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AnchorPoint Sponsored Aberdeen Group Report Talks Telecom Lifecycle Management to the C-Suite

Research Identifies Telecom Expense Management Best Practices in Challenging Economic Times

Apr 30, 2009 - Framingham, MA - A new benchmark report from Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks Company entitled Telecom Lifecycle Management: The C-Suite Guide to Saving Millions in Corporate Costs confirms that executive commitment is a crucial factor for Best-in-Class practices of telecom expense and Telecom Lifecycle Management (TLM) cost reduction initiatives. The report, sponsored by AnchorPoint, a Division of MTS provides guidance to the CEO, CFO, CIO, and CPO for maximizing the reduction of enterprise telecom and network expenses.

“The C-Suite must consider all means necessary to protect the enterprise during this economic downturn,” said Hyoun Park, Research Editor, Aberdeen and author of the report. “Based on the benchmark data in the report, Best-in-Class telecom lifecycle management end users have figured out how to save 16 million dollars, which is equivalent to over 300 jobs, through a combination of technologies, capabilities, and executive involvement.”

The report identifies that companies that have not coordinated technologies and executive commitment into a Best-in-Class telecom lifecycle management effort are giving up a 40% decrease in telecom and network spend. The report findings are based on the use, experiences and intentions of over 120 enterprises using TLM and responding during February and March of 2009.

Offered as a software license, hosted or outsourced solution, AnchorPoint Telecom Expense Management (TEM) enables customers to intelligently manage, plan, optimize, and reduce their communications and network investments. AnchorPoint customer engagements begin with Map-to-Win^SM, AnchorPoint’s strategic consulting approach. Map-to-Win^SM enables organizations to effectively align their business goals with their people, process and technology investments, to assure the success of their expense management initiatives. The AnchorPoint solution is designed to provide a single view of visibility and management control into all their telecom expenses and operations resulting in 15% - 30% savings.

A complimentary copy of the AnchorPoint sponsored Aberdeen Group study can be found at www.AnchorPoint.com/Aberdeen.

About Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks Company

Aberdeen is a leading provider of fact-based research and market intelligence that delivers demonstrable results. Having benchmarked more than 30,000 companies in the past two years, Aberdeen is uniquely positioned to educate users to action: driving market awareness, creating demand, enabling sales, and delivering meaningful return-on-investment analysis. As the trusted advisor to the global technology markets, corporations turn to AberdeenTM for insights that drive decisions.

As a Harte-Hanks Company, Aberdeen plays a key role of putting content in context for the global direct and targeted marketing company. Aberdeen's analytical and independent view of the “customer optimization” process of Harte-Hanks (Information – Opportunity – Insight – Engagement – Interaction) extends the client value and accentuates the strategic role Harte-Hanks brings to the market. For additional information, visit Aberdeen http://www.aberdeen.com or call (617) 723-7890, or to learn more about Harte-Hanks, call (800) 456-9748 or go to http://www.harte-hanks.com.

AnchorPoint Contact:
John Venditti | +1 508-628-4549 | john.venditti@mtsint.com

About Anchorpoint

AnchorPoint (www.AnchorPoint.com) is a leading provider of Telecom Expense Management Solutions that enable enterprises to gain visibility and control of strategic assets that drive key business processes and crucial competitive advantage. The company's award-winning software, consulting and managed services solutions -- including integrated Invoice, Asset, and Usage Management and Business Analytics tools -- provide professionals at every level of the organization with rapid access to concise, actionable data. Armed with this knowledge, they can make smart operational and financial decisions that maximize the performance of core assets and services. From reducing costs and optimizing resources for superior ROI; from allocating budgets to ensuring regulatory compliance; from purchasing to payment; and everything in between, global leaders rely on AnchorPoint for absolute control over bottom line results.

AnchorPoint is a division of MTS - Mer Telemanagement Solutions Ltd. (Nasdaq: MTSL), a global provider of Telecom Expense Management (TEM) and customer care & billing (CC&B) solutions. Headquartered in Israel, MTS markets its solutions through wholly owned subsidiaries in the United States, Hong Kong, The Netherlands, and Brazil, as well as through OEM partnerships with Siemens, Phillips, NEC and other vendors. MTS shares are traded on the NASDAQ Capital Market (symbol MTSL). For more information please visit the MTS web site: www.mtsint.com

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