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August 26, 2005, London
- Azure Solutions, the revenue-assurance company, and Mahindra-British
Telecom Limited (MBT), an IT solutions provider to the
telecommunications industry, today announced that they have implemented
an interconnect system for StarHub, Singapore�s info-communications
provider. The system will deliver interconnect billing for StarHub�s
mobile services, improving flexibility of the settlement process,
enhanced performance and a reduction in operational costs.
StarHub operates its own GSM/GPRS network and has recently launched its
3G network. It required an interconnect billing system carry out billing
and settlements accurately for interconnect agreements with its partner
operators. Under the terms of the agreement, MBT implemented Azure�s
Interconnect system for StarHub.
Azure Interconnect incorporates rules-based rating capability and allows
StarHub to analyse call data, bill more accurately and to verify
interconnect traffic between itself and other network partners. The
system collects inter-business event detail records (EDRs), which can be
applied across existing voice, data and mobile products, and provides
StarHub with greater flexibility when launching next-generation
services.
With the launch of the Interconnect project at StarHub, MBT has once
again demonstrated its strong Systems Integration capabilities. MBT with
its strong telecom domain knowledge and deep understanding of Azure's
Interconnect product has successfully implemented complex interconnect
scenarios. MBT also helped StarHub to process all its backlog data thus
ensuring a smooth migration from its legacy system.
John Cronin, president and CEO of Azure Solutions, said: �This is a
really significant win for Azure and MBT and is great recognition of our
interconnect solutions. The proliferation of operators and services
across Asia means it is essential to have an effective and scaleable
interconnect system in place, otherwise operators could experience
significant revenue loss.�
Abhijit Lahiri, head of the BSS practice at MBT, said: �This is a great
endorsement of MBT and Azure�s telecom expertise, and we hope to
capitalise on further opportunities in an ever-increasing and diverse
Asian telecom market.�
Mr James Woo, VP of information services at StarHub said: �We needed an
interconnect system that is user friendly, highly robust and scalable to
meet the complexities of future products and services. The combination
of MBT�s telecoms expertise and Azure�s commitment and heritage in
revenue assurance has clearly been the key ingredients in our selection
of MBT and Azure for this critical task.�
About Azure Solutions (www.azuresolutions.com)
Azure Solutions is the world's largest revenue-assurance company. It is
headquartered in London, with people in Westminster (Colorado), Ipswich,
Paris, Frankfurt, Madrid, Barcelona, Islamabad, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta,
Singapore, Sydney, Melbourne and Mexico City. Azure's end-to-end
revenue-assurance product portfolio for current-generation networks
includes Data Integrity, Wholesale and Interconnect Billing,
International Settlements, Fraud Management, Mediation, Management,
Translation and Rating, Event Integrity and Route Optimisation. Azure
has launched Azure Inter-Party Management and Azure Fraud Control System
as the first products in its next-generation portfolio. Azure provides
individual products or complete revenue-assurance solutions using a
common platform and any combination of products that a customer might
need. Customers can choose a system that they own and operate themselves
or a bureau that Azure manages on their behalf. Azure has over 60
customers across the world comprising PTTs, mobile operators, national
operators, carrier's carrier and cable TV companies. Azure has
significant carrier experience and understands the problems faced by all
these operators.
The company's heritage can be traced back to BT in the early 1990s.
Azure was spun out of BT in April 2003 and is backed by New Venture
Partners, Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures and Intel Capital.
Recently Azure won the 'Best Revenue-Assurance Project' award at the
World Billing Awards 2005 in London, and 'Most Promising Company' at the
TeleStrategies Billing & OSS World Excellence Awards 2005 in
Philadelphia.
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