BEIJING, SANTA CLARA, Calif. and CAMBRIDGE, UK, Nov. 19,
2013 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AsiaInfo-Linkage, Inc.
(Nasdaq: ASIA), ("AsiaInfo-Linkage" or the "Company") Asia's leading supplier of BSS systems, today
announced that it has secured its first major business support
system (BSS) contract with a top tier European operator group,
Telenor ASA (Telenor Group), which has operations in seven European
countries. The win represents AsiaInfo-Linkage's first project with
a top-tier European operator group after the company formally
launched operations in the EMEA region last year.
As lead contractor, AsiaInfo-Linkage will steer Telenor's BSS
transformation for the company's operations in Denmark, as well as provide implementation,
operational, and maintenance support. The project will include
AsiaInfo's proprietary billing, customer relationship management,
and real-time analytics software, including the Company's Veris™
BSS solution. Veris is designed to leverage the efficiencies of a
cloud-based platform while radically simplifying the customer
support operations associated with typical legacy systems, and
currently serves more than 890 million users in Asia. Work on
the project began in September of this year.
Telenor Denmark CEO Marek Slacik
said: "The development of a new IT platform is crucial in our
ongoing efforts to create a new, simpler and more efficient
Telenor, and we have high expectations in AsiaInfo-Linkage as our
partner on this journey."
AsiaInfo-Linkage President and CEO Steve
Zhang said: "The focus of our project with Telenor is
customer service and engagement. By deploying our proven software
solutions, our goal will be to greatly enhance the customer
experience for Telenor users. Furthermore, this is a significant
contract win for our European team and reflects the versatility of
our products, as well as our ability to tailor them for customers
anywhere in the world."
About AsiaInfo-Linkage, Inc.
AsiaInfo-Linkage, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASIA) is a leading provider of
high-quality software solutions and IT services to the
telecommunications industry. Headquartered in Beijing, we employ more than 11,000
professionals worldwide.
AsiaInfo-Linkage provides a full suite of business and
operations support systems (BSS/OSS) and associated professional
services. Our core Veris™ product suite includes billing and
customer care systems that serve nearly a billion subscribers
globally, plus business intelligence, network management and
security solutions.
Our customers work with us to converge large scale pre-and
post-paid mobile operations; improve time to market for new
products and services; and develop cost-effective new business
models. In China we have more than
50% market share in Billing, CRM and Business Intelligence through
our longstanding partnerships with China Mobile, China Unicom and
China Telecom.
Our aim is to be the leading IT solutions provider to the global
telecommunications industry, enabling the Connected Digital
Lifestyle, and helping our customers build, maintain, operate and
constantly improve their network infrastructure and IT environment.
For more information about AsiaInfo-Linkage, please visit
www.asiainfo-linkage.com
About Telenor ASA and Telenor Denmark
Telenor Group is a leading provider of telecommunications
services worldwide. The company has a strong footprint in Central
Eastern Europe and Asia and a
leading Nordic position in mobile, broadband and TV services.
Telenor's wholly owned subsidiary, Telenor Denmark, is the
second largest mobile operator with approximately two million
users, and is the second largest fixed broadband operator in
Denmark.
For more information please visit www.telenor.com
For investor and media inquiries, please contact:
In China:
Mr. Jimmy Xia
AsiaInfo-Linkage, Inc.
Tel: +86-10-8216-6039
Email: ir@asiainfo-linkage.com
EMEA Press Contacts:
Nicky Denovan/Kevin Taylor
Mobile: +44 (0)7747 017654; +44 (0)7850 858291
Email:
nicky.denovan@standingtallcomms.com; kevin.taylor@standingtallcomms.com
SOURCE AsiaInfo-Linkage, Inc.