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04.12.2007 European Computer Telecoms Group (ECT) realizes its biggest contract in the field of Televoting
  ECT implements Europe’s most powerful televoting platform in Europe with a capacity of several thousand calls per second
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05.11.2007 Bastiaan van Nunen appointed Managing Director of European Computer Telecoms BV
  European Computer Telecoms Group (ECT) expands Dutch subsidiary responsible for sales and service in the Benelux, Northern Europe, the Baltic countries and Russia
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16.10.2007 The European Computer Telecoms Group (ECT) wins another Ring Back Tone Bid via Sales Partner
  ECT’s further expands its position as a leading vendor of ring back tone solutions via indirect sales channels
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10.10.2007 The European Computer Telecoms Group (ECT) wins French Tender for Next-Generation Intelligent Network for MVNOs
  ECT adds major alternative operator to its growing French customer base
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09.10.2007 Leading European Carrier implements Next-Generation Intelligent Network from the European Computer Telecoms Group (ECT)
  ECT awarded another large contract for pan-European Next-Generation Intelligent Network (NG-IN)
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18.09.2007 Middle Eastern Incumbent implements Intelligent Network from the European Computer Telecoms Group (ECT)
  Continued worldwide success of ECT products via indirect sales channels
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10.09.2007 The European Computer Telecoms Group (ECT) enters American Market via Distribution and Licensing Agreement with Major US Provider of Managed Services
  Leading Provider of Managed Services implements ECT Solution to host Ring Back Tone Services for Four Major Carriers in the United States
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04.09.2007 Major German Mobile Carrier selects European Computer Telecoms Group (ECT) for Interactive Voice Response and Service Creation Platform
  The solution integrates seamlessly into the carrier’s billing and provisioning systems and is being used to allow subscribers to purchase and provision their services and features
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22.08.2007 Leading French Alternative Business Carrier implements state-of-the-art Service Number and Contact Centre Products based on the Technology of the European Computer Telecoms Group (ECT)
  ECT further expands position on the French market
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20.07.2007 Major German Provider of voice, internet and data services migrates to Next-Generation Intelligent Network (NGIN) from the European Computer Telecoms Group (ECT)
  Intelligent value added services and customized products are combined to the highest standards
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20.06.2007 Middle Eastern Carrier launches Ring Back Tone Service with Record Growth based on Technology of the European Computer Telecoms Group (ECT)
  New project marks another milestone in development of ECT’s indirect sales channels
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15.03.2007 Telenor implements Multi-Country Ring Back Tone Solution from the European Computer Telecoms Group (ECT)
  New value-added service launching in Norway
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12.02.2007 Omnitel introduces Mobile Office solution “Mobilusis biuras” based on ECT technology
  New ECT value-added service enables small and medium businesses to manage their mobile calls more efficiently
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23.10.2006 European Computer Telecoms Group (ECT) appoints Giyora Leff as Vice President Engineering Services
  ECT Veteran moves into new position as a result of the continuous growth of the Value-Added Services vendor
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23.10.2006 The European Computer Telecoms Group (ECT) wins another major tender for ring back tone service
  Another leading carrier implements ring back tone service throughout Scandinavia with ECT technology
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27.09.2006 Jacques Beraud appointed Managing Director for European Computer Telecoms (ECT) in France
  ECT adds another high potential to its European management team to conquer the French and Northern African markets
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13.09.2006 Hazem Ali Amer leads Pre-Sales department at European Computer Telecoms Group (ECT)
  New expert for mobile networks expands ECT´s technical bandwidth in sales support
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06.09.2006 Barry Parris heads local sales team of the European Computer Telecoms Group (ECT) in Poland
  With the appointment of the telecom expert, ECT enforces its sales activities in Eastern Europe
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29.08.2006 European Computer Telecoms Group (ECT) wins "Bavaria's Best 50" prize as one of Bavaria's fastest-growing companies
  Economics Minister Erwin Huber awards coveted prize for 2005 to ECT
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16.08.2006 Board of Directors of the European Computer Telecoms Group (ECT) announces its annual results for 2005 with a record outcome.
