- Partnership provides InterconnecT and InterconnecT PREP to Austria’s leading mobile operator
London/Vienna, December 5th, 2002: Intec Telecom Systems and Hewlett-Packard have jointly sold Intec’s InterconnecT™ and InterconnecT PREP™ solutions to Mobilkom Austria, the leading mobile operator in Austria. Intec’s solutions will enable Mobilkom Austria to put in place the advanced billing capabilities required by existing and next generation communications services. Mobilkom Austria will use InterconnecT to conduct carrier-to-carrier billing with its growing number of interconnect partners. InterconnecT PREP’s mediation technology will collect and process information on the millions of calls that pass through the company’s network every day, as well as providing capabilities for number portability and duplicate call record detection.
Mobilkom Austria claims to be the first company in Europe to deploy a GPRS and UMTS network and the first to initiate 3G services across Austria with a live streaming video call between the cities of Vienna and Graz. Approximately 25 per cent of Austria’s geographic area, including most major urban districts, is covered in the initial 3G launch. Content will initially be provided through a number of exclusive partnerships between Mobilkom Austria and companies such as news agency Reuters and leading Austrian on-line sports media channel, sport1.at. The operator plans to launch commercial services across the country in 2003.
“We are very pleased to work closely with HP to offer our OSS technology to Mobilkom Austria, one of the most technologically advanced operators in Europe,” said Kevin Adams, Intec’s CEO. “As the world’s market leader in intercarrier billing, InterconnecT is a logical solution for any operator looking for OSS software that has the proven ability to deal with the volume and complexity of present and next generation services. Together with HP we will ensure that Mobilkom receives the support it requires to successfully implement this advanced solution.”
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About Mobilkom Austria
Mobilkom Austria was founded in 1996, and since then has become Telekom Austria Group's most successful new venture. In the first half of the 2002year, Mobilkom Austria group counted 4 million customers and 3518 employees - bringing in revenue of €906.9 million. The first half of 2002 also saw a considerable EBITDA increase to €351.4 million. These numbers are due to a large number of high-value clients (business clients), who appreciate the innovative, high quality products offered by Mobilkom Austria, the leader in innovations and on the market. For more information please visit the website http://www.mobilkom.at/
About HP
HP is a leading global provider of products, technologies, solutions and services to consumers and businesses. The company's offerings span IT infrastructure, personal computing and access devices, global services and imaging and printing. HP completed its merger transaction involving Compaq Computer Corp. on May 3, 2002. For more information visit the website at http://www.hp.com.
Intec Telecom Systems
Intec Telecom Systems is an award-winning worldwide Operations Support Systems (“OSS”) vendor for fixed, mobile and IP/next-generation networks, with more than 250 customers for its products worldwide. Founded in 1997, Intec was listed on the London Stock Exchange (Code: ITL.L) in June 2000. Intec is the market leader in intercarrier billing systems and one of the largest suppliers of convergent mediation software. The company is currently listed in Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu’s top 500 fastest growing companies in Europe, and received the prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise in April 2002 for its success in growing international sales by almost 400% in 3 years. Intec’s portfolio includes:
- Inter-mediatE™ - convergent mediation solution
- InterconnecT™ - intercarrier billing including US CABS and ITU
- Inter-activatE™ - flow-through provisioning and activation
Intec’s customer base includes, among others, AT&T, BellSouth, BellSouth Peru, Cable & Wireless, Cesky Telecom (Czech Republic), COLT Telecommunications, EBT (Taiwan), France Telecom, Hutchison 3G, ITXC, Maroc Telecom, Maxis (Malaysia), Singtel Optus (Australia), Orange, Telecom Argentina, Telecom Egypt, Telecom Italia, TPSA (Poland), Swisscom, T-Mobile International, Telia (Sweden), Telkom South Africa, Telstra, US Cellular, Westel (Hungary), Vodafone and Verizon. For more information on Intec Telecom Systems, visit the website at http://www.intec-telecom-systems.com.