Sweden : Ascade announced that it has partnered with Italian Information Technology company Elsag Datamat to deploy its Mobile Cockpit Solution at 3 Italia.

Carrier Cockpit(TM) is the most advanced, mature and widely used software suite for managing the wholesale business worldwide. However, the Mobile Cockpit(TM) Solution is tailored for Mobile Operators and automates and optimizes the international voice traffic management including the analysis of the supplier Carrier offers, optimal routing selection and implementation of the routing choices in the network.

Ascade has teamed up with Elsag Datamat, a leading Information Technology company in Italy and part of the Finmeccanica Group, one of the world's leading industrial conglomerates. Ascade and Elsag Datamat are currently jointly implementing the Mobile CockpitTM Solution. The combination of Elsag Datamat Consultancy and Integration expertise in Italy together with the strength of the Mobile CockpitTM Solution provides an ideal platform for a successful project.

"Advanced Mobile Operators like 3 Italia are strengthening their Interconnect Business from a process and system point of view, and Ascade's Mobile CockpitTM Solution is uniquely positioned to support these Mobile Operators, adds Ascade CEO Henrik Anderberg. "we see an increased interest from the Mobile Operators to secure quality and revenues from Interconnect", says Mr. Anderberg