| |
Maroc Connect selects Highdeal
for Pricing, Rating and Billing new next generation wireline
and wireless services
New York, London, Paris, February
13, 2007 - Highdeal, the world’s leading provider
of pricing, rating and charging solutions today announces
that Maroc Connect, a Moroccan telecommunications provider,
has selected Highdeal Transactive® to bill for their next
generation services based on voicemail and interactive voice
system. In early 2006, Maroc Connect founded the only privately
owned telecoms provider in the country, after being granted
a license by the National Telecom Authority to deliver voice,
data and Internet access and "local" wireless services
to the mass market and enterprises.
A newcomer and innovator within the
Moroccan telecoms market, Maroc Connect selected Highdeal’s
pricing, rating and billing solution to provide innovative
pricing and packaging capabilities for their new Value Added
Services.
“Maroc
Connect is at the forefront of innovation, so we were looking
for a technologically advanced and future proof billing system.
Highdeal provides unique pricing and packaging capabilities
which will help ensure the fastest time to market for our
new services. Our choice was also closely tied to the strong
recommendations made by Bull, who we selected as the System
Integrator for our complete Information System.”
Karim Zaz, CEO, Maroc Connect
Highdeal was integrated within a comprehensive
Information System which includes a CRM from Oracle Peoplesoft,
the Comptel Mediation suite and StreamWide, a scalable voice
service platform. Bull is a strategic partner of Highdeal
and has numerous references for integrating solutions for
Maroc Connect, particularly in the billing and customer care
arena. Bull had the responsibility of implementing the new
Information System by applying some custom development and
integrating key solution components such as Highdeal Transactive.
Highdeal open Java/XML APIs, enabled Bull to quickly and easily
integrate Highdeal Transactive.
“Highdeal
is thrilled to be part of such a significant telecoms project
in Morocco. It is a great endorsement that service providers
such as Maroc Connect recognize the benefits that pricing
and packaging flexibility and the advanced capabilities that
Highdeal Transactive brings when launching new Value Added
Services. Moreover, this new implementation of our solution
reinforces our strong technical and commercial relationship
with Bull” adds Eric Lavenir, EVP Sales, EMEA,
Highdeal.
About Maroc Connect
Created in 1999, Maroc Connect is a telecommunications service
provider addressing the mass market as well as small and large
enterprises. As technological and business innovators, Maroc
Connect creates added value for customers as they propel the
Moroccon market in line with international standards with
regards to service innovation and high technology. As the
first privately owned Internet provider and market leader
of managed enterprise solutions, Maroc Connect continues to
reinforce its market strength by maintaining a focus on innovation
and customer service.
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.

|