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Jon Newbery, Clarity's CEO: “Strong synergies exist between Clarity and Omnix and we’re very excited to be moving both organisations forward as a consolidated entity."

Sydney, Australia. May 11, 2010 – Continuing the current spate of mergers and acquisitions, Clarity, a provider of unified telecoms operational management solutions, today announced that the business and assets of Omnix Software are to be brought under the Clarity brand. The merger with Omnix aims to enable Clarity to deliver network planning functionality, as well as infrastructure and estates management, as part of its unified OSS. Geographically, the merger with UK-based Omnix also provides Clarity with a stronger foothold in the European market, while promoting the Omnix product to Clarity’s existing international customer base. The newly merged company will continue to operate under the Clarity brand.

Clarity and Omnix are both part of Powerlan, a publicly listed Australian company that provides specialist information technology (IT) products and services. Omnix Software is a provider of systems that help telcos to plan, launch and manage their networks. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Bristol, Omnix customers include Vodafone, Orange and Telefonica O2.

Clarity, on the other hand, manages over 250 million subscribers globally, simplifying the operational complexity of telecom companies by delivering a unified, yet modularly open, system that supports industry best practice, customers' self-service, unified catalogue, order management, revenue management, inventory, fulfilment and assurance. This enables real-time visibility of the network's impact on revenues and customer experience. Established in 1994, Clarity has offices worldwide.

Jon Newbery, CEO of Clarity, commented: “Strong synergies exist between Clarity and Omnix and we’re very excited to be moving both organisations forward as a consolidated entity. Bringing the Omnix-branded product portfolio under the Clarity banner will allow us to dovetail both of our unique technologies, allowing us to offer an OSS (operations support system) that can manage the whole spectrum of an operator’s needs – from infrastructure planning and network roll-out to customer experience management and billing. In addition, we will continue to market Omnix-branded products to our existing customers and business partners.”

Established in 1994, Clarity enables its customers to simplify their operations with a unified operational management solution. Clarity provides an integrated, modular solution to optimise and automate core operational processes to manage network build and movements, develop and sell next generation products, and deliver and assure the quality of customer services. It aims to provide the lowest total cost of ownership using embedded best practices and process-driven workflow to reduce complexity, risk and cost. Clarity has over 35 telecom tier 1, 2 and 3 customers worldwide.

Omnix Software Ltd is a UK-based provider of project automation software systems for telecom infrastructure lifecycle management. Its products support active project and program management for network deployment and operational management, site lease and property management, resource planning and allocation, and dynamic asset management. Omnix is focused on the mobile and fixed line communications industry and has developed a global customer base in over 30 countries.

The Omnix platform delivers process efficiency, cost management and operational compliance to telecoms operators via four core solution packs: Network Project Logistics (NPL), Network Asset Tracking (NAT), Network Estates Management (NEM) and Network Asset Maintenance (NAM). Founded in 1998, Omnix customers include major mobile network providers Vodafone, O2/Telefonica, Vodacom, Orange, Millicom, Zain and Mobilkom.