Quadriga Consulting is compiling a report on the Top 50 IP Telephony Systems Resellers and VARs in the UK.  Based on primary research we are contacting a ranked list of VARs based on turnover and will be seeking feedback based on historial sales, IPT hardware brand relationships and SI relationships. 

VARs providing information for the study are being offered a summary report based on the input they provide.

If you believe you are a Top 50 Player and have not been contacted by us so far, please e-mail Ben Archibald: ben[at]quadco.co.uk (replace [at] with the @ symbol). 

Mobile Cohesion Selected in Most Innovative Supplier Category for Prestigious Award…

Quadriga Consulting client Mobile Cohesion announced today that it has been named a finalist in the TeleManagement Forum Excellence Awards. The TM Forum awards are given to member companies that are being recognized for distinguished contribution and innovation in the OSS and BSS industry. Winners will be announced in a formal awards dinner ceremony on May 21, 2007 at the TeleManagement World event in Nice, France.

“We congratulate Mobile Cohesion on their finalist status for the TM Forum Excellence Awards. This year’s competition was highly competitive, and as a finalist, they have stood out from their peers in outstanding contribution to Telecom OSS and BSS,” said Martin Creaner, President and Chief Technical Officer of the TeleManagement Forum.

Mobile Cohesion was named in the Most Innovative Supplier category which recognizes TM Forum member companies who have demonstrated exceptional thought leadership and innovation in the use of technology.

Per Lindblad, Mobile Cohesion’s CEO responded to the announcement:

“Being shortlisted for this award recognizes the dedication of our development team and the partner relationship management vision that is HYDRA.  We have defined profit and performance focused partner relationship management for the mobile industry and have won the endorsement of a growing list of leading operators worldwide.  Further recognition from the TeleManagement Forum is another great indicator of just how far we have come and how entrenched the product concept is in the market.  We’re delighted to be short-listed and look forward to the awards ceremony in May.”

Quadriga Consulting is representing a new alliance of software vendors that will be on show at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona from February 12-15.  The SDP Alliance incorporates seven companies – each of which delivers a key component of a pre-integrated, convergent, service delivery platform (SDP) to mobile & fixed line operators.  Member companies are Aepona, ChangingWorlds, Cibenix, MobileAware, Mobile Cohesion, Openet and Xiam.  For further information check out the Alliance web site.

According to the Co-Chairman of the Alliance’s Steering Committee, Denis Murphy (who is also Chairman of Alliance member Mobile Cohesion), “The model for implementing service delivery platforms has dramatically shifted. With the emergence of a group of mature, standards-based, software products operators no longer face the time-to-market, cost or risk associated with entirely custom built solutions. Today system integrators can create tailored solutions based on a set of proven software products. From the operators’ perspective this means faster, cheaper and lower risk projects.”

Colm Healy, CEO of member firm Xiam, endorsed this view, “This Alliance brings together the most important elements of a SDP and offers them either as a unified whole or in a subset of best of breed products.  In the past our members have worked together on an ad hoc basis on certain implementations – but now we have a more formalised and unified go-to-market, technical integration and support strategy that deliver massive benefits for target customers.  Operators simply want to be able to roll out revenue generating services faster and more efficiently capitalize on their underlying assets.  The last thing they want is a massive services engagement to achieve things that should be done pretty much out of the box.  And, remember, we’re talking about proven, implemented and integrated solutions that have come together under one roof.”

He continued, “There are also some technical developments that have taken place over the last few years that have helped our member firms.  We’re all committed to standard open interfaces based on the service-oriented architecture (SOA) and web services standards.  However, the end game for the customer is lower risk, lower lifetime total cost of ownership and service deployment costs, and a more rapid return on investment.”

The SDP Alliance will be represented at the 3GSM World Congress from the 12th to 15th of February (Booth # 2J27). 

About the Alliance

The SDP Alliance is a collaboration of seven software vendors each of which provides a best-of-breed component of a service delivery platform (SDP).  Alliance members include Aepona, ChangingWorlds, Cibenix, MobileAware, Mobile Cohesion, Openet and Xiam.  The key components of the SDP architecture provided by these member companies cover the following:

• Secure and open access to core network capabilities
• Intelligent personalised navigation for content discovery
• Content rendering and optimisation
• Content management and content push technologies
• Partner relationship management
• Convergent charging
• One-to-one marketing and content delivery

Follow-Up

We would be happy to meet journalists and analysts at the 3GSM World Congress for one-on-one briefings on the SDP Alliance.  Denis Murphy will be available at the 3GSM World Congress from the 12th to the 15th of February.

For Further Information/Meeting Requests

Please contact in the first instance:
Jeffrey Peel
Managing Director
Quadriga Consulting Ltd
Telephone +44(0)2892 668968
Email Jeff @ quadco.co.uk (leave out the spaces)
www.quadco.co.uk

Quadriga Consulting client Mobile Cohesion will be exhibiting at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona from February 12, 2007.  Mobile Cohesion provides a unique 3PRM solution called HYDRA that allows mobile operators to have better, more accountable relationships with third party content and applications providers.  HYDRA is also playing an increasingly important role as a core component in Service Delivery Platforms.

At 3GSM the company will be announcing exciting new customer references and product enhancements.  Media or Analysts interested in meeting the Mobile Cohesion management team should contact Jeffrey Peel at Quadriga Consulting in the first instance.