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P R E S S
R E L E A S E – for Immediate Release
December
17, 2009 - Alliance Telecom
Solutions Celebrates 15th Anniversary
February
5, 2009 - Alliance
Telecom Solutions President Speaks
at
Telecom2009 Session
December
5, 2008 - Alliance's
President Addresses 2009 Wireless Symposium
June
6, 2007 - Alliance
Honored by AT&T as Outstanding Supplier
Alliance
Telecom Solutions Celebrates 15th Anniversary
Gurnee,
Illinois, December 17, 2009 —
Alliance Telecom Solutions is proud to complete its 15th year in
business with most of its current management team serving more
than 10 years.
President Richard McFarlane reflected, “Our history mirrors
the telecom industry’s history and can be viewed as having
several distinct periods. Most of us have long forgotten
what it was like when there was duopoly in telecom markets.
We started Alliance in 1994, which coincided with the C-band
auctions and a tremendous expansion in new players.”
Alliance worked with many of those new players, including seven
of the nine companies that chose the GSM technology. The
firm specialized in BSS/OSS selection and implementation,
exhibiting deep expertise in Kenan, Saville, Convergys, MetaSolv,
BSCS, and ProfitLine. Key clients from those early years
included Ameritech Cellular, Aerial Communications, BellSouth
Mobile, and Powertel, all now gone by way of merger.
By 1996 Alliance was operating in North America, South America,
Europe, Taiwan and Dubai. The company achieved
quarter-to-quarter growth every quarter between 1994 and 2000.
2000 brought the recession. “Telecom was the poster
child of the 2000 recession, as banking is to today’s
recession,” said Mr. McFarlane. “Sound finances kept
us in business but we had declining revenues through 2003 and
we’ve been rebuilding ever since.”
Some of the firm’s key clients have retired or left the
business through consolidation and some are still here.
Several of them commented on their experience in the industry
during the past 15 years.
Richard Hevert, a longtime Alliance client at T-Mobile and Bell
South, is an industry veteran, logging 20 years in telecom.
“I think the two biggest industry changes are the migration
from the IBM mainframe computing environment to a distributed,
server-based environment, and the transition from landline to
wireless telecom,” said Mr. Hevert. “This industry is
fast paced and we’re always on the bleeding edge.
Personally, I’ve enjoyed the friendships and camaraderie
I’ve experienced running into the same people all these years.
I’ve known Richard since 1996 and have found Alliance to have
extremely talented, experienced consultants who are
thought-provoking and very professional.”
Chuck Johnson, now with Amdocs, goes back more than ten years in
telecom. “There have been so many changes in this
industry,” he said. “Consolidations are continuing and
accelerating, data services are exploding, billing vendors have
much more complexity with managing gateways to the network and
settlements, IT is getting outsourced and off-shored (which is
quite difficult to do well), and on the handset side smart
devices are everywhere. Who but Steve Jobs would have
expected the iPhone to capture 50% of the market and dwarf even
the Motorola Razr? This industry is fast paced, has
fascinating technology, is very customer-focused and is
intensely competitive. I’ve worked with Alliance at
BellSouth and T-Mobile and had a wonderful experience, one that
I expect to repeat.”
Mr. McFarlane summed up, “While maintaining our telecom
specialization and business model as cornerstones for 15 years,
we have adapted to new client structures and the consolidation
of vendors. We believe that being a small, focused company
allows us to bring our clients highly experienced consultants
who solve problems and transfer knowledge. Our special
thanks goes to our clients who see the value we provide have
made a particular effort to keep us as a consulting option.”
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Alliance
Telecom Solutions President Speaks
at Telecom2009 Session
Chicago, Illinois, February
5, 2009
—
Richard McFarlane, President and Founder of Alliance Telecom
Solutions, was selected to address the National Association of
Broadcasters’ Telecom 2009 Education Session.
The event will welcome thousands of communications
service providers and suppliers to
Las Vegas
on April 18-23, 2009.
Mr. McFarlane will speak on the subject
“Overcoming the Top Five Issues of Converged Billing.”
