ST. LOUIS, Mo. and BRUSSELS, Belgium - February 7, 2008 - Amdocs (NYSE: DOX), the leading provider of customer experience systems and Effortel SA, a Mobile Virtual Network Enabler (MVNE), today announced that Effortel has deployed the Amdocs Compact Convergence suite to help one of the world's largest retailers offer mobile phone service in Belgium. Effortel is working with the worldwide retailer as a part of a plan to offer low-cost mobile service in multiple markets worldwide.
Amdocs Compact Convergence offers Effortel the operational flexibility and agility needed to efficiently and cost-effectively create, deliver and manage new value-added services. This network-connected service creation and delivery solution has pre-integrated convergent real-time charging and a complete set of business support systems to fully support each of Effortel's Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) customer sites worldwide with a single deployment. As a result, Effortel can achieve its business objectives, and minimize capital and operational costs with a low cost of ownership across multiple locations.
"Amdocs service enablement solution enables Effortel to offer flexibility in tariff management, providing customers with the ability to launch promotional campaigns and new services in a matter of days, not months," said Maarten Boute, chief operating officer and chief technology officer of Effortel. "As we enable our MVNO customers to expand in new markets, we value the Amdocs Compact Convergence suite because it not only helps us operate more efficiently and cost-effectively, but it is designed to help us better meet our customers' competitive goals to offer low-cost mobile phone service."
"As service providers look for every opportunity to improve operational efficiency, Amdocs solutions deliver the flexibility to enable rapid creation and delivery of new services while maintaining the customer experience," said Charles Born, vice president of corporate communications for Amdocs.
About Effortel
Effortel, founded in 2005, is a Mobile Virtual Network Operator and equally a MVNE, which offers the full range of management services, marketing and operational platform-based transaction processing.
Effortel Europe BV invests into and creates its own MVNO operations by creating joint-ventures with major brands across the world. The subsidiary Effortel Technologies SA provides MVNE services to Effortel Europe subsidiaries and to other organizations that are willing to launch MVNO services.
Effortel Technologies SA is the only MVNE worldwide that has deployed and is running a centralized real-time IN system and is currently integrated with four mobile operators across four countries (Belgium, France, Poland and Italy) and will have deployed three additional countries by EO Q2 2008. Currently, more than 200,000 subscribers are served using the Amdocs Compact Convergence suite. More than 600,000 will be served by end of 2008.
Currently Effortel Technologies' MVNO customers include a large retailer, ethnic communities, a mobile operator, an internet MVNO and a utility company. For more information and contact details, visit Effortel at http://www.effortel.com.
Amdocs Forward-Looking Statement
This press release includes information that constitutes forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements about Amdocs’ growth and business results in future quarters. Although we believe the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, we can give no assurance that our expectations will be obtained or that any deviations will not be material. Such statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause future results to differ from those anticipated. These risks include, but are not limited to, the effects of general economic conditions, Amdocs’ ability to grow in the business segments it serves, adverse effects of market competition, rapid technological shifts that may render the Company’s products and services obsolete, potential loss of a major customer, our ability to develop long-term relationships with our customers, and risks associated with operating businesses in the international market. Amdocs may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, however the Company specifically disclaims any obligation to do so. These and other risks are discussed at greater length in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including in our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2007, filed on December 3, 2007.
Media Contact:
Garland Harwood
Weber Shandwick for Amdocs
Tel: +1-212-445-8373
Email: gharwood@webershandwick.com
Marilina Rotunno
Effortel
Email: marilina.rotunno@effortel.com
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