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November 18th, 2008
XOX Redefines Convergence for Mobile Services by Implementing Highdeal and Computaris
XOX launches next generation mobile services with convergent payment methods in Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur - Computaris, a specialist in consultancy, system integration and software development for the mobile telecoms industry, and Highdeal, the world's leading provider of pricing & rating solutions, announced today that XOX Sdn Bhd, Asia's first next generation regional integrated telecommunications service provider, has deployed the Computaris' Convergent Charging System (CCS) as its convergent billing platform. The Highdeal TransactiveR full-suite is managing the prepaid, postpaid, and hybrid accounts.With the Computaris and Highdeal converged billing platform, XOX has become the first telecommunication provider in the region to offer mobile payment and access convergence. XOX services unify the mobile and web experience, providing users with multiple channels of accessibility to their mobile and web services. XOX selected the Computaris and Highdeal solution to ensure that users will be able to seamlessly access their mobile services through both an internet and a mobile device based web services platform, with the convenience of a unified account - be it a postpaid, prepaid or hybrid.
"Delivering unparallel services and user experiences requires solutions that are innovative, flexible, scalable and robust. It is essential that the implementation is entrusted to a company that has extensive experience and expertise. Highdeal and Computaris is a perfect fit for XOX," explains Robert Chew, COO of XOX.
"XOX is providing its users with a personalized and fully integrated communication experience. Computaris is pleased to deliver its Convergent Charging Solution to XOX, drawing on its experience in next-generation, convergent BSS and OSS solutions. We will implement a unique capability in the Asian marketplace for XOX - with our innovative solution, offering XOX a long-term competitive edge," appreciates Ian Tidder, CEO of Computaris.
"XOX understands the positive impact that innovative pricing and packaging can have on their business. We are extremely pleased that our solution was selected and deployed by such a forward thinking and pioneering telecommunications operator," says Eric Pillevesse, CEO of Highdeal.
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September 25th, 2008
Demonstrates commitment to customers and technology development in Eastern Europe
The Chisinau Competence Centre will play a critical role in extending Computaris development and collaboration capabilities across a wide range of commercial partnerships in Eastern Europe and the Middle East. It will represent an important pillar in Computaris's drive to excellence, improving its capacity to provide the quality and flexibility required by the rapid telecom market developments in this geographical area.The Competence Centre will further extend the company's reach and expertise, by leveraging the local talent pool of highly qualified and motivated telecom engineers in Moldova.
The Competence Centre official opening was held on 25 September 2008 at the residence of His Excellency John Beyer, Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Republic of Moldova. Distinguished guests included representatives from local communication providers, technical universities and business environment alongside the business media.
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August 15th, 2008
Michał Misiaszek appointed General Manager for Computaris Polska spółka z o.o.
Michał Misiaszek has been appointed to the position of General Manager for Computaris Polska spółka z o.o., the Computaris group's Competence Centre in Poland. In his new position, Michał's goals are to develop Computaris's business in Poland and the surrounding region and to expand again Computaris's Polish presence. Michał continues to be responsible for the Computaris group's product development strategy as Director of Product Management and leads a multinational team of support engineers as Director of Support. Michał will be supported on the board of Computaris Polska spółka z o.o. by Monika Borkowska. The group CEO Ian Tidder also sits on the Polish board of Computaris and Michał will report directly to him.
Michał started his career in telecoms area in 1999 joining American Management Systems office in Portugal where he was a member of team developing custom pre-paid billing system for Vodafone Portugal and later worked as billing integration expert at a fix-net operator in Lisbon. Michał continued his involvement with telecoms when he started working for Computaris in 2001. At Computaris he primarily worked at many customer sites as support engineer shifting his career into the development area and project management. Michał holds an MSc in Computer Science from the University of Science and Technology of Cracow. In his spare time Michał dreams of space travel: he is a graduate of the International Space Summer University in Canada. Born a Cracovian, Michał lives in Warsaw with his wife and young daughter.
Michał replaces the former General Manager of Computaris Polska spółka z o.o. Piotr Ciski who will leave Computaris employment on 31 October 2008. Piotr was an employee of Computaris since January 2001 and General Manager of Computaris Polska spółka z o.o. from January 2004. In his most recent post Piotr helped to grow Computaris's Polish operation and implemented a successful restructuring plan which prepares Computaris Polish operation for its future development.
