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  ![Delivering Insights and Autonomy for Telco CX - White Paper](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/white_papers/etiya/etiya-q326-head-ai-wp-v2.jpg)    Details    Staff Writer    Category: [Revenue &amp; Billing](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/telecom-revenue-billing.html)     05 October 2026     19289 views  Download this whitepaper on **Delivering Insights and Autonomy for Telco Customer Experience** now. Learn from experts at Etiya about the differentiation and business impact CSPs can achieve by deploying an **AI-Native BSS**.

 

 

  ![Zain Jordan and Ericsson expand BSS modernisation project to postpaid](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/Places/800x600/Amman_Citadel600.jpg)    Details    John Tanner    Category: [Revenue &amp; Billing](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/telecom-revenue-billing.html)     13 August 2026     5787 views  Ericsson and Zain Jordan said on Wednesday they have started the next phase of their project to modernise Zain’s business support systems (BSS) to advance its digital transformation and prepare its IT infrastructure to support 5G services.

 

 

  ![Zain KSA’s Yaqoot partners with Huawei for BSS upgrade](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/NewsPix/Zain_KSA_Yaqoot_Huawei_BSS_1200.jpg)    Details    John Tanner    Category: [Revenue &amp; Billing](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/telecom-revenue-billing.html)     28 April 2026     10853 views  Saudi Arabian telco Zain KSA announced on Sunday its digital platform Yaqoot is partnering with Huawei to upgrade Yaqoot’s BSS to boost operational efficiency and make its digital services more competitive.

 

 

  ![Axian Telecom taps Oracle to unify its ERP across all operations](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/NewsPix/Axian_Telecom_Oracle_1200.jpg)    Details    John Tanner    Category: [Revenue &amp; Billing](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/telecom-revenue-billing.html)     28 April 2026     8845 views  Pan-African infrastructure and services group Axian Telecom announced on Monday it has signed a partnership deal with Oracle to unify its ERP across its portfolio.

 

 

  ![Vodafone Idea partners Ericsson to modernise postpaid services](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/Company_Logos/VI_Vodafone_Idea_Logo_600.jpg)    Details    Vaughan O'Grady    Category: [Revenue &amp; Billing](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/telecom-revenue-billing.html)     03 March 2026     13120 views  Indian operator Vodafone Idea (Vi) has expanded its strategic partnership with tech giant Ericsson to modernise its postpaid services while supporting its ongoing network expansion across the country.

 

 

  ![Amdocs addresses operators’ roaming relationships](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/Company_Logos/Amdocs_MWC22_600.jpg)    Details    Vaughan O'Grady    Category: [Revenue &amp; Billing](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/telecom-revenue-billing.html)     03 March 2026     11118 views  Amdocs, a provider of software and services to communications and media companies, has announced at MWC26 the launch of a new offering designed to help service providers reclaim the roaming relationship and monetise the fast-growing global travel connectivity market.

 

 

  ![BH Telecom taps Qvantel for cloud-native payments upgrade in Bosnia and Herzegovina](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/Places/bosnia_herzegovina_mostar_600.jpg)    Details    James Barton    Category: [Revenue &amp; Billing](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/telecom-revenue-billing.html)     17 February 2026     12948 views  Bosnia and Herzegovina market leader BH Telecom is upgrading its convergent charging and payments platform via an extension of its partnership with Qvantel.

 

 

  ![Telenor Pakistan migrates subs to cloud charging and billing system](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/Places/lahore_Wazir_Khan_Masjid.jpg)    Details    John Tanner    Category: [Revenue &amp; Billing](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/telecom-revenue-billing.html)     06 February 2026     14702 views  Telenor Pakistan announced on Thursday it has migrated its entire prepaid and postpaid customer base to a next-gen cloud-native charging and billing system (CBS) in one go.

