Ascade strengthens market leadership through deal with Swiss operator sunrise.
6/26/2003 5:12 AM EST
Ascade strengthens market leadership through deal with Swiss operator
sunrise.
Ascade, the market leader in Business Operations Systems for
international voice minute management recently announced that it has
signed a major contract with sunrise, the leading alternative carrier
for voice-, data-, infrastructure- and Internet solutions in
Switzerland. sunrise is the brand name of TDC Switzerland AG.
Carrier Cockpit(TM) was chosen after sunrise conducted a careful
evaluation where all major solution providers on the market
participated. The deal covers the complete Carrier Cockpit(TM) product
including support for automatic upload of routing orders on the sunrise
EWSD Siemens switches through the Carrier Cockpit(TM) Routing
Provisioning solution.
The system is already being implemented and will enable sunrise to
streamline and optimise their wholesale operations in order to compete
with the most advanced players in Europe.
"With the growing number of interconnects and the increasing
requirements on quality and speed of routing changes it became more and
more clear to us that we needed to make a significant step in improving
our existing tools for managing our wholesale operations", said Ynze
Boomsma, Director Carrier Relations Wholesale at sunrise. "After a
thorough evaluation process we decided to choose the Carrier Cockpit(TM)
solution because of its complete Value Based Routing functionality, its
user interface and the professionalism shown by Ascade. We have full
confidence that Carrier Cockpit(TM) will bring us the cost and quality
benefits that we have anticipated and we look forward to a long lasting
business relationship with Ascade."
"This agreement further strengthens Ascade's Carrier Cockpit(TM) as the
world-leading product for managing international voice carrier
business", commented Christopher Grahn, CEO of Ascade. "sunrise is a
very professional customer who really made us prove our capabilities. We
are of course delighted that we were considered to best meet their high
standards and we look forward to jointly develop sunrise's competitive
advantages as a strategic partner".
Carrier Cockpit(TM) is the preferred choice among wholesale and
incumbents alike, and is used by major Tier 1 and Tier 2 carriers
worldwide. The system streamlines and automates all aspects of
international voice minutes operations, from buying and routing to
pricing and selling. Carrier Cockpit(TM) also provides management with
real-time revenue assurance and business steering capabilities
supporting various carrier business models and parameters.
sunrise
sunrise is the brand name of TDC Switzerland AG, the company resulting
from the merger of the telecommunications companies diAx and sunrise.
sunrise is the leading alternative carrier for voice-, data-,
infrastructure- and Internet solutions in Switzerland. Thanks to an
extensive national infrastructure and an international outlook, sunrise
is the ideal partner for customized wholesale solutions - both within
Switzerland and across Europe.
Ascade
Ascade is the market leader in Business Operations System for
international voice minute management with customers including some of
the worlds most prominent voice carriers ranging from major
international Tier 1 carriers to advanced Tier 2 operators and new
entrants.
Our solutions enable telecom carriers worldwide to maximise profits by
managing their international voice business more effectively. Ascade's
market-leading Business Operations System, Carrier Cockpit(TM), empowers
telecom professionals in the wholesale and traditional voice carrier
business to streamline and automate all aspects of international voice
minute operations, from buying and routing to pricing and selling. It
also contains extensive management support to help keep track of
everyday activities and indicators.
Ascade AB
Stockholm 25 of June 2003
For further information, please contact:
Patrik Ferlenius, Vice President, Sales, Ascade AB
Tel: +46-8-616 73 00, e-mail:
Lars Kullberg, Vice President, Customer & Business Development,
Ascade AB Tel: +46-8-616 73 00, e-mail:
Ynze Boomsma, Director Carrier Relations, Wholesale, sunrise
Tel: +41 1 555 63 50, e-mail: