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Belgian Mobile Number Portability
Project assigned to Cap Gemini Ernst & Young
Brussels, March 21, 2002
Number Portability has been a feature offered by the fixed
telephony in Belgium since January 2000. From September 2002
onwards, this facility will also be made available to the
customers of all mobile telecom operators. To achieve this,
the mobile telecom operators, together with the fixed telecom
operators have set up a Non Profit Association (NPA).
The objective of the Association is to support the overall
Number Portability in Belgium.
The NPA has commissioned Telecom Media Networks, an industry
practice of Cap Gemini Ernst & Young (CGE&Y)*
to develop an appropriate data centre, which is to process
the transactions with respect to the porting of phone numbers
between the telecom operators. The ambitious turnkey project
involves the development of the applications, the delivery
of all required infrastructure, and the ongoing operation
of the database centre afterwards.
By the end of 2002, CGE&Y will take over and integrate
the current Fixed Number Portability services into its data
centre.
'Creating a centralised automated system that allows for
a fast and faultless porting of mobile phone numbers is essential
to the further liberalisation of the mobile telecom market
here in Belgium', says Mr. E. van Heesvelde, Managing Director
of the Belgian Institute for Postal services and Telecommunications
(BIPT).
'Under the leadership of BIPT, the introduction of the Number
Portability system has been the subject of thorough discussions
and extensive consultations between Belgacom Mobile, KPN Orange,
Mobistar and the NPA. The contract signature is a rewarding
result after the long and in-depth negotiations with the various
providers', claims the NPA.
"This contract confirms the trust of the Belgian telecom
operators in CGE&Y as a supplier of top quality services.
At present, it is a big challenge for CGE&Y to prove its
expertise on the basis of its previous experience with similar
projects both at home and abroad', declares Luc Peigneux,
General Manager Cap Gemini Telecom Media & Networks Belgium.
* The legal entity which has been assigned for the project
is Cap Gemini Telecom Media & Networks Belgium.
About the Group Cap Gemini Ernst & Young
The Group Cap Gemini Ernst & Young (www.cgey.com) is
one of the largest management and IT consulting organisation
in the world. The company offers management and IT consulting
services, systems integration, and technology development,
design and outsourcing capabilities on a global scale to help
businesses continue to implement growth strategies and leverage
technology in the new economy. The organization employs more
than 56,500 people worldwide and reports 2001 global revenues
of about 8.4 billion euros.
About Telecom Media Networks
Telecom Media Networks, an industry practice of the Cap Gemini
Ernst & Young Group, focuses on the consulting needs of
communications service providers worldwide.
It offers a balanced mix of business consulting and technology
implementation that enables communications service providers*both
traditional businesses and dotcoms*to thrive in the network
economy. Combining expert industry knowledge, strong partnerships,
an excellent set of tested solutions and R&D capability,
Telecom Media Networks is in the top
tier of global consulting and systems integration firms for
the communications industry.
Press contact :
Philippe Guichardaz
Tel : 01 47 54 50 45
Email : philippe.guichardaz@cgey.com
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