Meet ALLROUND at the BARG #75 meeting 8-10 March in Cairo, Egypt
ALLROUND, as
associated member of GSMA and supplier of Risk Management Solutions is going
to attend the 75th GSMA BARG meeting between 8 -10 March, in Cairo, Egypt.
Allround's expert will be available during the whole conference to share its
expertise and provide additional information to telecom operators how to secure
more revenue and minimize risk.
Visit Allround at the Mobile World Congress 2010 in Barcelona
February
is the month when the mobile industry traditionally meets, at the Mobile World
Congress held in Barcelona between 15th to 18th February. As every year
ALLROUND is going to exhibit again and we would like to kindly invite you to
our stand in Hall 2, Stand C06 where you will have the chance to experience
our brand new solution for Churn Prevention and Offer Management and other
modules of Allround Risk Management portfolio in full display!
Allround to sponsor the 46th GSMA Fraud Forum
Allround, associated member of GSMA and supplier of Fraud Management Solutions to the telecom industry accumulating 10+ years fraud management experience will sponsor the 46rd GSMA Fraud Forum (13-15 May, 2009). The 3-day event will take place in Cebu, Philippines, where up to 100 fraud experts will exchange their views around the latest fraud related topics.
Allround's experts will be available at Allround booth during the whole conference to share their expertise in the fraud area and provide additional information to telecom operators how to secure more revenue.
Meet Allround at the BARG #73 meeting, 9-11 March, Grand Bay, Republic of Mauritius
Allround,
as associated member of GSMA and supplier of Risk Management Solutions to
the telecom industry accumulating 10+ years experience will participate
the 73th GSMA BARG meeting (9 - 10 March, 2009), in Grand Bay, Republic of
Mauritius. Allround's experts will be available during the whole conference to
share their expertise in the fraud area and provide additional information to
telecom operators how to secure more revenue.
Visit us at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona
As every year, ALLROUND is going to exhibit again at the
Mobile World Congress, from 16th to 19th February 2009, in Barcelona. The
high attendance makes this event the biggest show of the
global mobile industry each year. Visit us at the Hungarian National Stand in
Hall 2, Stand C06, where you will have the chance to meet our experts and see
our product portfolio in full display.
Meet Allround at the BARG # 72 meeting, 13-15 October, Vienna, Austria
Allround,
as Associated Member of GSMA and supplier of Roaming and Billing Testing
Solutions with 10+ years experience will be represented at the 72nd GSMA
BARG meeting (13 - 15 October, 2008), in Vienna. Look for our expert to learn how
to benefit from Allround's Solutions.
Meet Allround at the Fraud Forum #44 meeting, 10-12 September, Cologne, Germany
Allround, as associated member of GSMA and supplier of Fraud
Management Solutions to the telecom industry accumulating 10+ years fraud
management experience will participate the 44th GSMA Fraud Forum (10 - 12
September, 2008), in Cologne. Allround's experts will be available during the
whole conference to share their expertise in the fraud area and provide
additional information to telecom
operators how to secure more revenue.
Allround to sponsor the 43rd GSMA Fraud Forum
Allround,
associated member of GSMA and supplier of Fraud Management Solutions to
the telecom industry accumulating 10+
years fraud management experience will sponsor the 43rd GSMA
Fraud Forum (14-16 May, 2008). The 3-day event will take place in Budapest, Hungary,
where up to 100 fraud experts will exchange their views around the latest
fraud related topics.
Allround's experts will be available at Allround
booth during the whole conference to share their expertise in the fraud area
and provide additional information to telecom operators how to secure more
revenue.
Allround exhibits in Barcelona
Allround will exhibit at the Mobile World Congress 2008 in Barcelona, between 11-14 February 2008.
Visit us at Hall 2, booth 2C06!
Meet Allround in London at booth B5
Allround, the world no. 1 supplier of proactive revenue assurance, testing and roaming management solutions is exhibiting at the Billing & Information Management Systems 20076th-8th June, London.
