Attn Editors: CORRECTION!! CORRECTION!! CORRECTION!!
Press Release titled: “ Acision Prepares Telenor Pakistan for
Exponential Messaging Growth” released Mon 9 Feb 2009 12:05:08 PM
-- In the second paragraph, the last sentence should read as
follows: "As of December 2008, the subscriber base has reached 19.3
million, so an increase in messaging infrastructure capacity to meet
anticipated messaging volumes was required." and not " 20 million "
as originally issued. --
A copy of the full corrected text is below:
Acision Prepares Telenor Pakistan for Exponential Messaging Growth
ISLAMABAD, Feb. 9 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --
- Acision Increases Capacity by 250% to Cater for Boom in SMS Traffic
Acision, the world's leading messaging company, announced
today that Telenor Pakistan, one of the leading mobile operators in
Pakistan, has again selected the Acision SMSC to expand its messaging
capacity to cater for continued SMS traffic growth. With a capacity
expansion of up to 250%, Telenor Pakistan is well prepared to meet
the messaging requirements of its fast growing subscriber base.
The Pakistan mobile market is experiencing rapid subscriber
growth with thousands of customers signing up every month. The growth
in subscriber rate has consequently led way to triple digit growth in
messaging traffic over the last year. The Acision SMSC offers Telenor
Pakistan a complete solution to support the operator's entire SMS
business managing enormous messaging volumes with undisputed quality
of service. In 2007, Telenor Pakistan together with Acision conducted
a messaging capacity upgrade to cater for 12 million subscribers. As
of December 2008, the subscriber base has reached 19.3 million, so an
increase in messaging infrastructure capacity to meet anticipated
messaging volumes was required.
Chief Technical Officer, Telenor Pakistan, Peter Anthony
Dindial commented, "For us, it is crucial to tap into the potential
of the Pakistan mobile market. To do this, we must meet the growing
needs of our subscribers and offer them reliable and high quality
services that they demand and deserve. Telenor and Acision have a
relationship that spans the globe across all Telenor entities. Based
on our past experience with the Acision SMSC, we recognise that
having a reliable system is absolutely critical in high volume
traffic scenarios, enabling Telenor Pakistan to offer
subscriber services without an incident or any downtime."
Boudewijn Pesch, Managing Director for Acision in Asia
Pacific, added: "SMS continues to be the critical source of a mobile
operator's mobile data revenues. For Telenor Pakistan, growing and
protecting this revenue base is a fundamental business objective.
Again, Telenor Pakistan has selected Acision to deliver a highly
stable, high performance messaging solution. With a strong track
record in global deployments, the Acision SMSC continues to be the
top choice for operators with high volume data services."
Notes to editors
About Acision
Acision is the world's leading messaging company, providing
communication solutions for over 300 network operators and service
About Telenor Pakistan
Telenor ASA is an international provider of high quality
telecommunications, data and media communication services. It ranks
as world's 7th largest mobile operator with a total of 159 million
subscribers in its mobile operations. Telenor Pakistan is 100% owned
by Telenor ASA and adds on to its operations in Asia together with
Thailand, Malaysia and Bangladesh.
Source: Acision
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