The European Computer Telecoms
Group offers more potential than experience. Despite our young
age, however, we are able to look back on a large number of
highlights to date.
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ECT introduces new management level with
6 Vice Presidents. |
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Bavarian government awards ECT as one
of “Bavaria´s Best 50” for being one of the
regions fastest growing companies. |
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European Televoting expert Werner Klötsch
joins ECT non-executive board. |
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ECT signs worldwide partnership with Ericsson
for RBT sales. |
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Deloitte & Touche once again names
European Computer Telecoms Group as one of the 50
fastest-growing technology companies. |
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Telewest Business further expands capacity
for successful Special Rate Service (SRS) Advanced
Solutions in the UK. |
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Energis, one of Poland’s largest
alternative carriers, turns to ECT Group technology
as it rolls out three new value-added services. |
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Tele2/Tango rolls out new ring back tone
service in Luxemburg, Tango Jukebox, based on technology
from ECT. |
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Turkcell, Turkey’s largest mobile
carrier, launches new ring back tone service ÇalarkenDinlet
based on the technology of ECT. |
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ECT realises expansion of innovative ring
back tone service, Ring-Up-Tones, at leading German
mobile carrier. |
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Tele2 Group division 01047 Telecom banks
on ECT to realise tariff announcement service. |
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Tele2 Group rolls out new ring back tone
service – Ringoppsignaler – in Norway based on
technology from ECT. |
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TeliaSonera Finland, the largest carrier
in Finland, rolls out new ring back tone service,
Sonera Theme Music (Tunnari). |
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Latvian carriers, Lattelenet and
Telecom Group, deploy AutoCarrier® Softswitches for their
innovative telecommunications services.
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Continuing market growth in UK & Ireland
leads to further personnel expansion at ECT Limited. |
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ECT is deemed one of the 50 fastest-growing
technology companies in Germany by the global professional
services organization Deloitte & Touche. |
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Omnitel, Lithuania’s largest carrier,
launches new ring back tone service, PYPTONAI, based on a complete
solution from ECT. |
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Telewest Broadband, one of Great Britain’s
largest alternative carriers, banks on next-generation technology
of ECT for its service number offering. |
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Alpha Telecom, the leading player in the
UK prepaid telephony market, has migrated its prepaid services
to the AutoCarrier® technology of ECT. |
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ECT provides the technology for Ringuppsignaler,
Tele2/Comviq’s new ring back tone service. |
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The ECT Group (ECT) opens new office in
Warsaw. |
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Vodafone D2 realises „Ring-up-Tones“ based
on the Ring Back Tone solution of ECT. |
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Establishment of a Dedicated Sales and
Service Team for Northern Europe. |
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BT has added ECT's AutoCarrier® Softswitch to
its European network as the basis for a range of prepaid services |
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Launch of effECTive®
Service Number Suite, a cutting-edge solution for service
numbers. |
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New ECT Televoting
application. |
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New ECT Ring Back Tone Application for mobile carriers;
implementation of new
service at Hutchison Telecom. |
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Multimillion-euro distribution agreement
for Asia with ITHL; first installations in China. |
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New INtellECT®
intelligent network mated pair architecture. |
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Europe’s leading alternative carrier,
Tele2, awards major tender to ECT for its new pan-European intelligent
network. |
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New Sales and Service Centre for Baltic
Countries and Eastern Europe; contracts with new alternative
carriers in Latvia and Lithuania. |
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Founding of UK subsidiary: European Computer
Telecoms Ltd. in the UK. |
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Founding of German subsidiary: the ECT
Vertriebs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH. |
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New ECT Sales and Service Centre for Northern
Europe; first softswitch installation with interconnection in
Finland. |
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AutoCarrier®
Lite Softswitch as an inexpensive, compact platform for
prepaid services. |
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BT awards ECT major contract for customised
service number solution. |
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CompleTel, the third largest French carrier,
chooses ECT for its new free-phone and share-costs services. |
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BT Wholesale signs OEM agreement with ECT |
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Major contracts from new alternative carriers
in the Czech Republic, Slavic Republic and Poland. |
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New INtellECT®
Service Control Point for intelligent networks; delivery
of first intelligent network for customer dialogue solutions
to RSL COM Germany. |
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New high-density AutoCarrier®
Softswitch with 192 E1 lines in 12 height units. |
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Advent International purchases a 4% share
of ECT for DEM 10 million (€ 5,11 million), evaluating
the company at DEM 250 million (€ 127,82 million). |
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Major contract with Tele2 AB for new prepaid
services in Germany, France and the Netherlands. |
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ECT wins first RFQ with the Deutsche Telekom
Group: PragoNet, the Czech subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, selects
the AutoCarrier® Softswitch
for both its public exchange interconnection and intelligent
value-added services. |
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BT certification for interconnection in
the UK via the BT NUP protocol. |
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ECT share capital raised to 2.5 million
euros on the basis of company reserves alone. |
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Wolfgang Burghardt, Head of Intelligent
Network Systems (IN) at Deutsche Telekom, elected non-executive
director of ECT. |
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Launching of new teleconferencing service
application at the TMA 2001. |
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ECT repurchases silent partnership from
the BayernKapital Risikokapitalbeteiligungs GmbH. |
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ECT's conversion to a public company:
the European Computer Telecoms AG. |
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Three additional ECT Sales and Service
Centres founded for France, the Benelux as well as Austria and
Eastern Europe. |
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ITU certification of SS7 conformity for
public exchange interconnection, e.g. with Deutsche Telekom. |
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Major contract with leading German ISP,
1&1 Internet AG of Montabaur, for realization of Personal
Number Service with Unified Messaging. |
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ECT repurchases silent partnership from
the Technologie-Beteiligungs-Gesellschaft mbH. |
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Opening of the ECT sales and Service Centre
for the United Kingdom and Ireland. |
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Over 50% growth per quarter, turnover
exceeds DEM 12 million (€ 6,14 million), high level of
profitability. |
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High Availability AutoCarrier®
Softswitch with hot-swappable and redundant components
for 99.999% availability. |
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AutoCarrier®
SS7 Gateways with leading-edge realisation of the Signalling
System 7 (SS7) via the Internet protocol (TCP/IP).
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Dr. Hans Huber, Dr. Marshall E. Kavesh
and engineer Walter Rott found the ECT European Computer Telephony
GmbH with silent partnerships from the Bavarian and Federal
German venture capital companies BayernKapital Risikokapitalbeteiligungs
GmbH and Technologie-Beteiligungs-Gesellschaft mbH. |
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AutoCarrier®
Awarded "Best Leading-Edge Product" & "Best
of Show" at Voice '98 |
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First installations in the UK and Germany
of the AutoCarrier®
softswitch as a service node for intelligent value-added services |
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Profitability attained in Q4.1998. |
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