Convergys Supporting SmarTone's 3G Enabled Service Offerings in Hong Kong

31st March , 2005 ( see below for all today's 3G news )

US : Convergys Corporation announced its Infinys (TM) Rating and Billing software has "gone live" for Hong Kong mobile network operator, SmarTone (SEHK:0315). Convergys worked with LogicaCMG to complete the implementation of Infinys, which is supporting the rollout of SmarTone's 3G enabled service offerings.


With approximately 1 million customers, SmarTone is the leading mobile service provider in Hong Kong. SmarTone's 3G enabled service offerings include live TV news, full song downloads, real-time, multi-player online games, and video calls.

"We are impressed by Infinys' comprehensive and highly configurable functions and features, which help us in rapid implementation of the software. The rich set of application program interfaces Infinys offers helps the software to integrate well with SmarTone's operation environment. Infinys' ease of integration has enabled SmarTone to quickly bring our 3G enabled service offerings to the market," said Stephen Chau, Chief Technology Officer of SmarTone. "In addition, the billing and rating flexibility of Infinys enables SmarTone to creatively offer a suite of differentiated data and multimedia service."

"This implementation gave Convergys an opportunity to work with an innovative industry leader like SmarTone and enables our Infinys software to play a significant role in the proliferation of 3G enabled services in the Asia Pacific region," said Steve Robertson, President, Convergys' Information Management Group, International. "With Infinys, SmarTone has the billing and rating flexibility necessary to stay ahead of its competition by being able to offer its customers the newest and most creative mobile content services."

With its Infinys software, Convergys leads the communications industry in the deployment of real-time convergent billing -- including its Quadruple Play (TM) of video, voice, data, and wireless -- for cable, wireless, satellite, and wireline service providers around the world. Convergys combines its award-winning Infinys software, broad portfolio of professional and consulting services, and deep technical and operational expertise to solve clients' complex BSS and CRM business problems. Convergys is outthinking and outdoing on behalf of its clients every day.

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