Subex in pact with Hitachisoft for Japan mktBS Reporter / Bangalore October 04, 2006Subex Azure, a global vendor of revenue maximisation solutions for telecom operators, has entered into a strategic partnership with Japanese software firm Hitachisoft to provide revenue assurance to Japanese telecom operators. Under the terms of the agreement, Hitachisoft has the exclusive sale rights in Japan for the Subex Azure Revenue Assurance System (SARAS) and therefore will be able to combine it with its own technology and resell SARAS-based solutions to operators. According to a statement from Subex, SARAS is a complete revenue-assurance (RA) solution, designed to tackle critical revenue-assurance challenges across the entire revenue chain. SARAS offers a set of pre-configured solution templates that address RA issues across areas such as service fulfillment, usage integrity, retail billing, interconnect/wholesale billing and content settlement. According to recent research conducted by Subex Azure and telecoms analysts, Analysys, average revenue leakage across global telecoms operators has increased to 12.1% of turnover ($176 billion), compared to 11.6% in 2005. Yasuhiko Igarashi, Sr VP & Executive Officer, Hitachisoft said:
