In order to improve the quality of telecom services provided in Iraq, the Iraqi Telecommunications and Posts Company (ITPC) has sought to find the right partner to market its international traffic outside Iraq and to detect and eliminate fraud originating from and terminating into Iraq. And following a rigorous selection process among the leading telecom solutions providers, Vanrise Solutions and ITPC, have signed an International Traffic Marketing Management and Anti-Fraud Platform Agreement.

Under the five-year agreement, Vanrise will become ITPC’s main channel for International Direct Dial (IDD), SMS and MMS traffic into and out of Iraq. In addition, Vanrise will provide its advanced T.One solution for managing quality, routing and fraudulent use of the network and other tools required for this business segment. Furthermore, Vanrise will be responsible for managing relationships with International Carriers to terminate IDD traffic to and from Iraq.

"Vanrise Solutions is a leading provider of advanced routing, quality management, fraud control and billing solution in the Region for international wholesale voice business, and they were the best fit in terms of technology and know-how making them an ideal partner to help us achieve our business goals”, said Mr. Saleh Hassan Ali Director General ITPC. “We look forward to working closely with Vanrise”, he added.

Mr. Khalil Yehia, Chairman of the Board of Vanrise Solutions, concluded the project kickoff meeting with ITPC saying: "We are proud to become ITPC’s partner in this first of a kind venture in Middle East region. The Marketing Agreement will provide for improved quality of IDD calling to local Iraqi population and offer ITPC monitoring capabilities to manage the quality and fraudulent use of their telecommunications network. Our teams are very eager
to start working with ITPC and forging a long term relationship”.

Within the terms of this unique partnership, Vanrise Solutions would not only be providing its exceptional software solution, but would also be deploying its teams
and equipment in Iraq, being present on the ground to put together all the required infrastructure for fraud management, routing, wholesale billing systems and Quality
 of Service  to facilitate all the processes involved.

About Vanrise Solutions:

Vanrise Solutions (http://vanrise.com) is one of the regional leading providers of solutions for the Telecom voice segment and has carved out a strong regional market position achieved through its strategic alignment. Vanrise Solutions can create specific added value for customers by further reducing lead times, enhancing performance and offering increased flexibility in meeting customer requirements through its cutting edge Billing and Routing Management Solutions for voice carriers. At present Vanrise Solutions has over 40 T.One installations worldwide.

About ITPC

Iraqi Telecom and Post Company (ITPC), is one of the formations of the Iraqi Ministry of Communication established in 1919, provides telecom services for landlines, SMS/MMS, and Internet.  ITPC also provides postal and savings services covering regular mail, fast mail, and fax inside and outside Iraq as well as money transfer, savings, and salary distribution for the social security network and the retirees.

ITPC manages hundreds of high-tech local and international switches all interlinked via fiber optic channels and microwave links interconnected with the local mobile operators, the neighboring countries, and abroad.

 Image 1:  Mr. Saleh Hassan Ali (middle), Director General ITPC, signing the agreement in the presence of ITPC and Vanrise representatives

 Image 2: Mr. Khalil Yehia (left), Chairman of the Board of Vanrise Solutions, and Mr. Saleh Hassan Ali, Director General ITPC, shake hands after signing the agreement

For the fifth year in a row, Vanrise Team attended Capacity Europe in Amsterdam from the 21st till the 23rd of November 2011. This event maintains Vanrise’s high level of presence in the carriers’ world.

Capacity Europe 2011 is the flagship carrier meeting for the European telecoms market.
The attendees represent regional and international operators, carriers, service providers, ISPs, mobile operators and content companies.

Capacity Europe 2011 was an important opportunity to meet operators from all over the world (Northern, Western, Southern and Eastern Europe, Russia and the CIS, Latin America, Africa, Asia, the Middle East and North America).

Vanrise’s T.One customer list is growing and becoming more diversified with Doruknet joining from Turkey.

Doruknet has chosen Vanrise’s T.One solution to manage their daily workflow in the voice wholesale business due to its reliability and feature rich functionality - dynamic routing, switching, trading and reporting capabilities.

About Doruknet:

DorukNet was founded in 1993 and is proud to celebrate its 18th year in service. DorukNet is the first Internet service provider in Turkey and became one of the most reliable alternative telephony operators of Turkey.