Asked about the appointment Michał said:"The new position at Computaris Polska is a very interesting challenge in which I see many opportunities to develop the new strategy for company and also develop my career further". Ian Tidder (CEO Computaris) added “Michał's in depth knowledge of all aspects of our business and of all our customers, together with his natural passion, make him the ideal person to implement Computaris's vision for our business in Poland and our whole Polish centre."
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Ian Tidder CEO Computaris International Limited
Michał Misiaszek GM Computaris Polska spółka z o.o.
Monika Borkowska Director of Administration Computaris Polska spółka z o.o.
Michał started his career in telecoms area in 1999 joining American Management Systems office in Portugal where he was a member of team developing custom pre-paid billing system for Vodafone Portugal and later worked as billing integration expert at a fix-net operator in Lisbon. Michał continued his involvement with telecoms when he started working for Computaris in 2001. At Computaris he primarily worked at many customer sites as support engineer shifting his career into the development area and project management. Michał holds an MSc in Computer Science from the University of Science and Technology of Cracow. In his spare time Michał dreams of space travel: he is a graduate of the International Space Summer University in Canada. Born a Cracovian, Michał lives in Warsaw with his wife and young daughter.
Michał replaces the former General Manager of Computaris Polska spółka z o.o. Piotr Ciski who will leave Computaris employment on 31 October 2008. Piotr was an employee of Computaris since January 2001 and General Manager of Computaris Polska spółka z o.o. from January 2004. In his most recent post Piotr helped to grow Computaris's Polish operation and implemented a successful restructuring plan which prepares Computaris Polish operation for its future development.
Asked about the appointment Michał said:"The new position at Computaris Polska is a very interesting challenge in which I see many opportunities to develop the new strategy for company and also develop my career further". Ian Tidder (CEO Computaris) added “Michał's in depth knowledge of all aspects of our business and of all our customers, together with his natural passion, make him the ideal person to implement Computaris's vision for our business in Poland and our whole Polish centre."
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Ian Tidder CEO Computaris International Limited
Michał Misiaszek GM Computaris Polska spółka z o.o.
Monika Borkowska Director of Administration Computaris Polska spółka z o.o.
March 31, 2008
Computaris expands further - a new expertise center opens in Chisinau, Moldova
Computaris, consultancy specialist in system integration and software development for the mobile Telco industry in Europe, the Middle East and Asia, strengthens its competitive position on the market by opening a new expertise center in Chisinau, Moldova. This new facility complements Computaris offices in Romania and Poland and operates as an extension of the Expertise Center in Bucharest, leveraging the core Telco knowledge and quality assurance practices in place.
With the goal to grow the office to 20 staff by the end of the its first year of operation, the new center will play a key role enabling Computaris to stay at the cutting edge of new technology, delivering cost effective, high quality solutions to customers worldwide.
With the goal to grow the office to 20 staff by the end of the its first year of operation, the new center will play a key role enabling Computaris to stay at the cutting edge of new technology, delivering cost effective, high quality solutions to customers worldwide.
December 6, 2007
Computaris and Orga Systems has successfully completed their first project together
Computaris and Orga Systems has successfully completed their first project together: world's first truly convergent billing system OPSC © Gold is launched by a fast growing CIS mobile network operator. OPSC © Gold is a carrier-class convergent real-time billing system that enables true convergence by providing a single point of rating, charging and billing regardless of the payment method or service. We are pleased to have had a professional contribution to configuring and delivering this convergent billing product according to the customer needs.
September 24, 2007
Computaris and Sicap renew partnership
Computaris and Sicap AG have agreed terms for the renewal of their long-standing partnership. Computaris will provide development and support services for Sicap's payment services line of business, including prepaid billing, roaming, loyalty, collect call, USSD browsing and SMS offload products.
July 13, 2007
Computaris and LHS Systems extend collaboration
Computaris and LHS Systems will extend their collaboration with the supply of a further team of software specialists to support LHS's rapidly-growing business with additional engineering capacity. After an extensive training program on LHS's site in Frankfurt, the team will be permanently located at Computaris's Bucharest premises, where they will work on support and further development of LHS's highly successful BSCS iX postpaid and convergent billing product.
March 6, 2007
Orga Systems selects Computaris
Orga Systems has selected Computaris to support deployments of its prepaid and convergent billing products. The two companies have concluded a long-term framework agreement to govern the establishment and growth of a team based in Computaris's Bucharest competence centre. The team will specialise in integration and configuration of Orga Systems products including the flagship OPSC © Gold fully convergent billing system.
