PRESS RELEASE
APRIL 20, 2004
Kalama Telephone Company / Tenino Telephone Company
Awards Contract to Tekno Telecom to
Provide SS7 Network Termination Validation and
Revenue Assurance Solutions
Awards Contract to Tekno Telecom to
Provide SS7 Network Termination Validation and
Revenue Assurance Solutions
Naperville, IL (April 20, 2004) - Tekno Telecom, L.L.C., a network monitoring leader for SS7, ATM, and VOIP networks, is pleased to announce they were awarded a contract from Kalama Telephone Company / Tenino Telephone Company to provide network-wide SS7 network monitoring and call detail record (CDR) generation for inter-carrier validation and traffic engineering solutions using Tekno’s NetQuest system.
"These solutions will provide Kalama Telephone Company / Tenino Telephone Company with the best possible data for validation of calls terminating into our network. Tekno’s NetQuest system will certainly benefit us by providing a second source of data, other than the typical AMA record, to validate call terminations from other carriers," said Mr. Rick Vitzthum, Controller of Kalama Telephone Company / Tenino Telephone Company. "We couldn’t ask for a better partner than Tekno Telecom; their SS7 monitoring and highly accurate CDR generation will also help us monitor our system in real-time to avert any potential problems that could affect the integrity of our network."
"We are pleased that Kalama Telephone Company / Tenino Telephone Company chose us to provide the most reliable, accurate and cost-effective SS7 network monitoring and CDR generation solutions in the market today. Tekno Telecom’s NetQuest system will add value by ensuring Kalama Telephone Company / Tenino Telephone Company continue to provide the quality of service their customers have become accustomed, and equally important, Tekno’s NetQuest system will help to identify any lost revenue for them," said Sam Galler, Vice President of Tekno Telecom.
About Kalama Telephone Company
Kalama Telephone Company is a locally-owned, independent telephone company located in Kalama, Washington. They provide business and residential telecommunications services to Kalama and surrounding areas of Cowlitz County. Kalama offers the best of both worlds in today's telecommunications industry: the latest technology, in a friendly, customer-oriented small town manner. For more information about Kalama Telephone Company please visit www.kalamatelephone.com.
About Tenino Telephone Company
Tenino Telephone Company is also a locally-owned, independent telephone company located in Tenino, Washington. They provide business and residential telecommunications services to Tenino and surrounding areas of rural southern Thurston County. They also offer the best of both worlds in today's telecommunications industry: the latest technology, in a friendly, customer-oriented small town manner. For more information about Tenino Telephone Company please visit www.teninotelephone.com.
About Tekno Telecom, LLC
Tekno started in 1968 in the telecom sector and has implemented over 10,000 systems worldwide. Migrating from call accounting systems to traffic management solutions (which front-ended switches) to call completion and billing systems. Tekno has been a pillar of telecom network management, maintenance, and revenue assurance solutions. Tekno focuses on high return on investment systems for wireline, wireless and next-generation carriers and has consistently brought to market products that were more advanced and accurate than its competitors. Its engineering team has generated numerous patents, which today allows offering supremely efficient and accurate systems necessary for today's carriers to confidently know what is occurring in their networks in order to solve problems and collect the revenues due to them. Tekno's focus has consistently relied on data/information collected, not from the switch, but directly from the network (MF, SS7, ATM, and IP, etc.). Network data is rich in information and Tekno's products use advanced techniques to extract and correlate tremendous volumes of data into useful information for the carriers. Most importantly, Tekno is on the cutting edge of technology and is ready for today's newest networks while still supporting legacy telecom networks. For more information about Tekno Telecom visit www.teknotelecom.com or call (630) 579-9800.
Media Contact:
Deborah Stasiak
Tekno Telecom, LLC
Phone: (630) 579-9880, Ext. 238