Viastar, the revered international Wholesale and Retail Carrier, has chosen Vanrise’s “T.One” solution to support its wholesale international telephony business. The “T.One” Solution will manage Viastar’s traffic and ease its daily workflow by automating its billing and routing management system.

About Viastar:

Viastar LTD is an International VOIP Carrier that originated from the UK in the year 2000.
Its operations expanded vastly over 10 years to cover Europe, Middle East, Africa and Latin America. Today Viastar is viewed as one of the leaders in the telecom industry.

VIASTAR LTD is based in the UK and has operations offices in: Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Canada, Syria and The State of Guinea is an international telecommunication operating company throughout the Middle East, Africa and Europe. www.viastar.co.uk

With the expansion of Vanrise footprints over the 5 continents, the list of events attended by Vanrise Team is getting longer and more diversified geographically and technically.

cnX5 is the Ancotel in-house event focused on their customers. It is attended by international Internet and telecom firms and gives managers and decision makers an opportunity to discuss market trends, establish valuable new contacts, and expand their personal networks.

cnX5 provided us the opportunity to meet new and known potential customers in addition to showing our commitment to serve the European carrier market.

Participants mainly came from Western, Middle (CES) and Eastern Europe (EES/CIS).

As one of the key players in the regional telecom market, Vanrise Solutions had another date with the regional telecom market players in the most important telecom event in the Middle East region, GITEX 2011 that was held in Dubai from the 9th till the 13th of October 2011.

Gitex 2011 provided another opportunity for Vanrise to meet and network with old, new and potential customers in the Middle Eastern region and to display and uncover our latest products and solutions.

GITEX TECHNOLOGY WEEK 2011 is at the forefront of industry integration and leadership. Heralded as one of the largest and most important ICT events around the globe, GITEX delivers a leading platform for ICT professionals from around the world to meet and review a phenomenal showcase of leading technology brands, experience a host of interactive features and engage with industry leaders.

Bayan Telecommunication, a leading telecommunication service provider in East Asia has chosen Vanrise’s T.One solution including Billing, Margin and Routing Management.

About Bayan Telecommunication:

Bayan Telecommunications Incorporation is recognized as a highly regarded company and a distinctive provider for major telecommunication services in East Asia.  Bayantel offers Local Exchange Carrier (LEC) service; International Gateway Facility (IGF) service; Leased Line service, domestic and international and Public Trunk Radio service along with Public Calling Office service. 

For the 2nd time, Vanrise Solutions has exhibited at International Telecoms Week (ITW) and participated in the event's various activities.

Being in the meeting point for the global wholesale telecommunications community; Vanrise succeeded in emphasizing the power and unique functions of its potent Billing and Routing Management Solution “T.One” through our face to face meetings with the different attendees from solution providers to telecom operators, PTTs as well as carriers.

One year after the last ITW, Vanrise Solutions displayed its ability to meet the various demands of the different tiers of carriers and telecom operators through the latest services, solutions and upgrades that have been rolled out during thelast twelve months, such as Hosting, Outsourcing, SMS Billing & Management , Fraud Detection Solution and International Gateway Management.

The event was a powerful networking platform for all the industry experts and the Vanrise sales & technical teams enjoyed a great amount of shoulder rubbing and discussing the latest trends in the telecom industry that are quickly being assimilated within Vanrise's encompassing TOne Billing & Routing Management Solution. 

Updated information will be added later.

Vanrise presented its T.One solution discussing the value it adds to the carrier companies during its presence in the Telecommunications Without Borders (TWB KIEV - 2011) conference.

This presentation trigger well-known business ventures to contact and meet us over there for further discussions.

It is more of an appreciation to know that companies in the TWB conference were interested in the Solution we provide.

Telecommunications Without Borders is a vibrant bridge between the East and the West, being held between the 4th and the 7th of May 2011 in Kiev, Ukraine's business center, where the headquarters of all Ukrainian operators and the leading providers are suited.

TWB ensures a high level of business contacts for potential participants who wish to take efficient business trip to Ukriane, and benefit from its role as a basis of cooperation between operators, service providers, wholesalers, vendors, and investors.

Updated information will be added later.

