Richardson-based Centina Systems, a provider of customer-centric Fault and Performance, Application Monitoring and Service Assurance solutions, announced today that it was selected as a finalist for the prestigious TM Forum Solution Excellence Award.

The TM Forum Solution Excellence Award is awarded to the supplier or system integrator demonstrating the most innovative and effective use of TM Forum Solution Frameworks to deliver tangible cost reduction and efficiency improvement. Centina Systems' selection as a Finalist is testimony to the exceptional innovation and capability that the NetOmnia solution has delivered to its customers.

"In building the NetOmnia solution, the company founders set out with the goal of creating a seamless Fault and Performance Management solution built from the ground-up on the latest technologies to address the continuing challenges faced by service providers using legacy solutions," said Gregg Hara, vice president of business development. "Selection as a Finalist for the Solution Excellence Award is recognition of Centina's success and innovation in deploying a solution that reduces network troubleshooting and downtime and streamlines ongoing administration timeframes and costs."

Having attracted a record number of nominees from leading communications service providers, suppliers and systems integrators, the finalists were selected by a judging panel of impartial industry experts.

The TM Forum Excellence Awards are regarded as the most sought-after awards of their kind, recognizing global leadership, innovation and excellence, and giving significance to achievements of leading companies within the communications industry.

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