- Esat Digifone cites rapid deployment, functionality and scalability as the reasons for its choice
15 March 2000, Woking, England: Esat Digifone, Ireland’s fastest growing mobile carrier, has gone live with Intec Telecom Systems’ world leading inter-carrier interconnect billing solution just 11 weeks after purchase. InterconnecT™ will support Esat Digifone’s forecast growth in the mobile carrier market by helping to service its interconnect agreements with telcos throughout Ireland and will help the company achieve a strong commercial advantage by accurately billing and auditing the interconnect charges which make up a substantial fraction of any mobile operator’s revenues and cost base.
Esat Digifone required a quick implementation to meet the billing and settlement requirements of its existing interconnect agreements, including those signed with Eircom and Eircell, major operators in Ireland. Intec’s strong track record of fast, successful implementations in over 60 major carriers around the world contributed to Esat Digifone’s decision to purchase InterconnecT.
The asymmetric nature of interconnect charges for the mobile versus fixed portion of calls makes fast and accurate interconnect billing and auditing a business-critical activity for mobile operators. Esat Digifone also required a solution with the scalability and flexibility to service future agreements in accordance with the company’s predicted rise in interconnect traffic.
John Gunnigan, Interconnect and Regulatory Director at Esat Digifone, explained the key reasons for choosing InterconnecT. "We selected InterconnecT because we needed rapid deployment, functionality and scalability."
"We needed a rapid implementation to meet the demands of the fast-expanding market for mobile communications in Ireland,” he said. “It was vital that we found a supplier that understood the urgency for a quick and reliable set-up of our interconnect billing operations. Intec Telecom Systems executed a problem-free implementation of InterconnecT on time enabling Esat Digifone to provide swift and accurate billing to interconnect partners. We were particularly impressed with the speed at which InterconnecT can be implemented and the skills of the Intec Professional Services team.”
“InterconnecT comes highly recommended from some of the largest European carriers, including France Telecom, MCI Worldcom, Colt and Swisscom. Our extreme confidence in the functionality of the product coupled with its proven track record in billing processing, made InterconnecT an obvious choice,” added Gunnigan.
The rapid growth of Esat Digifone was also a major consideration; “The expected growth in our interconnect operations meant we required a highly scalable and flexible solution that would be able to grow with us. We have no doubt that InterconnecT will meet our future needs,” concluded Gunnigan.
Derek Lipscombe, Regional Sales Manager at Intec Telecom Systems, said: “The interconnect market is a huge growth area within mobile carriers. The pressure on companies to sign and maintain interconnect agreements is huge and the ability to bill these quickly and accurately will help Esat Digifone compete with major carriers for interconnect revenue.”