CBOSS and NTC Sign a Contract for the Implementation of the Integrated Real-Time Convergent Billing Solution – CBOSSrtb

www.bit.prime-tass.ru, June 26, 2006

MOSCOW, June 26. /PRIME-TASS/. In mid-June 2006, ‘CBOSS Association’ /CBOSS/ and the mobile operator New Telephone Company /NTC, Vladivostok/ signed the contract for the delivery, implementation and technical support of the integrated hardware/software solution for real-time convergent billing, CBOSSrtb, as reported by CBOSS press service.

CBOSSrtb is a highly reliable, scalable and powerful solution that provides real-time rating, monitoring and management of telecommunications traffic. Its flexible rating mechanism allows you to make reasonable offers to different market segments, use cross discounts and customer loyalty schemes.

The CBOSSrtb solution is intended for mobile and fixed-line operators as well as for mobile virtual network operators (MVNO). It provides support to several service providers and MVNOs on a single platform. CBOSSrtb operates in all current /GSM, CDMA, PSTN, IP/ and next generation networks /3G and NGN/. The system response time is less than 100 ms.

CBOSS has been delivering and implementing integrated IT solutions to NTC from 1999. They include the billing solution for postpaid subscribers CBOSSbcc, the SMS center, decision support systems, VAS products, telecommunication management network systems and others.

It is the second contract for the delivery of the real-time billing system CBOSSrtb to a Russian telco. The first operator that fully implemented the CBOSS convergent solutions, including the real-time billing system, was CJSC 'NCC’.

About New Telephone Company
OJSC ‘NTC’ was founded in Vladivostok in February 1993. NTC provides telecom services in GSM 900/1800 networks on the territory of Primorye (Marine Province), local and IP telephony services, as well as Internet access services in Vladivostok. NTC started providing mobile communications services in GSM900 as far back as September 1997. According to AC&M Consulting, by late May 2006 NTC was providing telecom services to more than 600 thousand subscribers.

About CBOSS
CBOSS is a research-and-production enterprise specializing in the development and implementation of IT for telecom. The main focus of the Company’s business activities is the development of original software, system integration, provision of integrated hardware/software solutions that include hardware platform and system software, end-user training, consulting, implementation, and support. CBOSS was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Moscow. 2,500 employees work for the Company. CBOSS portfolio includes 60 systems. The number of CBOSS installations is over 1,200. Theу are successfully deployed by 160 customers in 31 countries. CBOSS has representative offices in Finland, UAE and Vietnam.

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