Clarity Unified OSS chosen to support ambitious growth plans of Indonesia’s Bakrie Telekom



Jakarta and Sydney, 14 November 2007 - Clarity, the telecommunication industry’s Operational Support System (OSS) business process automation company, today announces that is has been selected by Bakrie Telekom, the fastest growing telecommunications provider in Indonesia, to provide its Unified OSS platform . The deployment will form a single strategic OSS platform used for the inventory, provisioning and service assurance of all Bakrie Telekom network and services, based upon a hybrid of Next Generation Networks (NGN), CDMA and legacy technologies.

Clarity’s pre-integrated OSS will fully automate Bakrie Telekom’s communications network and provide end-to-end service fulfilment and assurance support.

“We have seen unprecedented growth in the last 12 months, growing our subscriber base by 112%”, said Muhammad Buldansyah, Deputy President Director of Bakrie Telekom. “It is our mission to provide the best possible customer service while introducing a host of additional ground-breaking services to our subscribers in the near future. By providing a unified solution that gives a single view of all networks and services, Clarity will help us achieve our goal.”

“The mobile space in Indonesia is fiercely competitive”, said Raj Thangiah, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Clarity. “Bakrie Telekom is an operator with ambitious growth forecasts and has recognised that being one step ahead of the competition is vital in their quest for more market space. They are also one of the most innovative operators in this market, largely serving customers in under-serviced areas. We look forward to helping them maximise efficiency and network services and get optimal return on the investment they have put into their network infrastructure.”

Clarity is the first Next Generation OSS to be deployed end-to-end, across all lines of business, by leading Tier 1 service providers. Clarity’s installed base includes such operators as Telekom Malaysia, Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) as well as India’s giant Reliance Communications.

For further information please contact:

Sian Gaskell
Skywrite Communications
Email: clarity@skywritecomms.com
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7608 4650

About Bakrie Telekom

Bakrie Telecom has been one of the pioneers in Indonesia's telecommunication industry. It has certainly been the leader in providing affordable fixed wireless services to customers, particularly those in the underserviced areas. Having adopted the more spectrum-efficient Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) technology, Bakrie Telecom is now poised to become a nationwide operator with its Esia brand.

Since its launch in September 2003, Esia has been a market shaker and mover. We have introduced various products and programs that customers find to be highly attractive, and soon our innovations are replicated by other operators-fixed as well as mobile wireless. Bakrie Telecom is now the fastest growing telecom operator in Indonesia, offering a growing portfolio of products and services.

For more information, please visit us at www.bakrietelecom.com.

About Clarity

Clarity is the telecommunication industry’s Operational Support System (OSS) business process automation company – providing a pre-integrated product and database that streamlines the 17 eTOM elements of OSS into a single suite. This also allows Clarity to provide executive visibility of the network's impact on revenue and customer experience across both service fulfilment and assurance.

Having simplified the management of both legacy and next-generation network environments, Clarity OSS is network and services neutral, driven by templates that are rapidly configurable to allow operators to cut time to market for any new service by two-thirds. Today Clarity simplifies network support for over 50 million subscribers worldwide.

Established in 1993, Clarity’s global headquarter is in Sydney, Australia, with offices in Asia, the Middle East, Europe and North America

For more information, please visit us at www.clarity.com.