PRESS RELEASE
APRIL 29, 2004
The Rainier Group Awards Contract to
Tekno Telecom for SS7 Network Monitoring &
Call Detail Record (CDR) Generation
Tekno Telecom for SS7 Network Monitoring &
Call Detail Record (CDR) Generation
Naperville, IL (April 29, 2004) - Tekno Telecom, L.L.C., a provider for network monitoring systems for SS7, ATM and VOIP networks was awarded a contract to provide SS7 network monitoring and Call Detail Record (CDR) generation for billing validation and verification by The Rainier Group, a company who builds and owns all of its telecommunications facilities, providing state-of-the-art technology.
"The Rainier Group was currently under suspicion of calls terminating into the telephone network from other IXC and telephone companies including wireless traffic," said Mr. Jerry Whatley, Sr. Vice President of Network Operations for The Rainier Group. "With Tekno’s system and flexible CDR generation capabilities, we will now be able to validate these 'ghosting' calls that are coming into our network for termination from our SS7 interconnect provider."
Mr. Whatley also stated, "Tekno's CDR generation of ISUP and TCAP SS7 records will be used by our downstream operational support systems and a variety of departments for the verification and validation of carrier billing and usage charges. This is a tool that we needed for a while and Tekno Telecom delivered the best product, at the best price, with the most flexibility and ease of use. We fully expect that the return on this investment will pay for itself time and time again."
"We knew our product could provide The Rainier Group with the data necessary to analyze what is happening in their system," said Sam Galler, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Tekno Telecom. "Not only will our system provide the knowledge, but the added benefit is the additional revenue they will receive as a result of the billing validation and verification."
About The Rainier Group
The Rainier Group has been a family-owned, and run, company since it began providing Eatonville, Washington, with telephone service in 1910. In the last decade, they have expanded their service to include digital cable television, toll, internet access, and business telephone systems. They’ve been an Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier (ILEC) since 1910, a Cable Company since 1996, an Internet provider since 1995, a Competitive Local Exchange Company (CLEC) since 1999 and a Long Distance Provider since 1999. For more information about The Rainier Group visit www.rainierconnect.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.
