MetraTech integrates MetraNet in support of Swisscom-led IPTV catalyst project at Telemanagement World, Nice

The IPTV Catalyst is being lead by Swisscom, which is about to launch its own IPTV service. In doing so, its basic offerings portfolio will be enriched with advanced services. To meet the new implementation challenges these require of its existing OSS/BSS system, Swisscom’s project sets out to explore the benefits of the NGOSS framework.

The Catalyst project will ultimately demonstrate how Swisscom’s current environment can be leveraged with NGOSS design principles. The findings from the project will then become an input for the validation and enhancement process of existing NGOSS models.

Companies participating in the Catalyst include: Swisscom, Wipro, Metratech Corp., C-Vidya, Tigerstripe, Nakina Systems, Syndesis, and Tata Consultancy Services. MetraTech will contribute expertise in the areas of billing, charging, rating, and settlement.

Outcomes and demonstrations from the IPTV Catalyst will be presented at The TeleManagement Forum’s TeleManagement World conference in Nice, May 15-18, 2006. Members of all participating companies will be on hand to answer questions.

"We are delighted to be sponsoring the “IPTV impact on the FAB” Catalyst project. The team is already doing excellent work developing new BSS/OSS overlay architectures using NGOSS standards. These are critical for enabling innovative new services to be efficiently rolled out," says David Watrin, Billing Area Manager at Swisscom Innovations.

Adds Scott Swartz, ceo, Metratech Corp.: “By incorporating IPTV initiated, on-demand song downloads into the catalyst project, Swisscom has demonstrated that IPTV can be used as a sales channel and that their vision goes well beyond a standard triple-play offering.” Swartz added: “MetraTech is pleased to provide the NGOSS compliant billing, rating and settlement components for this innovative project.”

About MetraTech
MetraTech Corp. provides the leading Web Services-based solution for billing, customer self-care, and partner management. MetraNet, MetraTech's modular flagship platform, empowers customers to invent new business models and enhance collaboration among IT, business groups and subscribers. MetraTech offers a variety of delivery options ranging from licensing to outsourcing. Headquartered in Boston, MetraTech has offices in San Francisco, Frankfurt, Paris and London. MetraTech is a venture-backed, privately held company whose investors include Accel Partners, Vesbridge Partners (formerly St. Paul Venture Capital), Meritech Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners and Lucent Venture Partners. For more information, please visit www.metratech.com.

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About Swisscom Innovations
Swisscom Innovations, the R&D arm of Swisscom AG, specialises in generating exciting new ideas and expanding the range of products and value-added services for a diverse range of customers. It consists of interdisciplinary teams of specialists and nurtures a culture of innovation based on the depth of their expertise. The main task of the unit is to develop concrete proposals with a technical and economic rationale designed for practical use and to support other Swisscom business departments in their current projects.

About the TM Forum’s Catalyst Program
The TM Forum is an industry association with over 500 member companies that provides leadership, strategic guidance and practical solutions to improve the management and operation of communications networks and services.  The TM Forum’s Catalyst program furthers the organization’s mission by serving as a “Living Lab” enabling service providers, system integrators, and hardware/software vendors around the world to collaborate to solve common, critical industry challenges using off the shelf solution. The program provides an opportunity for multi-company, multi-national teams to work together to solve, in short cycle times, some of the industry’s most pressing operational issues using TM Forum’s New Generation Operations Systems and Software (NGOSS) concepts and principles.

For additional information:

Keith Brody
Director of Product Marketing, MetraTech Corp.
E-mail: kbrody@metratech.com
+44 (0)7900-245994

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