Huawei unveiled a preview of "Telfort 2.0", Europe' s First Next-Generation Business Support System in the Netherlands Tweet

Huawei, a leader in providing next-generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, together with Telfort B.V. (Telfort), a subsidiary of KPN B.V., today unveiled a preview of Telfort 2.0, Europe' s first Next-Generation Business Support System (NGBSS). The system, named "Telfort 2.0" by Telfort, is a new innovative customer care and billing solution. This new solution began serving a selected number of new customers in a few of Telfort' s shops in April 2010. It provides customers and users with economical, user-friendly services. In June 2010 all of Telfort' s postpaid customers will be transferred to this new platform. In the years to come, it will also serve Telfort' s prepaid and internet customers.

Telfort has partnered with Huawei to deliver a future-proof, next generation business support system (NGBSS) that will integrate Telfort' s complicated IT landscape, will increase its business efficiency and will enable Telfort to keep up with market-driven innovation with this state of the art solution. The new system is based on service oriented architecture (SOA) and combines TM Forum Frameworx (also known as Next Generation Operations Systems and Software, NGOSS) enhanced Telecom Operation Map eTOM and Shared Information/Data Model SID standards, which are the basis for future evolution and transformation.

By optimizing business processes, simplifying the creation and deployment of new products and services and enabling customers to handle a much wider range of activities through self-service, Telfort' s new system will reduce the company' s Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) significantly. In addition the simplified open architecture will reduce the time to market (TTM). With the reduction in TCO and TTM plus the enhanced self-service for customers, the company can offer various types of new service plans.

Telfort has adopted Huawei' s convergent next generation business support system to replace its legacy systems, and has selected a managed services partner (MSP) for the long term. "The telecom market is changing significantly", Robin Clements, CEO of Telfort explains. "The cooperation with Huawei offers us an efficient and future-proof IT environment with which Telfort will continue to compete successfully under changing market conditions."

About Telfort

Telfort is a Dutch provider of mobile telecommunications services and internet. Telfort is focused on both consumer and business customers and offers simple, clear and affordable products. The products are offered in Telfort' s own shops, the Telfort web shop (http://www.telfort.nl) and via telecom specialists. Telfort makes use of the networks of KPN. Since 2005 Telfort is a subsidiary of KPN B.V.

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