Press releases: revenue assurance solutions and technical consulting for telcos from Cartesian

December 2006: Cartesian to be acquired by TMNG Global: We are pleased to announce that Cartesian and TMNG (Nasdaq: TMNG), have signed a definitive agreement for the acquisition of Cartesian by TMNG.
November 2006: Cartesian End of Year Review: Cartesian is pleased to publish its end of year review following the completion of its financial year. During the year, Cartesian’s technology consultancy practice has enjoyed continued demand for its skills in OSS and BSS implementations and Cartesian’s product business continues to enjoy success with its ‘Ascertain’ revenue assurance product and point developments.
October 2006: Billing and Revenue Assurance Strategies Conference, Dubai: Cartesian is pleased to announce that it will be exhibiting and presenting at the Billing and Revenue Assurance Strategies for Middle Eastern, Gulf & North African Operators conference from 20-22 November 2006 at the JW Marriott Hotel, Dubai.
September 2006: Cartesian releases Usage Monitor Version 4.0: Cartesian is pleased to announce the general availability of Usage Monitor Version 4.0, the usage assurance module in Cartesian’s flexible Ascertain revenue assurance product.
July 2006: Cartesian celebrates its 10 year anniversary: Cartesian celebrates its 10 year anniversary on 28th July 2006. Since inception, Cartesian has grown into a worldwide leading telecoms technical consultancy and software developer and they are the current thought leaders for Revenue Assurance and data integrity solutions across the UK, Europe and USA.
July 2006: Ascertain RDA selected by Vodafone Ireland: Cartesian announce the selection of Ascertain RDA solution by Vodafone Ireland for automatic reconciliation of a number of their business systems.
June 2006: Cartesian success at the World Billing Awards 2006: Cartesian, in conjunction with ntl:Telewest, achieved runners up status in the highly competitive category “Best Revenue Assurance/Management Project” for the World Billing Awards 2006.
June 2006: Common Terminology for Revenue Assurance: Cartesian have published a list of common revenue assurance terminology that they use in their revenue assurance work and Ascertain product.
June 2006: Training in Core Revenue Assurance Skills.: Cartesian is to hold a training course in core revenue assurance skills in September 2006 and again December 2006 at their central London offices.
May 2006: Revenue Assurance roundtable facilitated by Cartesian at the ViB Conference.: Cartesian facilitated a very successful roundtable entitled “Golden rules for effective management of Revenue Assurance across a large enterprise – getting the right people engaged” at the Vision in Business (ViB) 6th annual Revenue Assurance & Cost Management in Telecoms Conference in London on Friday 26th May 2006.
May 2006: Cartesian’s first Revenue Healthcheck in central Europe: Cartesian have been asked to carry out a review of the Revenue Assurance function at Croatia’s fast-growing mobile operator Vipnet. Cartesian consultants, in close collaboration with Vipnet’s Revenue Assurance team, are carrying out a rapid review of the company’s activities.
May 2006: Cartesian is shorlisted as a finalist for World Billing Awards 2006: Cartesian, in conjunction with ntl:Telewest, has been shortlisted as a finalist in the category “Best Revenue Assurance/Management Project” for the World Billing Awards 2006. The project submitted for the awards is the implementation of Cartesian’s Ascertain tool suite at ntl:Telewest.
May 2006: 6^th Annual Revenue Assurance & Cost Management in Telecoms Conference, London: Cartesian will be presenting and exhibiting at the Vision in Business 6th Annual Revenue Assurance & Cost Management in Telecoms Conference from 23—24 May 2006 in London. Cartesian’s Chairman, Alan Strong, and ntl’s Group Director Revenue Assurance, Moly McMillan, will be addressing the conference jointly to discuss “Building a Revenue Operations Centre – the reality”.
April 2006: Internal Audit and Risk Management Conference 2006, Lisbon: Cartesian’s Chairman, Alan Strong, will be presenting at the Telecoms Internal Audit and Risk Management Conference from 26-28 April 2006 at the Sana Malhoa Hotel, Lisbon. The presentation will discuss a collaborative approach for “Implementing and Modelling (KPIs) to Measure, Monitor and Report on Performance”.
April 2006: Cartesian Revenue Assurance Training Course: Cartesian is pleased to announce that its core Revenue Assurance training course will be available on a general basis. Cartesian currently offers a range of training courses tailored to specific customers. However training, that is not specific to a customer, has been requested by a number of operators and consultancy companies that recognise Cartesian’s thought leadership in this area.
March 2006: ntl: and Cartesian announce Lines Reconciliation Project: ntl: and Cartesian announce that they have started work on a telephony lines reconciliation project based upon RDA 4.0, the latest version of the Reference Data Audit module of Cartesian’s Ascertain suite of products
March 2006: Cartesian announces additional strength in management team: Cartesian announces that on 1 March 2006, Janos Sivo (formerly Chairman and non-executive director) joined the company in a full time capacity and will act as its Managing Director. At the same time, Alan Strong was named Chairman of Cartesian.
January 2006: Cartesian announces general availability of Ascertain RDA 4.0: RDA 4.0 is the latest version of the Reference Data Audit module of Cartesian’s Ascertain suite of revenue assurance products. This new version enhances the ease of use of RDA for the different user communities (such as revenue assurance specialists and system administrators), improves the seamless data exchange with other modules of the Ascertain solution and provides some new and useful functions that make Reference Data Audit even more effective.