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Enersource Hydro Mississauga (EHM) recently replaced its legacy customer information system (CIS) with Oracle Utilities Customer Care and Billing to improve customer satisfaction and help comply with its soon-to-be-implemented Time-of-Use (TOU) billing requirements.

Billing China has chosen Intec as the recipient of three of its prestigious Excellence and Best Product Awards.

The owner of three companies that billed more than $30 million in bogus collect call charges, an activity known as cramming, to millions of consumers throughout the country, has been banned forever from all billing on local telephone bills.

Antel, the government-owned Uruguayan operator, signed a significant multi-million dollar convergent billing contract with Intec.

Subex Limited, a leading global provider of Operations Support Systems (OSS) solutions for communications service providers, has told OSS News Review that a leading service provider in Romania has upgraded to Nikira™ V6.1, the latest version of Subex’s leading Fraud Management system.

LapGreen Networks has selected Lifetree Convergence Limited as a technology partner for its networks. To begin with, it will deploy Lifetree’s applications at Uganda Telecom Limited (UTL), its operating company in Uganda.

Intec, a global leader of business and operations support systems (BSS/OSS) for fixed, wireless and next generation networks, has a new contract deal with existing customer Exatel, one of the biggest providers of communications services in Poland. Under the terms of the agreement Exatel will upgrade to the latest versions of Intec’s market leading Mediation and Interconnect billing solutions.

Subex Ltd, a leading global provider of Operations Support Systems (OSS) solutions for communications service providers, has recorded a revenue of Rs. 1422.16 mn ($ US 36.08 mn) and net loss of Rs. 42.73 mn ($ US 1.08 mn), for the quarter ended 31 December 2007.

Comverse has told OSS News Review that Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) went live with the Comverse Real-Time Billing Solution to serve MTS’ vast subscriber base.

Martin Dawes Systems, an international provider of billing, customer care and revenue assurance solutions, has been appointed as a supplier to UK mobile operator O2 of billing systems for O2 business, corporate and SME subscribers.

Sisteer, an expert provider and integrator of rating and billing services for fixed and mobile telecommunications, has chosen Highdeal s software suite for integration to its own eBilling solution.

Operax, the leading vendor of dynamic Resource and Admission Control solutions for IP Service Quality, has been granted two new patents in Japan.

WeDo Technologies has launched a rebranding campaign reflecting their global expansion and has changed their named to WeDo Technologies. This new brand demonstrates the company’s position as a global Revenue Assurance leader after the integration of Cape Technologies and its continuous product innovation.

TeleGuam Holdings has made OMNIA and OASIS live, Martin Group s integrated BSS OSS (Business Support System Operational Support System) suite.

Sonus Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: SONS), a leading supplier of service provider IP-voice infrastructure solutions, has told OSS News Review about the next phase of its growth plans for Europe. The next-generation IP-Voice leader unveiled its plans today from its new European headquarters in Staines, just outside London. The company plans to expand into new countries with additional sales resources, bolster its R amp;D facility in the United Kingdom and add to its services capabilities in its Prague office.

Ariston Global, L.L.C., which focuses on the acquisition and growth of communication solution providers, has completed the purchase of the assets of privately-held The Interactive Enterprise Ltd., an innovator in providing service activation and provisioning solutions for broadband operators.

Highdeal, the world’s leading provider of Pricing and Rating solutions, has told OSS News Review that Arkadin Global Conferencing, the global provider of integrated audio and data conferencing services, has implemented Highdeal Transactive for the pricing, rating and billing of Arkadin’s state-of-the-art, cost efficient conferencing services.

Martin Group, the nationwide leader of Software, Business Services, and Engineering for communications providers, has appointed Eugene McCord to the position of Vice President of Operations. Mr. McCord will be responsible for managing the company’s customer-facing operations including activations, software support, business services, IT, quality assurance, and training.

Intec, a global provider of business and operations support systems (BSS/OSS), has recently signed and implemented a group license and services agreement for its Intec Interconnect intercarrier billing solution with several VimpelCom subsidiaries.

Subex Limited, a leading global provider of Operations Support Systems (OSS) solutions for communications service providers, will be deploying its Concilia (TM) Interconnect Billing System at one of the largest telecommunications providers in Turkey.

Telrad Networks, a veteran developer of carrier-grade telecommunications equipment, has released the Commatch 1000 series of VoIP customer premises equipment (CPE) as part of its offering for Voice over WiMAX.

Highdeal, the world's leading provider of <a href="http://www.highdeal.com/product/pricing-rating-EN.shtml">pricing & rating solutions</a>, has recently announced a significant breakthrough in the online charging systems that telecom operators use to manage revenue for converged, multimedia services. Highdeal teamed with HP to show that the combination of Highdeal Transactive®, HP Internet Usage Manager (IUM), and HP ProLiant servers running Linux delivers a price-performance profile previously unattained by online charging solutions. <!--more-->

Subex Azure Limited is now Subex Limited. The name change, establishing Subex as the primary brand, comes into effect from today.

C-COR Incorporated (NASDAQ:CCBL) is expanding its global footprint in Latin America with the region’s first combined deployment of workforce management and network monitoring with Mexican operator Multimedios Redes.

Nakina Systems is providing key technologies supporting the live Mobile Backhaul Management Catalyst project being featured at this year’s TM Forum Management World Americas