CommVerge Builds Out DST

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Negara Brunei Darussalam -- CommVerge Solutions has been awarded a contract by DST Communications to upgrade its SDH optical network to accommodate growth and new capacity requirement imposed on it due to the planned introduction of the new 2.5G/3G mobile network, “Project Evolution.”

At the contract signing ceremony held at the DST Headquarters at Tungku Link on June 10, 2003, Edmund Wei, president and CEO of CommVerge Solutions, remarked that “DST is an esteemed customer of CommVerge. We take pride in being DST’s partner in progress.”

Darren On, Managing Director of CommVerge Solutions Brunei, said “We are grateful to DST for the confidence placed in CommVerge. Besides SDH, CommVerge has had the priviledge to service DST by supplying Billing Settlement System, Wiz@d Services System and in-country support services. In the short span of 3 years since setting-up office in Brunei, CommVerge has established its credibility and reputation in the Brunei market.”

“DST is embarking on a major modernization program. Project Evolution will bring the benefits of 3rd Generation mobile technology to the users in Brunei. We need to expand our network transmission capacity to give our customers more bandwidth required for multimedia services,” said Pengiran Hj Mohd Zin bin Pg Damit ( C ), DST Group Managing Director, complimenting CommVerge Solutions on this award.

CommVerge Solutions set-up its office in Brunei in year 2000 and has implemented and supported several projects for DST and JTB. CommVerge lays emphasis on developing talent by exposing them to leading-edge telecommunications technologies.

About DST CommunicationsDST Communications is the provider of world-class mobile communications services for the business and both local and foreign community of Brunei Darussalam. Since its launch in 1995, DSTCom has achieved tremendous growth in subscriber numbers, and launched a series of initiatives to offer services like Prepaid (Easi), WAP (Wiz@d), GSM Payphones (Zippi). Today, DSTCom boasts of over 140,000 customers. DSTCom is part of the DST Group, which provides a range of communications & entertainment services to corporate, business and retail customers.

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