Belle Systems Awarded VoIP Services Contract by China Unicom China Unicom has Installed Belle Systems' IMS Billing System Expanding VoIP Services Throughout China SINGAPORE, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- Belle Systems Asia Pte. Ltd. has won the contract to help China Unicom deploy its post-paid Voice over IP (VoIP) services using Belle Systems' Internet Management System (IMS) billing and management technology. The IMS application provides real-time provisioning, mediation, rating, billing and customer care for VoIP services. China Unicom's official charter is to deepen the reform of the telecommunication system throughout China, to tap into the existing private telecommunication networks and to build its own telecommunication network so as to provide excellent services to society, and to contribute to the accelerated development of China's telecommunications industry. "Clearly, China represents a large potential market for Voice over IP services," said David Channell, Senior Vice President - Asia Pacific Region, Belle Systems. "Our China Unicom partner selected Belle because of our extensive experience in VoIP telephony, and because our IMS billing system could be deployed quickly, and is expandable to accommodate their growth objectives. Another deciding factor was the seamless integration of IMS with their Cisco network. China Unicom is pleased with the performance of IMS on the Cisco Radius Server." The project is broken down into several phases of implementation, with a goal of providing more than 300 cities in China with access to VoIP post-paid services. About Belle Systems Belle Systems is a leading global software company specializing in advanced IP service provisioning, management, and billing solutions for telcos, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), leased-line operators, cable TV operators, corporate enterprises and content providers for wireline and wireless services. Belle Systems is a privately held company with investment funding from market leader Cisco Systems Inc., IT venture capitalists Index Ventures, Vertex Management, and General Atlantic Partners. Global headquarters are located in Denmark, with affiliate headquarters in Atlanta for the Americas, Singapore for Asia Pacific, and High Wycombe for the UK. Belle Systems has also established a presence in Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Italy, Malaysia and Spain, and employs more than 350 people worldwide. Belle Systems is a member of Cisco Systems Inc.'s New World Ecosystem program and has strategic development and commercial relationships with IT industry leaders such as Hewlett-Packard, Oracle, Sun Microsystems, American Management Systems, Cap Gemini, Groupe Bull, Unisys, and ICL/Fujitsu. More information on Belle Systems is available at http://www.bellesystems.com . About Internet Management System As its core product, Belle Systems develops and markets Internet Management System (IMS), a multi-service platform for deployment of services with respect to authentication, mediation, provisioning, rating, billing and customer care. With its flexibility and scalability, IMS becomes the strategic choice for next-generation service providers who intend to quickly roll out services in today's highly competitive market. With its open, reliable, and highly distributed architecture -- built on Unix, Oracle, CORBA and Java -- IMS is a massively scalable and highly reliable service platform upon which start-up service providers, content providers, incumbent telcos and wireless operators can rely to base their service offerings and grow revenue. IMS supports all major Internet access technologies, from traditional dial-up, cable, leased line and DSL offerings, to next generation services such as Voice over IP, MPLS VPNs, WAP, 3G wireless services and content provisioning, thus enabling telcos and service providers to move in any direction IP might take. IMS off-the-shelf supports a variety of services, including prepaid Voice over IP, wireless Internet, e-commerce, ASP, VPN and content services, and maintains the flexibility to add more as they emerge. SOURCE: Belle Systems Asia Pte. Ltd. CONTACT: David Channell, Senior Vice President - Asia Pacific Region, of Belle Systems, Asia Pacific, +65-379-5355, [email protected]; or Jes Bo Hansen, Vice President, Marketing Communications, Belle Systems, Denmark, +45-7012-2500, [email protected]; or Chris Cox, Associate Director, of Cohn & Wolfe New York, 212-598-2881, or [email protected] Web site: http://www.bellesystems.com-END-