ACE*COMM Announces Enterprise Patrol(TM) - New Solution for Businesses That Need to Rein In the High Cost of Corporate Mobile Phone Use; Research Shows US Firms to Spend More on Wireless Voice Than Wireline in 2006.GAITHERSBURG, Md. & LAS VEGAS Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. -- ACE*COMM Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ACEC ACEC American Council of Engineering Companies (formerly American Consulting Engineers Council) ACEC American Consulting Engineers Council (now American Council of Engineering Companies) ), a global provider of advanced OSS Oss (ôs), city (1994 pop. 62,141), North Brabant prov., S Netherlands; chartered 1399. It is a significant industrial center. Manufactures include meat products, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, electrical equipment, and metalware. , value-added services, and network business intelligence solutions, today launched its new Enterprise Patrol(TM) application at CTIA (1) See CompTIA. (2) (Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, Washington, DC, www.ctia.org, www.wow-com.com) A membership organization founded in 1984 that is involved with regulatory and public affairs issues in the wireless industry. Wireless 2006 in Las Vegas, the telecommunications industry's leading forum for mobile technologies. Enterprise Patrol(TM) is a service that mobile operators can offer enterprise communications managers to specify and control company-owned mobile phone usage. Control can be based on individual or group credits, time of day, the type of service used, specific telephone numbers, and classification of appropriate content. Research firm In-Stat predicts that in 2006 US businesses of all sizes will spend, for the first time, more on wireless voice services than on wireline. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Aberdeen Group Aberdeen Group is a provider of business-related research services. It has its headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts and belongs to the Harte-Hanks group. Founded in 1988, Aberdeen's research is used by over 2. , inadequate visibility and control of telecom expenses are costing the average large enterprise more than $8 million a year in missed savings opportunities. Two of the top four reasons cited in this regard are poor visibility into spending data and the inability to effectively manage and control increasing costs for mobile devices. "Enterprise Patrol(TM) is more flexible and more effective than relying on complicated reconciliation schemes," said Chris Couch People named Chris Couch include:
Communication charges are among the highest costs facing many of today's corporations. As cost-conscious managers try to trim these expenses, they look for ways to do so without affecting the organization's ability to conduct its business and to communicate. Controlling mobile phone abuse and fraud are top considerations. Many solutions are available, but most involve complex record-keeping and cross-referencing, or complex access code schemes. Enterprise Patrol(TM) from ACE*COMM offers communications managers the ability to restrict company-owned mobile phone use to only the kind of usage that they specify. Restrictions can be based on usage credits, time of day, type of usage, or specific telephone numbers. The manager can specify a blacklist (1) A list of e-mail addresses of known spammers. See spam, spam filter, Blacklist of Internet Advertisers, greylisting and blackholing. Contrast with white list. (2) A list of Web sites that are considered off limits or dangerous. of "never allow" numbers or a whitelist of numbers to which the time and usage restrictions do not apply. In addition, the content classification mechanism enforces the corporate policy for appropriate content. Restrictions can be defined for individuals, or according to employee profiles that allow administrators to assign privileges to groups of people in a single pass. For example, a company might allow sales personnel unlimited phone use, but restrict customer service to regular business hours BUSINESS HOURS. The time of the day during which business is transacted. In respect to the time of presentment and demand of bills and notes, business hours generally range through the whole day down to the hours of rest in the evening, except when the paper is payable it a bank or by a . Multiple levels of administration access allow managers to control their groups, but have no access to others. This allows the administration of users on a local, regional, or global basis. Enterprise Patrol(TM) is well suited to enterprises that require restricted usage of mobile phones for reasons of cost or security. Features --The Web-based interface allows for easy access by administrators, and is easy to use --Usage credits can restrict by allowed minutes, messages, transactions or a monetary value --Can base restrictions on time of day, type of usage (voice, text, multimedia, etc.), or specific phone numbers --Allows for multi-tiered levels of administration --Can store numbers in holding area for later addition to, and removal from, blacklist or whitelist --Flexible usage reporting for individuals, locations, job functions, etc., provides up-to-date information across different levels of interest Benefits --Control over phone usage means control over costs --Helps eliminate abusive or fraudulent phone usage --Easy administration reduces burden on management --Works with virtually all handsets - no need to re-outfit employees ACE*COMM at CTIA Wireless For more information and to see an Enterprise Patrol(TM) demo, visit ACE*COMM at booth 4126 at CTIA Wireless 2006, April 5-7, in Las Vegas. To book a meeting, contact: media@acecomm.com. Enterprise Patrol(TM) Enterprise Patrol(TM) is available as a value-added service for carriers and telecom operators to offer to their enterprise customers. Enterprise Patrol(TM) is available now. For more information, contact info@acecomm.com. About ACE*COMM ACE*COMM is a global provider of network business intelligence and advanced operations support systems Operations Support Systems (also called Operational Support Systems or OSS) are computer systems used by telecommunications service providers. The term OSS most frequently describes "network systems" dealing with the telecom network itself, supporting processes such (OSS) solutions for telecom service providers and enterprises. ACE*COMM's solutions are applicable to a range of legacy through next-generation networks that include wired, wireless, voice, data, multimedia, and Internet communications networks. These solutions provide the analytical tools required for extracting knowledge from operating networks - knowledge customers use for asset recovery and revenue assurance, cost reduction, improved operational efficiency, acceleration of time-to-market for new services, and more effective customer care. For over 20 years, ACE*COMM technology has been effectively deployed for more than 300 customers, spanning over 4000 installations in 70 countries worldwide. ACE*COMM-installed products are currently enabling the success of customers and partners such as Alcatel, AT&T, Cisco, General Dynamics General Dynamics Corporation (NYSE: GD) is a defense conglomerate formed by mergers and divestitures, and as of 2006 it is the sixth largest defense contractor in the world[1]. The company has changed markedly in the post-Cold War era of defense consolidation. , IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Level 3 Communications
Level 3 Communications NASDAQ: LVLT is a communications and information services company headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado, USA. , Marconi, Motorola, Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) is an aerospace and defense conglomerate that is the result of the 1994 purchase of Grumman by Northrop. The company is the third largest defense contractor for the U.S. , Siemens, and Unisys. Headquartered in the Washington, DC area, ACE*COMM has corporate offices in Australia, Canada, China, and the UK. ACE*COMM is a registered ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001 quality standard company. For more information, visit www.acecomm.com. ACE*COMM and the ACE*COMM logo are registered trademarks, and ACE*COMM Enterprise Patrol is a trademark, of ACE*COMM Corporation. Except for historical information, the matters discussed in this news release include forward-looking statements that are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those projected, including, but not limited to: the failure of anticipated demand to materialize, delays or cancellations of orders due to various factors, including business and economic conditions in the U.S. and foreign countries; industry-wide slowdowns, any limitations on customers' financial resources, the continued convergence of voice and data networks, the continuing success of the Company's strategic alliances for product development and marketing, customer purchasing and budgetary patterns or lack thereof; pricing pressures and the impact of competitive products; the timely development and acceptance of new products; the Company's ability to adequately support its operations, and other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's Report on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. and other reports filed with the Securities Exchange Commission. Sources: In-Stat Market Alert, 1/11/2006; Aberdeen Group, "The Total Telecom Cost Management Process Benchmark Report", February 2006. |
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