Telenor currently has a number of separate billing systems for the corporate and residential markets. Their consolidation will significantly reduce the cost of administration, maintenance and development. Additionally a merged billing system will also simplify the launch of new products and more efficiently serve emerging markets.
 

- This represents a very interesting and challenging project for EDB Telesciences which will be followed closely by the company, says Asbjørn Eide, Executive Vice President of Telecommunications in EDB Business Partner.

 

Between 1996 and1999 EDB Telesciences developed two solutions for order management in Telenor. These solutions were later developed and sold under the name Sterling Order Management System to international operators. The solution encompasses two EDB Telesciences products; Sterling Order Manager and Sterling Product Manager. Telenor and EDB Telesciences have now agreed to further develop Sterling Order Management System thus replacing the current fixed net installations. Telenor has, as part of the agreement, an option to develop the next generation of the product, which will encompass mobile network operations.

 

- Order management is a core process for telecom operators with great opportunities for improving efficiency. Efficiency improvements of more than 40 percent were measured when Sterling Order Manager and Sterling Product Manager were implemented with a leading European operator, says Eide. 

 

- Telenor have chosen EDB Telesciences as a supplier because they have shown a high degree of delivery precision and because they have proven their competitiveness in a difficult international market, says CTO for Telenor Norway, Kjersti Wiklund.

 

EDB Telesciences has been working on and implemented the first two deliveries of these projects since the beginning of 2003. The work has been done within the existing frame agreement with Telenor, and about one fourth of the total contractual amount has been recognized in the first 6 months of 2003.

 

The contracts do not generate significant changes to the expected turnover for the business area, and are within the current frame agreement with Telenor. The contracts confirms EDB Telesciences competency within order management, product management and billing.

 

For more information please contact:

 

Asbjørn Eide, Executive Vice President of Telecommunications, EDB Business Partner ASA
Phone: +47 23 32 00 50, Mobile: +47 90 78 53 05

EDB Telesciences provides mediation and best routing solutions for telecom operators. The company is a worldwide leader in mediation for convergent networks, providing solutions that enable customers to be prepared for the future of new technologies and new services, whether fixed, mobile or IP. EDB Telesciences can draw on extensive experience in the telecommunications field and has a considerable global client base. The company was formed in 1998 and acquired US company Telesciences, Inc. in 1999. In 2003 the company acquired Incatel AS a supplier of network inventory solutions.  The company is now amongst the top three worldwide vendors of mediation software and has office throughout Europe and the US. EDB Telesciences currently employs around 700 people and had a turnover of EUR 77.5 million in 2002. EDB Telesciences fronts the telecoms business area of EDB Business Partner ASA. For more information about the company please visit www.edbtelesciences.com.