LONDON, April 21, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cartesian Limited, a TMNG Global
company and leading specialist technology consulting firm for the telecoms
industry, today announced that it has received a celebrated Queen's Award for
Enterprise. Cartesian, which provides software and services to blue-chip
telecommunications providers, won the award in the Innovation category for its
software suite, Ascertain(tm).
In the UK alone, there are over 100 million fixed and mobile phone lines
generating over 700 million call minutes and 150 million text messages daily.
Ensuring that the charges for these are correctly calculated and that all are
put onto customer bills is highly complex. Cartesian developed the Ascertain
software to enable telecoms service providers to improve customer billing
accuracy. Ascertain provides sophisticated controls to ensure that customers
are not overcharged, and that service providers do not lose revenue through
under billing. Through Ascertain, telecoms operators are saving millions of
pounds in revenues that previously were not recouped.
Commenting on the receipt of the award, Alan Strong, co-founder of Cartesian
said:
"We are honoured to receive the Queen's Award, the most prestigious business
accolade in the UK. The Cartesian team has been helping telecoms operators with
their complex problems for many years now and we are thrilled that our
pioneering work has been recognised in this way."
Development of the Ascertain software suite began nearly ten years ago and
initially focused on provision of sophisticated, comprehensive control to
assure the accuracy of the billing process. Improvements and enhancements have
been made continuously since then and Ascertain now provides a software
framework within which Cartesian have developed a range of solutions from
revenue management through to provisioning.
Janos Sivo, co-founder of Cartesian commented:
"As the telecoms business is rapidly evolving and customer billing and service
becomes more complex, we are continuing to invest and innovate to ensure that
we provide the ongoing support that our customers need -- allowing them to
improve the service they offer to their customers as well as protect their
bottom line."
Founded in 1996 by four telecoms professionals, Cartesian has since grown to a
team of about one hundred people. The company is achieving considerable
commercial success for its consulting services as well as its Ascertain
software capability, with a proven track record on creating and retaining
satisfied customers.
Notes for Editors
About Cartesian Limited, a TMNG Global Company
Cartesian, a TMNG Global company (Nasdaq:TMNG), is a technical consulting and
software development company, delivering products and services to the telecoms
industry. Cartesian's expertise covers networks, engineering, and technology,
through to revenue assurance and billing. Ascertain is Cartesian's
widely-deployed suite of software tools which address the revenue assurance,
data integrity and provisioning needs of telecoms operators. More information
on Cartesian can be found at http://www.cartesian.co.uk.
Cartesian was founded in 1996. It is based in Holborn, London and employs
approximately 100 people. Turnover last year was approximately 12 million
pounds. Its customers are the major telecoms and broadband operators in the UK
and rest of Europe.
The Queen's Awards are the leading business awards in the UK. Awards are given
in the Innovation category for those firms who have demonstrated clear
innovation which has led to significant commercial success.
CONTACT: Cartesian Limited
Bill Hill, Director
07770 637825 (mobile)
020 7643 5555 (switchboard)
bill.hill@cartesian.co.uk
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