  ECT has once more achieved an outstanding result with a turnover growth of 24% and increases the final balanced profits to approximately 7 million Euros.
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25.07.2006 Leading televoting expert Werner Klötsch appointed to Supervisory Board of European Computer Telecoms AG (ECT)
  Acknowledged specialist to help promote rapid market penetration for ECT televoting solutions
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15.07.2006 André von Appen heads the new Indirect Sales division at European Computer Telecoms Group (ECT)
  ECT continues its strategic expansion by opening up indirect sales channels.
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30.06.2006 Belgacom implements a new intelligent network service and customised network-based call centre services – ECT wins tender, following a very competitive worldwide bidding process
  The contract includes a complete intelligent network service and a bespoke network-based call centre solution.
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11.05.2006 Robert Butz joins European Computer Telecoms Group (ECT) management as new Vice President Sales Central Europe
  Company continues to expand its management structures in Europe
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18.01.2006 Mobiltel successfully rolls out new ring back tone service Musicall
  Bulgarian telecom teams up with ECT Group to realise new value-added service
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04.01.2006 Deloitte & Touche once again names European Computer Telecoms Group as one of the 50 fastest-growing technology companies
  Further driving the growth trend, ECT expands its turnover between 2000 and 2004 significantly and earned about 4.4 million euros before tax, interest and depreciation
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17.11.2005 European Computer Telecoms Group (ECT) appoints Dr. Arvind Sharma as Vice President of Business Development
  Telecoms veteran will be responsible for the product, project and sales support department
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08.08.2005 ECT wins major tender for new intelligent network following competitive bid
  The contract from a European incumbent includes a complete intelligent network, a bespoke network-based call centre solution, and integration of VoIP architecture
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01.08.2005 Telewest Business further expands capacity for successful Special Rate Service (SRS) Advanced Solutions in the UK
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30.06.2005 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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27.06.2005 Tele2/Tango rolls out new ring back tone service in Luxemburg, Tango Jukebox, based on technology from the European Computer Telecoms Group (ECT)
  After successful launches of the service in Sweden and Norway, the Tele2 Group utilises a centralised AutoCarrier® Service Node in Sweden running the ECT Ring Back Tone Application to bring the service to Luxemburg
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23.06.2005 AOL awards contract to Telewest Broadband for Inbound Telephony Service based on ECT technology
  The UK’s leading online interactive service provider is set to implement the new solution across five of its call centres
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27.04.2005 Turkcell, Turkey’s largest mobile carrier, launches new ring back tone service ÇalarkenDinlet based on the technology of the European Computer Telecoms Group
  More than 24 million Turkcell mobile subscribers can now profit from this innovative ring back tone service
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09.03.2005 Tele2 Group division 01047 Telecom banks on technology from the European Computer Telecoms Group (ECT) to realise tariff announcement service
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09.03.2005 Tele2 Group rolls out new ring back tone service – Ringoppsignaler – in Norway based on technology from the European Computer Telecoms Group (ECT)
  Utilising a centralised ring back tone system in Sweden, the Tele2 Group brings the service to yet another Scandinavian country
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09.03.2005 The European Computer Telecoms Group (ECT) realises expansion of innovative ring back tone service, Ring-Up-Tones, at leading German mobile carrier
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14.02.2005 TeliaSonera Finland, the largest carrier in Finland, rolls out new ring back tone service, Sonera Theme Music (Tunnari)
  Based on a customized solution from the European Computer Telecoms Group (ECT), TeliaSonera Finland launches the new service in record time
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01.12.2004 The market leader for the ring back tone service, the European Computer Telecoms Group (ECT), further expands its position throughout Europe
