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Vivo Brazil selects Intec Telecom Systems to
consolidate mediation platforms
Telefónica Móviles and Portugal Telecom wireless joint
venture Vivo signs contract for Intec’s Inter-mediatE to collect
and process over 215 million voice and IP/data calls daily
April 6, 2004 - Global
operations support systems
(OSS) provider
Intec Telecom Systems has won
the mediation software contract for Vivo, a joint venture
between Telefónica Móviles and Portugal Telecom. Vivo will use
Intec’s mobile mediation solution to consolidate six different
companies throughout Brazil into one data collection centre. The
contract includes Intec’s Inter-mediatE™ convergent mobile
mediation platform with Duplicate and Correlation Manager as
well as Inter-mediatE Reporting. Vivo joins several other major
service providers in North America and Europe who have recently
chosen to consolidate multiple companies or platforms into a
single convergent Inter-mediatE platform.
Vivo has more than 21 million customers in 19 Brazilian states,
including the Federal District, covering 86 percent of the
region. The Brazilian mobile market is experiencing very rapid
growth. Anatel, Brazil's telecommunications regulator, estimated
mobile phone users in Brazil at 46.4 million at the end of 2003.
"As shown in benchmark testing, Inter-mediatE is capable of
processing more than 1.2 billion network events per hour," said
Per Martell, Caribbean and Latin American operations director
for Intec. "Inter-mediatE was the mediation platform of choice
for each of the individual companies that now form Vivo.
Selection again by the Vivo joint venture validates that
Inter-mediatE delivers solid business value and a measurable
return on investment to all mobile operators, regardless of
size."
About Vivo Brazil
Vivo Brazil, controlled by Portugal Telecom and Telefónica Móviles, is
a major mobile operator in the southern hemisphere, with more
that 21 million clients and an estimated market share of 45% of
the Brazilian market. Vivo is present today in 19 Brazilian
states and the Federal District, representing 86%. Vivo utilizes
CDMA technology, which is the base of 3G cellular technology
worldwide.
About Intec
Intec Telecom Systems is an award-winning worldwide Operations
Support Systems (“OSS”) vendor for fixed, mobile and
next-generation networks (ie. WLAN, 3G and IP), with more than
500 installations of its products worldwide. Founded in 1997,
Intec was listed on the London Stock Exchange (Code: ITL.L) in
June 2000. Intec is the market leader in intercarrier billing
systems and convergent mediation software, and a recent winner
of the 2003 Global Billing Award – Best Overall Contribution,
and Telestrategies ‘2003 Mediation Excellence Award’.
Intec’s OSS and billing portfolio includes:
Inter-mediatE™ -
convergent mediation solution
InterconnecT™ -
carrier billing including US CABS and ITU
Inter-activatE™ - flow-through provisioning and
service activation
Inter-contenT™ - end-to-end content revenue management
Intec Dynamic Charging Platform™ – a real-time pre/post-paid
charging interface between the network and the back office
Intec ASF™ - end-to-end billing and management for advanced data
services
Intec’s customer base includes, among others, BellSouth,
BellSouth Peru, Brazil Telecom, Cable & Wireless, Cesky Telecom
(Czech Republic), China Unicom, COLT Telecommunications, EBT
(Taiwan), Eircom (Ireland), France Telecom, Hutchison 3G, Maxis
(Malaysia), Singtel Optus (Australia), Orange, Telecom
Argentina, Telecom Egypt, Telecom Italia, Tiscali, TPSA
(Poland), Swisscom, T-Mobile International, Telia (Sweden),
Telefonica, Telkom South Africa, Telstra, US Cellular, Westel
(Hungary), Vodafone, VimpelCom (Russia) and Verizon. For more
information on Intec Telecom Systems, visit the website at
http://www.intecbilling.com.
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