Visit Allround at booth B5!
Major Georgian operator, MagtiCom, selects Allround’s roaming solution
News Release
Budapest, 7 May 2007
Major Georgian operator, MagtiCom, selects Allround’s roaming solution
Allround is pleased to announce that MagtiCom, the dynamically growing mobile operator in Georgia has selected its roaming management solution, Allroamer.
Allround’s highly reliable Allroamer allows MagtiCom fast product launch and gain competitive advantage on the roaming area. Besides the flexible price structure and the wide range functionality of the system the key selection criteria was to choose a solution which is fully compliant with current and future GSMA requirements such as the forthcoming RAEX and NRTRDE.
“Allround has been selected based on the company’s reputation, competitive pricing and many implementations globally. We were also impressed by their activity in GSMA TADIG which is a guarantee to fulfill all new requirements and offer all customers high quality roaming services.” - says Nino Avaliani, Director of Customer Care Department at MagtiCom."We are delighted that MagtiCom selected us as vendor" says Gábor Lakatos, Director of Sales & Marketing at Allround.
"We’ve already had a strong global presence working with several major mobile operators worldwide and this new deal further reinforces our leading position in this segment.”
About MagtiCom
The mobile communications company MagtiCom Ltd., was commercially launched in September 1997.At present the company is owned by Telcell Wireless LLC and ITC LLC. MagtiCom network covers over 97% of the populated territory of Georgia. During recent years MagtiCom was and still remains the biggest company operating in Georgia both with respect of its contribution made to the economy of the country and the number of subscribers. By means of its two brands, Magti and Bali, at present, MagtiCom provides service to more than 1.200.000 subscribers. Notwithstanding stiff competition MagtiCom remains the unchallenged leader in mobile communication market of Georgia establishing new customer care standards.
About Allround
ALLROUND puts telecom operators in control with applications for Billing System Testing, CDR/xDR Handling and Analysis, TAP Conversion, Roaming Management, Fraud Detection, and Revenue Management. The cornerstone to Allround’s applications is advanced technology and know-how in the area of CDR and TAP handling - editing, filtering, comparison, compilation, analysis and fixing. ALLROUND is an ISO 9001:2000 certified, profitable, private European company with a global customer base. The company is an Associate Member of GSM Association since April 2002. British Approval Board for Telecommunications (BABT) has awarded CeDaR the first BABT Certificate of Attestation against its Code of Practice for the design and supply of communication support system. Allround is the winner of the World Billing Awards 2006 in the Best Revenue Assurance / Management Project category.
Allround invites you to a workshop discussing the hottest topic in roaming fraud (NRTRDE)
After the TADIG meeting Allround is hosting a one day workshop to discuss the hot topics around NRTRDE implementations. Participants are invited for a roundtable discussion to exchange their thoughts and plans about how to ensure the winning strategy to change to the new standard. It is a unique opportunity for you to openly talk about the challenges and demands, share your view and get immediate feedback.
After the workshop, we are pleased to invite you to a guided sightseeing tour through the most exciting tourist destinations in the historical part of Budapest!
AGENDA
09:00-12:00 Workshop
12:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-19:00 City tour
Among others the following will be discussed:
Implementation strategies and timeline
-Key milestones, challenges and solutions
-Co-existence of HUR and NRTRDE
-Seamless changeover to NRTRDE
-How to meet the 1st October 2008 deadline?
Possible architectures
-Integrations with current systems
-Standalone solution
-Outsourcing
Does it belong to Roaming or Fraud?
-Who takes the lead and responsibility?
-How to secure budget?
How to register?
Extend your stay in Budapest! (check your flight and hotel booking)
E-mail:
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or Fax: +36 1 2061638
Shall you have any questions do not hesitate to contact us! Telephone: + 36 1 3717 695
Allround is looking forward to seeing you at the TADIG meeting and NRTRDE workshop.
www.allround.eu
Allround to host TADIG #63
Allround will host the TADIG
#63 plenary meeting between 22-24 May in Budapest. There are several important
agenda items for the upcoming meeting, including the finalization of the NRTRDE,
RAEX AA.14 and Electronic Invoicing specifications and supporting documentation.
