIO of Mobilink, “Intec’s interconnection billing solution has been selected for its proven capabilities in simplifying billing and reconciliation and we are confident that our investment will yield greater interconnect profitability and improved network performance.”
Intec InterconnecT v7 enables an advanced capability to recognise, rate and bill partners for a wide range of services, supporting Mobilink’s growing billing requirements across multi-vendor networks. Intec’s Automated Reconciliation technology will allow Mobilink to reconcile incoming and outgoing interconnect bills quickly and accurately. Intec Automated Reconciliation is designed to automate the process of comparing interconnect charge information from multiple independent interconnect accounting systems. It automates bill reconciliation processes through exchange, comparison and settlement of aggregated billing data, helping to avoid the overhead of manual handling of individual transactions. This reduces settlement time and improves the accuracy of interconnect charges.
“We are extremely pleased to continue our business expansion in this high-growth region with our latest contract in Pakistan,” said Kevin Adams, Intec’s CEO. “Intec’s cutting edge technology will not only provide Mobilink with the opportunity to accelerate its settlement process and generate more revenue, but its will also make better use of the company’s resources while reducing operating costs and streamlining business processes.”
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About Mobilink
Mobilink GSM (PMCL), a subsidiary of Orascom Telecom, is Pakistan’s market leader for state-of-the-art cellular communications solutions. During the last five years, Mobilink has set up one of the largest cellular networks in the country, currently covering more than 415 cities, towns and villages and countless destinations. Orascom Telecom, Mobilink’s parent company, has grown to become a major player in the telecommunication market in the world and is a leading mobile telecommunications company operating in seven emerging markets in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia with over 30 million subscribers as of December, 2005.
The company tariff plans are exclusively designed to cater to the communication needs of a diverse market, ranging from the occasional user to the businessman. To achieve this objective, the company offers both postpaid (Indigo) and the prepaid (JAZZ) solutions for its customers. For more information please visit our website at www.mobilinkgsm.com.
For further information please contact:
Omar Manzur, Manager Public Relations
omar.ma@mobilink.net
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.