Cerillion

Cerillion Technologies has been selected to provide convergent customer care and billing for one of the world's first commercial UMTS services. Manx Telecom, a wholly owned subsidiary of BT, is implementing the UMTS platform on the Isle of Man, and expects to launch the services early next year.

Cerillion will supply its fully convergent platform covering all aspects of customer care and billing for fixed, GSM, UMTS and IP Services, and will also deploy the Cerillion Web Care suite, which enables customers to register and maintain their services on-line. Cerillion Web Care will enable Manx Telecom to ensure that on-line customer care transactions can be fulfilled efficiently, without manual intervention.

Mark Briers, BT's Director for the Manx UMTS Project said: In developing a leading-edge project of this type, it is important that we choose partners who will provide us with the strongest foundation. Cerillion Technologies presented us with a platform which not only supports this emerging technology, but also enhances business and customer interactivity. Demonstrating flexibility in meeting our detailed customer requirements proved key, and we look forward to a successful partnership in delivering results.

Louis Hall, Managing Director, Cerillion Technologies, commented: We are very excited about winning this contract as it reaffirms our commitment to a fully convergent platform supporting the latest technologies.

This is also the first deployment of Cerillion's new Oracle version, benefiting from the extensive redevelopment that has taken place since Cerillion acquired the Frost customer care and billing business from Logica. We are also delighted to be working closely with Xacct Technologies on this project, who are providing IP mediation.

The award of the contract follows closely the £3 million investment in Cerillion Technologies by Granville Baird Capital Partners, the Anglo-US venture capital firm. The investment is being used to add further resources to Cerillion's extensive development programme, as well as extending marketing activities.

For further information on the BT Manx Telecom Project see below.

About Cerillion Technologies:

Based in Central London, Cerillion provides convergent Telecoms Customer Care and Billing Solutions to fixed, mobile, IP and convergent operators worldwide. Cerillion was formed in October 1999 through the Management Buyout of the Frost Customer Care and Billing division of Logica, which has been supporting operators needs since 1992.

The Cerillion solution provides operators and service providers with a flexible end-to-end solution, to their customer care and billing needs, along with operational support functionality such as workflow management, Web Care and mediation. In addition through technology partnerships, Cerillion supports IP and content based billing as well as third generation technologies such as GPRS and UMTS.

Cerillion works closely with technology partners such as Xacct to ensure clients are delivered the broadest functionality within one pre-integrated solution. In addition partners such as Logica provide integration and implementation strength.

For further information please contact:

Dominic Smith: +44 207 927 6000. dominic.smith@cerillion.com
Cerillion Technologies, 15 Adeline Place, London WC1B 3AJ