  Two more mobile operators in Scandinavia and Southern Europe bank on the ECT Group’s solution for the innovative service
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01.12.2004 ECT’s INtellECT® Intelligent Network utilized by leading Scandinavian mobile service provider for Mobile Office and the Ring Back Tone Service
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25.11.2004 Continuing market growth in UK & Ireland leads to further personnel expansion at ECT Limited
  British subsidiary of the European Computer Telecoms Group (ECT) adds two more sales executives to its team
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25.11.2004 Latvian carriers, Lattelenet and Telecom Group, deploy AutoCarrier® Softswitches for their innovative telecommunications services
  The next-generation Softswitch AutoCarrier® approved for interconnection in Latvia
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22.10.2004 The European Computer Telecoms Group (ECT) is deemed one of the 50 fastest-growing technology companies in Germany by the global professional services organization Deloitte & Touche
  Deloitte includes ECT in its current ”Technology Fast 50” rank list
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27.09.2004 Omnitel, Lithuania’s largest carrier, launches new ring back tone service, PYPTONAI, based on a complete solution from the European Computer Telecoms Group (ECT)
  After winning a global tender, ECT realised the new Omnitel service in Lithuania in just eight weeks
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14.09.2004 Telewest Broadband, one of Great Britain’s largest alternative carriers, banks on next-generation technology of the European Computer Telecoms Group (ECT) for its service number offering
  Based on ECT’s solution, Telewest launches its new Special Rate Service (SRS) Advanced Solutions
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18.08.2004 Alpha Telecom, the leading player in the UK prepaid telephony market, has migrated its prepaid services to the AutoCarrier® technology of European Computer Telecoms (ECT)
  Alpha Telecom has replaced its legacy prepaid calling card systems with ECT’s AutoCarrier® softswitch which it now uses as the basis for numerous prepaid services.
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10.08.2004 The European Computer Telecoms Group provides the technology for Ringuppsignaler, Tele2/Comviq’s new ring back tone service
  Using a customized solution from ECT, Tele2/Comviq becomes the first company in Scandinavia to offer its customers ring back tone service
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27.07.2004 The European Computer Telecoms Group (ECT) opens new office in Warsaw
  Telecommunications expert Andrzej Jarzebski to head new bureau, serve fixed-line and mobile customers in Poland and Eastern Europe
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18.03.2004 New Mobile Product in Europe - European Computer Telecoms Group (ECT) realizes Ring Back Tone Service in Germany
  ECT, European market leader for value-added services based on softswitching technology, has now realized its new Ring Back Tone Service at a leading mobile carrier in Germany. The launching of this service in Europe comes after several, highly successful ECT projects at Asian mobile carriers. The ECT Ring Back Tone Service is rapidly becoming a major moneymaker, and mobile carriers in Europe are already expecting the demand for the service to grow here even more quickly than in Asia.
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18.03.2004 Continued telecoms market growth: European Computer Telecoms Group posts exceptional financial results for 2003
  The ECT Group, European market leader for intelligent value-added services, completed the business year 2003 with an operative profit of more than five million euro (before taxes and reserves). In 2003, ECT doubled its direct sales by procuring important contracts for new projects at first-tier carriers, implementing system expansions at existing customers, and replacing products of weaker competitors with ECT solutions. As a direct result of this growth, the ECT Group has increased its personnel by 46%.
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23.02.2004 New Mobile Product Launched in Europe -The European Computer Telecoms Group (ECT) realizes Ring Back Tone Service in Germany
  ECT, European market leader for value-added services based on softswitching technology, has now realized its new Ring Back Tone Service at a leading mobile carrier in Germany. The launching of this service in Europe comes after several, highly successful ECT projects at Asian mobile carriers. The ECT Ring Back Tone Service is rapidly becoming a major moneymaker, and mobile carriers in Europe are already expecting the demand for the service to grow here even more quickly than in Asia.
