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U.S. Cellular Uses Narusâ€(tm) IP Platform as Competitive Edge
Announces Deployment of Narus’ IP Platform for IP Data Billing Mediation
Mountain View, Calif., March 14, 2005—U.S. Cellular Corporation (AMEX: USM) has deployed Narus’ Carrier-Class IP Platform software to provide IP billing mediation for its easyedgeSM data application services.
Narus’ IP Platform is operational in the U.S. Cellular network, providing volume and content-based billing mediation for the company’s messaging and easyedgeSM services. U.S. Cellular is using the solution for all data billing mediation across their customer base of more than 4.9 million subscribers in 148 markets in 25 states.
“The flexibility and ease with which we can expand and add applications differentiates Narus from any point-solution competitors,” said Mike Irizarry, executive vice president and CTO at U.S. Cellular. “The Narus IP Platform gives us a competitive advantage, allowing us to efficiently add applications that in turn allow us to provide more value to our customers.”
The Narus IP Platform provides a “total network view” of IP data from Layer 2 to Layer 7, across multiple networks. The Platform captures, analyzes and correlates traffic across the multiple networks, providing a normalized interface to multiple applications.
“With Narus we can launch new applications based on the same installed platform and normalized data,” said Irizarry. “That the Narus IP Platform is application and network agnostic was critical in our vendor selection.”
“We are pleased to be helping a market-leader like U.S. Cellular achieve its objectives with the use of our advanced visualization and billing mediation applications,” said Greg Oslan, President and CEO, Narus. “The Narus IP Platform delivers on those requirements and assures U.S. Cellular a scalable solution to meet their future business needs."
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About Narus, Inc.
Narus software solutions provide the real-time traffic insight essential to profitably manage, secure and deliver Services over IP. Today, large IP-based networks are transforming the traditional circuit-switched world of telecommunications into a dynamic, ever-changing world of IP-based services such as VoIP, IPTV and others. In order to secure, monitor, bill and provide excellent quality of service for these IP-based offerings, service providers must simultaneously capture, normalize and correlate IP traffic across all layers of the network. Only NarusInsight is capable of providing companies with the means to capture, normalize and correlate IP traffic at the speed required for carrier-class networks. With its patented technology and processes, Narus helps customers like AT&T, Korea Telecom, KDDI, Telecom Egypt, Saudi Telecom, France Telecom and T-Mobile in areas of network security, traffic classification and monitoring.
About U.S. Cellular Corporation
Chicago-based U.S. Cellular Corporation (AMEX: USM) is a super-regional wireless company, serving more than 4.9 million customers in 148 markets in 25 states. With 2004 service revenues of $2.64 billion, U.S. Cellular maintains one of the industry’s highest levels of customer satisfaction by emphasizing customer support, quality network coverage and comprehensive range of wireless products and services. The company is an active corporate citizen through charitable contributions, award-winning community relations programs and associate volunteer activities. For more information, visit www.uscellular.com.
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