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Intec Telecom Systems PLC
09 May 2006
Intec wins $2.5m interconnect billing deal with Dutch incumbent KPN
London, 09 May 2006 ... Intec Telecom Systems PLC, a leading supplier of billing
software solutions to the global telecoms industry, has announced a win for core
components from its market leading billing family, Intec Interconnect v7 and
Intec Interconnect PREP, with the international wholesale voice division within
KPN, the Dutch national operator. The deal is worth in excess of two and a half
million dollars.
KPN Global Carrier Services BV (KGCS) is an integrated part of the fixed
division of KPN. It provides termination of international voice traffic
originating outside and inside the Netherlands to any place in the world. Its
services include:
• International wholesale voice services in different quality classes and
international direct dialling: services for calls originating or
terminating in the Netherlands;
• Transit: transit through a network of international calls from one foreign
network to another foreign network;
• Wholesale freephone services: transport of international toll-free numbers;
• Solutions for mobile operators: termination of voice traffic, SMS
Interworking, MMS Interworking and UMTS based services (Mobile Matrix); and
• Solutions for ISPs: voice access services connecting voice over internet
protocol (VoIP) traffic to switched networks internationally.
KGCS operates worldwide through primary sales/distribution channels located in
The Hague, New York, Miami, Hong Kong, Rio de Janeiro, Cape Town, Istanbul and
Singapore.
KGCS's decision to invest in a new interconnect billing solution was driven by
the need to meet the future demands of next generation services within the
international wholesale voice environment and was guided by a close consultative
process begun in 2002 to develop a phased migration strategy with a minimum
impact on KGCS's business. Intec InterconnecT v7, which allows operators to bill
for wholesale traffic sent to and received from other carriers, is the world's
most widely installed interconnect billing system.
"KGCS expects increased accuracy of progressively more complex wholesale billing
information, greater flexibility of the overall system in allowing complex
changes to be made quickly, support for new services, synergy benefits and
faster processing of bill cycles," said Edwin van Ierland, senior vice president
of KPN Global Carrier Services. "The solution will also impact positively on
partner relations with an improved level of management of our international
interconnect agreements."
KPN, the Dutch national operator, provides a portfolio of modern, high quality
telecommunications services to its customers. The Netherlands, KPN's key market,
is one of the most competitive in Europe but KPN has successfully maintained its
leadership positions in all key segments. The KPN strategy is to continue to
provide traditional telephony services, address the converging worlds of
Internet, fixed telephony, mobile telephony and moving images, launch new
services including VoIP, Mobile TV and Video on Demand over ADSL, and expand its
mobile customer base with innovative, market-driven propositions.
Peter Deane, Intec's EMEA managing director, commented: "This is a substantial
contract with a major European player. KPN chose the Intec Interconnect solution
over several options to replace a number of bespoke applications and in-house
systems. It is great news for Intec that KPN picked our people and solution to
help it maximise on the growing number of opportunities in next-generation
telecommunications."
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For more information, please contact:
Robert Gibb, investor relations manager, Intec Telecom Systems PLC
Tel: +44 (0)1483 745941 or 745800; Mob: +44 (0)7876 656 896
Email: robert.gibb@intecbilling.com
James Melville-Ross/ Cass Helstrip / Edward Bridges
Financial Dynamics
Tel: +44 (0)20 7831 3113; Email: intec@fd.com
About Intec
Intec Telecom Systems is a leading supplier of business and operations support
systems (BSS/OSS) to over 350 customers across the global telecoms industry.
Intec is world market leader in convergent billing systems, inter-carrier
billing and mediation. Intec's customer base now includes over 60 per cent of
the world's top 100 carriers. Founded in 1997, Intec is listed on the London
Stock Exchange (ITL.L) and has over 1,600 staff and 31 offices in 25 countries.
Intec's product and solution portfolio includes:
• Retail billing and customer management
• Multi-service mediation and activation
• Inter-carrier billing settlements including US CABS and ITU-based
settlement
• End-to-end content partner management
• Optimised wholesale routing and trading
• Real-time pre/post-paid mediation and charging
• A fully-integrated solution for IPTV charging, billing and user interaction
Intec's customer base includes, among others, BellSouth Telecommunications Inc.,
Cable & Wireless, The Carphone Warehouse (UK), Cesky Telecom (Czech Republic),
China Unicom, China Netcom, COLT Telecommunications, Deutsche Telekom, Eircom
(Ireland), France Telecom, Hutchison 3G, MTN, Nitel (Nigeria), Reliance (India),
SingTel Optus (Australia), O2, Orange, Telecom Argentina, Telecom Egypt, Telecom
Italia, Tiscali, TPSA (Poland), Swisscom, T-Mobile, Telefonica, Telia, Telkom
South Africa, Telstra, US Cellular, Vodafone, VimpelCom (Russia), Virgin Mobile,
Vivo (Brasil), XO Communications and Verizon.
For more information, visit the Intec website at www.intecbilling.com
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