New York, London, Paris, February 13, 2007 - Highdeal, the world's leading provider of pricing, rating and charging solutions today announces that Maroc Connect, a Moroccan telecommunications provider, has selected Highdeal Transactive® to bill for their next generation services based on voicemail and interactive voice system. In early 2006, Maroc Connect founded the only privately owned telecoms provider in the country, after being granted a license by the National Telecom Authority to deliver voice, data and Internet access and "local" wireless services to the mass market and enterprises.

A newcomer and innovator within the Moroccan telecoms market, Maroc Connect selected Highdeal's pricing, rating and billing solution to provide innovative pricing and packaging capabilities for their new Value Added Services.

"Maroc Connect is at the forefront of innovation, so we were looking for a technologically advanced and future proof billing system. Highdeal provides unique pricing and packaging capabilities which will help ensure the fastest time to market for our new services. Our choice was also closely tied to the strong recommendations made by Bull, who we selected as the System Integrator for our complete Information System." Karim Zaz, CEO, Maroc Connect.

Highdeal was integrated within a comprehensive Information System which includes a CRM from Oracle Peoplesoft, the Comptel Mediation suite and StreamWide, a scalable voice service platform. Bull is a strategic partner of Highdeal and has numerous references for integrating solutions for Maroc Connect, particularly in the billing and customer care arena. Bull had the responsibility of implementing the new Information System by applying some custom development and integrating key solution components such as Highdeal Transactive. Highdeal open Java/XML APIs, enabled Bull to quickly and easily integrate Highdeal Transactive.

"Highdeal is thrilled to be part of such a significant telecoms project in Morocco. It is a great endorsement that service providers such as Maroc Connect recognize the benefits that pricing and packaging flexibility and the advanced capabilities that Highdeal Transactive brings when launching new Value Added Services. Moreover, this new implementation of our solution reinforces our strong technical and commercial relationship with Bull" adds Eric Lavenir, EVP Sales, EMEA, Highdeal.

About Maroc Connect
Created in 1999, Maroc Connect is a telecommunications service provider addressing the mass market as well as small and large enterprises. As technological and business innovators, Maroc Connect creates added value for customers as they propel the Moroccon market in line with international standards with regards to service innovation and high technology. As the first privately owned Internet provider and market leader of managed enterprise solutions, Maroc Connect continues to reinforce its market strength by maintaining a focus on innovation and customer service.

About Highdeal
Highdeal is the world's leading provider of Pricing & Rating solutions. By delivering unconstrained pricing and packaging flexibility coupled with real-time transaction management, Highdeal solves the billing problem in the multiservice world. The Yankee Group recently named Highdeal the fastest growing billing and rating vendor defined in terms of announced customers. With over 170 implementations in more than 50 countries, broadband, mobile and on-demand service providers around the world rely on Highdeal. For more information, visit www.highdeal.com.

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