Comptel and Intec Telecom Systems co-operate globally to present telcos with an integrated offering for interconnect billing and mediation

Billing solution specialists Intec Telecom Systems, the world leader in interconnect software with its InterconnecT™ product, and Comptel Plc, the world leader in mediation software with MDS, today announced a worldwide agreement to jointly market, sell and support their solutions aimed at telecoms companies serving global Internet, data and voice markets. With several joint sites such as DiAx in Switzerland, New World Telecom in Hong Kong and Hutchison in Australia, this well proven and established combination of InterconnecT and MDS means lower risks, smoother implementation projects, shortening the time to market for telecoms companies.

“The combination of Intec Telecom Systems' InterconnecT and Comptel's MDS is well proven worldwide.“ says Heikki Tetri, the managing director of Comptel. "The ability to offer Intec's InterconnecT™ in combination with MDS allows our customers, independent of their size, to assemble a one-stop, state-of-the-art solution for interconnect billing and mediation."

Gary Gibbs, Global Alliance Partner Manager of Intec Telecom Systems commented "The combination of our best of breed inter carrier settlement solutions with Comptel’s Mediation Device Solutions will increase the adoption of our technologies in the telecommunications markets worldwide.

"Global relationships with the right partners is critical to our success," says Heikki Tetri. "We chose Intec Telecom Systems as a partner not only because of its reputation as best of breed but also because we know that we can work together to satisfy the demanding requirements of customers around the globe.”

Comptel plc
Comptel was founded in 1986 in Helsinki. Comptel is a leading provider of Mediation Device Solutions for telecommunications operators with more than 130 customers on all continents. Customers include Hutchison Telecom, Swisscom and Belgacom. Comptel employs more than 340 staff worldwide. The MDS application suite is available for different networks including fixed line, mobile, satellite, Internet and GPRS. One of Comptel's strengths is the ability to provide vendor independent solutions to its customers. The Mediation Device Solution: The MDS is used to collect data from telecommunications network equipment (such as telephone exchanges) and to refine such data into a form where it can be processed by billing and customer care solutions. The MDS can also be used for activating information about the subscriber and the services available to them. The MDS acts as a connecting link between the operator's business support systems and the network equipment. Net sales of Comptel amounted to FIM 151.6 million in 1998 and to FIM 160.7 million during the first nine months of 1999. More about Comptel can be found on www.comptel.co