ATLANTA & LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Intec, a global provider of business and operations support systems (BSS/OSS), today announced it has been selected the winner in the prestigious ‘Best Billing Solution’ category in the Billing & OSS World 2009 Excellence Awards for its work with leading Polish operator Polkomtel. The awards, presented last night at the Billing & OSS World 2009 Conference & Expo in Las Vegas, recognize the leading vendors, service providers and integrators in the development and deployment of billing and OSS technologies and solutions worldwide.

The implementation of Intec’s Singl.eView platform has provided Polkomtel with fully convergent charging for all its services, using a single charging engine for pre- and post-paid subscribers, thereby delivering significant operational and commercial benefits. Since Phase 1 completion, Polkomtel has launched a number of unique new services including, for example, ‘Chill Bill’, whereby subscribers receive a monthly account top-up, to spend on any Polkomtel 36.6 service tariff, in exchange for receiving three, one-and-a-half minute advertisements which they connect to via a freephone IVR number. Polkomtel is the only operator worldwide, to date, to successfully launch a ‘Chill Bill’ style service.

“Intec’s implementation has allowed Polkomtel to realize the true potential of next generation services with audience-focused service launches, a very impressive candidate for the judging panel to consider,” said Ari Banerjee, Vice President, Enabling Technologies for Yankee Group. “The deployment is a superb reference site for how convergent billing can deliver distinct competitive edge, as well as increased operational efficiencies.”

“This is a very significant award for Intec, clearly endorsing Singl.eView and its ability to enable much more rapid time-to-market for the launch of new services, while bringing about increased cost-efficiencies and a reduction in the resource required to operate the billing system,” concluded Andrew Taylor, CEO of Intec. “These are key issues for our customers and we are thrilled to receive this award that validates our highly-relevant, cutting-edge technology.”

The Billing & OSS World Excellence Award winners were selected by an independent judging panel that included Ari Banerjee, Vice President, Enabling Technologies for Yankee Group; Dan Geiger, Directing Analyst, Next Generation OSS & Policy for Infonetics Research; Susan McNeice, Global Program Manager, OSS/BSS Global Competitive Strategies for Stratecast, a division of Frost & Sullivan; Dan O’Shea, Editor of Fierce Mobile; Elisabeth Rainge, Director, NGN Operations for IDC; plus members of the Billing & OSS World editorial team.

About Intec

Intec supplies solutions to over 70 of the world’s top 100 telecoms carriers and is one of the world’s fastest growing major BSS/OSS (business and operations support systems) vendors. Intec’s 400 plus customers include AT&T, Cable & Wireless, The Carphone Warehouse (UK), China Unicom, Deutsche Telekom, Eircom (Ireland), France Telecom, Hutchison 3G, O2, Orange, T-Mobile, Telefonica, Vodafone, Virgin Mobile, Vivo and Verizon. Intec works closely with its customers, many of whom have been with Intec since its inception, to provide the highest standards of performance, flexibility and robustness to help carriers service their customers effectively and profitably. Intec's comprehensive and expanding range of products, solutions and services includes:

• Retail billing and customer management

• Multi-service mediation and activation

• Inter-carrier billing settlements including US CABS and ITU-based settlement

• End-to-end content partner management

• Optimised wholesale routing and trading

• Real-time pre/post-paid mediation and charging

• Pre-integrated solutions for wholesale, wireless and core IMS charging functions

Founded in 1997, Intec is listed on the London Stock Exchange (ITL.L) and has over 1,600 staff and 28 offices in 22 countries. For more information, visit the Intec website at www.intecbilling.com.

Intec Telecom Systems
Sarah Webb, +44 (0) 1483 753503; +44 (0) 7876 596683
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Sarah.webb@intecbilling.com