DSET Gateway Certified by BellSouth for CLEC Interconnection.BRIDGEWATER, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 30, 1999-- DSET DSET Desert Sunshine Exposure Testing Inc. 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 : DSET), a leading supplier of business-to-business e-commerce solutions for the telecom industry, announced today that BellSouth has certified the DSET ezLocal gateway for the electronic exchange of local service requests (LSRs) following successful tests between BellSouth and a major competitive local exchange carrier (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) ). ezLocal enables CLECs to automate the process of ordering unbundled network elements Unbundled Network Elements (UNE) are a requirement mandated by the United States Telecommunications Act of 1996. They are the parts of the telecommunications network that the incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs) are required to offer on an unbundled basis. from incumbent local exchange carriers ILEC, short for incumbent local exchange carrier, is a local telephone company in the United States that was in existence at the time of the break up of AT&T into the Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs) also known as the "Baby Bells". (ILECs), in this case BellSouth. A CLEC can use ezLocal to order local loops and directory-assistance services for customers won from the incumbents. Electronic-bonding gateways such as ezLocal and their associated trading-partner interfaces have become central to the process of shortening the time required to turn on a variety of phone services for new CLEC customers. DSET electronic-bonding gateways have helped to reduce this customer-acquisition interval by as much as 60 percent. Beginning with the company's family of products for automatically generating sales quotes, DSET solutions make all aspects of turning on service for new CLEC customers faster, more efficient, and cost-effective. In addition to automating the process of ordering local loops and high-capacity circuits, DSET solutions provide support for number portability See NP. , 911 emergency service, calling card validation, and enhanced caller ID A telephone company service that sends the caller's telephone number between the first and second ring of the call. If the calling number is not blocked, the calling number is displayed on the handset or base station of the called party. services. DSET products also ensure that CLEC customers are served by their preferred long-distance carriers and that service problems are resolved quickly and efficiently. "DSET has been interconnecting CLECs with their respective trading partners all around the country, and this success with the ezLocal interface between a major CLEC and BellSouth through their EDI-based service order processing system is another milestone," said Phil Cavallo, DSET's senior vice president of sales and marketing. "Essentially, we had two choices for engineering the trading-partner interface with BellSouth," he explained. "We could interface with the new TAG system A tag system is a deterministic computational model published by Emil Leon Post in 1943 as a simple form of string rewriting system. A tag system may also be viewed as an abstract machine, called a Post tag machine or with the EDI-based system called LEO/LENS. We implemented the interface with the LENS system and had the CLEC certified in about four weeks." Cavallo stated, "DSET has now implemented some 16 trading-partner interfaces for competitive carriers. Along with our growing catalog of interfaces, DSET offers the advantage of our alliance with a major vendor of 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. order-management software. This is an unbeatable combination when it comes to deploying the capabilities that any CLEC needs to turn on their revenue stream with maximum speed and minimum technical difficulty." About DSET: DSET Corporation 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 as 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. DSET and the DSET logo are registered trademarks of DSET Corporation. |
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