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Russia’s OAO Uralsvyazinform Depends on Micromuse and Open Technologies for Assurance of Service Infrastructure

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Micromuse Inc. (Nasdaq: MUSE), the leading provider of ultra-scalable, realtime business and service assurance software, and Open Technologies, a premier Russian systems integrator, today announced that they have successfully deployed Netcool® solutions for OAO Uralsvyazinform, the leading regional telecommunications operator in the Urals Federal District and Perm region of Russia, and part of the SvyazInvest Group. Micromuse’s Netcool software is being used as the primary business service management and security monitoring platform and will manage OAO Uralsvyazinform’s enterprise IT infrastructure, as well as its main information storage center, which has been developed together with the implementation of an Oracle E-Business ERP suite.
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Micromuse Delivers Complete Assurance Solution For Integrated Network and Security Operations Management

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Micromuse Inc. (Nasdaq: MUSE), the leading provider of ultra-scalable, realtime business and service assurance software today announced enhanced integration and visualization between its Netcool® operations management console and Netcool/NeuSecure®, the security information and event management (SIEM) solution acquired from GuardedNet Inc., in 2005. Combining Netcool’s service assurance solution with the Netcool/NeuSecure product provides organizations with unparalleled clarity of the realtime availability, performance, and security of critical services delivered over their technology infrastructure.
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Amino Strengthens Leadership Position in Hospitality IPTV Market; Guest-Tek Works with Amino for Significant Hotel Deployment

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Guest-Tek Interactive Entertainment Ltd., a leading provider of broadband technology solutions for the hospitality industry, has selected Amino’s AmiNET110H as its in-room set-top box to deliver interactive IPTV services to its global hotel rooms. The AmiNET110H set-top box allows guests to take full advantage of the hotel’s IP network, which can offer guests high-speed Internet access, multicast Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) and true video-on-demand from their rooms.
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MBG Sees Invoice Processing Volume Soar as New Telemanagement Demand Drives Growth

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MBG, a leading telemanagement provider for Global 2000 companies, reports a two-fold increase in the monthly volume of invoices it is processing, driven by companies using next generation telecom expense management (TEM) to receive and process more detailed electronic invoices and match charges to live inventory systems. Several new clients acquired in the multinational financial services and retail sectors reflect the increased importance of telecom expense management solutions to improve corporate controls, enhance customer service, and reduce overall costs.
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PowerNet Global Communications Teams with generationE Technologies to Deploy Micromuse’s Netcool® Carrier Class Service Assurance Solutions

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Micromuse Inc. (Nasdaq: MUSE), the leading provider of ultra-scalable, realtime business and service assurance software, and generationE, a Netcool® systems integrator, today announced that PowerNet Global Communications, a leading integrated communications provider, has deployed Netcool solutions to provide the core service management foundation for its network-based IP, voice, and private line services, as well as network infrastructure elements such as servers, routers, gateways and access devices. generationE Technologies was responsible for implementing the solution in PowerNet Global’s central network operations center, located in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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DBS Communications Launches MVNE Division; Versent Mobile(SM) enables brand growth with private-label mobile wireless communications solutions

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DBS Communications Inc. (DBS), an independent provider of prepaid wireless services since 1998, today formally announced the launch of its enablement division, Versent Mobile, to serve the fast growing private label wireless MVNO (mobile virtual network operator) space. Versent Mobile enables private label wireless offerings for organizations that lack the operational or technological infrastructure to wirelessly enable their own brands. The unique, essential elements Versent Mobile brings to MVNOs include a complete end-to-end enablement methodology; provisioning, billing, retail and customer care technology platforms; wholesale carrier airtime access on national GSM and CDMA networks; and proven operational expertise in designing, launching, and running profitable wireless service offerings.
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Martin Dawes Systems Targets Number One Position with New Global Telecom Revenue Assurance & Fraud Detection Business