 

 

  ![Tpay licensed for digital government payments in Egypt](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/Places/cairo_rifai_mosque_600.jpg)    Details    James Barton    Category: [Revenue &amp; Billing](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/telecom-revenue-billing.html)     08 January 2026     14926 views  Egypt’s regulator the NTRA (National Telecom Regulatory Authority) has granted tpay the country’s first licence to offer Direct Carrier Billing (DCB) for government payments.

 

 

  ![Huawei CBS Recognized as a Leader in Omdia’s “Telecom Billing Market Radar - 2025” Report](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/Sponsored/Huawei/Huawei-CBS-Omdia-leader-1200x900.jpg)    Details    Staff Writer    Category: [Revenue &amp; Billing](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/telecom-revenue-billing.html)     19 December 2025     35962 views  According to the latest "Telecom Billing Market Radar - 2025" released by Omdia, a globally authoritative consulting firm, Huawei Convergent Billing System (CBS) has entered the "Leader" quadrant for the first time, driven by its outstanding capabilities in AI-powered intelligent operations, all-scenario convergence, ultra-high carrier-grade reliability, and open ecosystem enablement.

 

 

  ![Peru’s Guinea Mobile uses Totogi to support MVNE business growth](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/Places/Lima_Peru_Night_600.jpg)    Details    Vaughan O'Grady    Category: [Revenue &amp; Billing](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/telecom-revenue-billing.html)     01 October 2025     15608 views  Guinea Mobile, a Peruvian MVNE, running on operator Claro Peru’s network and powering seven digital brands, has selected SaaS specialist Totogi’s cloud-native multi-tenant BSS platform to support the next phase of its growth.

 

 

  ![SLA Digital and VUZ team up for Middle East and Asia mobile payment option](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/Places/KL_sunset_600.jpg)    Details    Vaughan O'Grady    Category: [Revenue &amp; Billing](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/telecom-revenue-billing.html)     16 September 2025     11737 views  SLA Digital, a global provider of direct carrier billing, has announced a partnership with VUZ, which describes itself as an immersive video platform revolutionising digital experiences. The collaboration, say the partners, will enable a seamless mobile payment option for VUZ customers across the Middle East and Asia.

 

 

  ![Mavenir transforms charging for Aruba operator SETAR](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/Places/Aruba_Palm_Beach600.jpg)    Details    Vaughan O'Grady    Category: [Revenue &amp; Billing](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/telecom-revenue-billing.html)     03 September 2025     11456 views  Cloud-native network infrastructure provider Mavenir has announced the successful completion and go-live of its converged charging system (CCS) transformation for SETAR, the primary full-service telecoms provider on the Caribbean island country of Aruba.

 

 

  ![](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/Sponsored/etiya/agentic_ai_editorial-3-600450.jpg)    Details    Staff Writer    Category: [Revenue &amp; Billing](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/telecom-revenue-billing.html)     01 September 2025     32118 views  The past two years have seen an explosion in Generative AI. The ubiquitous technology has had a huge impact on customer service, but it also has a major shortcoming – it is predominantly reactive. While GenAI can respond to prompts, it is unable to take an independent action – to ‘take initiative’ by anticipating a customer’s needs, making a decision, and then interacting meaningfully with its systems to pursue a desired outcome.

 

 

  ![Oman's Khedmah app now supports prepaid top-up in 16 countries](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/Places/oman_muscat_harbour_600.jpg)    Details    John Tanner    Category: [Revenue &amp; Billing](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/telecom-revenue-billing.html)     28 July 2025     10669 views  Oman Investment and Finance Company (OIFC), a.k.a. Khedmah, announced on Sunday it has launched an international mobile recharge service in collaboration with Prepay Nation that allows mobile customers to top up their prepaid mobile accounts in 16 countries.

 

 

  ![Ooredoo Qatar taps Ericsson to upgrade charging system for 5G SA](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/Places/Doha_Qatar600.jpg)    Details    John Tanner    Category: [Revenue &amp; Billing](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/telecom-revenue-billing.html)     30 April 2025     12993 views  Ericsson said on Tuesday it is partnering with Ooredoo Qatar to modernize its charging system with a cloud-native solution to help the telco more flexibly monetise its 5G standalone (5G SA) network.

