Amdocs Secures License and Managed Services Agreement with New Canadian Provider, DAVE Wireless (Now Mobilicity)
Multi-year, managed services contract includes license of Amdocs CES 7.5; agreement spans billing, ordering, customer care and operational support systems
ST. LOUIS (November 09, 2009) –
Amdocs (NYSE: DOX), the leading provider of customer experience systems, today announced that it has signed a multi-year, managed services agreement with Data & Audio Visual Enterprises Wireless Inc. (DAVE Wireless, Now Mobilicity), a Canadian wireless company. As part of the agreement, DAVE Wireless has licensed billing, customer care, ordering and operational support systems (OSS) products from Amdocs CES – 7.5, Amdocs’ Customer Experience Systems (CES) product portfolio. This agreement greatly enhances DAVE Wireless’ launch plans already well underway with the construction of its Ericsson 3G UMTS network in five of the most populous metropolitan areas in Canada.
“By selecting Amdocs’ market-leading, out-of-the-box product suite, along with its highly dependable and reputable delivery and operational capabilities, we can achieve a low risk and rapid deployment, moving us towards the milestone of offering competitive voice and data services to Canadians,” said Dave Dobbin, President of DAVE Wireless. “Amdocs provides us the modern platform required to rapidly bring innovative new offerings to market, while efficiently managing customers, revenue and network processes.”
About Data & Audio Visual Enterprises Wireless Inc. (DAVE Wireless)
DAVE Wireless is a Canadian wireless company led by Obelysk, a diversified Canadian holding company, and Quadrangle Capital Partners, a global investor in the telecommunications and media sectors with more than $3 billion of capital under management. Following the Canadian wireless spectrum auction, DAVE Wireless now holds licenses which cover more than half of Canada’s population in 10 of the 13 largest markets including Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and Ottawa.
About Amdocs
Amdocs is the market leader in customer experience systems innovation, enabling world-leading service providers to deliver an integrated, innovative and the intentional customer experienceTM – at every point of service. Amdocs provides solutions that deliver customer experience excellence, combining the software, service and expertise to help its customers execute their strategies and achieve service, operational and financial excellence. A global company with revenue of $2.86 billion in fiscal 2009, Amdocs has approximately 17,000 employees and serves customers in more than 60 countries around the world. For more information, visit Amdocs at www.amdocs.com.
Amdocs Forward-Looking Statement
This press release includes information that constitutes forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements about Amdocs’ growth and business results in future quarters. Although we believe the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, we can give no assurance that our expectations will be obtained or that any deviations will not be material. Such statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause future results to differ from those anticipated. These risks include, but are not limited to, the effects of general economic conditions, Amdocs’ ability to grow in the business segments it serves, adverse effects of market competition, rapid technological shifts that may render the Company’s products and services obsolete, potential loss of a major customer, our ability to develop long-term relationships with our customers, and risks associated with operating businesses in the international market. Amdocs may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, however the Company specifically disclaims any obligation to do so. These and other risks are discussed at greater length in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including in our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2008, filed on December 8, 2008, and in our quarterly 6-K furnished on February 9, May 12 and August 10, 2009.
Media Contacts:
DAVE Wireless
Trevor Boudreau
Tel: 1-866-809-5965
E-Mail: media@davewireless.com
Amdocs
Garland Harwood
Weber Shandwick for Amdocs
Tel: 1-212-445-8373
E-Mail: gharwood@webershandwick.com
Source: Amdocs