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15th October 2004 - Telsis switching technology plays
a central role in a revolutionary service from Malaysian
service provider Telshine that cuts the cost of regional
roaming for Malaysian mobile phone users from RM5 (US$1.30)
per minute down to just RM1.20 (31cents).
Launched today in Kuala Lumpur by Malaysia’s Minister
of Energy, Water and Communications, Y.B. Dato’
Seri Dr. Lim Keng Yaik, Telshine’s iroam service
is available immediately for Malaysians travelling worldwide.
Singapore, Australia and Hong Kong are next in line
for coverage as part of a planned rolling expansion
across the entire region.
Telshine chose programmable Telsis Ocean fastSSP switches
as the delivery platform. Its engineers then used Telsis’
NODAL programming language to develop the application.
“Telsis has such a strong reputation for reliability.
I know we don’t need to worry about the switch,”
says Telshine managing director William K.H Phua. “It
will just keep going and, next to cost, quality of service
is going to be one of our key arguments in persuading
travelling business customers to use iroam.”
Telshine’s solution is remarkably simple for users.
William Phua explains: “The traveller uses the
divert feature on their phone to send all calls to the
iroam Gateway. They get off the plane, buy a local SIM
card, put it in their telephone and then text the iroam
service. Ten to fifteen seconds later, they get a return
text, telling them that their temporary number is registered
with iroam. Anyone in Malaysia calling the traveller
simply dials the traveller’s normal number and
gets charged local rate. The traveller can call Malaysia
by texting iroam with the number they wish to reach.
iroam places the calls and connects both parties –
again at local rate.”
Headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Telshine Sdn Bhd. is
one of Malaysia’s most dynamic technology companies
with a diverse portfolio of services across the discounted
telephony, video streaming and IT maintenance sectors.
With its headquarters, research and production site
in the UK, Telsis (www.telsis.com) has sales and support
operations in Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Spain,
Singapore and Australia. The company offers a range
of carrier-grade infrastructure platforms including
intelligent SMS Routers, IN service control points,
switches, protocol converters and advanced IVR solutions
that support a wide variety of innovative value-added
text and voice services. Telsis products are in use
with major fixed and mobile network operators around
the world.
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