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A supplier of software and systems enabling value-added messaging and content services, converged billing and active customer management, and IP communications, has selected 10 finalists for its so-called "Innovation Awards" program.

 

Comverse announced its top finalists for its awards program, which honor service providers that have creatively implemented a Comverse (News - Alert) solution to achieve business success. Examples include new monetization schemes, speed and scope of deployments, outstanding launch and business models, market penetration approaches and cost reductions.

 

The finalists were selected from a diverse group of customers spanning different regions and businesses. This is the fourth year of the program, the company said.

 

Among the finalists are: Bezeq (Israel), for its action migrating to IP-based residential and business voice services using Comverse MyCall Broadband IP Telephony, IP Centrex and IP Trunking; m:tel (Montenegro), which deployed Comverse Converged Billing, allowing the service's launch to capture roaming traffic during the summer tourist season; and SFR (France), which used the technology to solve the problem of limited message storage space in handsets by saving text messages on the Web with Comverse Messaging Router with Messaging Personalization and MT Interception capabilities.

 

Another finalist, SingTel (News - Alert) (Singapore), was selected for it decision to offer advertising services to top-tier advertisers, media agencies and small- to mid-sized enterprises using Comverse Mobile Advertising. Meanwhile, Softbank Mobile (Japan) launched a mobile enterprise telephony solution that integrates mobile phones with PBX-based enterprise telephony using Comverse Converged IP Centrex & IP Trunking. What’s more, Telecom Italia (News - Alert) was selected for consolidating postpaid billing operations for 22 million accounts using the Comverse Billing Solution.

 

Telefonica Moviles (Movistar Chile) is on the list for implementing a new Comverse Real-Time Billing feature that sends SMS notification to callers trying to reach prepaid subscribers whose service has been temporarily disrupted. Telstra (Australia) was selected for deploying an online integrated inbox to support unified messaging from multiple devices and platforms using Comverse Messaging Gateway (News - Alert).

 

Likewise, Vodafone Group (Global) is being recognized for spurring a group for mobile communications (Open Mobile Terminal Platform) to recommend industry specifications for visual voicemail. Separately, judges selected Vodafone (News - Alert) (India) for its creative prepaid marketing offerings, including Special Tariff Vouchers, using Comverse Real-Time Billing service.

 

"Their successful and innovative deployments of our Billing, Value-Added Services and IP Communications offerings reflect the great versatility and breadth of Comverse's solutions, which can be easily tailored to the business needs of each operator,” said Urban Gillstrom, global president of group sales at Comverse.

 

The winners will be announced during an upcoming industry virtual event.