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To satisfy the service quality needs of its current and future clients, Oracle, a provider of integrated business software and hardware systems, has introduced new products for communications service providers.

The products unveiled include introduced Oracle Communications Unified Communications (News - Alert) Suite 7.1; Oracle Communications Network Integrity 7.0; Oracle Communications Rapid Offer Design and Order Delivery Solution; Oracle Communications Converged Application Server 5.0; and Oracle (News - Alert) Enterprise Manager Application Management Pack for Billing and Revenue Management.

“Innovation is critical to maintaining a leading status in the highly competitive communications industry and Oracle communications will continue to enhance its current product offerings and introduce new solutions to help service providers enhance efficiency, grow revenue and meet customer needs,” said Dan Ford (News - Alert), vice president of product marketing for Oracle, in a statement.

Oracle Communications Unified Communications Suite 7.1, formerly Sun Java System Communications Suite, is a highly scalable and secure messaging and collaboration platform serving millions of subscribers worldwide. The new update delivers substantial improvements in usability, performance and reliability.

Oracle Communications Network Integrity discovers and reconciles information from network devices and other data sources -- such as inventory systems – to ensure optimum data accuracy. Built using Oracle Fusion technologies, Oracle Communications Network Integrity 7.0 delivers simplified deployment and operation cost effectively.

Oracle Communications Rapid Offer Design and Order Delivery Solution helps communications service providers quickly introduce new offers and reduce operating costs. Oracle Communications Order and Service Management 7.0 performs order mapping and central management of order changes for communications service providers. Oracle Application Integration Architecture for Communications 2.5.1 introduces an order-to-activate process integration pack, integrating Oracle Communications Order and Service Management, Oracle's Siebel CRM and Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management, to ensure solutions work seamlessly together.

The new Application Management Pack for Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management adds new levels of application performance, availability and control, automating and simplifying billing lifecycle management. Oracle Communications Converged Application Server 5.0 includes new enhancements to help service providers speed development of multimedia converged applications.