MTS Signs Reseller Agreement with Avnet Enterprise Solutions
14 Septembre 2004 - 6:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
MTS Signs Reseller Agreement with Avnet Enterprise Solutions
Positioned to Expand US Market Share RA'ANANA, Israel, Sept. 14
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MTS - Mer Telemanagement Solutions Ltd.
(NASDAQ:MTSL), a leader in the enterprise communications management
market, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with
IT solutions integrator Avnet Enterprise Solutions, a division of
Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT), to provide telecommunications management
products and services to Avnet's customers. Under the terms of the
agreement, Avnet Enterprise Solutions will offer MTS' Application
Suite of telemanagement and billing solutions through their direct
sales force and branch locations throughout the U.S. The agreement
allows Avnet Enterprise Solutions to offer MTS' premier suite of
telemanagement products to its customers, while enabling MTS to
expand its share in Avnet's various markets including enterprise,
government, public education, manufacturing, healthcare, finance,
agriculture, wholesale trade and others. MTS' suite of products
complements Avnet's existing offerings and is easily integrated
into any IT solution. The MTS Application Suite is a comprehensive,
fully scalable solution that enables enterprises, organizations and
service providers to be more productive by significantly reducing
the cost and complexity associated with managing and monitoring
internal and external communications. By maximizing these
resources, universities, government agencies, airports, utilities
and other enterprises can achieve greater operational cost
efficiencies, comprehensive activity analysis, more effective
performance and utilization monitoring, enhanced facility
management, and improved management services. MTS' Call Management
solution collects and processes communications usage data to
provide benefits that enable customers to control usage and abuse;
allocate or bill back costs to departments and divisions; monitor
employee productivity; resell equipment and services to customers
or internal departments; optimize internal networks; and verify
phone bills. "Customers tell us they want comprehensive solutions,
which is what this strategic alliance offers," said Jim Teter,
president, Avnet Enterprise Solutions. "MTS is a great addition to
our IP Telephony solution portfolio providing customers with a
communication infrastructure that helps them efficiently collect
and process communications usage data." "We are pleased to partner
with Avnet, which is a leader in the IP Telephony market, and to
offer products that extend their telecommunication management
solutions," said Eytan Bar, president & CEO of MTS. "Combined
with Avnet's strong expertise in the commercial and public Sectors
and value-added converged network services, MTS will assist in
providing complete network lifecycle management solutions. "Avnet's
strategic implementation and customer orientation are well suited
to our service philosophy," added Mr. Bar, "and this agreement
follows on our strategy of expanding sales channels and market
penetration of our product suite." About MTS Mer Telemanagement
Solutions Ltd. is a global provider of operations support systems
(OSS) for comprehensive telecommunication management and customer
care & billing solutions. Its telecommunications enterprise
resource planning (ERP) application suite is used by corporations
and organizations to improve the efficiency and performance of all
telecommunication and information technology (IT) operations, and
to significantly reduce associated costs. Headquartered in Israel,
MTS markets through wholly owned subsidiaries in the U.S., Hong
Kong, Holland, and Brazil, and through OEM partnerships with
Siemens, Phillips, and other PABX vendors. Its legacy call
accounting solutions have been installed by over 60,000 customers
in 60 countries. MTS' shares are traded on the NASDAQ stock
exchange (symbol MTSL). For more information please visit the MTS
web site (http://www.mtsint.com/). About Avnet Enterprise Solutions
Avnet Enterprise Solutions specializes in Network Lifecycle
Management solutions for IP Communications, Security, Wireless and
LAN/WAN. The company leverages its unique suite of technical and
financial professional services to optimize a company's network
performance and security posture. Avnet Enterprise Solutions
integrates hardware, software and services from industry leaders
including Cisco, MTS, NetScout, NetSolve, Tandberg and Websense,
utilizing its assess, design, implement and manage methodology for
full lifecycle solutions. Headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, Avnet
Enterprise Solutions (http://www.es.avnet.com/) is a division of
Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT). Avnet generated more than $10 billion in
revenue in fiscal 2004 (year ended July 3, 2004) through sales in
68 countries. Certain matters discussed in this news release are
forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and
uncertainties including, but not limited to, risks in product
development plans and schedules, rapid technological change,
changes and delays in product approval and introduction, customer
acceptance of new products, the impact of competitive products and
pricing, market acceptance, the lengthy sales cycle, proprietary
rights of the Company and its competitors, risk of operations in
Israel, government regulations, dependence on third parties to
manufacture products, general economic conditions and other risk
factors detailed in the Company's filings with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission. DATASOURCE: Mer Telemanagement
Solutions Ltd. CONTACT: Yossi Brikman, Corporate COO & CFO, MTS
- MER Telemanagement Solutions, Ltd., +972-9-762-1733, ; Investor
Relations, Rachel Levine, The Anne McBride Company, Inc.,
+1-212-983-1702, ext. 207, Web site: http://www.mtsint.com/
http://www.es.avnet.com/
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