Hosting this event
indicates Allround’s strong commitment for the present and future development of
roaming standards and facilitating solutions.
Allround hosted the #59
plenary meeting of the TADIG working group of the GSM Association where 78
members were participated (see picture) producing one of the highest turnouts of
recent TADIG plenary meetings. The positive feedbacks received on this
successful event have played a great deal to grant the right to organize the
event again.
Announcing Free Specialist Newsletters
This is the last
edition of CeDaR news as we will now be distributing 3 free specialist
newsletters in areas that we can offer specialist knowledge and global best
practice. Our aim is to provide industry updates in our niche
areas:
-Traffic Data retention
-Roaming
-Revenue System
Stability
February is the month when
the mobile industry traditionally meets at the world’s premier mobile event
which promises to be the most exciting and stimulating yet. Allround also
exhibits at 3GSM World
Congress in Barcelona 2007 again.
This spectacular event will take place
from 12th -15th February. We would like to kindly invite you to the Hungarian
National Stand no. C06 in Hall 2, where you will have the chance to discuss our
award winning solutions with our experts and learn more how you can benefit from
CDR solutions.
Make sure you stop by and check out our product
introductions including:
CeDaR and oru Award-winning Revenue Management
Solution, Roaming Management product line, Traffic Data retention, NRTRDE
Allround at Next Generation Billing
Allround and its
operator partner Magyar Telekom will be presented with their trophies for
winning the World Billing Awards 2006 in the Best Revenue Assurance/Management
Project category in Munich on Wednesday 6th December at the Next
Generation Billing, Charging & Customer Management conference.
Why not join us for this Gala Reception to celebrate this achievement
together and discuss how you can benefit from our revenue assurance
expertise?
In fact, Mr. László Harsányi, Director of the Billing and CRM
Directorate at Magyar Telecom will speak on the same day at 16.30 of stability
testing, the methodology that won us the prize: "Introducing Stability Testing
At T-Com Hungary In Order To Develop Effective And Proactive Business Processes
That Enhance Data Quality And Improve Revenue And Profit"
The September edition of CeDaR
News celebrates our winning of the World Billing Awards in the Best Revenue
Assurance/Management Project category with our operator partner Magyar Telekom's
T-Com business line. We dedicate a special insert Shorten Time to
Revenue to this topic: see how Allround views and suggests handling revenue
assurance and learn why Stability Testing, the methodology behind the project
won.
If these issues concern you as well, why not join us for our
upcoming Choose
stAbility seminar in Budapest on 26–27 October to discuss
your needs and problems
with us. More details here.
As for the remaining articles, we welcome
once again our esteemed client T-Mobile Slovensko
on the pages of CeDaR News,
this time with a mobile number portability project we
conducted recently.
Also, there’s more on AllRoamer, Allround’s comprehensive roaming
management
solution and we look back at our participation at the Billing Systems show in
London.
Hopefully you will find this edition of CeDaR News as
informative as ever. Enjoy reading it!
Allround’s winning streak
continues: the company has received the IT-BUSINESS Leadership Award 2006 issued
by Hungary’s leading IT magazine IT Business. Allround has won in the Product
Development category.
The IT-BUSINESS Leadership Award is an
appreciation of innovative solutions that cost-effectively improve a company's
working processes and everyday operations, thereby setting an example for other
market players to follow.
This award is yet another acknowledgement for
Allround in 2006 following our honorable mention at the Hungarian Innovation
Awards and the winning of the World Billing Awards.
Mobile Number Portability at T-Mobile Slovensko a.s.
