Highdeal
Achieves 55% Growth in 2006
Strong
Partnerships and Alliances Play an Invaluable Role in Highdeal
Global Success
Paris
& New York -
July 12, 2006--Highdeal,
the world's leading provider of Pricing and Rating solutions,
today announces over 55 per cent growth in the first
half
of 2006. This dramatic growth reflects increasing recognition
among the service provider community of the critical role
that Pricing & Rating plays in the marketplace.
Highdeal
increased its global footprint in 2006 considerably with 15
new customer wins across Europe, the Americas, North Africa
and the Middle East. Highdeal now has over 150 customer deployments
in over 40 countries world-wide, supporting a wide range of
services including Triple-play, VoIP, mobile and on-demand
services.
Its
customer base is also becoming increasingly diverse with
new, non-traditional additions such as large MVNOs, FTTP
providers
and even travel & transportation companies with advanced
mobility and communications needs across multiple sites.
Highdeal
is also working closely with multi-service operators (MSOs),
signing four new contracts over the last six months to manage
the increasing demand for new and varied services, such as
quadruple play, M2M, MVNO and VoIP. The growth of this market
is a key focus for Highdeal and a contributing factor to the
company's success to date.
The
company has significantly grown its existing customer business,
with a number of contract extensions, including a recently
signed five-year contract with a leading network equipment
provider, (NEP). The network vendor will be using Highdeal's
rating technology as a key component of its convergent charging
solution.
"This
signing is confirmation of Highdeal's strategic decision
to
address the market for convergent charging within the context
of IMS and aligning ourselves with the 3GPP standards for
convergent charging," said Eric Pillevesse, CEO of Highdeal.
"Through our extensive partnerships
and alliances with leading network equipment vendors and
multi-service operators
we are gaining considerable momentum world-wide."
Partnerships
with leading application vendors have also played a central
role in Highdeal's global strategy. In H1 2006, Highdeal
has
established a concrete foundation with leading ERP vendors
and revenue assurance companies who have demonstrated a
clear
awareness of the market value of industry-leading Pricing & Rating
capabilities. These partnerships will enable Highdeal to
deliver end-to-end, pre-integrated solutions faster,
while lowering overall total cost of ownership (TCO) of implementation.
Highdeal's
contributions have been recognised by a number of prestigious
industry organisations. Most recently, Highdeal was awarded
the "Most Innovative Billing Product" at last
month's World Billing Awards. Other awards received during
H1 include:
- Red
Herring Awards 2006 Winner - "100 Most Promising European
Technology Firm"
- Deloitte
Fast 50 Awards Winner - "4th Fastest Growing Company
in France"
- Deloitte
Fast 500 Europe Winner - "33rd Fastest Growing Company
in Europe"
- Billing & OSS Excellence Awards - "Most Promising Company" Finalist
About Highdeal
Highdeal is the world's leading provider of Pricing
& Rating solutions. By delivering unconstrained usage-based business
models coupled with real-time, multi-party transaction management, Highdeal
solves the billing problem for service providers. Proven by 200 deployments
in more than 50 countries, the Highdeal
Transactive® software solution provides greater business agility and
lower TCO. From telecoms, Internet and media sectors, to transportation, logistics,
and financial markets, businesses across the service economy rely on Highdeal
to increase their competitiveness. For more information, visit www.highdeal.com.
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