Iquity Systems forms strategic alliance together with NTT Communicationware
IQUITY SYSTEMS FORMS STRATEGIC ALLIANCE TOGETHER WITH NTT COMMUNICATIONWARE IQUITY SYSTEMS HAS SIGNED A STRATEGIC ALLIANCE AGREEMENT WITH JAPANESE NTT COMMUNICATIONWARE FOR JOINT DEVELOPMENT, SALES AND SUPPORT OF IQUITY PRODUCTS FOR THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS - AND MEDIA MARKETS IN ASIA. NTT COMMUNICATIONWARE is an independent organisation of the Japanese company NTT, Japan's foremost and the world's largest telecom corporation. NTT Communicationware has developed NTT's telecom network and information systems and possesses great expertise in network integration. It offers top-notch total support services for networks supporting multimedia for environments ranging from telephones to the Internet. NTT Communicationware cooperates with companies, among others, in Indonesia and China, to build global communications systems and to develop computer technology of the future. IQUITY SYSTEMS' dynamic IQ-Platform is essentially comprised of six modules including Rating, Settlement, Subscriber Management, Individualized Profiling, Content Logic and Service Management. These six modules can be combined into different products and services such as OptPay, NicetNet, GratisTel and View4U. In the communications industry today, companies are constantly seeking to emphasize their uniqueness as well as finding new revenue streams. In this respect, Iquity System's real-time based CRM (Customer Relations Management) products offer operators of telephony-, Internet- and TV- services unparalleled opportunities within one-to-one subscriber communications, bundling of services, rating and settlement models as well as unrivalled content logic. Mr Naoaki Ikeda, Senior Vice President of NTT Communicationware states: "I foresee that telecommunications services combined with advertisement will grow considerably as an indispensable tool of One-To-One marketing. As Iquity Systems is one of the best partners in this field, I look forward to expand the market through our co-operation". According to Peter Landgren, CEO of Iquity Systems: "The alliance agreement with NTT Communicationware is as equally important as the agreement which Iquity Systems signed with Cisco Systems some time ago. With this partnership, Iquity Systems continues its global strategy to together with partners develop and deliver new innovative IQ Applications for the future market of communication. Adapting existing Iquity products to Japanese standards and developing new products based on the IQ-Platform together with NTT Communicationware, ensure that we stay on top of competition in the Asian market and meet customer demands with an integrated approach. This agreement will reinforce our profile as the superior provider of real time rating- and content systems in a world of converging service." For more information, please contact: Peter Landgren, CEO, Iquity Systems, Inc. Mobile: +46 708 75 39 39 E-mail: peter.landgren@iquity.com ------------------------------------------------------------ Please visit http://www.bit.se for further information The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/04/06/20000406BIT00610/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/04/06/20000406BIT00610/bit0002.pdf