Korea Telecom Extends its Partnership With Ascade


STOCKHOLM, Sweden, March 12// --Ascade, the market-leader in Business Operations Systems (BOS) for
routing, trading and exchanging voice traffic, today announced that Korea Telecom (KT) have extended its partnership with Ascade by enlarging Ascade's Carrier Cockpit Suite to include quality testing capabilities.

Today's telecom networks are faced with a variety of factors that can negatively degrade the quality of service, and detecting problems in a timely manner before they become major issues is a true challenge. Ascade Test Calling Solution allows for pro-active testing and verification of quality of service, enabling telecommunication providers to gain competitive advantages and to guarantee prime quality for various types of services; voice, fax, modem, CLI etc.

"Ascade's Test Calling System (TCS) and Calling Line Identification (CLI) Verification Service allow our company to stay in front of competitors by testing the quality of routes, and ensuring CLI is delivered to certain countries, thus giving our roaming customers a peace of mind when they travel abroad," announces Mr Seong Ho Part, Director of Global Business Unit at KT.

"Level of quality is the baseline in which end-customers established their perception of a service or product. Ascade is pleased to provide KT with the means of pro-active quality testing and monitoring, allowing KT to achieve high level of customer satisfaction or potentially even increasing it," adds Mr Anderberg, CEO of Ascade.

ABOUT KOREA TELECOM(TM)

KT is South Korea's leading national and international telecommunications provider for fixed lines, providing advanced services ranging from wired and wireless broadband internet, mobile, satellite and data communication services

The Group offers a wide variety of services to the public and businesses.
Subsidiaries include KTF is a strong mobile provider in South Korea; KTF offering mobile services; KT Networks focuses on SI/NI business; KT Powertel is a business mobile telecommunications specialist; KT Submarine specialises in cable communication and is the only domestic company that operates a cable ship; KTC's main business includes IT consulting, e-commerce, and software development; and KTF Technologies is one of the world's leading mobile phone manufacturers

ABOUT ASCADE AB

Ascade is the global market-leader in Business Operations Systems for telecom carriers. Our solution, Carrier Cockpit(TM) Suite, enables carriers worldwide to increase profitability and revenue growth. It optimizes and automates all aspects of a carrier's wholesale and bilateral business, while providing management with real-time business planning and steering capabilities.

Carrier Cockpit(TM) Suite, developed together with leading international wholesale carriers and incumbents, is the most mature and widely used carrier Business

Operations System worldwide. Customers include SingTel, Telecom Malaysia, Etisalat, REACH, MobileOne, PT Telkom, Allstream, BellCanada, SLT, Taiwan Fixed Network, Elion, Lietuvos Telekomas, Rostelecom, Sunrise, T-Croatia Telecom, Telekom Austria, Telekom Slovenije, Telekom Srbija, Telenor Global Services and more.

Ascade AB is a privately held company owned by founders and leading Nordic investment firms CapMan, listed on the Helsinki Stock Exchange, and SEB Foretagsinvest, the venture capital division of Nordic financial services group SEB, listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.

For more information please visit: www.ascade.com

Source: Ascade AB

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