NetTalk (Offshore) S.a.l, the revered international Wholesale and Retail Carrier has chosen Vanrise to be its solution provider. Vanrise with its potent Billing and Routing Management Software "T.One" will not only facilitate NetTalk's everyday workflow and manage their traffic but will incredibly increase their profit, where T.One has proven to be the leader in this domain.

About NetTalk:

NetTalk is a privately held company focused on simplifying the interconnection process for other telecommunications service providers and end users alike. NetTalk provides a broad range of services, with reliable and cost-effective solutions with worldwide coverage delivered through an IP and TDM platforms. NetTalk has formed strategic partnerships with tier-one carriers delivering carrier-class reliability and scalability.

About Vanrise:

Vanrise is one of the regional leading providers of solutions for the Telecom Voice Segment and has carved out a strong regional market position achieved through its strategic alignment.

Our strategy is to target growth diversifications into developing and entering additional segments of the Telecom and IT Industry. We have aligned ourselves to the growing importance of NGN & IP technologies. We design and build complete billing solutions for voice carrier companies.

We do not only help our customers select and manage the appropriate technologies, but we also offer full-service implementation of back-office systems such as T.One. It is a powerful web-based billing and routing management system aimed toward the automation of various tasks involved in the daily activities within the Telecom Industry.

Contact: sales@vanrise.com; URL: www.vanrise.com

Azur  GC the well known telecom operator in Africa, has chosen T.One to be its Billing and Routing management Solution.

Updated Information will be added later.

VTEL, the revered Turkish wholesale carrier and Teles Partner, has come to an end with its search for a reliable Billing Solution after purchasing and implementing Vanrise T.One Billing and Routing Management System.

VTEL, the leading telecommunications system integrator and value added reseller, providing end to end telecommunications solutions for both to the Service Providers and enterprise customers, has come to an end with its search to complete its product portfolio for a reliable Billing Solution after in depth analyzing and implementation of Vanrise T.One Billing and Routing Management platform.

VTEL's decision came after trying T.One for a period of time; where T.One was evaluated as an accurate, reliable, high performance and a system rich with different sophisticated and accessible tools. And thus, believing that T.One solution will meet the Turkish system Integrator market requirements by empowering their overall route, profit, traffic management and automated process of their back office needs; the decision was taken to go through the procedure of implementation.

Vanrise - T.One proved to be the ultimate Billing and Routing Management Software, dedicated to Tier 2 as well as Tier 1 carriers and Telecom operators.

About VTEL:
VTel is a leading Telecommunications System Integrator serving enterprises, SME and Telecom Operators. Whether you are VoIP starter business looking for a VoIP switch all in one solution, a gateway wholesaler seeking the best wholesale turn key Voip solutions, an international broadband VoIP provider for global enterprise wondering what to look for in VoIP solution, VTEL has the expertise to help you maximiza the quality and effectiveness of your network.

VTEL specializes in the development, integration and distribution of GSM and VoIP, SS7 technology, including network infrastructure implementation, design and engineering, termination, origination and ASP services.

About Vanrise

Vanrise is one of the regional leading providers of solutions for the Telecom voice segment and has carved out a strong regional market position achieved through its strategic alignment.

Our strategy is to target growth diversification into developing and entering additional segments of the Telecom and IT industry. We have aligned ourselves to the growing importance of NGN and IP technologies. We design and build complete billing solutions for voice carrier companies.

We do not only help our customers select and manage the appropriate technologies, but we also offer full-service implementation of back-office systems such as T.One. It is powerful web-based Billing and Routing Management System aimed toward the automation of various tasks involved in the daily activities within the Telecom industry.

Contact: sales@vanrise.com , URL: www.vanrise.com

Continuing its participation in major international events in the Telecom Industry ,Vanrise Solutions team exhibited at the 2010 International Telecoms Week (ITW) displaying its range of Billing and Routing solutions that grant improved operational control to telecom operators.read more...

To strengthen its end-to-end business process by automating its wholesale operations, the revered Italy based wholesale carrier, VueTel Italia, has decided to implement T.One Billing and Routing modules to manage its complete wholesale business. 

Vanrise Solutions welcomes VueTel Italia to its customer base assuring superior quality of service through improved operational control.

VueTel Italia in brief:

Looking for a Telecom IT Solutions provider that will empower you with a unique level of control and visibility?

