Vodafone Iceland Deploys FTS End-to-End Billing Solution
HERZLIYA, Israel, May 30, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- FTS, a global provider of billing, customer care and policy control solutions for communications and content service providers, today announced that Vodafone Iceland has implemented the latest version of Leap Billing, FTS' comprehensive end-to-end billing and customer care solution to enable flexible charging and billing for Vodafone's entire line of business, including mobile, fixed and broadband services.Vodafone Iceland is a convergent communication service provider, offering mobile, fixed, broadband internet and data services. FTS' Leap Billing software supports the operator's charging, billing and customer management needs, and is integrated with Vodafone Iceland's Microsoft Dynamics CRM system.
"We found Leap Billing to be one of the most flexible, robust and cost-effective solutions available on the market," said Ardis Bjork Jonsdottir, Billing Manager Vodafone Iceland. "Thanks to FTS' Leap Billing we have increased the flexibility of our billing and have also increased our ability to create new and innovative services." Leap Billing helps operators to dramatically reduce the time and cost of any change requests, allowing billing to rapidly adopt new services. Using FTS' solutions Vodafone Iceland's back office is able to act at the speed of marketing and with a much lower total cost of ownership (TCO).
"This latest implementation at Vodafone Iceland is a further vote of confidence in FTS' telecom billing solutions," said Yitzchak Feldman, FTS' Vice President of Sales & Marketing. "Leap Billing addresses the needs of convergent service providers such as Vodafone Iceland, and supports them as they continue to offer innovative, cross-network services." Leap Billing is a flexible, convergent billing, customer care and online charging solution that realizes substantial reductions in OPEX and CAPEX while increasing customer satisfaction and retention. Based on FTS' patented business-control technology (DoTree�), the solution captures events delivered over single or multiple network technologies in real-time and responds to them based on a preconfigured set of business policies or actions. This flexibility and ease of use enables the service providers' billing to become a business enabler for offering new marketing plans or services, with a rapid time-to-market.
About Vodafone Iceland Vodafone Iceland is a multi-play service provider offering mobile phone, fixed, internet and data services. Vodafone Iceland focuses on the needs of its customers and offers a wide portfolio of products to both individuals and companies. Vodafone Iceland is a key player on the Icelandic telecom market and the Vodafone mobile network covers over 99% of populated areas in Iceland as well as big part of the Icelandic wilderness.
About FTS FTS provides billing, customer care and policy control solutions that have greater flexibility and provide greater independence for communications and content service providers, resulting in a dramatically lower total cost of ownership (TCO). As the first billing company to provide policy management, by analyzing every transaction from a business standpoint, FTS offers a complete package of solutions and can service both growing and major, established providers.
FTS deploys its full range of end-to-end and add-on telecom billing and policy control services to customers in over 40 countries and implements solutions in wireless, wireline, cable, broadband, machine-to-machine (M2M) and content markets including multiple convergent installations. By providing solutions and service to telecommunications providers globally, FTS is helping to reduce the total cost of ownership of billing and policy control.
Further information is available at http://www.fts-soft.com/.
For further information please contact:
Joshua PR: Patrick Smith, Tel. +44(0)7734-600553, patrick.smith@joshuapr.com
FTS: Moshe Peterfreund, Tel. +972-9-952-6500, press@fts-soft.com
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Vodafone Samsung Galaxy S3 launch event live stream times - Phones Review
Excitement about the latest Samsung smartphone, the Galaxy S3 (S III) is almost at fever pitch now and yesterday we told about the launch in 28 countries with more on the way. If you’re in Australia there’s good news for you as Vodafone will be live streaming the Galaxy S3 launch event and we have the times for you, wherever you are in the world.
The Galaxy S3 is set to be a phenomenal hit with pre-orders through the roof. However we recently told of possible release delays in some areas because of shortages of the blue color option with some customers being told they wouldn’t get theirs for the release date. Whether this issue will also hit the Australian launch is not known yet but we do know that the launch event in the country is taking place on Thursday May 31 (tomorrow).
News of Vodafone Australia live streaming the event, being held in Sydney comes to us from Android Central, sourced from AusDroid. If you can’t be there in person then, you can at least join in with the launch excitement with the live stream online. You’ll need to head to the Vodafone Australia website for the event that starts at 09:50 Sydney time. If you’re in the UK and want to watch that’s 00:50 and if you’re in the US it’s 19:50 ET or 16:50 PT (US times are for Wednesday because of the time difference). We’ve entered the launch event into a timeanddate.com event announcer so simply click on the link to see the times for wherever you are in the world.
While you’re waiting for this smartphone you may be interested in our news of a full video review to get a closer look. Highlights of the Galaxy S3 include a 4.8-inch Super AMOLED HD display, 1.4GHz quad-core processor (most regions), 8-megapixel rear camera and 1080p HD video capture, S Voice software and Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich so you can see why a lot of people are getting pretty hyped up about Samsung’s flagship smartphone.
Are you in Australia and waiting for the Galaxy S3? If so, what has made you choose this device over another? Maybe you’re waiting to see what the Apple iPhone 5 will offer before you make up your mind? Why not send your comments to let us know your thoughts on the Galaxy S3.
Vodafone Foundation opens Smart Accessibility Awards 2012 - Mobile Entertainment
Second outing for the €200k prize that rewards makers of apps for older people and those with disabilities.
The Smart Accessibility Awards are part of the Vodafone Foundation’s ‘Mobile for Good’ programme to drive positive social change through mobile. They are co-organised by AGE Platform Europe and the European Disability Forum (EDF).
This year there will be prizes in four areas:
* Social participation
* Independent living
* Mobility
* Wellbeing
Entrants will compete for a share of a €200k prize fund. The competition is open from 30th May 2012 to 15th October 2012.
Qualifying entries will be evaluated in November and the four overall winners will be chosen in a final event that will take place in December in Spain.
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Andrew Dunnett, director of the Vodafone Foundation, said, ‘Smartphones are transforming how millions of people manage their daily lives, but some groups in society are at risk of missing out on the revolution.
"The Smart Accessibility Awards is one of many Vodafone Foundation programmes around the world which are tackling the diverse barriers to a fully accessible mobile internet.’
In 2011 over 60 apps were received and more than 100 people participated in the awards.
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