T-Mobile-Slovensko a.s., one of
Allround’s longest established clients outside Hungary selected Allround to
prepare its Fraud Detection
System for introducing Mobile Number Portability. Number Portability (NP)
makes it possible for subscribers to keep their original phone numbers when
switching carriers. NP is a solution favored by the authorities of the European
Union in the interest of stimulating competition in the telecommunications
market. In addition to wire line services, it was introduced in Slovakia to
benefit mobile phone subscribers as well.
Allround’s Fraud Detection
system has been operational since 1997 and works to the complete satisfaction of
the client ever since. When given the task to prepare FDS for MNP, the
experience gained during a similar project at T-Mobile Hungary served as a good
starting point.
The tasks related to the preparation could be divided
into two groups:
• Correct handling of subscribers. By law, all
subscribers have to be handled equally, ported subscribers incur no additional
charges.
• Correct pricing of call records. The call records have to be
priced correctly, whether ported numbers are involved or not, in order to
calculate the correct fraud risk levels. For this function determining the
direction of the calls is essential.
T-Mobile Slovensko, a.s. is a
leading telecommunications company in the Slovak Republic offering both mobile
telecommunications services and managed data network services. The company’s GSM
and NMT mobile networks cover approximately 99% of the Slovak Republic’s 5.4
million population.
Magyar Telekom and Allround win World Billing Awards
The joint application of Magyar Telekom’s T-Com business line and
Allround has won the World Billing Awards 2006 in the Best Revenue
Assurance/Management Project category. The winners have been announced at the
Billing and Information Management Systems 2006 Gala Dinner on Thursday 8th June
2006.
“We are delighted to acknowledge the T-Com / Magyar Telekom /
Allround project as winner in the ‘Best Revenue Assurance / Revenue Management’
category.” said Hugh Roberts, Chairman of the Awards Judging Panel and
Consultant Director for IIR’s BSS/OSS and RM events, “All of us were impressed
by the proactive approach based on stability testing that was adopted, and also
by the honesty demonstrated in both relationships and reporting structures that
is clearly important for real long term benefits to accrue.”
After a remarkably successful year,
2006 is shaping up to be an even better one for Allround. Two major roaming
tender wins and selection for the World Billing Awards 2006 mark the
achievements of the past months.
We are proud to announce that Magyar
Telekom and Allround have been selected as finalists for the prestigious World
Billing Awards in the Best Revenue Assurance/Management Project category. The
success story of this project and the new methodology behind it are discussed in
more detail in our Stability Testing insert.
Along with the stories of
the tender wins we follow up on our article in the February edition on Traffic
Data Retention by dedicating a special insert to this topic to dig a little
deeper to find out what operators are faced with in the near feature.
And
finally you might realize that something is a little bit different about CeDaR
News this time. We truly hope you will like the new look and continue to enjoy
reading it!
Magyar Telekom and Allround shortlisted as Finalist for World Billing Awards 2006
The joint application of Magyar Telekom’s T-Com business line and
Allround has been short-listed as Finalist for the World Billing Awards 2006 in
the Best Revenue Assurance/Management Project category. This category honours
effectiveness of a proactive or reactive project to enhance data quality and
business processes that improves profits, revenues and/or cash flows.
The
winners will be announced at the Billing and Information Management Systems 2006
Gala Dinner on Thursday 8th June 2006.
Allround is an exhibitor at
Billing and Information Management Systems at stand B5.
Read more
about this achievement in our press release
ALLROUND will
be exhibiting at Stand B5 at the premier European billing event. Our
applications for Billing System Testing, CDR Handling and Analysis, TAP
Conversion, Roaming Management, Fraud Detection, and Revenue Management will be
displayed in action and our experts will be ready to discuss whatever needs and
questions you may have. Why miss the world's first billing system testing
solution approved by BABT? Make sure you pay us a visit!
