MTS Receives Tax Assessment from the Israeli Tax Authorities for Tax Ruling for the 1997 to 1999 Period
RA'ANANA, Israel, March 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
MTS - Mer Telemanagement Solutions Ltd. (NASDAQ Capital Market: MTSL), a global provider of MVNE, Mobile Money and telecommunications expense management (TEM) services and solutions, today announced that it received a tax assessment from the Israeli tax authorities relating to the Tel-Aviv District Court's decision with respect to the 1997 to 1999 tax years.
As a result of the assessment, MTS increased the provision in its financial statements for this tax ruling by approximately $600,000. Such provision is in addition the provision made in the third quarter of 2012 and will be included in the Company's fourth quarter financial statements. All but $240,000 of the liability was paid prior to year end.
The Company will announce its fourth quarter and year-end results on March 19, and believes that its fourth quarter results will be profitable despite the additional tax provision relating to the assessment.
About MTS
Mer Telemanagement Solutions Ltd. (MTS) is a worldwide provider of innovative products and services for comprehensive telecom expense management (TEM) and enterprise mobility management (EMM) solutions, telecom billing solutions used by telecommunication service providers and mobile virtual network operators and enablers (MVNO/MVNE) solutions used by mobile service providers.
The MTS TEM Suite solution enables enterprises to gain visibility and control of strategic fixed and mobile telecom assets, services and IT security policies that drive key business processes and crucial competitive advantage. The MTS cloud, consulting and managed services solutions -- including integrated management of invoices, assets, wireless, optimization, usage, mobile device management (MDM), procurement, help desk and bill payment ,along with dashboards and reporting tools -- provide professionals at every level of the organization with rapid access to concise, actionable data.
MTS's solutions for telecommunication service providers are used worldwide by wireless and wireline service providers for interconnect billing, partner revenue management and for charging and invoicing their customers. MTS provides MVNE service to allow quick launch of new MVNO initiatives in a pay as you grow and revenue share models. In addition, MTS has pre-configured solutions to support emerging carriers of focused solutions (e.g. IPTV, VoIP, WiMAX, MVNO) to rapidly install a full-featured and scalable solution.
Headquartered in Israel, MTS markets its solutions through wholly owned subsidiaries in the United States, Hong Kong and The Netherlands 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: http://www.mtsint.com.
Certain matters discussed in this news release are forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, risks in product development plans and schedules, rapid technological change, changes and delays in product approval and introduction, customer acceptance of new products, the impact of competitive products and pricing, market acceptance, the lengthy sales cycle, proprietary rights of the Company and its competitors, risk of operations in Israel, government regulations, dependence on third parties to manufacture products, general economic conditions and other risk factors detailed in the Company's filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
Company Contact:
Alon Mualem
CFO
Tel: +972-9-7777-540
Email: [email protected]
SOURCE MTS-MER Telemanagement Solutions Ltd
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