Excelcomindo To Expand Capabilities With Comverse SMSC

Comverse, a supplier of software and systems enabling network-based multimedia communication and billing services, has announced that Indonesian wireless operator Excelcomindo has selected Comverse for a major SMSC expansion to handle its rapidly growing personal and application-related text messaging needs and to be able to quickly implement new SMS services.

Dian Siswarini, director of Network at Excelcomindo said, "After voice, SMS is the highest revenue-generating service in our market, accounting for nearly 30 percent of total revenue. We are currently experiencing a rapid expansion of our user base and we are also working towards increasing our market share, so it is mission-critical for us that our SMSC provides efficient performance. Comverse SMSC meets our requirements in terms of its capacity and ability to handle extreme usage during peak hours, and in terms of ability to support our vision to improve the messaging experience. Comverse also met our requirement for fast time-to-market to enable us to handle heavy holiday messaging traffic".

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Eitan Achlow, president of the Comverse Asia Pacific (APAC) Division said, 'Comverse looks forward to working closely with Excelcomindo to increase its success in its marketplace and to fulfill its vision of bringing to life innovative SMS applications that will boost user satisfaction and sharpen its competitive edge".