Vodafone Chooses Tango & Comptel Solution for Prepaid Non-Voice Services in Malta

Comptel Corporation, the global market leader in convergent mediation and provisioning software solutions, has delivered Comptel OnlineLink mediation solutions for non-voice services to Vodafone Malta. The solution was delivered by Comptel in co-operation with its Ireland-based associate company Tango Telecom.

(PRWEB) December 3, 2003 --Comptel Corporation, the global market leader in convergent mediation and provisioning software solutions, has delivered Comptel OnlineLink mediation solutions for non-voice services to Vodafone Malta. The solution has enabled Vodafone Malta to Launch non-voice based prepaid services for its mobile subscribers and was delivered by Comptel in co-operation with its Ireland-based associate company Tango Telecom.

Comptel OnlineLink Solution provides an advanced content-based, real-time charging solution for non-voice services for both prepaid and post-paid subscribers. It also eliminates fraud typically associated in prepaid services by checking and reserving the charges from the subscribers' prepaid account. For post-paid subscribers, Comptel's solution generates the necessary rated IPDRs (Internet Protocol Detail Record) and takes care of further delivery to the post-paid billing system and other client systems like data-warehouses. The solution implements the most sophisticated and user friendly GPRS and SMS rating schemes, providing a powerful tool to boost the take-up of these services, and can also be utilised for MMS services.

"Vodafone Malta chose Comptel's solution after rigorous technical evaluation. The company has also shown their ability to deliver in timely fashion a complete end-to-end solution for charging and rating non-voice services. The flexibility of the solution enables Vodafone Malta to differentiate in the market and gain competitive advantage in providing new services considerably faster," said Mr Joe Muscat, CTO of Vodafone Malta.

"We are very pleased that Vodafone Malta selected Comptel's market leading solution for convergent charging and rating of non-voice services. This agreement further expands Comptel's co-operation with Vodafone Group operators. The introduction of new prepaid based mobile services has become a key issue for numerous operators when creating new business opportunities. Comptel OnlineLink integrates with the network with minimal disruption and provides a cost-effective and evolutionary way to broaden the service portfolio for prepaid subscribers," said Katri Sahlman, Senior VP, Product Business, Comptel Corporation.

About Vodafone

Vodafone Group Plc, the world's leading mobile communications company is ranked as one of the highest capitalised UK companies on the London Stock Exchange. Vodafone is serving over 112.5 million proportionate customers. Vodafone Malta started operations in 1990 and was the first subsidiary outside of Vodafone Group plc in the UK. For more information, visit www.vodafone.com

About Tango Telecom

Tango Telecom provides value added service solutions for mobile operators enabling the rapid delivery of converged real-time SMS, GPRS and MMS charging services to boost carriers' revenues. Tango's solutions are extensible to include the complete suite of prepaid services as carriers move to full 3G roll-out. The systems offer carrier-grade scalability and availability, are easy to install and upgrade and have proven interoperability with existing network components from all major vendors. For more information, visit www.tango-tele.com

About Comptel Corporation

Comptel Corporation is the global market leader in convergent mediation and provisioning software solutions. Comptel's solutions support the core business processes of operators and service providers by generating concrete savings that allow for new business models and sustained customer loyalty. The Comptel Link product portfolio includes Comptel Eventlink for event mediation and usage data management, Comptel InstantLink for automated service provisioning and activation and Comptel OnlineLink for on-line and pre-delivery charging for non-voice services. The company has more than 220 deliveries in 67 countries worldwide including respected clients like Brasil Telecom, Deutsche Telecom, T-Mobile International, Vodafone, America Movil, O2, KPN, TeliaSonera, AIS and SWIFT. Comptel was established in 1986 and is listed on the Helsinki Stock Exchange (HEX: CTL1V). For more information, visit www.comptel.com.
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For more information on this press release, please contact:

Richard Choi
Vice President Sales & Marketing
Tango Telecom Limited
T: +353 61 503 051