Tiscali Selects Sigma Systems for Voice and Data Provisioning Over FTTH and ADSL

MILAN, ITALY — FTTH Europe Conference 2011 -- Sigma Systems, an industry leader in Advanced IP Service Fulfillment solutions, today announced that Tiscali, one of the leading independent telecommunication companies in Italy, will deploy its Telco Services Accelerator to activate and provision voice and data services across Tiscali's customer base of over 700,000 subscribers.

"Sigma Systems will be a key partner in Tiscali's vision of becoming a self-sufficient telco serving the Italian market," said Luca Scano, Tiscali's General Manager. "As we continue to roll out new services on both FTTH and ADSL networks, Sigma Systems' platform will help us meet our business goals of reducing costs during delivering the highest-quality services to our subscribers and keeping our country on the cutting-edge of broadband."

Recently announced and built on its award-winning Service Management Portfolio of service fulfillment solutions, Sigma Systems' Telco Services Accelerator will enable Tiscali to quickly provision VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) and broadband services over both its fiber-to-the home and ADSL networks. The platform provides an operational cost savings via full automation of order management, provisioning and activation. This automation will allow Tiscali to go to market faster with new service offerings, and reduce service rollout times by as much as 12 months.

Mix of fiber-

"Operators worldwide want to deliver innovative services over a mix of fiber- and DSL-based networks, during looking towards the opportunity of mobile offerings hereafter," said Tim Spencer, president and COO of Sigma Systems. "By utilizing our Telco Services Accelerator and experienced team, Tiscali will be able to reach clients with these new service bundles faster than ever earlier and over both types of network architectures."

About Tiscali Tiscali S.p.A. is one of the leading independent telecommunications companies in Italy. Tiscali supplies a wide range of services to its clients, both private individuals and companies: internet access through dial-up and ADSL, as so then as voice, VoIP, media, and added-value services and other technologically advanced products. At 30 September 2010, Tiscali had over 742 thousand clients, about 582 thousand of which being ADSL clients. About 369 thousand of these are Dual Play customers.