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Intec wins $15 million Singl.eView billing contract with
MTN, Africa’s leading wireless operator
New billing system will support over 7.7 million pre- and
post-paid subscribers in South Africa
28 February 2005, London: Intec Telecom Systems, a
leading OSS software vendor for fixed, mobile and
next-generation networks, has signed a contract worth around $15
million with South Africa-based MTN, for a new customer billing
system using Intec’s Singl.eView software. The new system will
handle billing for MTN’s South Africa operation, which has over
7.7 million pre- and post-paid subscribers.
“This is a key project for MTN that will support our very high
growth rates, provide a superior customer billing experience,
and reduce our cost of technology ownership,” said MTN SA’s
Billing Programme Director, Megan Ashman. “We chose Singl.eView
as our new strategic billing platform for its outstanding
technology and as a result of Intec’s long-term presence,
commitment and investment in Africa.”
MTN and Intec have started work immediately on the
implementation of Singl.eView, with Intec providing support and
services through its substantial South Africa office. Intec
currently employs over 120 people in Africa, developing new
products and supporting many of Africa’s best-known fixed and
wireless carriers..
About Intec Billing
Intec is a leading Operations Support Systems (OSS) product
vendor for fixed, mobile, MVNO and next-generation networks
(e.g. WLAN, 3G and IP), with more than 680 installations of its
products worldwide in 470 customers. Founded in 1997, Intec was
listed on the London Stock Exchange in June 2000. Intec is a
market leader in billing, mediation, mobile service charging and
activation systems. For the year ended 30 September 2004, Intec
reported revenues of £68.8 million, with adjusted net earnings
after tax of £8.7 million.
Intec’s product portfolio includes:
· Singl.eView™ – dynamic transaction management/retail billing
- also referred to as
Singleview.
· Inter-mediatE™ –
convergent billing mediation solution;
· InterconnecT™ – inter-carrier
billing including US CABS and
ITU-based settlement;
· Inter-activatE™ – flow-through
provisioning and activation;
· InterconnecT CPM™ – end-to-end content partner management; and
· Intec DCP™ (Dynamic Charging Platform) – real-time
pre/post-paid charging. Intec’s customer base includes, among
others, BellSouth, BellSouth Peru, Cable & Wireless, Cesky
Telecom (Czech Republic), China Unicom, COLT Telecommunications,
Deutsche Telekom, EBT (Taiwan), Eircom (Ireland), France
Telecom, Hutchison 3G, Maxis (Malaysia), Nitel (Nigeria),
Reliance (India), SingTel Optus (Australia), O2 Ireland, Orange,
Telecom Argentina, Telecom Egypt, Telecom Italia, Tiscali, TPSA
(Poland), Swisscom, T-Mobile International, Telefonica, Telia
(Sweden), Telkom South Africa, Telstra, US Cellular, Westel
(Hungary), Vodafone, VimpelCom (Russia), Virgin Mobile, Vivo (Brasil),
XO Communications and Verizon.
For more information about Intec and its products and solutions
visit
www.intecbilling.com.
MTN Group Limited
Launched in 1994, the MTN Group celebrates more than ten
years as a leading provider of cellular and communications
services in Africa and is listed on the JSE Securities Exchange
South Africa under the share code: "MTN". The Group encompasses
MTN South Africa, MTN International and its Strategic
Investments division which hosts Orbicom, Airborn and MTN
Network Solutions. As at 31 December 2004, the MTN Group
recorded more than 13 million subscribers across the continent
where it provides cellular, satellite and Internet access
services to 14 African countries. The Group has invested in six
GSM cellular networks in Africa, including South Africa,
Swaziland, Rwanda, Uganda, Cameroon and Nigeria.
For more information please visit
www.mtn.co.za
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