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ECtel Ltd., a leading provider of Integrated Revenue Management (IRM) solutions, today announced that in a series of benchmark tests conducted in cooperation with Sun Microsystems its Revenue Assurance product RAP and IRM Product Framework have demonstrated industry leading performance and scalability, handling throughput of 2.2 billion transactions per day. The new level of application performance set by this benchmark will enable very large communication service providers to achieve enterprise-wide revenue assurance. The test environment simulated high-end production conditions with a representative configuration of a revenue assurance system. Depending on the various configurations tested, RAP processed up to 36 Million transactions per hour per CPU, highlighting the high-performance architecture of RAP, as well as the power and advanced features of the Solaris 10 operating system (OS) and UltraSPARC IV processor technology. The system also utilized Oracle 10g capabilities and Sun StorEdge modular disk arrays with 4.7 TB of storage. These results demonstrate ECtel’s technology leadership and enable the new levels of performance and efficiency required for end-to-end revenue assurance projects of large communications providers. “Communications providers are continuously improving business support systems in order to maintain their edge in a competitive environment, presenting a growing performance challenge to both service providers and vendors,” said Stephen Terry, Manager OSS/BSS Solutions & Partner Development at Sun Microsystems. ”By combining Sun’s market-leading platforms and expertise with ECtel’s high-performance software, we have provided a proven solution to communications providers seeking unparalleled scalability”. Mr. Eitan Naor, President & CEO of ECtel, said: "ECtel provides solutions to the world’s leading communications service providers, and consistently addresses their increasing expectations. We have recently completed the implementation of a revenue assurance solution for one of the leading wireless operators in the US, in which the exceptional performance of our products was key. By cooperating with industry leaders we are able to maintain and enhance our competitive advantage and provide superior solutions to customers.” RAP is ECtel’s automated revenue assurance platform that facilitates cost-effective assurance of revenues and processes. It provides a unique set of functionality and capabilities and enables operators and system integrators to implement system interfaces, define Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), add or update revenue assurance KPIs, controls and more.