Alcatel Wins Inter-Carrier Settlement System Contract in China's Yun Nan Province; Alcatel Extends Cooperation With China Telecom Group.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 30, 2002 Alcatel (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ALA) has been awarded a contract by Yun Nan Telecom for the Inter-Carrier Settlement System (ICSS ICSS Internet Connection Secure Server (IBM) ICSS Institute for Complex Strategic Studies ICSS International Conference on System Sciences ICSS Iowa Cooperative Soil Survey ICSS Integrated Control & Safety System ). The contract, which was won through Alcatel Shanghai Bell (ASB ASB Asbestos ASB Arbeiter Samariter Bund (German medical help organisation) ASB Anti-Social Behaviour ASB Accounting Standards Board (UK FRC) ASB Aarhus School of Business ), covers 17 districts in Yun Nan province Nan (Thai: น่าน) is one of the northern provinces (changwat) of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are (from south clockwise) Uttaradit, Phrae and Phayao. To the north and east it borders Xaignabouli of Laos. to be provided with this real-time data Real-time data denotes information that is delivered immediately after collection. There is no delay in the timeliness of the information provided. Some uses of this term confuse it with the term dynamic data. collection and billing system within a one-year period. It is the first commercial contract of this kind signed by Alcatel in Yun Nan and with the China Telecom Group as a whole. Alcatel has been awarded the entire software part of this ICSS project. To optimally suit telecom service providers' needs, the ICSS is an efficient and reliable solution, ensuring real-time data collection and billing. The ICSS will enable Yun Nan Telecom to collect all the data for billing from different regions in a uniform way and arrange smooth settlement of inter-carrier bills from networks belonging to Yun Nan Telecom itself, or from other service providers' networks. This will manage the evolution of inter-carrier payment settlements, as well as the high growing rate of voice and data traffic requiring specific settlement solutions. "During our long-term association with Alcatel Shanghai Bell, Alcatel 1000 switches now have been installed to cover most of Yun Nan province. This ICSS contract further extends the cooperation with Alcatel Shanghai Bell in a totally new domain. We fully trust that Alcatel will live up to our expectations as they have done in the past," said Wu Yongquan, general manager of Yun Nan Telecom. "This breakthrough in Yun Nan Telecom shows the confidence that our customers have in us. We are convinced that Alcatel's products and solutions will serve our customers well and help them meet their business needs and requirements," said Andrew Young Andrew Jackson Young, Jr. (born March 12, 1932) is an American civil rights activist, former mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, and was the United States' first African-American ambassador to the United Nations. , president of Alcatel Shanghai Bell. About Yun Nan Telecom Yun Nan Telecom is the subsidiary company of China Telecom Group. The main operation of Yun Nan Telecom covers fixed telecom network domestics and overseas, voice, data, multimedia and information services See Information Systems. based on telecom networks. About Alcatel Alcatel designs, develops and builds innovative and competitive communications networks, enabling carriers, service providers and enterprises to deliver any type of content, such as voice, data and multimedia, to any type of consumer, anywhere in the world. Relying on its leading and comprehensive products and solutions portfolio, stretching from end-to-end optical infrastructures, fixed and mobile networks to broadband access See broadband and wireless broadband. , Alcatel's customers can focus on optimizing their service offerings and revenue streams. With sales of Euro 25 billion in 2001, Alcatel operates in more than 130 countries. For more information, http://www.alcatel.com. |
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