text: March 1, 2004
  LUCENT UNVEILS PREPAID SUITE
  Lucent Technologies introduced the newest version of its MiLife
  SurePay Solutions Suite, a group of prepaid solutions that enable mobile and
  wireline operators to consolidate operations onto a single platform.
  SurePay Version 10 enables operators to tailor services to meet
  the needs of specific target groups with features such as classes of services,
  reseller management, life-cycle management and flexible charging plans, says the
  company. The solution offers flexible account spending and support for data
  services, such as short message services and transactions, including online
  purchases and content charging. The suite also offers a complete package of payment options,
  including mobile prepaid, prepaid calling card and postpay
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  Murray Hill, NJ 07974-0636
  +1 908 508 8080
  BRIDGEWATER SYSTEMS OFFERS PREPAID DATA SOLUTION
  Bridgewater Systems Corp., a provider of IP and data service
  fulfillment and assurance solutions, has introduced its Prepaid Data Solution,
  which enables service providers to offer prepaid CDMA2000 1X data services to
  their subscribers. The offering works with prepaid billing systems to enable
  subscribers to take advantage of various high-speed data services through the
  convenience of prepaid.
  The solution integrates with a range of prepaid voice or data
  billing system and network equipment that a service provider may already have in
  place, as well as with multimedia messaging services. The solution consists of a
  software module and professional services. Pricing is based upon an expected
  return on investment of less than one year.
  BRIDGEWATER SYSTEMS CORP.
  303 Terry Fox Drive, Suite 100
  Canada K2K 3J1
  613 591 6655
  NORTEL NETWORKS DEBUTS INTERNET ACCESS SOLUTION
  Nortel Networks has introduced Shasta
  5000 Broadband Service Node (BSN), a usage-based Internet Access solution that
  enables service providers to offer prepaid Internet access, giving residential
  and business customers a choice between unlimited access at a fixed price and
  flexibly priced access based on time and bandwidth used. It also allows those
  customers to choose their own service levels in real time.
  Using Shasta 5000 BSN and a customizable personal content portal
  based on Shasta NetRIO Service Management Center, subscribers are able to choose
  their own access bandwidth, view daily updates of service use and control
  Internet access in real time. Through IP traffic shaping and policing, service providers can
  guarantee the subscribers selected Internet access bandwidth on a persession
  basis. The solution also offers service providers a portal platform from which
  additional, on-demand services like firewalls, VPN access and content management
  can be launched.
  Shasta 5000 BSN supports wholesale dial, DSL, fixed and mobile
  wireless, metro optical and Ethernet extension, ATM, frame relay and leased-line
  8200 Dixie Road
  Canada L6T 5P6
  +1 905 863 0000
  KROY INTRODUCES WIRE-MARKING PRINTER
  Kroy LLC, a manufacturer of label and wire-marking printers, has
  announced the second printer in its line, the K5100 handheld portable printer
  for labeling equipment, parts, cables and wires.
  The portable printer, like the K4100 desktop label printer,
  features 300 dots per inch resolution, auto sizing and downloadable fonts; they
  also have interchangeable cartridges. The K5100 contains an internal battery
  charger and is listed for $399.
  3830 Kelley Ave.
  Cleveland, OH 44114
  +1 216 426 5600
  VOICELOG LAUNCHES FREE SPEECH TPV
  VoiceLog LLC, a provider of third party verification for
  telecommunication, utilities and financial services, has released Free Speech
  TPV, a speech recognition-based TPV service. Free Speech TPV offers automated
  verification services without requiring customers to use touchtone
  In most cases, the verification script is designed to require
  only a yes or no answer (or its functional equivalent). The system uses advanced speech recognition technology on a
  VoiceXML platform, backed by the VoiceLog live agent network, for completion
  rates of up to 99 percent, says the company.
  VoiceLog says it charges no premium over its standard IVRbased
  offerings, making Free Speech TPV available at less than $1.50 per call for most
  standard TPV scripts.
  7901H Beechcraft Ave.
  Gaithersburg, MD 20879
  +1 301 230 2129
  GRYPHON NETWORKS INTRODUCES EXEMPTION
  Networks Corp., a provider of automated Do Not Call (DNC) and outbound call
  management services, has announced the addition of Exemption Advisor to its
  compliance suite of outbound calling technologies.
  Gryphons Exemption Advisor automatically identifies dialed
  numbers that qualify as an exemption under state and federal DNC rules, ensuring
  only lawful calls are placed to numbers otherwise restricted by their presence
  on state or federal DNC lists.
  Gryphon Exemption Advisor is delivered as embedded technology
  with Call Advisor, Gryphons DNC compliance management application. During the
  normal DNC database query that occurs in real time with every dial attempt, the
  technology automatically overrides state and federal DNC numbers in cases where
  the business has a qualifying exemption relationship with the consumer.
  Company-specific, internal DNC numbers do not qualify for exemption status and
  GRYPHON NETWORKS CORP.
  249 Vanderbilt Ave.
  Norwood, MA 02062
  +1 781 255 0444
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