ACE*COMM (R) Corporation, founded in 1983 and based in Gaithersburg, Maryland, offers communications service providers and enterprise organizations business information management and operations support system (OSS) technologies. The company develops asset recovery, wireless billing, and other products. The firm's systems streamline the capture, organization, and distribution of data across wireline and wireless networks. The products process voice, data, multimedia, and Internet communications traffic. ACE*COMM is known for its Convergent Mediation (TM) Service Delivery Platform (SDP), which supports the deployment of new subscriber services. The firm's NetPlus (R) enterprise OSS allows large businesses to optimize network performance. Parent Patrol (TM), introduced in 2005, provides users with wireless usage control features. The Network Business Intelligence (TM) technology includes revenue assurance, network asset assurance, market visualization, and other components. The company also offers operators and service providers mediation, rating, and provisioning technologies. ACE*COMM has shipped over 4,000 systems worldwide. The firm serves 300 customers across 70 countries. Partners include Alcatel, Cisco, Marconi, Motorola, Northrop Grumman, Siemens, and Unisys. The company works with 45 distributors and resellers in 19 countries. ACE*COMM has earned ISO 9001 certification. The firm went public in 1996. It is listed on NASDAQ under the ACEC symbol.