Intec confirms exclusive report in VanillaPlus that it is considering sale
Woking, Surrey, UK. – In a brief announcement to the London Stock Exchange on Monday, headlined “Response to Share Price Movement”, the Board of Intec Telecom Systems plc (“Intec”) stated:
“In view of today’s share price movement, the Board of Intec Telecom Systems plc (“Intec” or “the Company”) confirms that it is in highly preliminary discussions with a third party which may or may not lead to an offer for the Company. Discussions are at a very early stage, and as such there can be no certainty as to whether any offer will be forthcoming nor as to the level at which any offer might be made. A further announcement will be made in due course.”
This announcement follows VanillaPlus.com’s exclusive report on April 29, 2010 alerting readers to a plunge in Intec’s share price, market rumours surrounding Intec’s possible sale, and linking the company to interest from Convergys and Oracle. Intec declined to comment on the rumours at the time, but there was known to be considerable satisfaction at the Grameenphone contract win.
When the shares climbed by over 38% to 76 pence on Monday, VanillaPlus contacted Intec to ask for a comment. The above announcement followed an hour later:
Below is an extract from VanillaPlus.com’s exclusive report on April 29, 2010: “The announcement (of a contract with Grameenphone of Bangladesh) comes as welcome good news after Intec’s share price came under intense pressure when the company issued a surprise profits warning at the end of March. The London-listed share price fell to 58 pence from 94.5 pence, although it has since recovered to 63.5 pence. Financial analysts say this has made it vulnerable to takeover – the company has been linked in the past to Convergys and Oracle.”
Intec, a leading provider of business support systems (BSS), has appointed Kallol Hazra as Managing Director for Intec India. Kallol also joins the Intec India Board with immediate effect. Tasked with supporting growth for Intec and the delivery of end-to-end solutions for the company’s global customer base, Kallol heads up a team of professional services consultants based in locations across Bangalore, Mumbai and New Delhi.
A technology industry veteran with over 25 years‚ experience, Kallol joins Intec from HP India where his last assignment was as Director of Application Services, in HP’s Enterprise Services Business (formerly EDS). He has also held positions with Tata IBM, Pertech Computers Ltd and PSI Data Systems India. Kallol has a Bachelors Degree in Technology and a Management Diploma and lives in Bangalore, with his wife and two sons. www.intecbilling.comBack to top
TMF appoints Tribold’s Michel to Executive Committee
Catherine Michel, CTO of Tribold
Declares TM Forum’s role ‘vital’ in product & service evolution Catherine Michel, CTO and co-founder of Tribold, a leading provider of enterprise product management software for communication service providers (CSPs), has been reappointed to the TM Forum Executive Committee. In her role, Catherine will continue to help to define and implement the strategic objectives of the organisation. With more than 700 corporate members in 195 countries, TM Forum is an industry association focused on enabling best-in-class IT for service providers in the comms, media and cloud service markets.
The Executive Committee comprises senior executives from a global cross-section of the industry, including leading CSPs, system suppliers, and integrators. Its members are responsible for providing selected expertise to the various committees throughout the year, and directing the Forum. www.tribold.comBack to top
Siemens Enterprise Comms names Fischer as EMEA GM
Wolfram Fischer joins Siemens from HP
Strong record in sales, services & customer satisfaction Siemens Enterprise Communications, a provider of enterprise communications, has announced the appointment of Wolfram Fischer as the company’s general manager of Europe (excluding Germany), Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific operations. Fischer will be responsible for all direct sales, partner activities and business operations in these regions, reporting to CEO, Hamid Akhavan.
Fischer joins the company from HP, with more than 25 years of experience in sales, marketing and business management including hardware, software, IT solutions and services. www.siemens-enterprise.comBack to top
Alcatel-Lucent acquires ProgrammableWeb
Laura Merling, VP Developer Platform & Programs, Alcatel-Lucent
Aims to accelerate creation of web, mobile and multimedia apps Alcatel-Lucent has acquired ProgrammableWeb, a source for Web APIs (application programming interfaces) used by application developers to build web, mobile, and other connected applications that serve consumers and the workplace. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
Web APIs enable developers to create new applications leveraging various kinds of content and functionality. The purchase of ProgrammableWeb aims to bring together an eco-system of service providers, enterprises, and developers to drive the creation of unique applications in the world of broadband mobile through LTE.
