London, 9 July 2002: Intec Telecom Systems today announces a new partnership with Hewlett-Packards Latin America Region (HP LAR). HP LAR has signed a teaming agreement allowing it to jointly offer Intecs mediation product, Inter-mediatE; interconnect billing product, InterconnecT; and service activation product, Inter-activatE, along with HP professional services, installation and support.
"Intec only selects partners that offer the highest quality of services available to complement our world class product set," says Jim Karr, Intecs vice president of global partner programs. "HP is well established in Latin America and has a reputation of excellence in service. By partnering with HP, we will be able to offer the absolute best combination of solutions for convergent mediation, interconnect billing and service provisioning, along with local professional services," added Karr.
HP LAR will train sales, support and implementation staff in Intecs core products, which already have a strong user base in the Latin America region, including BellSouth, Cable & Wireless, CANTV, Global Telecom, TCO, Telefonica, and Telesp Cellular.
HPs telecom solutions sales director of Latin American operations Fausto Dedeschi says "Intec is well known to HP as a provider of best of breed telecom solutions. Coupled with the broad range of professional services that HP can deliver in the region, we make a formidable team capable of delivering an exceptional value proposition. Working together we can offer all carriers the best combination of products and services available in Latin America."
"We are rapidly deploying our strategy with HP for the Latin American region and already have several joint sales efforts underway; we are confident that the first wins are very near," adds Bill Wagner, Intecs managing director of CALA (Caribbean and Latin America) operations.
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Intec Telecom Systems
Intec Telecom Systems is a leading worldwide operations support systems (OSS) vendor for fixed, mobile and IP/next-generation networks, with a product portfolio that includes convergent mediation, intercarrier billing, activation, and fraud management software. With more than 250 customers worldwide, many of the worlds largest telecom operators including BellSouth (Brazil, Chile, Peru, and USA), Cable & Wireless, CANTV, Global Telecom, TCO, Telefonica, Telia, Telesp Cellular and Verizon rely on Intec solutions for critical components of their revenue generation chain. For more information on Intec (London Stock Exchange Code: ITL.L), visit www.intec-telecom-systems.com.
Hewlett-Packard
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. The company would have had combined revenue on a pro forma basis with the Compaq transaction of approximately $81.1 billion in fiscal 2001 and has operations in more than 160 countries. More information about HP is available at
http://www.hp.com.