 

 

  ![Liberty Latin America taps CSG to streamline wholesale operations](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/Places/Colombia_Santuario_de_Las_Lajas_Ipiales_600.jpg)    Details    John Tanner    Category: [Revenue &amp; Billing](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/telecom-revenue-billing.html)     11 April 2025     13181 views  CSG International says that it has struck a deal with Liberty Latin America to streamline its wholesale business and unify its operations across multiple lines of business in 21 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean.

 

 

  ![Telefónica extends full-stack BSS deal with Netcracker in Ecuador and Uruguay](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/Places/Montevideo_Piscinas_Trouville_600.jpg)    Details    James Barton    Category: [Revenue &amp; Billing](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/telecom-revenue-billing.html)     27 March 2025     16453 views  Telefónica Ecuador and Telefónica Móviles del Uruguay are extending their existing partnership with Netcracker.

 

 

  ![TIM Brasil taps Ericsson to consolidate billing systems in the cloud](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/MWC24_Stands/Ericsson_Sideways_MWC24.jpg)    Details    John Tanner    Category: [Revenue &amp; Billing](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/telecom-revenue-billing.html)     14 March 2025     19551 views  Ericsson revealed on Thursday it has signed a strategic partnership with TIM Brasil to consolidate and modernize its billing systems using Ericsson’s cloud-native billing solution.

 

 

  ![Huawei and Appledore Jointly Release White Paper ‘Towards Next Generation Telco Billing 3.0’](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/Sponsored/Huawei/appledore-wp-600.jpg)    Details    Staff Writer    Category: [Revenue &amp; Billing](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/telecom-revenue-billing.html)     07 March 2025     47591 views  At Mobile World Congress (MWC 2025), Huawei Service and Software held the Intelligent Operations Summit. During the event, Huawei, in collaboration with Appledore Research, released ‘*Towards Next Generation Telco Billing 3.0*’, a white paper on Next-Generation Convergent Billing Solution.

 

 

  ![ Safaricom upgrades to Cloud-native Convergent Billing Solution](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/Company_Logos/Safaricom_HQ_600.jpg)    Details    Staff Writer    Category: [Revenue &amp; Billing](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/telecom-revenue-billing.html)     20 February 2025     68283 views  Safaricom is the market-leading operator in Kenya, and one of the most widely recognised operator brands in Africa. This status was not easily won – the operator has consistently led with innovation, while keeping the experience of its customers at the core of its offering.

 

 

  ![Ericsson to expand Grameenphone’s backend with AI](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/NewsPix/Ericsson_Grameenphone_OSS_BSS_AI_600.jpeg)    Details    John Tanner    Category: [Revenue &amp; Billing](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/telecom-revenue-billing.html)     27 January 2025     22798 views  Ericsson says it has signed a strategic IT transformation deal with Bangladesh telco Grameenphone to upgrade its backend with what the vendor says is one of the largest catalog-driven charging and mediation deployments in the world, with added AI.

 

 

  ![Ucom selects Cerillion for digital BSS/OSS transformation in Armenia](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/Places/Yerevan_Ararat_600.jpg)    Details    James Barton    Category: [Revenue &amp; Billing](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/telecom-revenue-billing.html)     21 January 2025     21267 views  Armenia’s Ucom has tapped Cerillion to provide its pre-integrated BSS/OSS suite to boost the operator’s quadruple-play services portfolio.

 

 

  ![Zong 4G says digital channels account for 40% of prepaid recharges](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/NewsPix/Zong_recharges_digital_channels_7b_600.jpeg)    Details    John Tanner    Category: [Revenue &amp; Billing](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/telecom-revenue-billing.html)     18 November 2024     31457 views  China Mobile Pakistan (CMPak), which operates under the Zong 4G brand, says that it is now logging 7 billion recharge transactions per month via its digital channels, which now account for 40% of prepaid recharges.

