Telecom Americas Group Operators Select LogicaCMG MMS Platform
SAO PAULO, Brazil, May 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LogicaCMG today announced an agreement with Telecom Americas Group to deploy LogicaCMG's Multimedia Messaging solution. This new deal establishes LogicaCMG as the key supplier of messaging solutions for the Telecom Americas Group in Latin America and consolidates its leadership position in the South American multimedia messaging market.
LogicaCMG offers a high-availability, high-performance solution for Telecom Americas, which will enable it to launch new multi media messaging services (MMS) that allow subscribers to send and receive content-rich multimedia messages including photos, audio and video clips. MMS services are only a part of a total messaging solution, which includes short messaging services (SMS) and WAP.
The LogicaCMG solution will be installed at ATL, an operator located in Rio de Janeiro and will also serve other group companies operating in the Brazilian market -- Tess, Claro, Americel and BSE. The contract also includes the regions covered by the new SMP (Servico Movel Pessoal or Personal Mobile Service PMS) licenses purchased by Telecom Americas in November 2002 -- Grande Sao Paulo, Parana and Santa Catarina.
Dick Blom, regional director of LogicaCMG for South America, said: "LogicaCMG's solution enables operators to quickly launch new revenue -- generating services to their subscriber base. Our technical excellence and expertise in delivering total messaging solutions including MMS, SMS, WAP and CBS worldwide differentiated LogicaCMG and meant that we were the only company in the region that could offer Telecom Americas the support it needed in order to drive its mobile services revenues."
LogicaCMG has a global MMS market share in excess of 20 per cent, with commercially deployed MMS solutions servicing over 65 million subscribers around the world. LogicaCMG is the global leader in messaging and payments, supplying messaging and billing solutions to 250 of the world's top operators in over 70 countries. These solutions serve over 500 million active mobile phone subscribers.
Scenario
Telecom Americas, controlled by Mexican group America Movil, was the major winner of the SMP D and E band license auction held in November 2002. It purchased the most sought-after license, the one for the Sao Paulo Metropolitan Region, as well as licenses in Bahia, Sergipe, Parana and Santa Catarina. With this, it became the second great group from mobile telephony with national cover.
Aside from its position in the Brazilian mobile telephony ranking, Telecom Americas has been the focus of every telecommunications infrastructure, product and service vendor's attention due to the substantial investments that are foreseen to promote the migration from the TDMA standard, used by the group's four operators, to GSM. The more than 35 million cell phone users in Brazil mainly use the TDMA and CDMA standards, but GSM, which just hit the market last year, is the one that shows the greatest growth rate, particularly because it has been the most common option to replace the TDMA standard.
About Telecom Americas
Telecom Americas Group offers mobile telephony service for more than 6.4 million users. It is present in 20 Brazilian states, covering an area of 139 million inhabitants, equivalent to 84 per cent of the country's population. Nowadays, Telecom Americas operates through ATL, in Rio de Janeiro and Espirito Santo; Tess, in Sao Paulo's countryside and shore; Claro Digital, in Rio Grande do Sul; and Americel, in Center-West and North regions. Besides, last year it acquired licenses to operate in Sao Paulo Metropolitan Region and in the following states: Sergipe, Bahia, Parana and Santa Catarina, where operation networks are already been implanted. Last May, the group acquired BSE, a mobile operator which acts in Piaui, Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraiba, Pernambuco and Alagoas (northeast region of Brazil).
Telecom Americas Group has America Movil, from Mexico, as the leading stockholder, which also acts in the United States, Colombia, Ecuador, Nicaragua and Guatemala. America Movil is the biggest mobile operator in Latin America, with more than 34 million users.
About LogicaCMG
LogicaCMG is a global solutions company providing management and IT consultancy, systems integration and outsourcing services. With additional expertise in wireless technology, the company supports clients across diverse markets including telecoms, financial services, energy and utilities, industry, distribution and transport and the public sector. Formed in December 2002 through the merger of Logica and CMG the company employs around 21,000 staff in offices across 34 countries and has nearly 40 years of experience in the IT service arena. Headquartered in Europe, LogicaCMG is listed on both the London and Amsterdam stock exchanges . More information is available from www.logicacmg.com.
Source: LogicaCMG
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both of Pimenta Comunicacao for LogicaCMG.
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