ECtel Expands in UK and Singapore

Israeli revenue management vendor ECtel has announced it is opening new operations in the UK and Singapore. Read the press release here.

The expansion comes at a time where there is renewed evidence of cost-cutting by communication providers. On top of the many stories about job reductions, there are also signs that operators are cutting back on capital expenditure. For example, AT&T have announced they will reduce capex in 2009 by 10-15% compared to 2008. This follows the prediction of ECtel’s CEO, Itzik Weinstein, who said that telcos would be looking to restrict capex during a recent interview with talkRA. In that interview, he promoted ECtel’s new strategy of leveraging its balance sheet to offer alternative, opex-driven, purchasing arrangements to customers, stating that these would represent a growing proportion of sales in 2009. Given that they have the confidence to invest in enhanced local support for their European and AsiaPac markets, it looks like ECtel is putting its money where its mouth is, and going on the offensive to secure and grow market share. Two good questions to mind. First, will geographical expansion lead to increased rewards for ECtel? Second, will rival vendors follow ECtel’s lead, or will they scale back instead? Watch this space to find out.

Eric Priezkalns
Eric Priezkalnshttp://revenueprotect.com

Eric is the Editor of Commsrisk. Look here for more about the history of Commsrisk and the role played by Eric.

Eric is also the Chief Executive of the Risk & Assurance Group (RAG), an association of professionals working in risk management and business assurance for communications providers. RAG was founded in 2003 and Eric was appointed CEO in 2016.

Previously Eric was Director of Risk Management for Qatar Telecom and he has worked with Cable & Wireless, T‑Mobile, Sky, Worldcom and other telcos. He was lead author of Revenue Assurance: Expert Opinions for Communications Providers, published by CRC Press.

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