As network operators in the telecommunications industry
in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) look to offer new services in a more
agile manner, Oracle continues to be the choice for information technology products
and services. During the 6 months ended August 2006, Oracle saw key customer wins
in the telecommunications sector across EMEA as companies such as Telecom Egypt,
Infote of Greece, Welcome Italia, TP SA and PTC ERA of Poland, Mobile Telesystems
of Russia and Etisalat of United Arab Emirates endorsee Oracle's strategy of product
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The telecommunications sector is a highly competitive industry, with a number
of factors including deregulation, convergence and consolidation having a significant
effect on the market. Oracle enables network operators to rapidly implement, offer,
deliver, manage, charge and bill for new services and content; increase customer
satisfaction and loyalty; reduce operating costs in the business and the network;
and improve management reporting and control. Oracle's family of products which
include core telecommunications applications, Oracle® E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft
Enterprise, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, Siebel applications, Oracle Fusion Middleware
and Oracle Database 10g enables organisations to serve their customers better
by enabling better delivery of services. 19 of the world's top 20 telecommunications
companies run Oracle applications.
"Network operators are increasingly relying on Oracle to provide them
with the most agile solutions available, as they roll out new services and move
towards next-generation Internet protocol networks," said Andrew Court,
Regional Marketing Director, Telecom and Media, Oracle Europe, Middle East and
Africa. "Only Oracle offers end-to-end support for the key business processes
for network operators, and these latest customer wins clearly demonstrate our
success in this sector."
Blau Mobilfunk GmbH
Blau Mobilfunk is the first independent mobile telephone discounter in Germany.
The company has seen high growth rates and implemented Oracle Database 10g Standard
Edition to accommodate more than 100,000 participants with up to 2GB of storage.
It also deployed several Oracle business intelligence tools, enabling ad-hoc
analyses of its online activities, including financial transactions and commissions
and outcomes of customer care enquiries, improving service and gaining insight
into potential fraud. "Oracle's business intelligence tools are steering
us toward our key performance indicators. On any given day, each area knows
precisely where it stands," said Dirk Freise, CIO, Blau Mobilfunk GmbH.
AR Telecom
AR Telecom of Portugal implemented Oracle BPEL Process Manager and Oracle
Business Activity Monitoring to build a service-oriented technology (SOA) architecture
that defines and manages key integrated business processes. Additionally, Oracle
Application Server, Oracle Database and Oracle Real Application Clusters will
enable round-the-clock, uninterrupted availability of business applications
and efficient use of hardware. "With Oracle BPEL Solution, AR Telecom is
assuring a Service-Oriented Architecture in a standards-based manner. With this
solution we believe we will win better agility and faster decision-making. Today,
business requirements change fast and with Oracle BPEL we can quickly respond
to any of those changes, reducing costs and risk to diverse IT environments,"
said Luís Sousa Machado, IT Director, AR Telecom.
Unient Communications, a.s.
Unient Communications, a.s. is a leading supplier of integrated telecommunications
solutions in the Czech Republic, providing its customers with services based
on the latest technology. It also delivers turnkey solutions to other telecommunications
carriers in the areas of IP and mobile telephony. Unient implemented Oracle
BPEL to manage web services for multiple systems. The new solution delivers
automated, reliable, self-service functionality for new and existing customers
- customers register themselves, pick a free telephone number, and can start
using their service within seconds. The system eliminates the need for manual
intervention by Unient staff, and attracted more than 7,000 new users in four
weeks. "Using Oracle's high technology platform improved our productivity
and helps us work more efficiently," said Pavel Chlupácek, CSO,
Unient Communications, a.s.
Network operators who selected Oracle in the six months to end August 2006
include:
Mobistar - subsidiary of Orange (Belgium), Telecom Egypt (Egypt), PalTel
(France), Cosmote (Greece), Forthnet (Greece), Magyar Telekom (Hungary), Telecom
Italia (Italy), Telenor Networks (Norway), Avea (Turkey), Turkcell (Turkey),
Turkish Telekom (Turkey), Phones 4 U Group Ltd (UK), Production Services Network
Limited (UK), Infote (Greece), Welcome Italia, TP SA (Poland), PTC ERA (Poland),
Mobile Telesystems (Russia) and Etisalat (United Arab Emirates).
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