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LHS Wins 2007 Stratecast Award

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LHS, a leading provider of telecom billing and customer care systems across the wireless, wireline, and IP telecom markets worldwide was awarded today the “2007 Stratecast Global Investment of R&D Resources to Address Core Billing Needs Award” by the Stratecast Research Group of Frost & Sullivan. [Read more…]

Frost & Sullivan names Clarity International the OSS Vendor of the Year

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Clarity, the telecommunication industry’s Operational Support System (OSS) business process automation company, has recently announced that Frost & Sullivan, a global growth consulting company, has recognized Clarity as the 2007 Telecom OSS Vendor of the Year in Asia Pacific. Clarity received the award as part of the 2007 Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific ICT Awards, held in Singapore to recognize outstanding performance by companies in the Asia Pacific region in the field of information and communications technology (ICT). [Read more…]

Frost and Sullivan Gives Comverse its 2006 Technology Leadership Award for Converged Messaging

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Frost & Sullivan chose Comverse as the recipient of its 2006 Technology Leadership Award for its ability to continuously adapt to the growing demands of the dynamic telecom market as demonstrated by its Converged Messaging solution. Comverse Converged Messaging enables seamless interworking across various messaging services, networks and terminals so that users enjoy a simple and intuitive experience for all their messaging needs. [Read more…]

Frost and Sullivan Appoints Karl Whitelock as Stratecast Senior Consulting Analyst

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Frost & Sullivan, the world leader in helping companies achieve growth, has appointed Karl M. Whitelock as Senior Consulting Analyst in the Stratecast OSS/BSS competitive strategies practice. Whitelock brings more than 20 years of communications industry experience focused on OSS/BSS from an industry analyst, business strategy, competitive marketing, operations management and software development perspective. [Read more…]

Frost and Sullivan to Host Analyst Briefing on the Mobile Virtual Network Operators MVNOs

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The Information & Communications Technology Group at Frost & Sullivan will hold its Exclusive 2006 Quarterly Webinar on Wednesday, September 20, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. CDT / 3:00 p.m. EDT.

As competition in the mobile communications arena continues to build, the rise of MVNOs presents an opportunity for brand-strong entities, irrespective of their core business area, to play a significant role in the wireless services market without making investments in wireless infrastructure. Though fairly new to the wireless space in the U.S., MVNOs have made a popular impact in the industry with some key players such as Virgin Mobile, Boost and TRACFONE, having made an impact in a short time-span and some major names that sprung up, over the last one year, to join the bandwagon. [Read more…]

Minacom Receives 2006 Frost and Sullivan Emerging Company Award

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Frost & Sullivan analysts have selected Minacom as the recipient of the 2006 Emerging Company Award. This award reflects the company’s leadership, expertise, and innovative solutions addressing the VoIP Monitoring market.

“Minacom has steadily built a solid foundation of tier-1 telecom and cable customers, having increased its customer-base six-fold over the past three years. Among its clients are some of the most prestigious companies in the communications industry, including at&t, Comcast, France Telecom, Liberty Global, and BellSouth.” commented Frost and Sullivan Industry Manager & Analyst, Jessy Cavazos, adding, “One of Minacom’s key competitive factors is the high return on investment (ROI) of its solutions, enabled by a heavy use of automation and a low footprint in the network. Minacom’s solutions pose little installation difficulties and are recognized for quality and a unique, personalized support program known as DirectCare.”

The 2006 Emerging Company Award is presented each year to a company demonstrating excellence within its industry. Analysts compare market participants and measure performance through in-depth interviews, analysis, and extensive secondary and technology research in order to identify best practices; key evaluation criteria include superior market growth, exceptional customer service, an effective promotional strategy, and unique product technology with a high market potential. [Read more…]

Comverse Asia Pacific Group Honored As Telecom BSS Vendor Of The Year

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Comverse, a subsidiary of Comverse Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: CMVT), and the world’s leading supplier of software and systems enabling network-based multimedia enhanced communication and billing services, has announced that Comverse Asia Pacific has been conferred the 2006 Telecom BSS Vendor of the Year Award by global growth consulting company Frost & Sullivan for its outstanding performance in 2005.

Sin Siew Teyew, head of telecoms research at Frost & Sullivan, said, “Comverse has done extremely well in positioning itself as a trusted vendor amongst service providers in Asia Pacific. The company is playing a key role in enabling the transformation of service providers towards delivering next-generation services. It is a clear leader with the largest customer base in the region and a strong position in high-growth markets.”

The award was one of a series of prestigious titles conferred at the 2006 Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific ICT Awards, held annually to recognize outstanding performance and best practices by companies in the information and communications technology (ICT) industry across Asia Pacific. [Read more…]