Partnership agreement signed with Revector
Allround enjoyed
a highly successful 3GSM World Congress 2006 as an exhibitor at the Hungarian
National Stand. Continuing its global expansion, Allround has signed several
partnership agreements at the show to boost our global presence and help to meet
our aggressive sales targets in 2006. One of our new partners is Revector from
the UK, the company’s CEO Andy Gent stated: “It was good to see the continual
development of new and innovative products at the GSM conference in Barcelona.
Allround’s suite of products compliments Revector’s GSM Gateway Bypass solutions
and detection expertise and these will bring an added dimension to our clients
worldwide.”
Traffic Data Retention - New legal requirements
In order to help prevention, investigation and
detection of serious crimes, the availability of traffic data of electronic
communications is becoming more and more essential. As a milestone in this
process and an indication of a developing global trend, the European Parliament
adopted on 14 December 2005 the Commission’s proposal for a directive, which
provides an EU-wide harmonization of the obligations on providers of publicly
available electronic communications, or a public telecommunications network, to
retain data related to mobile and fixed telephony and IP traffic and make
available for competent national authorities. See our diagram below for the
future agenda of the whole process.
Every telecom
operator and internet service provider will be submitted to new compulsory
requirements, meeting them will be inevitable. The storage of traffic data shall
not be confused with the storage of records for billing or other business
purposes, the aspect of collection and security requirements is different. To
react properly to the new demands, being prepared is essential.
Late or
improper compliance can:
- Damage the operator’s reputation and its
subscriber’s loyalty
- Endanger co-operation with local authorities
-
Result in non-realistic technical regulations
- Limit the financing and
reimbursing opportunities
On the other hand, a well-prepared operator can
avoid these risks and in addition, can derive business benefits from the new
system. Allround believes that the best way to comply is to adapt a
cost-efficient solution, which brings you favorable technical and financial
conditions and improves your image in the eye of your customers and
regulators.
Don’t forget, tomorrow comes early! Allround helps you to be
prepared, and act in time.
Allround the number one supplier of
testing solutions has now opened its high quality training programme to all
experts and decision makers who have to deal with daily testing routines amongst
the billions of CDRs they create every year. Previously these courses were only
open to existing customers of Allround whilst they are now open to all with an
interest in testing of billing systems
Allround have been operating
successful courses for more than ten years from its Budapest headquarters to
many of the world's leading mobile operators.
Allround courses are
developed by professionals of the billing systems testing industry and are
tailored for experienced and new users to the testing environment. Each of the
courses is run in a small friendly environment with the opportunity to bring up
real life problems.
During 2006Q1 the focus is on billing system
testing. Though the courses are partially related to Allround solutions they
include essential Billing Systems Testing information vital to all persons
involved in the testing procedures or new to testing. A comprehensive training
programme was worked out including two courses for technical experts of testing
methods and tools.
The first two courses
are designed for experts in testing. The expectations and benefits regarding
testing from a business point of view are presented in the third course
especially for decision makers of the area.
The new series of courses
include the Allround experience which includes night time in Budapest and run
for two days covering Thursday and Friday on location in Budapest,
Hungary.
Send an e-mail to our
training center to
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to book your
place. Remember that there are only limited seats available.
Second
quarter seminars will discuss "Changes in EU legislation including new legal
requirements", targeting both technical and business level. Third quarter
trainings will concentrate on roaming.
As 2005 was a remarkably successful
year for Allround, we thought it would be a good idea to look back and sum up
what we achieved last year before 2006 gets into full swing. But we don’t just
dwell on the past we look into the future as well and we also present our plans
for this year.
Our testing solutions have become essential tools for
multi-level convergence – be it fixed to mobile, post- to pre-paid or data to
voice – in the most intense stages of integration. CeDaR, the world’s first
billing system testing solution approved by BABT, had also a great year. See our
special inserts on CeDaR’s new clients T-Com and Vimpelcom and the BABT
Attestation.
The importance of roaming revenues continued to grow last
year and Allround played an active role in this field. Our roaming solutions are
still one of their kind, in our article we discuss how diverse they are by
examining two different implementations at MobiNil and Mascom.
