DALLAS and LONDON -- Enterprise OSS software leader Cramer today announced it has signed a multi-year contract with BellSouth. Under terms of the agreement, Cramer will become a strategic component of BellSouth's broadband transformation journey, with Cramer's solution to be deployed across and within all of BellSouth's network domains.

"We are on our transformation journey to stay ahead of the changing landscape of communications. With competition increasing, the converged, on-demand world requires us to change how we do business," said Don Hallacy, BellSouth Chief Information Officer- Communications Group. "We are transitioning from our legacy systems to solutions that are flexible enough to support rapid change and reliable enough to reduce operating expenditures and revenue leakage. Cramer delivers on both counts."

The first domain targeted for migration to Cramer is BellSouth's IP Domain, which today provides IP-VPN and direct Internet access services to enterprise customers. Cramer will replace a series of legacy systems and databases, maximizing data accuracy between the inventory and the network. When the Cramer solution becomes operational, BellSouth will have an automated solution to order, design and assign, and fulfill a range of IP services - quickly and accurately. The first phase of deployment is on schedule for Spring 2006.

"Controlled migration to a next-generation OSS is an important first step toward next-generation network transformation," said Guy Dubois, President and CEO, Cramer. "Cramer's functionality, agility, and scalability will enable BellSouth to manage the complexity associated with next-generation service portfolios, while reducing the time-to-market for innovative new services."

BellSouth Corp. (NYSE: BLS)