LONDON and WESTMINSTER, Colo. -- Azure Solutions, the global revenue-assurance company, today announced the availability of Certo 2, the latest version of its automated revenue-assurance solution designed to help operators analyze, detect and correct revenue-leakage problems in real time.

Certo 2 is designed to meet the demands of high-volume, next-generation tier-one networks while, at the same time, lowering the time and effort needed to deploy and manage an enterprise-grade revenue-assurance program.

Azure also announced that two new global tier-one operators, a wireline provider and a wireless carrier, have purchased Certo 2.

Major new capabilities of Certo 2 include:

A recent study by telecoms analyst firm Analysys Research [1] revealed that global telecommunications operators lost an estimated $170 billion in 2005 due to fraud and leakage caused by operational process issues. Certo 2 uses advanced process automation to provide end-to-end visibility and control of the entire revenue lifecycle faster, more cost-effectively and with greater accuracy and fewer resources than any other solution on the market. And because Certo 2 interfaces with existing revenue-assurance applications and integrates results into a single monitoring and control mechanism, operators can preserve, even increase, the value of their existing revenue-assurance investments.

"We believe Certo 2 sets a new standard for automated revenue assurance and having several early customer deployments certainly helps validate that claim," said John Cronin, chief executive officer and president of Azure Solutions. "With threats from fraud and growing network complexity steadily increasing, telecoms providers are aggressively working to stem the tide of revenue leakage. By increasing both the capacity and ease-of-use of the Certo platform, this powerful tool meets the incredible demands of large enterprises and provides the flexibility and visibility operators need to deploy highly effective, comprehensive revenue-assurance programs."

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