SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS BIOT, France,
Feb. 25, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Centile
Telecom Applications, the leading European vendor of UC platforms
and a portfolio company of MVC Capital, Inc. (NYSE: MVC), and
Indosat, one of the largest Indonesian telecom operators announced
today the launch of Indosat's Unified Communications Services to
enterprise mobile users based on Centile's Istra™ Mobile
solution.
The Centile Istra™ Mobile services platform allows Indosat to
provide advanced Unified Communications and Hosted PBX services
directly to the enterprise GSM mobile phones. The services,
including Call Center, System Recording, Conference Bridge and
other advanced functionalities, are primarily delivered directly on
GSM terminals without any need for smartphones or client
applications. The solution is fully converged allowing the
simultaneous use of any IP devices and providing client
applications for those end users that desire it.
Furthermore, the solution allows for integration with existing
legacy premise PBXs so that enterprise customers can continue using
legacy PBX equipment and phones, saving to the enterprise
additional costs and project complexity.
Indosat selected Centile because of the company's recognized
industry wide leadership in mobile and converged Unified
Communications as well as their superior capabilities,
including:
- Depth and industry leadership in providing Unified
Communication solutions over GSM devices and IP devices
- The ability to integrate legacy PBXs to the solution
- Complete portfolio of Unified Communications features to serve
from basic to advanced services over GSM and IP.
- Platform flexibility and support for industry standards
including SIP, CAMEL and B/OSS.
- Support of a wide range of IP terminals
Mr. Fadzri Sentosa, Director and Chief Enterprise, Wholesale
Officer at Indosat explains "The flexibility of the Centile
Istra™ Mobile platform allows us to deliver a unique feature-rich
suite of services to enterprise customers, vastly differentiating
Indosat from competitors in both the fixed and mobile markets and
creating a significant competitive advantage." "With innovative
Unified Communications services such as unique number for both GSM
and desktop phones, presence, chat, boss/secretary filtering, hunt
groups, queuing and conferencing on their mobiles, our enterprise
customers can easily drop their traditional PBX in favor of Indosat
UC Services and dramatically benefit from improved productivity and
reduced costs."
Mr. Jose Ruiz, Director
General for Centile continues:" The Centile Istra™ Mobile
platform is built on an open, standards-based architecture that
provides the flexibility to integrate, scale and customize
offerings to meet today's demanding mobile market requirements.
Designed for Any3 Enterprise Mobility: Any service, over
Any network, to Any terminal, the Istra™ Mobile
platform enables Indosat to increase ARPU, reduce churn, and take a
leadership position in advance of new technology deployments in the
network infrastructure."
About Centile Telecom Applications SAS
Centile Telecom Applications is the leading European developer
of unified communications platforms for operators and integrators.
The Centile Any3 architecture – Any service, over Any network, on
Any terminal – addresses the needs of businesses and operators
seeking to deliver advanced professional communications services to
fixed and mobile users independently of the device they're using or
the network they're connected to. In the hyper-fast-moving market
for fixed and mobile communications, Centile Istra™ solutions offer
customers the flexibility and agility to rapidly develop innovative
new services in response to changing customer requirements
http://www.centile.com.
About Indosat
Indosat is one of Indonesia's
largest telecommunication networks and services provider. Indosat
offers (prepaid and postpaid) mobile phone services (Mentari, IM3
and Matrix), fixed voice services (including International Direct
Dialing (IDD)), fixed wireless and fixed telephone services. The
company also provides Multimedia, Internet & Data Communication
Services (MIDI). Indosat's shares are listed on the Indonesia Stock
Exchange (IDX: ISAT). http://www.indosat.com