 

 

  ![Ghana, Togo and Benin launch free roaming for mobile users](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/NewsPix/Ghana_Benin_Togo_ECOWAS_Free_Roaming_600.jpg)    Details    John Tanner    Category: [Revenue &amp; Billing](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/telecom-revenue-billing.html)     11 October 2024     32015 views  The government of Ghana said that it has implemented free roaming with Benin and Togo, enabling residents of all three West African countries to use their mobile services without having to pay international roaming charges.

 

 

  ![Grameenphone deploys Ericsson's real-time mediation solution](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/MWC24_Stands/Ericsson_Front_MWC24.jpg)    Details    John Tanner    Category: [Revenue &amp; Billing](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/telecom-revenue-billing.html)     07 October 2024     33467 views  Ericsson said on Friday that Bangladesh telco Grameenphone has completed deployment of its mediation solution that leverages big data analytics to provide better and more useful insights into how Grameenphone’s network is being used.

 

 

  ![Indian operators confirm first tariff rises in three years](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/Places/Kolkata_traffic600.jpg)    Details    Vaughan O'Grady    Category: [Revenue &amp; Billing](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/telecom-revenue-billing.html)     01 July 2024     30238 views  India’s big three private operators, Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea, have put up their tariffs. This is the first time in three years they have done so. It was, however, widely expected.

 

 

  ![Navigating the Digital Era with Sustainable BSS Solutions](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/Sponsored/etiya/apostolos-kallis-600.jpg)    Details    James Barton    Category: [Revenue &amp; Billing](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/telecom-revenue-billing.html)     29 April 2024     966161 views  Etiya CCO and board member Apostolos Kallis discusses digital transformation with Developing Telecoms Editor Manny Pham, and why it is essential for operators must begin their journeys or face being left behind in a rapidly changing landscape.

 

 

  ![Telesur completes migration to Cerillion BSS/OSS suite](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/Places/Suriname_Paramaribo_Waterkant_600.jpg)    Details    James Barton    Category: [Revenue &amp; Billing](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/telecom-revenue-billing.html)     17 April 2024     34919 views  Suriname’s Telesur has completed the migration of its fixed line customers onto Cerillion’s convergent BSS/OSS platform.

 

 

  ![Nigeria’s Globacom denies NCC debt claim](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/Places/Abuja_600.jpg)    Details    Vaughan O'Grady    Category: [Revenue &amp; Billing](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/telecom-revenue-billing.html)     09 January 2024     36997 views  Nigerian operator Globacom has denied reports that it still owes MTN Nigeria interconnection charges despite regulator the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) suggesting otherwise.

 

 

  ![Telepin partners Tunisie Telecom for launch of converged charging system](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/Places/tunis_600.jpg)    Details    Vaughan O'Grady    Category: [Revenue &amp; Billing](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/telecom-revenue-billing.html)     14 November 2023     34437 views  Tunisian national operator Tunisie Telecom, and mobile transaction platform Telepin have announced the signing of a partnership agreement for the launch of the converged charging system for Tunisie Telecom’s customers.

 

 

  ![Celtiis streamlines its wholesale business in Benin with Oculeus](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/Places/Benin_Ganvie_600.jpg)    Details    James Barton    Category: [Revenue &amp; Billing](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/telecom-revenue-billing.html)     12 October 2023     31105 views  Newly launched Beninese mobile provider Celtiis has deployed the Captura NG solution from Oculeus to help manage its wholesale operations and network of national and international interconnect partners for its voice and messaging services.

 

 

  ![Briclinks Africa signs up for a suite of solutions from Tecnotree](https://developingtelecoms.com/images/stories/Places/lagos_nigeria_600.jpg)    Details    James Barton    Category: [Revenue &amp; Billing](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-technology/telecom-revenue-billing.html)     21 September 2023     24334 views  Tecnotree has signed a new contract with internet service provider Briclinks Africa Nigeria, which operates as BTEL.
