Tech Mahindra, the country’s sixth largest software exporter and second largest solution provider to the global telecom industry, has won the prestigious Billing & OSS World 2008 Excellence Awards in the ‘Best Billing Solution’ category for its LHS BSCS iX Release 1 Integrated with Ericsson Charging System project. This award was announced by Billing & OSS World as a part of the Billing & OSS World 2008 conference & Expo in Chicago, today. The Billing & OSS World Excellence Awards recognizes the leaders- vendors, service providers and integrators -- in the development and deployment of billing and OSS technologies and processes.

Tech Mahindra beat several other technological giants to emerge winners in this category. Tech Mahindra have been awarded three times in a row at the Billing & OSS World conference, previously winning the Award for Achievement in Innovation in 2006 and the Outstanding Achievement in the industry in 2007.Tech Mahindra is already one of the leading players in the BSS/OSS space, in the world and it has over just the past few years built up a phenomenal track record of successfully implementing & launching BSS/OSS solutions for its clients globally. As a testimony of its largesse in this space, it has been awarded the 3rd Largest BSS Systems Integrator and 5th Largest BSS Vendor (Gartner –Dataquest, WorldWide Analysis 2000-2006, published in 2007).

According to Mr. Vivek Karla, Vice President, Tech Mahindra “It is indeed an honor to receive this prestigious award for technological excellence, which is a testimony of our deep domain knowledge in the telecom sector. Tech Mahindra has already emerged as a key leader in the Billing and OSS Space and this award reaffirms our market standing in this arena.”

Billing World & OSS 2008 Conference and Expo is the premier event for business and operations support systems. The conference also provides a forum for information sharing around current topics like integration of fixed and mobile services, fulfillment, assurance, billing and settlements across global networks for blended voice, video, content and data services. The exhibition showcases the latest systems, software and service offerings from industry leaders in the OSS/BSS sector who are tackling orchestration challenges every day around the world.

For more information visit http://www.billingworld.com/excellenceawards.

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About Tech Mahindra Ltd

Tech Mahindra is a leading provider of solutions and services to the telecommunications industry, majority stake owned by Mahindra & Mahindra, in partnership with BT Plc. With total revenues of $648million in the year ended March 31, 2007, Tech Mahindra is India’s 6th largest software exporter, and serves telecom service providers, equipment manufacturers, software vendors and systems integrators.

Assessed at SEI-CMMi Level 5 and PCMM Level 5, Tech Mahindra's track record for value-delivery is supported by over 23,000 professionals who provide a unique blend of culture, domain expertise and in-depth technology skill-sets. Its development centers are ISO 9001:2000 & BS7799 certified. Tech Mahindra has principal offices in the UK, United States, Germany, UAE, Egypt, Singapore, India, Thailand, Indonesia & Australia.

Visit: http://www.techmahindra.com/