Ooredoo Group and Ericsson have agreed upon a five-year contract to implement an “innovative revenue management system” across the Group’s footprint in the Middle East, North Africa and Southeast Asia.
By deploying the “next-generation charging and billing solution, Ooredoo will be able to offer customers the products they need more quickly and be able to tailor pricing, packages and services according to customer demand in each market”, the company has said in a press statement.
“The Ericsson Revenue Manager is a cloud-ready convergent charging and billing system that redefines the role of business support systems.
It makes innovation fast and efficient, and opens the door to easier digital services creation that spans beyond telecom and integrates partners from different industries,” the statement explained.
Ooredoo Group companies will enjoy a single, converged platform that enables them to handle all their users and services, regardless of payment option or access method.
The solution will be gradually deployed across all Ooredoo operations and enable them to bring new offers for telecommunication services to market in minutes, rather than months.
Deploying Ericsson’s software and cloud technologies will also support Ooredoo’s ongoing Digital Business Transformation.
As a result, Ooredoo will “realise significant cost savings from replacing its existing systems and local agreements with a pioneering new group-wide licence model and the latest evolution of Ericsson’s charging and billing solution across its operations”, the statement adds. Ooredoo will begin rolling out the solution for Indosat Ooredoo, its largest operation, over the next month, before deploying across its other operations in 2016 and 2017.
Waleed al-Sayed, deputy CEO of Ooredoo Group, said: “Through this agreement with Ericsson, we will enable every Ooredoo operation to deliver fast, customer-oriented offers and launch new data products and services.”