The search is over for Toronto Asia Tele Access (TATA Telecom Inc.) that has opted for Vanrise Solutions’ T.One as its single source of Telecom Billing, Routing and Management. This decision to implement our turn-key system came after evaluating its scalability, transparency, assurance of profitability, competitive positioning, cost reduction and accessible tools.

Aiming to leverage all of Vanrise’s added value, TATA Telecom Inc. has requested to add Capacity Management and Utilization Studies to the system. That will provide it with a clear view of the capacity usage of the customer network and a detailed utilization study at the level of carriers, switches and interconnections between switches. And the Wholesale Prepaid and Postpaid Control features will enable it to control the carrier traffic and assign a credit limits to customers.

Finally, since T.One has a unified Management, Billing and Routing of Multiple Switches Interface, the wholesale telecom can run multiple switches in different locations all managed through a unique T.One interface. 

Now , with T.One, TATA Telecom is able to automatically react to new pricing opportunities supported by active routing functionality, secure a superior quality of service through improved operational control, and instantly implement routing orders to the switch, in addition to real-time billing, reporting and traffic monitoring.

And when asked what tipped the scales in T.One’s favor, TATA representatives all came to highlight the system’s incomparable performance in Call Data Management (CDM), Call Data Routing (CDR) and intelligent LCR (Least Cost Routing).

Find out how You can strengthen the telecom wholesale end-to-end business processes of Your Company; contact us.

About TATA:

TATA Telecom Inc. is a global carrier and provider of high-quality international long distance telecommunications services. Headquartered in Canada, the company has strategically decided to target high yield niche markets in Asia, Africa, Europe and South America.

TATA provides reliability and outstanding transmission quality thanks to its ownership of POP's around the world. TATA’s services extend to wholesale carrier services, international toll free numbers, prepaid calling cards, callshop solutions, phone portal and callbySMS.

For more information on TATA Telecom Inc. please visit: http://www.tata-telecom.com

Toronto, ON, March, 2 – MERA Systems and Vanrise Solutions announced they have successfully integrated MVTS Pro, a highly scalable softswitch from MERA Systems, with Vanrise Billing and Routing Management Solution, T.One.

The MVTS Pro highest reliability and ultimate scalability as well as an ability to provide smooth equipment and networks interconnection have made it the best choice for wholesale VoIP carriers. These features combined with geographic redundancy and dynamic distribution of traffic load contribute to the system’s efficiency and ensure top-level fault-tolerance.

T.One is now able to fully communicate with MVTS Pro on both CDR management and Routing upload levels for pricing, billing, monitoring, and analysis purposes.  Routing uploads are made via an intermediate proxy application specifically designed to enhance communication and ensure data integrity.

This near real-time CDR management and thorough control on the routing process makes T.One a happy choice for MVTS Pro clients.

“The tested interoperability between Vanrise billing and MVTS Pro gives carriers an opportunity to have field-proven solutions at the network core. Together, MVTS Pro and T.One comprise very flexible and high-performance solution,” says Konstantin Nikashov, CEO of MERA Systems. “Not only does MVTS Pro make top-notch scalability and reliable VoIP-to-PSTN connectivity a reality, but in conjunction with T.One, it is possible to provide billing functionality that transit carriers expect.”

About MERA Systems

MERA Systems develops industry-leading softswitches and session border controllers that enable carriers and service providers to efficiently manage VoIP calls circulating across their networks. MERA solutions represent a powerful combination of scalability and rich functionality, bringing revenue-generating opportunities to carriers globally. To date, MERA Systems is a key provider of highly reliable and cost-effective IP-based switching and VAS platforms. The company has 800+ deployments in 76 countries worldwide. For more information, visit www.mera-systems.com

The Iraqi Ministry of  Telecommunication is undergoing a revival and is actively seeking to find healthier & better ways to serve its people and to strengthen its Communication Infrastructure welfare by keeping up with the worldwide trends.  Thereby,  following a lecture given on the subject by Vanrise representative, his Excellency Mr. Faruk Abdel Kader has stated to the Bi-weekly Telecommunication and Posts Report: “We look forward to an era that will witness enhanced collaboration with well developed and highly skilled companies active in the Communication and Information Technology Sector, such as the Lebanese Solution Provider, Vanrise Solutions” he added “benefiting from their expertise and skills we aspire a partnership to improve the Iraqi Telecom Sector.”

