Americatel Deploys Equinox's TeleLink for Mediation

Equinox Information Systems today announced that Americatel has upgraded its installation of TeleLink to version 5 and deployed the software’s mediation functionality.

In addition to providing network reporting and analysis, TeleLink is a mediation platform that integrates with all usage, including Sonus and Nortel DMS GSP, as well as off-net feeds. Americatel uses TeleLink 5 to mediate all of its call data for downstream billing system.

TeleLink facilitates the delivery of usage records by filtering and converting data to the appropriate formats for billing operational support systems. TeleLink allows telecom carriers to perform important operational functions, such as billing, fraud control, and verifying the usage of interconnect partners. Americatel uses TeleLink to process call records from multiple switch sources as well as six off-net feeds: Bell Nexxia, Verizon, Global Crossing, ANI Networks, Sprint, and Level 3.

“We have used TeleLink’s reporting functionality for several years, and it plays an important role in our back-office operations,” explained Russell Clarkson, CIO for Americatel. “In addition to the new query tools and enhanced reporting available with the upgrade, we are now using TeleLink to mediate call data from all of our switches and off-network partners to our billing system, as well as generate reports based on operational measurements.”