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Leading Network Operators Across EMEA Select Oracle For Better Information and Results

Telecommunications companies in the EMEA region endorse Oracle’s end-to-end solutions

Geneva 14-NOV-2006 09:12 AM 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 choice and support.
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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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