Open™, leader in BOSS (Business and Operations Support Systems) solutions development and implementations for public utilities industries announces that will be a sponsor of the VIII Congress of Domiciliary Public Utilities and Services to be held in Cartagena, Colombia during the 28, 29, and 30th days of June of 2006.

The Congress of Domiciliary Public Utilities and Services is promoted in Colombia by ANDESCO and by the Superintendence of Domiciliary Public Utilities summoning and promoting important issues for the water works, garbage collection, power, gas and the telecommunication industries of the country. This initiative oriented towards different aspects such as competitiveness, customer service, regulation and, in general, those seeking excellence in service are debated.

The event has an academic program as well as a financial and technological show of interest for all public sectors, with participation of all companies associated with development. The main issue during the Congress will be The Excellence in Service.

Open™ will be present at the VII Congress of Domiciliary Public Utilities confirming, to the Power, Water Works, Gas and Telecommunication Industries the leading position of its specialized OpenSmartflex™ solution which provides support to invoicing, collections and customer service as well as to the management of network components and field operations needed for the provisioning of services having critical management requirements.

During the past two years, Open™ has continued to improve and strengthen is technological platform, OpenSmartflex™, with functionalities oriented to the electric power, water works and gas industries.OpenSmartflex POWER BOSS™ a solution recently released by Open™, exclusively designed for the electric power marketing and distribution industries, through which Open™reinforces the importance of the Revenue Assurance and Control of Losses concept. This solution has an integrated approach that allows, among other functionalities, for the management of materials, programmed and preventive maintenance, customers, management of work crews and work assignment, consumption trends, tariffs for the regulated and non-regulated markets, metering equipment control, balance and inventory of installed equipment.

At the Cartagena Hilton Hotel, Calamary Meeting Room, attendants to the VII Congress of Domiciliary Public Utilities, will be able to become familiar with OpenSmartflex POWER BOSS™ as well as with all other OpenSmartflex™ Suites available to the telecommunications and public utilities industries.

About Andesco (www.andesco.com)

ANDESCO is a Non-Profit organization having the mission of promoting the integrated development of public services and utilities industries and their complementary activities, aiding in the modernization and technological updating aiming to achieve excellence in the services redendered.




About the Superintendence of Public Utilities and Services

A technical organization. Created by the Colombian Constitution of 1991, commissioned by the President of the Republic to control, inspect and supervise all domiciliary public utilities and services providers.

www.superservicios.gov.co

Marketing Group
Miami, June, 2006
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