Comptel and Daleen Establish Strategic Partnership; Growth in Mobile IP Services Drives Demand for Next-Generation Content-Based Billing.Business Editors/Technology Writers HELSINKI, Finland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 26, 2001 Comptel Corporation (HEX:CTL See control key. 1. CTL - Checkout Test language. 2. CTL - Compiler Target Language. 3. CTL - Computational Tree Logic 1V) and Daleen Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq:DALN) have signed a partnership agreement that covers the provision of rating, usage-based billing and mediation mediation, in law, type of intervention in which the disputing parties accept the offer of a third party to recommend a solution for their controversy. Mediation has long been a part of international law, frequently involving the use of an international commission, solutions for next-generation mobile service providers. Comptel is the global leader in providing mediation solutions for teleoperators. Daleen is a global provider of software that manages the revenue chain for next-generation service providers. As a result of the agreement, both Comptel and Daleen will be able to provide their customers with integrated end-to-end mobile IP and content revenue management solutions. This will help the customers to considerably decrease their time-to-revenue, cost of integration and upgrades, and total cost of ownership. Daleen and Comptel's integrated solutions will also enable mobile service providers to offer innovative services to their customers. These include the ordering of new multi-product services, managing and viewing of customers' account information over the Internet or via mobile phones. The agreement also entails geographical synergies. Comptel has established a firm foothold foot·hold n. 1. A place providing support for the foot in climbing or standing. 2. A firm or secure position that provides a base for further advancement. foothold Noun 1. in the American market and Daleen has a strong presence in the American and European markets. "Next-generation mobile content services mean a revolution for the operators' billing practices. Collecting the usage data, billing and revenue sharing revenue sharing Funding arrangement in which one government unit grants a portion of its tax income to another government unit. For example, provinces or states may share revenue with local governments, or national governments may share revenue with provinces or states. are great challenges. The cooperation with Daleen opens up excellent opportunities for finding integrated end-to-end solutions (jargon) end-to-end solution - (E2ES) A term that suggests that the supplier of an application program or system will provide all the hardware and/or software components and resouces to meet the customer's requirement and no other supplier need be involved. Compare: turn-key solution. for our customers both in the Americas and in Europe", said Jorma Heinonen, Senior Executive Vice President of Comptel Corporation. "This agreement is for us another step in IP mediation and further strengthens our position in the field of content mediation in which we already have a strong product, Comptel Chinchilla chinchilla (chĭnchĭl`ə), small burrowing rodent of South America. It lives in colonies at high altitudes (up to 15,000 ft/4,270 m) in the Andes of Bolivia, Chile, and Peru. ." "To accelerate revenue generation for next generation wireless services, it is critical for operators to properly manage their end-to-end revenue chain -- from service creation to billing. Daleen's RevChain solutions have demonstrated excellence in flexibly adding new services, customer self-management from any internet-enabled device, scalable usage-based IP and content services, and creative billing and settlement with end-customers and partners. By integrating RevChain and Comptel's Chinchilla product enables next generation operators to maximise revenue by quickly introducing new high-volume, usage based services," said Kevin Steffey, Daleen's Vice President and Managing Director for EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) Refers to that region of the world. For example, one might see products packaged differently for the UK, EMEA and Asia Pacific markets. . About Comptel Comptel Corporation is the global leader in providing mediation software Software that gathers and consolidates users' transmission usage from the network. It converts that data into a billing format for accounting and creates usage and marketing reports. for teleoperators. Comptel's packaged mediation solutions cover billing mediation, service provisioning, credit and cost control, network account and content charging for all networks: 2G, 2.5G and 3G mobile as well as IP, fixed and satellite. The company's products are independent of the operators' business support systems and the network vendors. Comptel's local offices and the extensive partner network serve the company's over 190 teleoperator customers in 54 countries worldwide. Today, Comptel has over 600 employees. The turnover in 2000 was EUR EUR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Euro. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 60.4 million. Comptel was established in 1986 and is listed on the Helsinki Exchanges Helsinki Exchanges (HEX) The Helsinki Exchanges (HEX Ltd., Helsinki Securities and Derivatives Exchange and Clearing House) was formed at the beginning of 1998 following the merger of the Helsinki Stock Exchange Ltd. and SOM Ltd. (HEX:CTL1V). For more information, visit http://www.comptel.com. About Daleen Daleen Technologies Inc. is a global provider of Internet software solutions that manage the revenue chain for next-generation service providers, enterprise business and technology solutions providers. Daleen's RevChain product line automates and manages service providers' revenue chains by providing functionality including service creation and management, customer management, order and fulfillment, billing and settlement across the span of the enterprise. The Daleen RevChain product line is comprised of a set of industry-focused software suites and core applications built on the Daleen Internet Integration Architecture (IIA (1) (Information Industry Association, Washington, DC) In 1999, IIA merged with SPA (Software Publishers Association) to become the Software & Information Industry Association. See SIIA. ) system, which leverages open Internet technologies to integrate seamlessly with legacy and existing systems while requiring zero code on the client. Additional information is available at http://www.daleen.com. |
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