Milton Keynes 24 August 2009. Virginia based new telco, Global Access IP, has selected the DIGITALK Multiservice Platform to launch innovative prepaid services in North and Central America.

Running on DIGITALK SIP Application Server in a pure IP environment, Global Access IP has initially launched a Prepaid Calling Cards and Prepaid Residential service and is looking to rapidly expand service offerings to include further residential prepaid services.

Hailing from Primus backgrounds, Global Access IP was already familiar with the capabilities of the DIGITALK Prepaid Card Platform; however, the change to pure IP opened the evaluation to consider other vendors.

Australia’s biggest mobile operator automates marketing processes to increase productivity and reduce costs   21 August 2009: Business Logic Systems, a leader in customer intelligence, marketing automation and customer loyalty solutions for mobile network operators has helped leading Australian mobile operator, Telstra, increase recharge rates and treble campaign productivity. By automating the campaign process using InTelestage Campaign Manager, Telstra was able to save costs by minimising the number of people required to implement a campaign and significantly increase speed-to-market of promotions.     To combat the challenge of communicating effectively with pre-pay customers, who are not required to provide any personal information upon joining the network, Telstra implemented InTelestage Campaign Management. The solution enables operators to run fully-automated, targeted, two-way SMS marketing campaigns from the desktop.   

txtNation in line for Best Billing Provider   txtNation the leading provider of mobile billing, sms messaging and mobile content solutions has today announced that it has secured a place in the short list of finalists in the Best Billing provider category for the Mobile Entertainment Awards 2009, the biggest night in the mobile content industry calendar with over 400 execs from all over the world arriving in London next month.   The awards run and hosted by Intent Media and its market leading trade publication, Mobile Entertainment magazine, was set up originally by the publisher to recognise equally the contribution made by companies operating in the mobile entertainment industry.   Games companies, sms billing providers, mobile hardware manufacturers and content providers will gather for the awards ceremony to celebrate the best in mobile entertainment and reward the finalists of each category selected by 300 handpicked content biz executives.

UK company unveils new handsets to fulfil consumer demand

London, 20th August 2009: A range of stylish, new, dual-sim handsets have been launched today. The exciting new dual-sim handsets mean users can insert an additional sim-card to their main number allowing them to make full use of all the money-saving tariffs on offer, to save money on calls and texts at home or abroad; or conveniently to have only one handset for both business and personal calls.

The handsets being launched today are:

– FLIP – A lightweight and stylish clamshell dual-sim handset. The FLIP is perfect for the style conscious looking to use multiple tariffs that best match their usage or save money on calls and texts while abroad. – SLIDER – A smart, music-player that also has email functionality and a 2MP camera, combined with a dual-sim mobile phone.