London/Kuala Lumpur, 04 May 2006: Intec, a global provider of business and operations support systems (BSS/OSS), announced today that TelstraClear a competitive service provider in New Zealand is deploying Intec InterconnecT v7, the latest generation of the world's most powerful, flexible and reliable system for domestic, international and ITU-based billing and settlements.
TelstraClear, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Telstra, the largest operator in Australia, is New Zealand’s second largest full service telecommunications provider, and provides services to the New Zealand market, serving the business, government, wholesale and residential sectors.
TelstraClear Strategic Sourcing Manager Justin Brochocki said: “We selected Intec’s Interconnect v7 because of its experience in the international market. Intec has a proven track record in delivering turnkey solutions of a similar nature to ours. This was an important factor for us.”
InterconnecT v7 meets the functionality and performance requirements of a dynamic telecommunications market by dealing with both traditional and next-generation products and services in a single system, and with proven ability to handle national carrier traffic levels. InterconnecT v7 takes settlement to the next level by also supporting inter partner settlement for IP-based services offered over next generation networks. This includes multi-party settlement with a variety of enterprises such as content providers, for services such as Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), content downloads and multimedia messaging.
John Rocca, Managing Director, Intec Asia Pacific said: “We are committed to continue to help our customers simplify the way they do business and create a strong competitive differentiation. InterconnecT v7 builds on our leadership in Asia-Pacific with a level of functionality and performance that other products simply cannot match, particularly in technically demanding, next-generation services and in operators with large traffic volumes.”
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For more information, 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
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
About TelstraClear
TelstraClear is a voice and data company, providing innovative market leading products, services and customer focus to the business, government, wholesale and residential sectors.
TelstraClear has the best IP network in New Zealand, offers the market's best trans-Tasman services and has a superb triple-play offer of voice, internet and cable TV services for residential customers in Wellington, Christchurch and Kapiti. TelstraClear Limited is wholly owned by Telstra Corporation Limited, Australia’s largest telecommunications company. The TelstraClear website is www.telstraclear.co.nz
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 convergent billing systems, inter-carrier billing and mediation. 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 1,700 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.