Leading Integrated Communications Service Provider to Implement Oracle to

     Help Improve Network Management and Streamline Business Operations



    REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., Aug. 11 /EMWNews/ --



    -- Bharti Airtel Limited (Airtel), one of India's leading integrated

communications service providers, has selected Oracle(R) Communications

Network Integrity to help optimize the use of its extensive national

fiber-optic network.



    -- Inaccurate network inventory can increase capital expenditure,

impact service quality and compromise financial reporting and compliance.

Oracle Communications Network Integrity will give Airtel enterprise-wide

visibility of its network assets by enabling the constant auditing of

inventory data quality and providing a user-friendly mechanism to identify

and reconcile data discrepancies. This automated solution will replace

Airtel's burdensome manual processes for assessing and reconciling its

network assets and capacity to help streamline business operations.



    -- Further, by enabling improved data accuracy between the live network

and the operational support systems (OSS), Oracle Communications Network

Integrity will help Airtel improve service-provisioning capabilities and

reduce errors, ultimately allowing improved customer satisfaction. It will

also help Airtel optimize its capital expenditures for its extensive

national network.



    -- Oracle, a significant provider of OSS and business support systems

(BSS) to Airtel since 1997, is a key component of Airtel's Service Delivery

Platform infrastructure that already touches 71 million customers and is

expected to support 200 million customers by 2010.



    -- Airtel leverages Oracle's comprehensive suite of communications

applications, including several components of Oracle Communications Service

Fulfillment Suite, Oracle E-Business Suite, Oracle CRM, Oracle Fusion

Middleware and Oracle Database.



    Supporting Quotes



    -- "We have used Oracle's technology, business applications and

communications industry applications for 10 years. The new network

discovery and reconciliation product will greatly enhance Airtel's network

utilization and enable us to further improve provisioning accuracy with

reduced errors -- all leading to improved customer satisfaction," said Jai

Menon, director of customer service and information technology, Bharti

Airtel Limited.



    -- "Airtel is a testament to the proven value Oracle can deliver to the

communications industry through our comprehensive suite of software

offerings. Our deep relationship with Airtel gives us an opportunity to

deploy cutting-edge communications software products in the rapidly growing

Indian market. Airtel's implementation of Oracle Communications Network

Integrity will be one of the first with such a widespread scale and

complexity," said Bhaskar Gorti, senior vice president and general manager,

Oracle Communications.



    Related Links



    Oracle Communications: http://www.oracle.com/industries/communications



    Oracle Communications Network Integrity Data Sheet:

http://tinyurl.com/oracle-net-integrity-ds



    Oracle Communications Network Integrity White Paper:

http://tinyurl.com/6r7kwa

    About Oracle Communications



    Oracle is #1 in Communications globally with 20 of the world's top 20

telecommunications companies running Oracle applications. Oracle

Communications integrates industry-specific BSS and OSS solutions with the

capabilities of Oracle's industry-leading enterprise applications, business

intelligence tools, and carrier-grade middleware and database technologies.

Oracle Communications enables service providers to deliver next generation

convergent services rapidly, increase customer satisfaction and loyalty,

and reduce costs in the business and the network. For more information,

visit http://www.oracle.com/industries/communications.



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