January 31, 2007
Computaris CFO Dr John Wolstencroft today presented unaudited year-end
results for the calendar year 2006. Professional Services sales of
£4.4M (approx €6.6M, $8.6M) showed a year-on-year
increase of 29%. Dr Wolstencroft remarked "Following on from near 50%
growth in 2005, in 2006 we have not just increased sales but also
consolidated our position as a trusted provider of real-time telecoms
professional services. We have recently sold our first product - a specialist Diameter testing tool - to one of the big 5
GSM billing vendors, which further proves our experience in this space.
We made our target of 90 professionals by year end set out in January
2006. 2007 will be a year of consolidating relationships with several
new customers and expanding our value-added professional services and
product offerings which augment this approach".
January 21, 2007
Comverse choses Computaris's Diameter testing software
Leading telecoms vendor Comverse has selected Computaris's Diameter
Test Tool after a competitive evaluation process. The Diameter Test
Tool is based on open source test framework technology, using an
original Diameter implementation independent of any other
vendor’s Diameter stack. It is backed up by
Computaris’s expertise earned in numerous integration
projects with many Diameter implementations.
September 1st , 2006
La mulţi ani, Computaris România!
(Computaris Romania celebrates its fifth birthday)
Computaris Romania celebrates its fifth birthday Computaris celebrates
five years since the opening of its Romanian office. From small
beginnings, Computaris Romania has grown into a business unit of 70
full-time specialist employees covering the full range of skills and
competences in mobile OSS/BSS. Caroline Geddis, director or
development, comments: "In Bucharest we found a vibrant and growing
community of skilled telecoms professionals, an excellent
vocationally-focused higher education system, and a culture of drive,
adptability and customer-orientation. To reach the best people, we
offer career development and a long-term commitment to Romania. From
these elements we have built a team of highly-motivated and
professional consultants and developers. Computaris Romania is the
ideal complement to our pre-existing base in Warsaw, Poland; today,
both centres are essential to the Computaris story and to our unique
value proposition." Anniversary celebrations will continue, as later in
September Computaris's Polish office is looking forward to celebrating
their 9th year of operation.
July 31st, 2006
An editorial article by Computaris's CTO John Lutkin has been published
in the journal Landmobile www.landmobile.co.uk.
The article, entitled "How would you like to pay?", explains the
evolution of prepay, current trends in the technology, and the
continuing importance of prepay for wireless service providers in the
convergence era. The text of the article is available here.
July 7th, 2006
LHS selects Computaris to support Convergent Billing deployments.
LHS (www.lhsgroup.com),
a leading vendor of telecoms billing and customer care systems, has
selected Computaris for the supply of specialist professional
services in pre/postpaid convergence. Computaris will support LHS in
deploying real-time convergent billing solutions based on the
technology-leading BSCS iX series products. LHS is a major player
in the emerging convergent billing arena, with a proven technology
proposition and an installed customer base of over 130 mobile and fixed
line telecoms operators worldwide. Computaris will support
LHS’s convergence offering by bringing hundreds of
person-years of accumulated expertise in integrating to the core
telecoms network, with a strong track record in multi-vendor
deployments in real-time charging, prepaid billing, and the service
control plane. Computaris CTO John Lutkin said “We are
delighted to be working with LHS’s convergent billing
product, which is probably the most technologically advanced on the
market today. We expect to contribute our real-time telecoms and
prepaid integration skills in a number of upcoming operator
deployments”. Full press release here.
May 16th, 2006
Computaris partners with Sigma Systems.
Computaris has announced a partnership with Sigma Systems, www.sigma-systems.com,
a leading provider of service management, provisioning and OSS
solutions, delivering next-generation services on IP broadband
& wireless. Sigma’s solutions provide the
“Intelligence Behind Converged Service Delivery”
and a portfolio of provisioning and OSS service management products for
delivering voice, video, data and multimedia services on GSM or CDMA
mobile networks, as well as IP broadband networks for cable and
wireline service providers. “Computaris has entered into this
valued partnership with Sigma because of the depth of their service
management experience and excellent global deployment track record. We
believe that combining both our expertise will provide our current and
potential customers with the best solutions and service
available,” said Ian Tidder, CEO and Co-Founder, Computaris.
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