Applied Innovation Inc. Announces Joint Development Agreement with Telesciences, Inc.
March 28, 2000 08:34 AM Eastern Time
DUBLIN, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 28, 2000--Applied Innovation Inc. AINN and Telesciences, Inc. today announced a joint development agreement under which Applied Innovation will leverage its established networking and connectivity capabilities with Telesciences' billing expertise to provide telecommunications' customers a total systems solutions for their billing needs.
The combined service will offer a complete single source for the collection, transport and processing of telephone switch billings records. This end-to-end IP billing management solution will allow customers to migrate from their legacy X.25 packet switch networks and utilize the flexibility, reliability and scalability of an IP based data communications network ("DCN"). This joint development will further extend Applied Innovation's range of telephone switch management and data communications offerings, thus enabling customers to respond aggressively to the rapid growth in demand for additional telephone switches driven by e-commerce and Internet data services.
Telesciences is one of the world's largest providers of billing record collections systems, collecting and processing over one billion event usage records per day for many of the world's leading telecommunications carriers, including several Regional Bell Operating Companies ("RBOCs") and major Competitive Local Exchange Carriers ("CLECs").
"As a result of this agreement our customers will be able to capitalize on the strength of both company's products, our AISwitch(TM) and AIscout(TM) network mediation products and Telesciences' 5000 billing data collector systems," said Gerard B. Moersdorf, Jr., President of Applied Innovation. "This joint development effort reflects the strength of our products and opportunities to deliver additional value added services to our customers," Moersdorf continued.
"The combination of Telesciences' usage event collection and processing software and Applied Innovation's legacy interface capability provides greater benefits to our mutual customers and expands the new customer and market potential for both firms," said Mike Moore, President and CEO of Telesciences. "The agreement with Applied Innovation allows us to accelerate the delivery of an IP mediation solution to our existing customers in a very efficient and cost effective manner," continued Moore.
Headquartered in Dublin, Ohio, Applied Innovation is the leading provider of mediation products that enable communications between network elements and operations support systems for the management of telecommunications carriers' networks. Information about Applied Innovation, its products and services can be found on the World Wide Web at www.aiinet.com, or by calling 1-800-247-9482.
Telesciences, Inc., based in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, is a subsidiary of EDB 4tel and has been a leader in the telecommunication and billing mediation industry for over thirty years. EDB 4tel is one of Europe's largest companies specializing exclusively in IT solutions for the telecom industry, offering state-of-the-art software solutions, system integration, implementation, support and consultancy services. The combined company of Telesciences and EDB 4tel represents a unique combination of telecom, IT, and business expertise, providing an unparalleled understanding of the telecommunications industry. Additional information about Telesciences and EDB 4tel can be found at their website, www.telesciences.com, or by calling 1-856-866-1000.
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