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SWISSCOM Again Selects ECtel; Will Now Implement FraudView

ECtel Ltd announced that SWISSCOM, Switzerland's leading telecommunications provider and an established ECtel customer in the Quality of Service products, placed an order in December 2001 for FraudView, ECtel's state-of-the-art, real-time fraud detection and prevention solution.

SWISSCOM provides comprehensive solutions in mobile and fixed-line voice and data communications as well as in Internet services in Switzerland, a country that has one of the highest ISDN-access densities by international comparison. A complete range of leading-edge data services ranging from leased lines to integrated solutions for business customers is provided by SWISSCOM. With its own Bluewin, Switzerland's leading Internet provider, it offers the largest online portal for residential customers.

ECtel's FraudView application is an innovative comprehensive revenue assurance tool, which provides fraud detection, prevention and management systems, all in real time. FraudView is a scaleable solution that includes user-defined filters for fraud scenarios, profiling and data-mining applications based on neural networks. The system also has fraud prevention capabilities. The solution is based on real-time monitoring of data and signalling networks, providing the customer with a complete and flexible solution that can easily deal with changing and new fraud patterns.

Aharon Shech, president & chief executive officer of ECtel Ltd, commented: "A rewarding relationship was established with SWISSCOM since our QualiView was implemented in its networks. Now, ECtel's one platform/multiple applications feature has afforded the inherent opportunity to expand SWISSCOM's revenue management platform with ECtel's FraudView, our comprehensive fraud detection and prevention solution and the world's leading technology for real-time fraud prevention over converged networks -- a tool designed to maximize bottom-line revenues."

Shech added: "As long as our customers keep coming back for additional solutions, we know we are doing our job. That's very gratifying."

ECtel Ltd

As a leader in networks monitoring technology, ECtel Ltd develops and markets solutions that enable telecommunications and Internet service providers to monitor the Quality of Service and SLA over voice, data, cellular, VOIP and Next Generation Networks; to detect and prevent complicated fraud scenarios such as subscription, roaming and technical fraud; and perform billing verifications.

ECtel has developed and deploys proprietary state-of-the-art hardware and software technologies in the areas of SS7 signalling and IP traffic monitoring and analysis; and algorithms for data management and analysis such as rule- based engine, profiling and data mining. These technologies are incorporated in one platform, which hosts ECtel's multiple applications.

For more information on ECtel, we invite you to visit our Web site at www.ectel.com.

Contact ECtel, Avi Goldstein, senior vice president and CFO, 972-3-926-3030, avig@ectel.com.

ProClarity Expands Operations into the Asia Pacific

ProClarity Corporation, an award-winning provider of enterprise analytic solutions, announced that it is expanding into the Asia Pacific region with the opening of a representative office in Singapore.

The new sales office will enable ProClarity to better support its existing partners, customers and the growing demand for ProClarity's analytic solutions in the region. ProClarity also announced the appointment of George Kong as General Manager for the region. Kong, who has over sixteen years of experience in the IT industry, is responsible for managing operations and expanding ProClarity's market presence. Efforts will focus on the following markets: Australia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand.

"Our expansion into the Asia Pacific region with the opening of the office in Singapore illustrates the increasing strategic importance and global scope and potential of the business analytics market and is indicative of the explosive 125% revenue growth we have experienced over the past eighteen months," said Johan Pellicaan, International Managing Director for ProClarity Corporation. "We felt it was important to establish a local ProClarity presence in the region in order to increase demand for ProClarity's products and ultimately enhance our position in the global business intelligence marketplace."

ProClarity has also been working in tandem with Microsoft on business intelligence co-offerings and solutions. Using Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services, ProClarity's solutions complement the wide range of business intelligence solutions and offerings by Microsoft. Some of the key customers who have benefited from this include Pfizer, ABN AMRO, GE Capital, Crown International, Kerry Foods, Roche, Hitachi, Canon and Merck.

Said Rob Murray, Director for Partners and Solutions Group (Asia), Microsoft, "It is great to see ProClarity expanding into Asia Pacific with their regional office in Singapore. The demand by customers for flexible and agile business intelligence solutions with a quick return on investment is particularly important during the current challenging economic period. The combination of the Microsoft Analysis Services provided through our Microsoft SQL Server and ProClarity Analytic Platform offerings is one of the most scalable, cost-effective and fastest-growing solutions available. We look forward to working with ProClarity to help our mutual customers realize the strategic value of business intelligence for their success in the market place."

"I am excited to be joining the ProClarity team and look forward to playing a key role in guiding ProClarity's expansion and commitment to transforming the analytics market in the region," said George Kong, General Manager of ProClarity Asia Pacific Operations. "I anticipate success in working with our existing partners and customers as well as helping new organizations realize the benefits of easily and cost-effectively deploying large-scale ProClarity tailored analytic solutions for increased enterprise decision making capabilities and efficiency."

About ProClarity Corporation

ProClarity Corporation is an award-winning provider of analytic solutions with the intelligence to drive business success. Founded in 1995, ProClarity develops tailored analytic solutions that enable enterprise organizations to derive the maximum business advantage from their valuable data capital. ProClarity is a privately held company headquartered in Boise, Idaho, with European headquarters in the Netherlands and offices in London, Milan, Paris, Stockholm and Singapore. ProClarity analytics help such leading companies such as AT&T, AOL Time Warner, Allstate, Compaq, CompUSA, Ericsson, GE Capital, HP, Nordstrom, Pfizer, Van Kampen and Verizon measure, predict and optimize business performance. Platform OEM customers include ABC Technologies, Changepoint, comScore Networks, Epicor, FRx, Manhattan Associates, Manugistics, Microsoft Great Plains Business Solutions and WebTrends. For more information visit the Web site at www.proclarity.com.

Contact ProClarity Public Relations, Angie O'Hara, 208-344-1630 x133, aohara@proclarity.com or ProClarity Asia, George Kong, +65-2936879, gkong@proclarity.nl.