Vodacom selects partners
For Siemens this contract further solidifies its position as a Value Added Services (VAS) solutions provider in the market, proving its strength the Voice and IP applications business.
"This contract proves that Siemens is a strong player in the carrier VAS solutions space, and has a significant role to play as an integral prime contractor" says Malan Smith, managing director for Networks at Siemens Telecommunications
Siemens Telecommunications and Tecnomen have already provided Vodacom with similar technology this year, the new ring back tone (RBT) technology. Distributed IVR access is simply an extension of the access layer that is also used for RBT, says Greg Cress, account manager for end to end applications at Siemens.
Siemens and Tecnomen have enjoyed a long-standing and a good working relationship having partnered in other local and international ventures.
Tecnomen is one of the leading suppliers of Next Generation Messaging solutions based on Open Standards such as VXML which allows a wide range of cutting edge IP-based voice applications to be deployed, such as IP Centrex, Conferencing, Tele-voting, Video Portals, Video Call Completion service.