Intec Telecom Systems, a world leader in operational support systems (OSS) for telecom companies, will provide its InterconnecT ASP™ inter-carrier billing service to UTA, Austria’s largest private fixed network provider.
As part of the ten-year, multi-million pound deal, Intec’s experienced team will be responsible for operating UTA’s InterconnecT system, allowing the network to effectively cope with growing traffic volumes and expanding customer requirements.
“Intec’s ASP service ensures that the skill set is always available to effectively integrate and run the system,” says Hans Erich Goldstein, from UTA. “We are confident that installation will be completed quickly and revenue generation will commence from the first day of operation.”
Intec’s complete ASP-based interconnect billing package eliminates the worry of selecting an accurate billing system or a server installation that can manage anticipated traffic growth. Interconnect, the market leader in inter-carrier billing settlement systems, is quickly installed by experienced staff and effectively maintained to provide a professional, seamless operation.
As an ASP provider, Intec will help to support UTA’s competitiveness in one of the most liberalised and advanced telecommunications industries in Europe. Austria has over four million telephone lines and two million mobile phone subscribers. Internet usage is also higher than the EU average, creating a strong demand for e-commerce and faster accessibility through ADSL services. UTA’s product portfolio complements these demands, providing world-class data communications, Internet accessibility and e-business solutions across its networks. InterconnecT ensures that these services are supported by a flexible billing system, capable of rating and billing all kinds of traffic. Its functionality and scalability help to reduce revenue losses and time-to-market for new product offerings while supporting large volumes of billing data.
“Intec’s experience in intercarrier billing and integration will provide UTA with a powerful OSS capability,” says Kevin Adams, Intec’s CEO. “This deal will facilitate further business expansion in Austria, providing a secure foundation to introduce Intec’s other billing, mediation and fraud management products to the market.”
About UTA
UTA Telekom AG is Austria´s leading corporation for communication and eBusiness solutions. Together with its affiliate, Netway, it offers customers a full range of telecom- and internet-services, including fixed-network telephony, carrier services, corporate network services and internet access for private residences and business customers. As of the end of May 2001, UTA’s services have attracted more than 320,000 telephone customers and 300,000 internet customers. The UTA group stands for the new quality in communication.
