CommTech and DSET Announce Alliance to Provide ASP-Hosted Service Management Solutions.Business Editors CRANBURY, N.J. and BRIDGEWATER, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 24, 2000 CommTech Corp. and DSET DSET Desert Sunshine Exposure Testing Inc. Corp. (Nasdaq:DSET) today announced the integration of CommTech's FastFlow(R) products and DSET Corp.'s ezConnect gateway software to provide seamless end-to-end telecom service management solutions. CommTech is a top provider of zero-touch, end-to-end flow-through provisioning and eBusiness infrastructure solutions. DSET Corp. is a leading supplier of business-to-business e-commerce solutions for the telecom industry. The two companies will work together to deliver solutions for communications service providers (CSPs) via CommTech's FastFlow(R) ASP offering. On Feb. 2, 2000, CommTech became the first 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. company to announce a customer for an ASP-hosted OSS offering when it revealed that rapidly-growing Canadian CLEC (Competitive Local Exchange Carrier) An organization offering local telephone service that is not one of the traditional telephone companies. The Telecommunications Act of 1996 allowed competition to the incumbent telcos (ILECs), enabling new companies (CLECs) Combined Telecom Inc. (CTI (Computer Telephone Integration) Combining data with voice systems in order to enhance telephone services. For example, automatic number identification (ANI) allows a caller's records to be retrieved from the database while the call is routed to the appropriate party. ) had selected FastFlow ASP. DSET President and Chief Executive Officer William P. McHale will join Yankee Group (the Yankee Group, Boston, MA, www.yankeegroup.com) A major market research, analysis and consulting firm founded in 1970 by Howard Anderson. It provides general consulting and strategic planning in the computer and communications field. Executive Vice President Rob Rich; CommTech founder, President, and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Frank M. Fawzi; and CTI's President and CEO Robert Koven on a global Webcast Thursday, Feb. 24, 2000, at 1:00 PM U.S. Eastern Time. Title of the Webcast is "On the Menu: OSS Served Up ASP-Style;" to register, prospective attendees should go to www.mshow.com/commtech. Through FastFlow ASP, CommTech serves as an application service provider (ASP) which, with partners such as DSET, offers hosted software applications to providers of voice, DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary , and cable services. FastFlow ASP helps emerging CLECs/DLECs to quickly enter markets with far less upfront cost and time than possible via traditional OSS development. Its innovative pricing models create a metered OSS structure that directly ties CommTech's compensation to the success of the CSP (1) (Certified Systems Professional) An earlier award for successful completion of an ICCP examination in systems development. See ICCP. (2) (Commerce Service P in selling new lines and services using the ASP-delivered OSS. "We believe the innovative business models and proven telecom eBusiness infrastructure that make CommTech's ASP proposition so powerful to emerging CSPs will also contribute to the continuing expansion of DSET's leadership in this market," said Paul Smith, senior vice president, strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. and product management, DSET. CommTech Vice President/Product Management Mark A. Dennis said, "We welcome DSET to the FastFlow ASP program, which combines leading-edge offerings and revolutionary pricing models to provide an entirely new business proposition for the market. We are pleased that the value CommTech adds to the market -- empowering end users with direct, rapid, Web-based access to the best available communications services -- continues to position us to work with other best-of-breed providers such as DSET." CommTech and DSET Products Help CSPs Enter Markets and Compete Effectively DSET gateway products automate the generation of sales quotes, the ordering of local loops and high-capacity circuits, as well as providing support for number portability, 911 emergency service, calling card, and caller ID services. DSET solutions also ensure that CLEC customers are served by their preferred long-distance carriers and that service problems are resolved quickly and efficiently. In addition to serving carriers that provide conventional voice and data services, DSET products support operations for carriers offering digital subscriber line See DSL. (communications, protocol) Digital Subscriber Line - (DSL, or Digital Subscriber Loop, xDSL - see below) A family of digital telecommunications protocols designed to allow high speed data communication over the existing copper telephone lines between end-users and (DSL) service. CommTech's FastFlow(R) Order Fulfillment Suite automates, via a single interface, the processes key to effective delivery of communications services, including management of workflow, ordering, product/service catalog, workforce, inventory, and trouble ticketing systems. CommTech's FastFlow(R) Service Activation Suite empowers CSPs to provision and activate services across voice, data, and cable telephony platforms. CommTech's FastFlow(R) eSuite product enables CSPs to offer an eBusiness Web portal to in-demand applications, building on CommTech's broad expertise in security and partitioning databases for end user control. About CommTech CommTech provides Web-based, zero-touch, end-to-end flow-through provisioning and eBusiness infrastructure solutions for the New Economy, helping communications service providers (CSPs) generate revenue by giving end users rapid access to voice, DSL, cable, and other services. CommTech software suites currently manage more than five million lines in North America and Europe. CommTech customers and partners include more than 50 ILECs, IXCs, CLECs/DLECs, network equipment manufacturers, cable CSPs, international operators, other telecom and OSS vendors, and systems integrators. CommTech is a member of and active participant in the TeleManagement Forum (TMF TMF The Motley Fool TMF The Music Factory (TV) TMF Telemanagement Forum TMF Texas Medical Foundation TMF Terminated Merchant File (credit card systems) TMF Trial Master File TMF Thermo-Mechanical Fatigue ), ADSL See DSL. ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line Forum, Association for Local Telecommunications Services (ALTS ALTS Association for Local Telecommunications Services ALTS Aarhus Lawn Tennis Selskab (Denmark) ALTS Annotated Labeled Transition System ALTS Analogue Line Terminating Subsystem ALTS Automatic Laser Tracking System ), and ASP Industry Consortium (Application Service Provider Industry Consortium, Wakefield, MA) A now disbanded trade organization founded in 1999 dedicated to research and standards in the application service provider (ASP) industry. . Headquartered in Cranbury, N.J., U.S., CommTech has R&D and regional offices throughout the U.S.; Toronto, Canada; Gloucestershire, U.K.; and Hoofddorp, The Netherlands. For more information please visit www.comm.com or call 888/COMMTECH. About DSET DSET Corp. (Nasdaq:DSET) is a leading provider of business-to-business e-commerce solutions for the global telecommunications marketplace. The DSET suite of electronic-bonding gateways is designed to interconnect the 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 (OSSs) of service providers that must exchange information and share network capabilities with trading partners to provision and maintain a growing range of services for customers in the competitive telecom market. DSET's local number portability "LNP" redirects here. For the airport in Virginia with that IATA code, see Lonesome Pine Airport. For the compound InP, see Indium phosphide. Local number portability, (LNP) for fixed lines, and full mobile number portability solutions play a key role in enabling business and residential customers to change service providers without changing their local phone numbers. DSET is headquartered in Bridgewater, New Jersey, and the company's Web site can be viewed at www.dset.com. Statements regarding financial matters contained in this press release, other than historical facts, are forward-looking. Since all statements about DSET's plans, estimates, and expectations are based on current projections that involve risks and uncertainties, and are subject to change at any time, the company's actual results may differ materially from expected results. Investors should consider these risks and uncertainties, which are discussed in documents filed by DSET with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These documents identify important factors that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those contained in the projections or forward-looking statements. DSET expressly disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements. FastFlow(R) is a registered trademark of CommTech Corp. DSET and the DSET logo are registered trademarks of DSET Corp. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. |
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