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16.01.2004 Major Growth in Scandinavia leads ECT to establish Dedicated Sales and Service Team for Northern Europe
  The European Computer Telecoms Group (ECT) continues on its growth path, investing heavily in its Sales and Service Center Northern Europe with the addition of three sales representatives and two telecommunications engineers.
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26.11.2003 European Computer Telecoms (ECT) wins Major Contract with BT
  ECT announced today that BT has added ECT's AutoCarrier® Softswitch to its European network as the basis for a range of prepaid services. In a competitive bidding process, ECT edged out major market players, including strong local bidders.
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05.11.2003 ++Meet ECT at Dinner & Cards fair on 5.12.2003 in Hanover++
  Also on site: Dr. Christian Kühl, ECT’s CSO and newly named Deputy Chairman and Treasurer of the Association of Telephone Card Operators Germany (VTKA).
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08.10.2003 European Computer Telecoms Group (ECT) continues expansion in Baltic states and also in Russia
  ECT adds two new account managers, establishes sales unit for Russian and Baltic markets
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29.09.2003 European Computer Telecoms Group (ECT) to sponsor Munich Chamber Orchestra during upcoming concert season
  Munich-based telecoms company backs arts and culture even in economically tough times
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11.08.2003 Tele2, Europe's leading Alternative Carrier, implements pan-European Intelligent Network with European Computer Telecoms
  Stockholm, Munich, August 11th, 2003 - Tele2 the leading alternative telecommunications company offering fixed and mobile telephony, and the Munich-based European Computer Telecoms Group (ECT) have signed an agreement for a pan-European intelligent network based on ECT's INtellECT® Service Control Point. Within just eight weeks of issuing its tender, Tele2 was able to commission the new intelligent network and services with the technology of ECT. "We are proud to have won this major Tele2 tender against stiff competition," says Dr. Christian Kühl, CSO of European Computer Telecoms AG.
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10.08.2003 European Computer Telecoms premieres Pan-European and Central Number Portability Solution based on its INtellECT® Intelligent Network
  On the basis of an intelligent network (IN) with the enhanced INtellECT Service Control Point, ECT now makes it possible to realize a pan-European and thus cost-effective number portability solution. For this new application, ECT especially developed a new highly efficient technology for the carrier query that can be used simultaneously for different European countries. In addition, the solution is based on a fully redundant and scalable architecture. A leading international network operator is currently successfully deploying ECT’s solution in a pan-European intelligent network.
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12.03.2003 European Computer Telecoms AG (ECT) procures Major Market Presence in Asia through Multimillion Euro Distribution Agreement
  ECT, the European pioneer in softswitching technology for value-added services, appoints Interactive Technology Holdings Limited (ITHL) of Hong Kong, a leading telco solutions provider in Asia Pacific,
as its Exclusive Representative in Asia
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12.03.2003 Charting The Course to Further Growth With Pioneering Products
  European Computer Telecoms AG (ECT) to launch the effECTive Service Number Suite, its new and innovative service number application, at CeBIT 2003
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12.03.2003 European Computer Telecoms AG (ECT) launches New Ringback Tone Service for Mobile Carriers
  ECT, the European pioneer in softswitching technology for value-added services, has developed a new service for mobile carriers. This so-called ringback tone service allows each mobile subscriber to substitute his own personalized announcement, music or ringing sequence for the local ringing tone heard by callers to his mobile number. The unique ECT service application has been used to implement the ringback tone service at a major mobile operator in Asia and is now available to ECT's European customers.
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16.09.2002 New Dimensions for Prepaid Services: ECT´s AutoCarrier Lite provides high capacity prepaid switching in the smallest possible space.
  With the new prepaid platform from European Computer Telecoms (ECT), providers of prepaid services require far less collocation space and thus reduce operating costs.