As for
2006, we have launched our Allround Seminars programme for the year with
trainings on billing system testing, legal requirements and roaming. We also
examine a developing new trend concerning Traffic Data Retention, which could be
a hot topic in the near future. And as February is the month when the mobile
industry traditionally meets, we would like to kindly invite you to our stand in
Barcelona. See you at the Hungarian National stand in Hall 2, G64!
We are
looking forward to meeting you in Barcelona!
ALLROUND is now inviting
business partners from around the world to join us as we expand into new
markets. If you or your firm have a proven record in mobile communications and
are interested in representing ALLROUND please contact us at:
Honourable mention to Allround at the 14th Hungarian Innovation Grand Prize
Allround's flagship product CeDaR received honourable mention
at the Hungarian Innovation Grand Prize 2005. This recognition is our customers'
and Allround's joint success: the increasing number of clients provides for our
continuous business development while customer needs help us in directing our
efforts of innovation.
The prizes were presented in the Hungarian Parliament on 31th
March, 2006. The charter of the honourable mention was handed to Mr. László
Kiss, CEO of Allround by Mr. Závodszky Péter, President of the Hungarian
Innovation Foundation in the presence of Mr. László Sólyom President of the
Republic of Hungary and Mr. János Kóka, Minister of Economy and
Transport.
The world's first billing software Attestation issued to Allround
British Approvals Board for
Telecommunications (BABT), the international radio & telecommunications Certification/Notified Body, has awarded CeDaR from Allround, a leading provider of
communications system support software, the world’s first BABT Certificate of
Attestation against its Code of Practice for the design and supply of
communication support systems. Allround recognised BABT attestation would be key
to operators wanting to ensure the independence of their billing system testing
tools. CeDaR is already installed with the world’s leading global operators and
this Attestation quantifies its position as a leading solution for billing
system testing.
Allround have celebrated
a record breaking 2005 with clients and partners now on four continents making
the company a truly global organization. Allround’s expansion plans for 2006
received another boost with the recent appointment of Bryan Hartley as VP
International Sales.
Bryan will spearhead the work with mobile operators
and global partners to ensure that Allround continues with their world leading
position as the CDR handling and billing system testing solution provider. The
company’s flagship product, CeDaR has been awarded with the world’s first
billing software Attestation by the operator’s choice of assessment company,
BABT.
A veteran of the mobile industry Bryan brings with him a wealth of
knowledge and success gained over many years working with partners and mobile
operators throughout the world. He has been responsible for building global and
direct relationship with major global corporations with great
results.
Says Bryan: “I am looking forward to the challenges ahead and
introducing Allround to old friends and new and welcoming them to meet Allround
at 3GSM in Barcelona.”
News and Events 
Allround will host the TADIG
#63 plenary meeting between 22-24 May in Budapest. There are several important
agenda items for the upcoming meeting, including the finalization of the NRTRDE,
RAEX AA.14 and Electronic Invoicing specifications and supporting documentation.
February is the month when
the mobile industry traditionally meets at the world’s premier mobile event
which promises to be the most exciting and stimulating yet. Allround also
exhibits at 
Allround and its
operator partner Magyar Telekom will be presented with their trophies for
winning the World Billing Awards 2006 in the Best Revenue Assurance/Management
Project category in Munich on Wednesday 6th December at the 
The joint application of Magyar Telekom’s T-Com business line and
Allround has been short-listed as Finalist for the World Billing Awards 2006 in
the Best Revenue Assurance/Management Project category. This category honours
effectiveness of a proactive or reactive project to enhance data quality and
business processes that improves profits, revenues and/or cash flows.
Allround's flagship product CeDaR received honourable mention
at the Hungarian Innovation Grand Prize 2005. This recognition is our customers'
and Allround's joint success: the increasing number of clients provides for our
continuous business development while customer needs help us in directing our
efforts of innovation. 
British Approvals Board for
Telecommunications (BABT), the international radio & telecommunications 
Magyarul