On 9/09/2008 Mobile TeleSystems and Atos Origin received the award in the International Mobile Service Innovation category for a joint project for Worldline global recharge service (GRS). Atos Origin partnered with Eyeline Communications to enable MTS customers to recharge their balance when traveling abroad through cross-border airtime transfers.
GRS can support both own top-up and third-party airtime recharge by a variety of payment means, including payments by using widespread prepaid vouchers from third-parties. The list of participants in the project included such companies as Play (Poland), Vodafone (Egypt), Maxis (Malaysia), DTAC (Thailand) and StarHub (Singapore), says MTS press-release. The geography of the project will be constantly expanding as more operators from different countries join the list.
‘This award won by our partners is an acknowledgement of Eyelene’s reputation as leading provider of signaling solutions for mobile operators’, – Vitaly Gumirov, Eyeline CEO, commented. – It is testimony to our commitment to technology innovations and capability to provide world-class services to our customers’.
Eyeline team had won an innovation award before at SIMagine competition at 3GSM World Congress 2001. Currently the company offers its customers a wide range of network infrastructure and mobile marketing products and services.
- Learn more about Atos Worldline Global Recharge Solution (case study).
- MTS wins two prestigious Global Telecoms Business Innovation Awards, press release at MTS website.
- Global Telecoms Business Awards
Center: Reiner Wergen, Product Marketing Manager (Atos Worldline); Cynthia Gordon, Chief Marketing Officer (MTS Group).
Right to left: Andrey Deriabin, Director Business Development (Eyeline); Tomasz Muhleisen, Business Development Manager (Atos Worldline); Jon Taylor, Technical Product Manager (MACH)
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About Atos Origin
Atos Origin is an international information technology services company. Its business is turning client vision into results through the application of consulting, systems integration and managed operations. The company’s annual revenues are EUR 5,8 billion and it employs over 50,000 people in 40 countries. Atos Origin is the Worldwide Information Technology Partner for the Olympic Games and has a client base of international blue-chip companies across all sectors. Atos Origin is quoted on the Paris Eurolist Market and trades as Atos Origin, Atos Worldline and Atos Consulting.
About Mobile TeleSystems
Mobile TeleSystems OJSC (“MTS”) is the largest mobile phone operator in Russia and the CIS. Together with its subsidiaries, the Company services over 87.26 million subscribers. The regions of Russia, as well as Armenia, Belarus, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan, in which MTS and its associates and subsidiaries are licensed to provide GSM services, have a total population of more than 230 million. Since June 2000, MTS’ Level 3 ADRs have been listed on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker symbol MBT). Additional information about MTS can be found on MTS’ website at www1.mtsgsm.com.
About Eyeline Communications
Eyeline Communications is a global Service Operator providing outsourced mobile service management and delivery, comprising personalization, content search, charging, and marketing solutions to Telcos, Content Providers, and Aggregators. Eyeline is incorporated in Austin, Texas, and has offices in Singapore, Russia, and CIS. With 60 mln subscriber base in Europe and Asia, Eyeline both provides carrier-grade B2B solutions and delivers value added services to the end users.