He will provide an overview of triple play services
offered by cable carriers and traditional telcos and address the
biggest challenges faced in billing for bundled services.
Since its founding in 1994,
Alliance Telecom Solutions has provided experienced functional
and technical consultants to fixed and mobile carriers and MSOs.
Alliance
consultants have played integral roles in supporting the launch
of triple play services for some of the nation’s leading
carriers. The firm
works with clients to make tactical business process changes and
to implement the
OSS and BSS systems needed for the deployment of Voice over IP, IPTV,
and other next-generation services.
“I am delighted to have the
opportunity to speak at NAB’s Telecom 2009 Education
Session,” said Mr. McFarlane.
“Carriers are under intense competitive pressure to
offer their customers converged services.
Getting the billing done right is critical to the
customer experience as well as to back office operations.
I hope to share what we’ve learned at
Alliance
and shed some light on overcoming common challenges.”
About
Alliance
Telecom Solutions –
Alliance
Telecom Solutions is a global consulting firm that partners with
emerging and major telecommunications companies throughout the
world to develop and implement successful business strategies,
operations, and systems. Alliance is currently working with
fixed and mobile carriers and MSOs to implement converged
product offerings.
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Contact:
Richard McFarlane (847) 782-1500
mac@atswireless.com
Alliance Telecom Solutions
Alliance's
President Addresses 2009 Wireless Symposium
Chicago, Illinois, December
5, 2008
—
Richard McFarlane, President and Founder of Alliance Telecom
Solutions, was selected to address the National
Telecommunications Cooperative Association’s 2009 Wireless
Symposium. The event
will welcome hundreds of telecommunications service providers to
Austin,
Texas
on January 7-9, 2009.
Mr.
McFarlane will speak on the subject “LTE vs. WiMAX: What
Technology Will Win and Why?” He will present and then facilitate a panel discussion on
topics including the deployment costs, roaming opportunities,
technology migration paths, end-user applications, consumer
electronic devices, and business models of the two technologies.
Since
its founding in 1994, Alliance Telecom Solutions has provided
experienced functional and technical consultants to telecom
carriers in both the wireless and fixed line sectors.
Alliance
is working with clients to make the tactical business process
changes and to implement the
OSS
and BSS systems needed for the deployment of next-generation
high speed data networks.
“I
am delighted to have the opportunity to speak at NTCA’s
Wireless Symposium,” said Mr. McFarlane. “Telecom carriers face an important decision in the
next year or two about their WiMAX or LTE deployment strategy.
I hope to share what we’ve learned at
Alliance
and shed some light on the pros and cons of each technology, and
I look forward to gaining insight from the companies attending
about real world strategies being implemented. I expect a lively
discussion.”
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Alliance
Telecom Solutions, Inc.
Honored
by AT&T as Outstanding Supplier
Chicago, Illinois, June 6, 2007 – Commitment to excellence over
the past year has earned Alliance Telecom Solutions recognition
as an outstanding supplier to AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T), one of
the world’s leading data, voice, wireless and Internet
services providers.
“We are proud of our long-standing tradition of
providing unparalleled products and services to our business and
residential customers,” said Maureen Merkle, President,
AT&T Procurement. “We’re
successful on that front in large part thanks to supplier
partners like Alliance Telecom that consistently go above and
beyond the call of duty.”
Alliance Telecom received one of 39 supplier recognition
awards for its work in helping AT&T deliver outstanding
service to its customers during the past year.
Alliance Telecom was recognized for its contributions in
the Customer Service category.
“Our relationship with AT&T recognizes their belief
in the value of specialized services.
We are very pleased to have been selected for this
award,” said Richard McFarlane, President of Alliance Telecom.
As part of its annual supplier recognition program,
AT&T took our a half-page ad in the June 5, 2007, edition of
the Wall Street Journal to publicly thank the selected
companies.
About Alliance
Telecom Solutions –
Alliance Telecom Solutions is a global consulting firm
that partners with emerging and major telecommunication
companies globally to develop and implement successful
strategies, operations, and systems.
Alliance
was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in suburban Chicago.
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