Cellular One of East Central Illinios-EIS Press Release - Competitive ...

1309 Briarville Road, Suite 300, Madison, Tennessee 37115Toll Free: 800-544-8874 Voice 615-612-1200 Fax: 615-612-1205FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECELLULAR ONE OF EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS CONTINUES TO RELY ON EQUINOXTELELINK MEDIATION TOOL PROCESSES ASN.1–FORMATTED DATA(NASHVILLE, TN) August 13, 2012–Nashville-based Equinox Information Systems reports that CellularOne of East Central Illinois recently purchased additional data licensing for their TeleLink mediation andrevenue assurance solution. Cellular One of East Central Illinois is a privately-owned wireless providerserving customers in Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Jasper, Lawrence,Richland, and Vermilion counties of Illinois.Since 2006, Cellular One has been using the Collector and TeleLink solutions from Equinox. Collectorestablishes connectivity with their switches and retrieves call records as they are created. Once itcollects usage records, it moves them to a designated network device or location. From there, TeleLinkmediates the records—filtering, converting, and transforming the data—for delivery to downstreamprocesses, in this case, a billing system.Based on the billing process efficiencies achieved with TeleLink over the previous 6+ years, Cellular Oneturned to Equinox for help extracting and mediating data from a new Nokia switch. The data istransmitted in the ASN.1 standard (Abstract Syntax Notation One). To meet Cellular One’s mediationrequirements, Equinox enhanced TeleLink to process the Basic Encoding Rules (BER) format that is partof the ASN.1 standard.“We had an urgent need to begin mediating ASN.1-formatted data and this required a great amount oftechnical expertise to develop,” said Ed King, Chief Financial Officer for Cellular One of East CentralIllinois. “Our long-standing relationship with Equinox provided us with the history necessary to knowthey were the obvious choice that would assure us the job would get done right. Despite a very shorttimeline and complex requirements, they delivered exactly what we needed, and they did it ahead ofschedule!”“Our primary goal is to deliver the industry’s most complete and competitive mediation platform,”explained David West, Executive Vice President for Equinox Information Systems. “To that end, wedesigned TeleLink to rapidly and efficiently accommodate industry changes and technologicaladvancements, including new data standards and formats, such as ASN.1. Our ability to meet CellularOne’s tight schedule and address their complex needs illustrates our commitment to achieving thisgoal.”About Cellular One of East Central IllinoisCellular One of East Central Illinois is a privately-owned and locally-operated company that provideswireless service to 11 counties in Illinois. Since their inception in 1991, Cellular One has focused ondifferentiating themselves from large corporate competitors by providing outstanding customer serviceand the best technology for their local customers. They pride themselves on being one of the fewindependent cellular service providers in the country that has operated continually under the sameowners since first opening for business. While other cellular service providers in the area have changedownership and names multiple times, Cellular One of East Central Illinois has remained constant—bothin name and quality of service. For more information, please visit www.cellular1.net.REVENUE ASSURANCE | FRAUD MANAGEMENT | DATA MEDIATION | CUSTOM SOLUTIONS

About EquinoxFounded in 1986, Equinox Information Systems provides software solutions to telecommunicationscustomers worldwide. Providing a full range of software applications, which are backed by exceptionalcustomer support, the company offers solutions in areas critical to profitability and network efficiency,including revenue assurance, fraud management, mediation, network analysis, and custom applicationdevelopment. Equinox has encountered and had experience processing 250+ of data formats in theirtenure serving the telecom industry. For a complete list of supported switch and data formats, go towww.equinoxis.com/supported-switches-data-formats.php. For more information about the company,its products, and staff, visit www.equinoxis.com.Contact:David West615-612-1200, Ext. 234dwest@equinoxis.com# # #REVENUE ASSURANCE | FRAUD MANAGEMENT | DATA MEDIATION | CUSTOM SOLUTIONS