CBOSS

CBOSS specializes in automation of business of telecom operators, develops software and renders services in outsourcing. In addition to Russia the company has offices in Finland, the UAE and in Vietnam. Among clients of the company – Yota, the Russian Railway, subsidiary of Rostelecom "Nizhny Novgorod Cellular Communication" and others.

History

1996

Andrey Morozov (so far — the president of CBOSS) founds SoftPro company, renamed later into CBOSS.

1998

JSC Mobile TeleSystems becomes the client of CBOSS.

2004

Acquisition at Fujitsu of the division which was engaged in development of billing systems of calculations in real time. CBOSS acquired all rights to the billing system of real time of rtBilling developed by Fujitsu Services Oy in property. The staff of this firm (70 people) passed to work into CBOSS. The participating companies did not call transaction amount.

2005

In 2005 CBOSS, according to its president Andrey Morozov, were in a situation of tough pressure, having faced problems of attempt of unfriendly absorption: "Everything began with the fact that one of our clients, having changed management, ceased to sign agreements and to pay bills. When we asked to be calculated for the shipped products, to us the counter offer arrived: no more, no less to give a controlling stake of CBOSS".

Having been refused, representatives of certain structures of steel it is transparent to hint at the future problems at CBOSS with "bodies". After that repeatedly came to CBOSS and filled up with requests and calls from the most different supervising instances, Morozov says: "During the whole year at us tried to find violations, but the catch checking was just ridiculous. For example, OBOP, the division designed to fight organized crime inspired through profile state structure removal of the small neon letters 'CBOSS' over an input to the building as we had properly no issued permission to outdoor advertizing".

2012

International association of operators of GSM (GSMA) networks - the organizer of the World mobile congress (World Mobile Congress, MWC) - informed on March 1, 2012 the Russian company CBOSS that it terminates with it the contract for participation in this action in 2013 in connection with "abuse of regulations of a show". Record about it appeared the other day on official Twitter blog of GSMA. Did not issue the press release concerning contract cancelation with the Russian company GSMA, as well as does not extend what governed and how broke CBOSS. "During MWC 2012 a number of the moments which forced us took place to review the contract with CBOSS and to work thus. Anyway, it is a question which concerns our two companies and is not a reason for release of the public message", - the British edition The Telegraph quotes the representative of GSMA.

MWC is one of the largest annual world events in the field of a telecom. This year it was carried out from February 27 to March 1 in Barcelona. According to organizers, over 67 thousand participated in an action human. For the last years CBOSS regularly took part in MWC. Bright dancing shows performed by the girls dressed in the dresses drawing attention became distinctive feature of its stand at this exhibition traditionally.

Foreign media and blogosphere are sure that nonconventional marketing acceptances which the company used for involvement of participants at the exhibition which took place recently were of contract cancelation with CBOSS the cause. As it appears from the message of CBOSS in its threshold, this year "the attractiveness of its stand was based on three powerful whales: anti-recessionary advantages of convergence of solutions and company services, the previous unforgettable dens-show exceeding everything, a large-scale creative research of the market".

The last point assumed that visitors had to approach on the CBOSS stand, receive the special ticket of the participant and express the opinions and the ideas on trends of development of telecom market in the special section of the website of the company. The company promised to authors of the most original ideas a possibility of visit of the closed party with participation of "stars of CBOSS" (girls from a dans-show) which she holds usually to time of MWC only for a certain circle of clients and partners or "the subsequent personal interview at supper from one of stars".

Products

The CBOSS company is a software maker for automation of activity of cellular operators in the following areas:

• Billing (convergent solution for Prepaid and Postpaid of subscribers)
• VAS
  • SMSC
  • MMSC
  • USSD

• ERP systems
• CRM
• Electronic document management systems

Sources

• Official site of the company
• CBOSS on the website Sun
• Andrey Morozov: The state needs to create an internal investment flywheel