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MTS RECEIVED ANOTHER PURCHASE ORDER TO DELIVER CONVERGENT BILLING
SOLUTION TO A GSM CARRIER IN AFRICA
- MTS WILL SUPPORT PRE-PAID, POST-PAID, AND INTERCONNECT BILLING -
RA'ANANA, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 24, 2007 - MTS - Mer Telemanagement Solutions Ltd.
(Nasdaq Capital Market: MTSL), a global provider of business support systems
(BSS) for comprehensive telecommunication management and customer care & billing
solutions, today announced that it had signed another definitive agreement to
provide a turn-key solution for convergent pre-paid, post-paid, and interconnect
billing to a GSM carrier in Africa.
MTS will deploy a full end to end convergence solution, managing pre-paid and
post-paid retail agreements, as well as wholesale, interconnect and roaming
settlements on a single platform.
The implementation will include rating, billing, customer management, usage
mediation, service provisioning, unified product catalogue, financial module
(A/R), credit limit monitor, partner management, roaming data, and a broad set
of reports.
The implementation is planned to be completed within three calendar months.
With the selection of MTS's convergent billing, the carrier will be able to
effectively manage its pre-paid and post-paid customers, bill advanced services,
provide its customers with multiple payment options (credit card, bank debit,
scratch cards, etc.), and effectively settle with its content and interconnect
partners.
Mr. Eytan Bar, President and CEO commented: "Middle East and Africa (MEA) are
among the fastest growing mobile markets and due to increasing liberalization
new operators sprout. MTS's delivery time and competitive pricing are essential
factors in those markets."
Mr. Bar added: "African telecommunications companies have been losing an
estimated US $ 1 billion every year due to lack of a proper interconnect billing
systems; MTS interconnect billing and partner management, an integral part of
our solution, assist our customers to prevent that leak".
ABOUT MTS
MTS is a worldwide provider of innovative solutions for Telecommunications
Expense Management (TEM) used by Enterprises, and for Business Support Systems
(BSS) used by Information and Telecommunication Service Providers.
MTS' Telecommunications Expense Management (TEM) solutions assist and empower
thousands of enterprises and organizations to make smarter choices with their
telecom dollar at each stage of the service lifecycle including allocation of
cost, proactive budget control, fraud detection, processing of payments,
forecasting spending, and more. Our solutions support our clients on an ongoing
basis with both sophisticated software applications and a variety of managed
services relationship models.
MTS' converged solutions for Information and Telecommunication Service Providers
are successfully implemented worldwide by wireless, IPTV billing, VoIP billing,
and content service providers. Our converged solutions include charging and
invoicing customers, interconnect billing, and partner revenue management using
pre-pay and post-pay schemes. MTS pre-configured solutions are implemented in
record time and competitive prices.
Headquartered in Israel, MTS markets through wholly owned subsidiaries in the
United States, Hong Kong, Brazil and through OEM partnerships with Siemens,
Phillips, NEC and other partners. MTS' shares are traded on the NASDAQ (symbol:
MTSL). For more information please visit the MTS web site: www.mtsint.com.
CERTAIN MATTERS DISCUSSED IN THIS NEWS RELEASE ARE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
THAT INVOLVE A NUMBER OF RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
RISKS IN PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PLANS AND SCHEDULES, RAPID TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE,
CHANGES AND DELAYS IN PRODUCT APPROVAL AND INTRODUCTION, CUSTOMER ACCEPTANCE OF
NEW PRODUCTS, THE IMPACT OF COMPETITIVE PRODUCTS AND PRICING, MARKET ACCEPTANCE,
THE LENGTHY SALES CYCLE, PROPRIETARY RIGHTS OF THE COMPANY AND ITS COMPETITORS,
RISK OF OPERATIONS IN ISRAEL, GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS, DEPENDENCE ON THIRD
PARTIES TO MANUFACTURE PRODUCTS, GENERAL ECONOMIC CONDITIONS AND OTHER RISK
FACTORS DETAILED IN THE COMPANY'S FILINGS WITH THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION.
For further information contact:
Alon Mualem
CFO
Tel: +972-9-762-1733
Email: alon.mualem@mtsint.com