SuperComm India 2004, Pragati Maidan, Delhi.
An audience of servicer providers, vendors, systems integrators, students
and journalists listened while, Mr. Stephen Vaz, Country Manager for Eftia
India, spoke on the need to have OSS become more business centric rather than
technology driven. Speaking on Next Generation Networks - Asset Management
as a revenue enabler, Mr. Vaz gave delegates insights into the importance
of managing real-time services and network inventory and the impact it has
on the revenue model of a service provider.

Mr. Stephen Vaz, Country Manager of Eftia India, speaks with panel on Next Generation Networks
As part of the Canadian Pavilion, run by the Industry Canada
Trade Promotion Council, Eftia enjoyed a visit from Canadian High Commissioner,
Lucie Edwards. The Canadian Pavilion aimed to promote Canadian companies doing
business in the telecom sectors of India and Ms. Edwards took a keen interest
in learning more about Eftia's OSS product strategies in India and the Asia
Pacific area.

Lucie Edwards, Canadian High Commissioner to India, visits the Eftia Booth
The exhibition portion of the event attracted service provider, government carriers and government telecom bodies, all of whom were looking for solutions to improve the communications infrastructure and services in India. Eftia demonstrated both its Master.Scribe product and its newest offering, Ai²- application development framework - which was well received by trade show visitors who were impressed by its scalability and functionality.
About Eftia
Eftia is a global leader in providing and deploying turnkey software solutions and extensible platforms that meet the business automation demands of communications service providers and large enterprises.
Ai², which stands for Adaptable, Intelligent, Integrable, is a next generation, state of the art, application framework and engine to provide enterprise automation solutions for any industry. It enables the rapid, cost-effective creation of custom resource management related applications to meet specific business needs, offering a level of adaptability not seen in other products.
Eftia is a significant contributor to the New Generation Operations Systems and Software (NGOSS) led by the TeleManagement Forum, and is a focus member of the OSS through Java Initiative. Eftia is headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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