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13.03.2002 European Computer Telecoms premiers its Software Application for Web-Based Business Conferencing Live at the CeBIT 2002
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11.03.2002 BT Wholesale Signs OEM Agreement with European Computer Telecoms AG
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08.03.2002 CompleTel signs with ECT
  CompleTel chooses ECT's AutoCarrier softswitch for its new free-phone and share-costs services
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28.02.2002 European Computer Telecoms AG (ECT) wins Contract for BT Ignite Value-added Services
  ECT acquires BT Ignite as New Strategic Key Account
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29.10.2001 European Computer Telecoms AG Presents Next-Generation Teleconferencing at the TMA 2001
  European Computer Telecoms AG (ECT), which provides network operators with software-based switching systems and intelligent value-added services, is presenting its teleconferencing service application at the TMA 2001 in Brighton, in the Main Hall at stand B213.
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06.09.2001 ECT announces Major Financial and Corporate Milestones
  The European Computer Telecoms AG has raised its share capital to 2.5 million euros on the basis of company reserves alone and has won as non-executive directors two more high-calibre telecoms experts from Deutsche Telekom and Siemens Business Services.
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14.08.2001 ECT's intelligent softswitch, AutoCarrier, passes BT NUP testing and is now approved for interconnection in the UK
  UK carriers already use ECT's AutoCarrierÒ as a platform for their state-of-the-art intelligent services; now they can connect the softswitch directly to the public network, avoiding the acquisition and collocation costs for separate class 4 switches, service nodes and intelligent peripherals.
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03.08.2001 PragoNet, a leading Czech Alternative Carrier, awards ECT major contract for complete voice infrastructure
  After a thorough bidding process that included tenders for legacy public switches and service platforms from major manufacturers, PragoNet, a member of the Deutsche Telekom Group, selected the AutoCarrier softswitching technology of European Computer Telecoms AG (ECT) as the basis for both its public exchange interconnection and intelligent value-added services.
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18.06.2001 Continued Success in the Carrier Market
  The Munich supplier of carrier switching technology increases its operating profit by 40% in the business year 2000 and continues to grow in the 1st quarter of 2001
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12.04.2001 The Right Partner for Tailor-Made Carrier Projects
  Telecoms specialist Michael Wiedemann joins European Computer Telecoms AG as Director of Project and Product Management.
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22.03.2001 Colocation Cost Reduction of a Different Kind
  ECT extends the E1 density lead of its systems. Further increase in call capacity enables radical savings in colocation space.
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22.03.2001 Successful Interconnection Test
  The softswitch of European Computer Telecoms AG (ECT) receives yet another certification for direct connection to the Public Switched Telephone Network – this time in Ireland
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22.03.2001 RSL COM Opts for Intelligent Network (IN) Developed by ECT
  Munich telecoms company delivers IN platform INtellECT for customer dialogue solutions to RSL COM
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22.03.2001 A New Era in Intelligent Networks
  Munich telecommunications equipment supplier ECT presents
INtellECT*, a cutting-edge extension of its AutoCarrier* softswitch for intelligent networks, at CeBIT in Hall 17, Booth E46.
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22.03.2001 Intelligent Value-added Services - a New Way for Carriers to Reduce Costs and Create Services
  Munich-based telecommunications equipment supplier ECT presents a cutting-edge upgrade of its softswitch to a complete platform for intelligent networks at CeBIT in Hall 17, Booth E46.
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22.03.2001 Tele2 Selects ECT for 1.2 Million Euro Project
  Based on the softswitch AutoCarrier® of ECT, three subsidiaries of Tele2 AB – the Calling Card Company Limited, IntelliNet and 3C Communications International – offer new prepaid services for registered residential customers in Germany, France und the Netherlands.
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25.01.2001 Continuing Success for Vertical Takeoff Telecoms Company ECT
  The prodigy from Munich gets DEM 10 million from Advent International for product development and international sales activities
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23.01.2001 Value-Added Services in Telecommunications Continuing Success for Vertical Takeoff Telecoms Company ECT
  The prodigy from Munich gets DEM 10 million from Advent International for product development and international sales.