Alca-Luc’s application enablement strategy is focused on combining the trusted and secure network capabilities of service providers with the speed and creativity of the web to provide a richer end-user experience. www.alcatel-lucent.comBack to top
Comptel adds another international award
The Stevie Award
Comptel Corporation, an operations support system (OSS) software vendor, has been recognised by the International Business Awards(SM) in the “Best New Telecommunications Product or Service of the Year” category for the second year in a row.
Awarded with a Distinguished Honouree medal, Comptel Control and Charge brings together Comptel’s proven 3GPP-compliant systems for policy control (Policy and Charging Rules Function – PCRF) and charging (Online Charging System – OCS) on a single platform. With Comptel Control and Charge, CSPs can offer subscribers more personalised services to encourage spending, charge effectively for the use of these services and to better manage resource usage, particularly bandwidth.
Nicknamed the Stevie® after the Greek word for “crowned”, the global awards will be presented at a gala dinner on 27 September in the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey. Honourees were selected from more than 1,700 entries received from organisations and individuals in more than 40 countries and determined through two rounds of judging. www.comptel.com Back to top
Comarch implements class 5 service platform in Poland
Comarch has agreed with Telefonia DIALOG, one of the biggest independent telecom service providers in Poland, the provisioning, installation and implementation of a service platform based on class 5 softswitches.
Telefonia DIALOG will now also be able to offer voice services via VoIP (voice over IP) technology, and will have the option of launching a number of services that have not been available until now, such as hosted PBX (private branch exchange), SIP Trunking, Value-Added Services, audio/video connections or conference calls, also in the workgroup model. Comarch’s platform claims to guarantee the availability of services from any location or device, based on a broad range of access types (VoDSL, ETTx, PON, WiMAX, WiFi, etc.). www.comarch.comBack to top
Belgacom takes on GetJar’s App Catalogue Express
Belgian carrier’s app store to provide 75,000+ apps GetJar, a leading app store, has partnered with Belgacom, a Belgian supplier of integrated telecom services, to make its entire library of 75,000+ free mobile applications available to Belgacom customers using GetJar’s App Catalogue Express (ACE). This is a white label, mobile app catalogue for carriers, aggregators and partners to launch or quickly and easily add to their own app stores.
Belgacom customers gain immediate access to Getjar’s library of applications via a GetJar link on the Belgacom application portal accessible from the mobile internet on their mobile phone. Belgacom customers will have access to thousands of applications ranging from games, social networking, sports, entertainment and productivity applications. Popular apps such as Facebook® Mobile, Yahoo!, Opera Mini, and Nimbuzz can easily be downloaded to over 2,000 handsets across all major platforms, including smart- and non-smartphones. www.belgacom.comwww.getjar.comBack to top
Wataniya boosts VIP mobile services with Astellia
Astellia, a provider of monitoring systems for optimising mobile network QoS (quality of service) and performance has won a contract for its VIP Care system with Wataniya Telecom, a mobile operator in Kuwait.
Wataniya can now monitor the network performances of its most valuable customers and ensure a high quality of service across its 2G and 3G networks. These customers, including corporate fleets and subscribers with a high average revenue per user, tend to have significant expectations in terms of service access speed, service availability and seamless coverage. VIP Care measures these KPIs through individual subscriber reports.
Wataniya also uses VIP Care in troubleshooting to identify a problem‚s root cause and resolve quality threatening events before they affect user experience. www.astellia.comBack to top
Eastern European MNO uses Voucher Service Centre
Mobile operator further strengthens trust in Orga Systems An unnamed Eastern European operator has implemented the Voucher Management Centre offered by Orga Systems. Voucher Service Centre is a high-performance recharge solution managing all relevant voucher processes. Security, availability and attractive points of contact for pre-paid customers are essential factors in maintaining continuous, growing revenue streams for this MNO.
Voucher Service Centre will enable the company to boost voucher sales and run dedicated marketing campaigns for selected customer segments and to meet the need for high speed top-ups during peak time. Designed for fast and secure voucher management, the system enables the operator to target dedicated pre-paid customer segments and thus raise customer satisfaction. www.orga-systems.comBack to top
ZON Multimedia consolidates network and IT control
Portuguese cable operator ZON Multimedia uses IBM software IBM has announced that ZON Multimedia, a leader in the pay-TV market in Portugal, has used its software to consolidate ZON’s IT and network management into a single view for improved quality and distribution of cable services to its consumers. The recently signed agreement represents an investment of EUR1.2 million in the cable operator’s strategy to continuously improve customer service.
