London/Moscow, April 26, 2010 – Intec, a global provider of business operations support systems (BSS) solutions, today announced a collaborative partnership with Technoserv, a leading provider of products and technologies and the largest Russian company dedicated to system integration, IT-services and engineering facilities. The Intec and Technoserv partnership is intended to jointly drive market growth opportunities in Russia and CIS, at a time when both the Russian and CIS telecommunications markets are enjoying unprecedented growth.
Intec already has an impressive track-record of deployments in the region.One of the largest Russian telecoms operators, VimpelCom, successfully deployed Intec’s market-leading InterconnecT solution in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Georgia to manage intercarrier billing for its expanding long-distance and international license business.
“Russia and CIS remain our priority growth markets in EMEA, and we have already significantly upweighted our team in the region to deliver impeccable service to our existing customers, while implementing leading-edge technology solutions for our expanding customer base,” commented Gary Burch, Intec VP for EMEA. “Technoserv will give us the additional professional resources required to ensure our customers have access to the widest range of complex solutions together with the most valuable products, training, responsive service and support.”
“Working collaboratively alongside Intec will not only drive business growth for our customer base but also, ultimately, benefit subscribers in the market by offering them the latest and most proficient next generation services” added Evgenia Ten, Telco Sales Director for Technoserv. “With Intec’s market leading products and our track record for delivering top value IT products, solutions and services to Russian business, we are looking forward to a highly rewarding working relationship.”
Intec’s existing office in Moscow will now be supplemented by the Technoserv team. Technoserv, with over 1600 employees, has local offices in Krasnodar, Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk, St Petersburg, Baku (Azerbaijan), Kiev (Ukraine), Minsk (Belarus), Tashkent (Uzbekistan) and Yerevan (Armenia) as well as headquarters in Moscow.
Intec will be exhibiting at this week’s Caspian Telecoms in Istanbul, Turkey, at the Hilton Istanbul Hotel (Booth D25).
28-29 April 2010
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About Intec
Intec supplies solutions to over 60 of the world’s top 100 telecoms carriers, and is one of the world’s fastest growing suppliers of Business Support Systems (BSS) solutions.
Intec’s 400 plus customers include AT&T, Antel, Cable & Wireless, The Carphone Warehouse (UK), China Unicom, Deutsche Telekom, Eircom (Ireland), France Telecom, Hutchison 3G, O2, Orange, T-Mobile, Telefonica, Vodafone, Virgin Mobile, Vivo and Verizon. Intec works closely with its customers, many of whom have been with Intec since its inception, to add real value and ROI to their business by providing the highest standards of performance, flexibility and robustness to help communications service providers service their customers effectively and profitably. Intec's comprehensive and expanding range of products, solutions and services includes:
• Retail billing and customer management
• Multi-service mediation and activation
• Inter-carrier billing settlements including US CABS and ITU-based settlement
• End-to-end content partner management
• Optimised wholesale routing and trading
• Real-time pre/post-paid mediation and charging
• Pre-integrated solutions for wholesale, wireless and core IMS charging functions
Founded in 1997, Intec is listed on the London Stock Exchange (ITL.L) and has over 1,600 staff and 31 offices in 24 countries. For more information, visit the Intec website at www.intecbilling.com.
About Technoserv
Technoserv is the leading provider of products and technologies and the largest Russian company dedicated to system integration, IT-services and creation of engineering facilities. Technoserv was founded in 1992 to market, install and support large-scale computer systems. Now the company’s solutions span various areas of IT-industry and engineering including IT-infrastructure, networking and applications as well as IT-audit, consulting and outsourcing. For over 15 years Technoserv has worked to deliver top-value IT-products, solutions and services to Russian business and the CIS markets. Technoserv has more than 900 customers and revenue for 2008 financial year (starting on the 1st of April) reached $1.48 billion. For more information, visit the Technoserv website at www.technoserv.ru
