Russian communication service provider selects FTS!

FTS, a global provider of business control, billing and CRM solutions for communications service providers, today announced that major Russian communication service provider and retailer Euroset has selected FTS’ Leap Billing real-time billing and customer care solution for its MVNO, Broadband and fixed-line telephony services.

(Now, if you were dealing with a firm described as a “major Russian communication service provider and retailer,” would you want it as your friend? You bet you would.)

Euroset is Russia’s largest mobile phone retailer with 4,490 outlets and is billed as “a well-regarded Russian business success story.”

The Leap Billing solution is powered by FTS’ Leap Business Control and Charging Foundation, an advanced business rule and rating engine offering a service-aware business perspective.

FTS is a provider of business control, billing and CRM solutions for communications service providers. FTS deploys its range of solutions to customers in over 40 countries and has implemented in wireless, wireline, cable, content and broadband markets including multiple cross-network installations. In January 2006, FTS was ranked as the 54th fastest growing technology company on the 2005 Deloitte Technology Fast-500 EMEA.

Euroset is the largest mobile handset retailer in Russia and one of Russia’s leading dealers for major mobile network operators. The main business activity of the Euroset Group is the retail sale of audio and mobile electronics in addition to mobile network operator subscriptions. Some 4,490 Euroset retail outlets are currently in operation in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzia.

The company is currently in the testing phase for its triple-play operation and is planning to deliver a complete offering of mobile services, broadband internet and fixed telephony to Russia’s 143 million consumers. Future plans include beginning operations as an MVNO in the Baltic states in the near future.