Premium Australian Beverage Company Lion Nathan Selects Quickcomm for Telecom Expense Management Services

NEW YORK, May. 09 /PRNewswire/ --

NEW YORK, May 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Lion Nathan, an Australian premium alcoholic beverages company has chosen Quickcomm, a leading global provider of telecommunications expense management software and services. Quickcomm will implement the software solution to help manage the organization's entire telecom inventory and gain more visibility into its telecom expenditures thereby reducing its costs.

As a leading brewer, winemaker, marketer and distributor of alcoholic beverages in the international markets, Lion Nathan's expanding operations have resulted in a telecommunications spend of over $6 million per annum across Australia and New Zealand, thus creating a need for a superior telecom management system than ever before. Quickcomm's software solution will allow Lion Nathan the level of insight and visibility they need to ensure that they receive the greatest dividends from their communications investments.

"We are proud that Lion Nathan has grown with such great success, but along with success comes the need to take more responsibility in managing the expenses from our expansion," said Jim Duffy, IT services director at Lion Nathan. "Quickcomm's cutting edge software will help us to make that transition in the most painless of processes."

Predominantly paper-based and heavily reliant on manual processes to manage their Telecoms billing and invoices, Lion Nathan selected Quickcomm to dramatically reduce its telecom spending. By working with its Australian and New Zealand carriers to manage expenses electronically, Quickcomm will be able to help Lion Nathan streamline the billing process and ultimately boost productivity for the company.

Quickcomm's first task will be to provide Lion Nathan with its TEM software as an in-house enterprise application that reconciles telecom invoices with inventory and carriers. The solution analyzes each line item, from mobile and cellular voice services to tie lines, paging services, data and PBX. Quickcomm will then identify discrepancies and redundant or surplus services.

"Lion Nathan desires to have greater control over their carriers across the Australian region," said Mark Evans, CEO of Quickcomm. "Quickcomm recognizes the requirements of organizations such as Lion Nathan, and creates a custom-made solution to maximize expense management. When dealing with multiple service sectors, and a variety of telecom needs, a TEM solution is a necessary step to achieve greater visibility into where unnecessary expenditures are taking place."

About Quickcomm

Quickcomm was established in 1997 and has grown to become a leading provider of global Telecom Expense Management (TEM) software and services to Global 2000 companies. Quickcomm software helps cut telecom expenses dramatically and provides actionable insight for telecom provisioning that improves a company's bottom-line. It is the most complete TEM solution available, integrating transparently with a company's existing infrastructure. Initially formed in Australia, Quickcomm has been incorporated in the United States since 2003 and is headquartered in New York. For more information visit the company's web site at www.quickcomm.com.

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