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tekVizion Offers Customized,
Integrated Communications Portal Development to Service Providers
Systems Integrator Fills Vital Need in Carriers’ Converged
Services Strategies
RICHARDSON, TX (March 7, 2005) – tekVizion™
PVS, Inc., the new standard for systems integration, announced
today that it is offering customized portal development to service
providers.
tekVizion’s expertise in interoperability and integration
covers a wide variety of products in the next-generation telecom
industry. tekVizion also has extensive experience in custom software
development and APIs from market-leading application vendors.
Combined, these capabilities enable tekVizion to design and develop
integrated, end-user portals that incorporate applications from
multiple vendors as well as custom-built applications,
Integrated communications portals are an important part of service
providers’ converged services strategies for several reasons:
- A portal provides subscribers with capabilities not found
in traditional switched network communications services, such
as setting rules for call screening, viewing call logs, and
managing incoming calls in real-time.
- Once they become accustomed to their portal, users are more
likely to buy additional services from their provider. For example,
a portal that allows parents to set controls on their teenagers’
wireline, wireless, Internet, and video usage provides a powerful
incentive for parents to purchase all these services from the
same provider.
- As users personalize their portals and populate them with
data such as address books, calendar information, and call screening
rules, they are less likely to want to switch to a new provider
due to the inconvenience of transferring data and customizing
a new a new portal.
A truly integrated, customized portal empowers service providers
to offer services based on best-of-breed applications from multiple
vendors. For example, the service provider can offer enterprise
subscribers an IP Centrex, voicemail and conferencing bundle using
applications from different vendors. In addition, the portal can
shield subscribers from changes in the service provider’s
network, allowing the service provider to adopt a dual-sourcing
strategy for application platforms or switch to a new platform
vendor with a superior solution.
“tekVizion takes a modular approach to portal design,”
said Sach Vengurlekar, tekVizion COO. “This allows service
providers to customize portals to different target markets using
a common point of integration to back-office and network elements.
This approach also minimizes the modifications needed to the portal
when making changes in the network or back-office elements.”
“With today’s self-servicing capabilities, the portal
is often the single point of contact between the service provider
and subscriber,” Vengurlekar added. “Service providers
must be certain that their portals positively promote their brand,
are integrated seamlessly with customer care and billing platforms,
and allow for adding future services and enhancements.”
About tekVizion PVS, Inc.
tekVizion (www.tekvizion.com) is setting the new standard for
systems integration in the telecommunications industry. tekVizion
Labs™ is the first interoperability certification lab of
its kind, and tekVizion’s suite of FastForward>>SM
services helps service providers achieve a smooth transition to
packet-voice networks, speeding delivery of integrated services.
tekVizion leverages its real-world, multi-vendor integration and
test experience and proven processes to provide leading vendors,
carriers, and enhanced service providers with solutions that meld
legacy and next-generation resources. tekVizion’s headquarters,
along with a state-of-the-art test lab and Executive Briefing
Center, is located in the Telecom Corridor® in Richardson,
Texas.
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tekVizion and tekVizion Labs are trademarks of,
and FastForward is a service mark of tekVizion PVS, Inc. Telecom
Corridor is a registered trademark of the Richardson Chamber of
Commerce. INIP Powered and Open Services Partner Alliance are
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