Belgacom Deploys Advanced Agilis Fraud Management System, NetMind(R).

ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Agilis International, Inc. announced today that Belgacom, SA has deployed NetMind[R], Agilis' Fraud Management platform for their next generation network. Belgacom is the incumbent provider of voice, data and IPTV services in Belgium.

"We needed a platform that not only addresses our current security needs, but is adaptable to the emerging threats posed by rolling out advanced data and video services on next generation services. After reviewing different options, we felt that the NetMind[R] platform provided the most comprehensive solution", commented Carlos Lowie, Unit Manager Investigations Group at Belgacom.

Today's service providers serve a diverse customer base over an increasingly complex combination of broadband, wireline and wireless networks. The emergence of these converged networks has profound impact on service providers' business models and has changed the nature of fraud.

Agilis CEO Jaswinder "Manji" Matharu explained, "NetMind[R] is more than the next generation of Fraud Management, it is the future of how service providers will look at their relationship with all potential and existing subscribers, as well as their trading partners." Traditional Fraud Management systems rely on a single method or limited data sources to track subscriber network use. "The value of NetMind[R] is that it correlates information from multiple internal and external data sources, to create a comprehensive risk index associated with every phase of the service provider's relationship with the subscriber, and to continually monitor the subscriber's interaction with the network," Matharu continued.

NetMind[R] is a fraud management solution capable of managing the risk points in the entire subscriber life cycle, across diverse networks. This powerful solution is agnostic to technology and adapts rapidly to evolving business models in the service provider environment. NetMind[R] eliminates the risk inherent in each phase of the subscriber including:

* During the pre-acquisition process, before the cost of installation and removal occurs,

* Through the acquisition process, including strong validation of customer identification,

* During the early subscription period, where the vulnerability to fraud is highest,

* Continuing into the long-term relationship, with vigilant attention to changes that indicate potential abuse of network services.

The NetMind[R] solution protects both the service provider and their subscribers. It assures that high value customers are easily identified and given the highest level of customer service, that potentially fraudulent customers are continually monitored, and that fraudulent user are eliminated.

About Agilis International - Agilis International, Inc. is headquartered in Maryland and serves the Tier I Communications Service Provider market with advanced solutions that manage the financial risk of value added services in next generation networks. The solutions offered by Agilis International Inc. address the Customer Risk Management needs of service providers operating cable, wireless and wire line networks. Agilis is the vendor of choice where customers need an extensible platform capable of processing vast amounts of data and supporting advanced business analytics applications, supplied through a global delivery model that includes a world class support organization.