EHTP completes billing installation for Retevisión in less than 10 weeks

EHPT completes billing installation for Retevisión in less than 10 weeks EHPT and PricewaterhouseCoopers have completed a rapid installation of EHPT's billing mediation application, EHPT BMP, for Retevisión, Spain's second fixed telecom operator. The application was deployed in less than 10 weeks. During this period, the project team carried out all activity from initial negotiations through to installation and acceptance testing, right up to taking the system live. Speed of implementation was crucial for Retevisión - a new operator in Spain's fixed telecom service market that has already signed over 1,300,000 subscribers. The company needed a solution, which would enhance its competitiveness, and be fully operational within a short time. Retevisión chose EHPT's BMP (billing mediation platform) because of its flexibility to manage both current and future switch requirements, including switches from a number of different manufacturers. In addition, the application offers high- end functionality to enable Retevisión to introduce new services quickly. Retevisión's existing infrastructure generates two million call data records (CDRs) a day and this is expected to rise considerably by the end of the year. EHPT BMP collects CDRs from Retevisión's various switches and formats the usage data into the structure required by the billing and the interconnect systems. It generates call usage reports for marketing and financial call analysis and can also filter out unbillable calls. This flexibility, inherent in EHPT BMP, has enabled Retevisión to rapidly introduce services such as new Intelligent Networks (INs), VPNs and a part of IN functionality, such as freephone number facility. "We are very pleased with the EHPT BMP solution. It offered us the flexibility we needed to set up the systems in a rapidly changing environment," comments Juan Goicolea, operation support systems manager at Retevisión. "We all worked very closely together which ensured that the solution was installed very quickly." "We are delighted that by working closely with our partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers, the installation was completed in less than two and a half months," added Per-Erik Johansson, EHPT's product manager. "The speed in which EHPT BMP was installed is inherent in the product itself. It was designed with rapid deployment in mind, something that is a necessity in competitive markets. EHPT BMP is also very easy to adapt which makes it ideal for operators who need to introduce new services rapidly. This is key for Retevisión who is looking for high functionality and ease-of-use." EHPT is an independent, world-class provider of application software and services to telecom operators and has installed 510 operations support and business support systems in 75 countries. Its success is based on a thorough understanding of the convergence of telecom and computer networks. Founded in 1993 as a joint-venture owned 60% by Ericsson and 40% by Hewlett-Packard, it combines and enhances the strengths of these world-leaders to provide leading edge solutions. EHPT is based in Sweden, and employs 1,000 staff world-wide. Please visit EHPT on www.ehpt.com FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT Ann-Louise Öhrn, Public Relations Manager, EHPT Phone: +46 31 746 2907 E-mail: ann-louise.ohrn@ehpt.com Additional information: PricewaterhouseCoopers, www.pwcglobal.com, the world's largest professional services organisation, helps its clients build value, manage risk, and improve their performance. The PricewaterhouseCoopers Technology, InfoComm, Entertainment & Media practices help clients in these converging industries gain competitive advantage in an environment marked by deregulation, globalisation, and the rise of digital technology. Drawing on the talents of more than 144,000 people in 152 countries, PricewaterhouseCoopers provides a full range of business advisory services to leading global, national and local companies, and to public institutions. These services include audit, accounting, and tax advice; management, information technology, and human resource consulting; financial advisory services including mergers and acquisitions, business recovery, project finance, and litigation support; business process outsourcing services; and legal services through a global network or affiliated law firms. The PricewaterhouseCoopers Technology, InfoComm, Entertainment & Media Group's full-service industry clients include IBM, Disney, AT&T, BellSouth, Viacom, Compaq, Cisco, Bell Atlantic, Sony, Pearson, Reuters, British Telecom, Hewlett-Packard, among others. The group is a leading provider of professional services that range from initial public offerings for emerging technology companies to global growth strategies, e-business consulting, international tax planning and Internet assurance for the industry's global leaders.