ZON will employ a portfolio of IBM service management software to automate and integrate its IT and networking systems across the company’s entire infrastructure. www.zon.ptBack to top
VivaCell-MTS launches mobile broadband with Redknee
Armenian MNO calls in Redknee to reinforce market leadership Redknee, a provider of business-critical billing and charging software and systems for communications service providers, has launched its new data charging and policy solution, NGRC, at VivaCell-MTS in Armenia. The rapid uptake of subscribers to its new mobile broadband services reinforces VivaCell-MTS‚ position as one of Armenia’s leading mobile operators.
Supporting the launch of VivaCell-MTS‚ 3G network, Redknee’s data monetisation platform has enabled it to develop and launch mobile broadband service offerings to suit the different usage habits and needs of its subscribers as it strives to drive revenue and increase its market share against the incumbent and new competitors entering the market. www.redknee.comBack to top
Verint helps capture the ‘voice of the customer’ Verint® Systems Inc. has announced that Telefónica O2 Ireland, a provider of mobile services and communications solutions to customers and corporations in Ireland, implemented its Impact 360® Advanced Speech Analytics solution to help identify €1 million in potential savings by uncovering the underlying issues that prompt calls into its contact centre. By mining recorded calls and analysing customer interactions, the software from Verint® Witness Actionable Solutions® is helping O2 Ireland spot trends and opportunities, identify and respond to the root causes that result in unnecessary calls for customers, and gather key market intelligence.
O2 Ireland initially deployed the solution within its billing team to identify issues driving calls into the call centre. O2 Ireland was able to see that many calls were related to customers getting locked out of their accounts during the password-reset procedure. According to O2 Ireland, fixing that process alone has already yielded an estimated 6,000 fewer calls per month. www.verint.comBack to top
MYCOM and IPTEGO partner for SIP-based services
VoIP service assurance system cuts OpEx by up to 30% MYCOM, a provider of OSS service assurance software solutions and ICT professional services, and IPTEGO, the SIP (session initiation protocol) mediation & correlation company, have jointly announced the launch of new customer experience management (CEM) systems for SIP-based services assurance across next generation networks (NGN), IMS and Pre-IMS.
IPTEGO’s SIP mediation platform, PALLADION, will be integrated into MYCOM’s NIMS-PrOptima service assurance platform allowing the creation of solutions that support real-time monitoring, troubleshooting and optimization solutions for any SIP-based service, beginning with quality of service assurance for VoIP services. www.mycom-int.com Back to top
‘Smooth Operator’ to boost virtual PBX service uptake
New client app supports Teligent’s network PBX services Teligent Telecom, a provider of messaging and charging services to telcos and operators, has announced a new mobile and desktop virtual PBX (VPBX) phone client, Smooth Operator.
Smooth Operator, available as both a desktop client and a mobile application, gives all business users the advanced, intuitive voice features available on enterprise landline handsets. These include full auto attendant and ACD features, hunt groups, voice VPNs, call park and transfer, and more. Smooth Operator’s GUI shows a contact’s whereabouts and status at a glance, and enables seamless routing of calls according to a person’s availability. Teligent’s mobile clients are available for the iPhone, Android, Symbian and Windows Mobile platforms. www.teligent.seBack to top
Openet provides RAN congestion system
Optimises existing capacity, augments policy management Openet, a provider of subscriber optimisation software, has launched its new RAN Congestion system. Supported by Openet’s FusionWorks Policy Manager product, Radio Access Network (RAN) Congestion system supplies policies to leverage proven technology for network congestion forecasting. It also enables operators to make real-time traffic management decisions to improve the subscriber experience.
Openet’s RAN Congestion solution combines network forecasting with key policy management capabilities. This functionality enables operators to determine what resources are allocated appropriately to subscribers, to ensure a higher quality experience in congested areas. This approach enables operators to mitigate the effect of performance issues on subscribers before they occur. www.openet.comBack to top
What’s on in Comms
Mobile Broadband World 27-29 September, 2010 Hilton London Tower Bridge Hotel, London, UK www.iir-telecoms.com/I2GS2VAPL
VanillaPlus Magazine next issue: Out 6 September, 2010
Editorial Features in the August/September issue include:
16-page Policy Control Supplement
Billing transparency still under operator scrutiny for next gen networks
Does telecom expense management deliver what it promises?
Is help at hand for managers of complex data migration projects?
Is application performance management helping in the cloud?
Secure a better revenue share: Enabling 3rd-party applications
Profitable location-based services are built on personalisation
What’s the future of mobile money transfer?
Convergent billing & charging still a critical goal for many CSPs
Network sharing brings challenges for the back office
CSPs long for speedy problem-solving to optimise IP service performance
Service Level Management: A growing challenge for carriers
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