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Martin Dawes Systems, a major international provider of end-to-end billing, customer management, MVNO (mobile virtual network operator) and revenue assurance solutions, today announced its acquisition of Visual Wireless, a Stockholm-based leading supplier of telecom revenue assurance and fraud management solutions; and the formation of a new international revenue assurance business.
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GloBul selects LHS’ BSCS iX to launch 3G services

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LHS today announces that Cosmo Bulgaria Mobile (GloBul) has selected BSCS iX to bill for its voice, data, content, and Internet services. GloBul Bulgaria, a subsidiary of the leading Greek mobile operator COSMOTE, selected BSCS iX to effectively launch 3G services. GloBul has just recently been awarded a 3G license. LHS will implement the system at GloBul replacing an old legacy system.
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Micromuse to Extend Netcool® Support for the Sun Solaris 10 Operating System on the x64 Platform

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Micromuse (Nasdaq: MUSE), the leading provider of ultra-scalable, realtime business and service assurance software, today announced that its Netcool® solutions’ support for managing the Sun Solaris™ 10 Operating System (OS) will be extended to the Sun x64 platform, expanding its existing support for the Solaris 10 OS on SPARC® processor-based systems.
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Motorola Helps Operators Extend ‘Push’ of a Button Services to Prepaid Consumer Market

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Motorola (NYSE: MOT – News) today announced the Push-to-Talk Over Cellular (PoC) Prepaid Mediation Solution, a new service that enables wireless operators to extend PoC services to prepaid customers in parallel with their postpaid subscribers. Motorola’s end-to-end PoC Prepaid Mediation Solution encompasses the network, devices and services.
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Leading Telecom Operator in the Nordic and Baltic Countries TeliaSonera Selects Cramer; Tier 1 European Telco Will Deploy Cramer to Automate Business Processes

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Enterprise OSS software leader Cramer today announced that TeliaSonera, the leading telecommunications operator in the Nordics and Baltic, has selected Cramer’s award-winning OSS solution. TeliaSonera will deploy Cramer’s solution to provide an accurate, complete view of inventory and to automate business processes in its fixed line network. Wipro Technologies, one of the largest product engineering and IT service providers worldwide, will team with Cramer to implement the solution.
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ProfitLine Leverages Strategic Partner Program to Secure Renewal of Department of Homeland Security Wireless Telecom Billing Contract

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ProfitLine today announced that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has renewed its multi-million dollar telecom expense management contract. Initiated by iSYS, a certified ProfitLine partner, ProfitLine was awarded the $3 million contract to manage wireless telecom billing on an outsourced basis for the department.
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Sage Telecom Begins Rollout of Wireless Broadband Service

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Starting today, Sage Telecom is adding high-speed wireless broadband Internet service to its slate of local and long distance telephone services. The new broadband service is the first wave of new high-speed Internet services being rolled out within Sage’s eleven-state service territory.

Coined eSageLink, this wireless broadband product joins Sage’s dial-up Internet service, with additional product launches scheduled during 2006. For this initial broadband effort, Sage is teaming with Omnicity, Inc., an Indianapolis-based company endorsed by the Muncie/Delaware County Chamber and Economic Development Group. [Read more…]

Is It Time to Redefine Telecom?

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Telecommunication, according to Wikipedia, is the extension of communication over a distance. In practice, it also recognizes that something may be lost in the process; hence the term ‘telecommunication’ covers all forms of distance and/or conversion of the original communications, including radio, telegraphy, television, telephony, data communication and computer networking.

While defining telecom gets more and more difficult, the profit and ethics behind the business keep on diminishing.
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Cordia Corporation Announces Launch of Fully Integrated Spanish Language VoIP Service – VOZSIP

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Cordia Corporation (OTCBB: CORG), a global communications service provider, announced today that it has successfully launched VOZSIP a fully integrated Spanish language VoIP service. As an integral part of Cordia’s plans to expand its addressable market globally, VOZSIP will provide the approximately 330 million Spanish speaking people in the world with the opportunity to enjoy the benefits of Cordia’s VoIP service offerings in their native language.
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