Drawing on its expertise Vanrise proposed measures to improve the telecommunication infrastructure in Iraq by enabling it to competently and transparently monitor and manage its traffic and growi its network. Moreover, since Vanrise Systems may be flexibly customized to satisfy the needs and requirements of Telecoms, Regulatory Authorities and Ministries the lecture and Q&A session were followed by live demonstration of Vanrise products in terms of Traffic Monitoring, Routing, Management and Billing using the powerful capabilities of its T.One system.

 “The Target behind the presentation and establishing a collaboration ground with the Iraqi MOC, was to form a framework for preserving and boosting the financial resources of Iraq which the MOC aspires to.”, - concluded Vanrise COO Mr. Sari Mansour emphasizing Vanrise’s commitment to improving the communication infrastructure & bringing positive change to the communities the company operates in.

Vanrise and Teles have joined forces to implement a complete hardware (Teles NGN Switch) and software (T.One) solution  in the Gulf.  This successful cooperation came as a natural result to a prior agreement between the two companies on joining forces and providing clients all over the world with working solutions for carriers and operators.  Vanrise looks forward to more implementations in the near future with Teles.

Vanrise Solutions was represented by its esteemed CEO and COO at Carrier World CEE-Vienna on 02-03 Nov 2009.

Among a series of events, our team has introduced our powerful solution in Capacity Africa- Cape Town 2009, receiving high interest and solicitude.

Among a series of exhibitions and forums, Vanrise participated in ITU Telecom World between the 5^th and 9^th of October.  Our representatives introduced our billing and routing management system T.ONE and demonstrated its numerous advantages, power, flexibility, and user-friendliness to interested parties from all over the world.  Our next stop will be in South Africa (Capacity Africa), then Dubai (GITEX), then finally Vienna (Carriers World) to conclude our exhibitions this year

As part of our continuous efforts to integrate with different switch manufacturers, T.One has been recently integrated with NextPoint switch on both CDR and Routing management levels.  Our MD, COO and Development Manager headed to Verscom in Istanbul-Turkey, the regional representative for NextPoint, and conducted a detailed presentation and workshop on T.One - specifically its integration with NextPoint - in the presence of Verscom’s CTO, CEO and NGN Dept. Manager.

The workshop demonstrated T.One’ flexibility, scalability, power, and user-friendliness, and Verscom relayed its confidence in T.One as a full telecom management solution for NextPoint.

1- Optimizing the overall process of the re-pricing engine
2- A set of new customizable reports
3- Forecasting reports
4- A Unified Carrier Profile Report (pricing, billing, and traffic)
5- Troubleshooting tools for pricing and rating

Email:    sales@vanrise.net

A Deutsche Boerse Prime Standard listed company with headquarters in Berlin, Germany, TELES is a global NGN player with offices in Western Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America. We maintain a worldwide network of distribution channels, system integrators and technology partners.

MECOM was briefly an opportunity to meet with future customers and interact with prospects, which in turn enriched our awareness of existing needs to offer customer oriented products and services. The leads we got after the event were above expectations; moreover, two of them ended up with signing contracts.

Mada Communications Co., a Zein affiliated company located in Kuwait, has adopted Vanrise T.One for its entire telecom operation management. This includes billing, routing management, invoicing, monitoring, LCR, and more. T.One is designed to integrate with multiple brands of switches simultaneously through a unified interface, which is the case at Mada.

Vanrise Solutions is one of the leading integrated solutions providers in the region, focusing its activities firmly in the IP-centric voice and data solutions market segment to unleash the power of IP for best-in-class carrier solutions delivery. The company’s T.One platform is a powerful billing solution designed to optimize rate, sales, purchasing, invoicing and carrier management in retail and wholesale scenarios. A fully redundant solution, T.One efficiently handles large and growing call traffic volumes, allowing seamless CDR and revenue statistic management.

In other news, Vanrise solutions and TELES were also present at the MECOM 2007 (Middle East Telecommunications) trade fair in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, from the 22nd-25th April.

Protel, a Lebanon based company with an offshore status, has chosen T.One to automate it telecom operation. Protel is a major player in the Middle East and has a long history in the interconnect business. Vanrise is truly proud to have Protel on its profile and is looking forward to this cooperation.

www.protel.com.lb