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21.09.2000 ECT becomes a public limited company: European Computer Telecoms AG
  Munich-based soft switch pioneer is one of the most successful high-tech companies in Europe.
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26.06.2000 ECT Passes Rigorous Deutsche Telekom Testing for Leading Public Network Switch
  SS7 Conformance Testing Supports Global Deployment of Carrier-Grade Intelligent Services and Switching Platform
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24.02.2000 ECT announces High-Impact Annual Accounts for 99
  Sales of the AutoCarrier Telco Platform more than doubled in every quarter of 1999, making ECT one of the most successful start-ups in Europe.
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14.02.2000 Special Effects Built-in
  1&1, Germany's most successful Internet provider, chooses ECT's public switching platform as the basis for the most powerful personal number service on the German telecoms market.
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19.01.2000 "Switch around the Clock"
  A CeBIT 2000 premiere: ECT introduces a PC-based switching platform with SS7 via TCP/IP, minimal space requirements and complete redundancy.
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29.11.1999 ECT Premieres High-Availability AutoCarrier Switch
  ECT is teaming up with Motorola to bring this year's TMA three major innovations in one product. With Motorola's High Availability Platform, ECT's AutoCarrier offers the highest possible capacity per communications server, reduces colocation requirements to a minimum and ensures 99.999% reliability.
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28.10.1999 Stentor Communications uses the AutoCarrier of ECT European Computer Telephony to provide resellers with end-to-end branded calling cards.
  Dublin/London, 28th October 1999 – Stentor Communications, a leading alternative telecoms company in Ireland, had to quickly upgrade their current calling card capabilities with the introduction of a new voice services platform due to the high growth experienced by the company in the Irish and UK markets. After reviewing the switching technology available in the UK, Stentor chose ECT's AutoCarrier.
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01.10.1999 The Eye listens too
  ABCom introduces calling cards and optical-acoustical advertising telephony services on ECT's AutoCarrier.
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30.08.1999 Up Among the High Fliers...
  ECT joins leaders of the telecommunications industry in sponsoring the ITEX Gala Dinner.
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26.08.1999 Advanstar Communications Announces
  ECT As Event Sponsor of 1999 VOICE+ Awards
The Voice+ awards ceremony will be held on the 4th of November at the Hurlingham Club in Putney, London.
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01.08.1999 Looking at the German Market for Prepaid Cards
  The German telecom market has been liberalised for over one year. UK telcos are already very successful with prepaid calling cards for ethnic markets, but calling cards have yet to catch on with the general public. And as you might expect, German calling cards have their own quirks and "innovations".
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18.03.1999 Cost Leadership through Innovation 3/99
  ECT delivers the first PC-based telco platform with hot-swappable trunk cards.
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18.03.1999 "Webward Bound" to Bigger and Better Markets 3/99
  With their planned joint venture, ECT and ari are conquering the European telco market with a new carrier-grade platform for Intranet/Internet telephony.
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17.01.1999 PC-Based Conquest of the European Telecommunications Market 1/99
  STAR Telecommunications goes with ECT's AutoCarrier® platform – expanded co-operation announced at ITEX 1999.
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01.01.1999 About European Computer Telecoms AG
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01.01.1999 "We aim to become the European market leaders for PC-based telecommunications systems" 1/99
  ECT European Computer Telephony GmbH Company profile.
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01.01.1999 Public Telecommunications Systems Based on PC-Technology 1/99
  Telecommunications industry discovers sure way to optimise the cost-effectiveness and time-to-market of new services.
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29.10.1998 ECT wins international awards for leading-edge development 10/98
  Start-up company for computer-based telephone systems wins major prizes at VOICE Europe in London.
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01.01.1998 Dr. Marshall E. Kavesh
  Chief Executive Officer of European Computer Telecoms AG, Munich, Germany.
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