Sigma
Systems and TMNG Global Form Strategic Alliance
Partnership Delivers Strategic Consulting, OSS and Systems
Integration Solutions to Enable Telecom Operators to Drive Revenues and Improve
Operational Efficiencies
TORONTO and OVERLAND
PARK, KS, February 18, 2010 — Sigma Systems, an industry
leader in Advanced
IP Service Fulfillment solutions, and TMNG Global (Nasdaq:
TMNGD), a leading provider of professional services, products and services to
the converging communications, media and entertainment industries, today announced
a strategic alliance to enable next-generation operators to increase revenues through
the cost-effective and efficient delivery and support of complex service offerings.
This partnership provides a comprehensive portfolio of software
solutions, implementation, strategic consulting, business case development, and
collaborative business and operational assessment to enable service providers
to rapidly and cost-effectively launch new services. Through this combination of operational services,
the partnership addresses the entire “Business
Plan to Cash” lifecycle, providing service providers with reduced time to
market, lower costs, increased customer satisfaction and improved cash flow.
“Across the cable, mobile and fixed-line sectors, telecommunications
operators are migrating to an integrated approach with flexible service
bundles, while improving operational efficiencies,” said Tim Spencer, president
and COO of Sigma Systems. “With all of these changes under way, the Sigma
Systems and TMNG Global alliance provides next-generation operators with a
first-class resource for the strategic planning, software solutions and quick
implementation needed to bring new services to market quickly to drive revenues.”
The combination of Sigma Systems’ award-winning product
innovation and TMNG Global’s expertise in the people and processes of OSS will bring the
following benefits to next-generation
operators:
- Extensive background in all service offerings—including
mobile and IP-based—across all types of operator environments and
infrastructures
- Proven results with service transformation,
allowing operators to eliminate service silos and integrate all OSS functions onto a
single platform
- Dynamic and experienced teams with hands-on
experience inside operators’ OSS/BSS, IT, customer care and network planning
groups
"One of TMNG Global’s core competencies is our ability to
optimize operational systems and processes in service provider environments,"
said Richard P. Nespola, Chairman and CEO of TMNG Global. "Our partnership
with Sigma Systems leverages this expertise to help service providers across
North America and Europe build more
streamlined operations and provide their customers with superior service."
TMNG Global possesses a depth of expertise in business strategy
and operations consulting with communications, media and technology companies
to address the most complex strategic challenges and operational inefficiencies;
ensuring an optimized approach in helping companies achieve their business
objectives.
Recognized as an industry expert in service transformation, Sigma
Systems enables operators to eliminate service silos in order to increase
profitability and accelerate time to revenue, while reducing order fallout and
customer churn.
About Sigma Systems
Sigma Systems is the proven global leader in
delivering advanced IP service fulfillment solutions. Sigma’s powerful
solutions enable the world’s Next-Generation Operators (NGOs) to Deliver a Rich Consumer Experience
through communications and
entertainment services—over any access technology to any device. The company’s
award-winning solutions include order management, provisioning and activation, and active mediation
of residential and business VoIP, broadband, video, and triple-play and quad-play services. NGOs around the globe —
including Bell Aliant, Cox, Rogers, TELUS, YouSee and ZON Multimedia — trust
Sigma Systems for service transformation and innovative solutions with
market-leading expertise for the delivery of today’s—and tomorrow’s—new
services.
For more information
about Sigma, visit http://www.sigma-systems.com.
About TMNG
Global
TMNG
Global (NASDAQ: TMNGD) is a leading provider of professional services to the
converging communications industry. TMNG Global and its companies CSMG and
Cartesian and its base of more than 600 consultants, have provided strategy,
management and technical consulting, products and services to more than 1200
communications clients worldwide. The company's clients represent all areas of
the communications industry including wireless and wireline service providers;
entertainment, media and technology companies; and the supporting capital
formation firms that support the industry. The company is headquartered in
Overland Park, Kansas, with offices in Beijing, Boston, Chicago, London, New
Jersey, New York, Shanghai and Washington, D.C. For more information about TMNG
Global, visit www.tmng.com.
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For
more information:
Sigma Systems
Francis Hopkins
+1 240-752-7056
Francis.Hopkins@sigma-systems.com
TMNG Global
The Management Network Group, Inc. Brainerd
Communicators
Debby Brannon Ray
Yeung / Jo Anne Barrameda (Media)
800.876.5329 barrameda@braincomm.com