Revenue & Billing

MTN Nigeria is engaging with local banks to discuss pricing models after it was blocked from selling products and airtime last week after it attempted to reduce commission on transactions.

Suriname’s leading operator Telesur has signed a ten-year contract with Cerillion for a fully convergent BSS/OSS platform.

Etihad Etisalat (Mobily) has announced a multi-year extension to its partnership with CSG.

Further underlining the growing importance of cashless and paperless payment in Africa, Kenyan operator Safaricom has announced the launch of an M-Pesa Bill Management service.

TPay Mobile has partnered with Bango to increase access to digital commerce across Turkey, the Middle East and Africa.

Orange Morocco is implementing Neural Technologies’ revenue assurance and fraud management solution.

Hard on the heels of yesterday’s deal between Airtel Kenya and Nokia comes news that the partnership between Airtel Africa and CSG, a provider of revenue management and digital monetization, payments and customer engagement solutions, has been extended.

Chile’s Grupo Gtd is using Netcracker solutions to digitise its customer experience and automate order and fulfillment processes.

Telecom Vanuatu Limited (TVL), a provider of landline, GSM, internet, and 4G+ to the island country of Vanuatu in the South Pacific Ocean, has begun modernising its network using solutions by digital enablement firm Alepo.

Sri Lankan operator Mobitel is launching direct carrier billing in the market with Fortumo.

Leading Kenyan operator Safaricom has announced the launch of a scheme that will allow customers to access a brand new 4G-enabled smartphone by paying as little as KES20 (about $0.19) daily for the devices.

Turkcell is deploying Odine's end-to-end wholesale voice management platform to drive business automation and routing intelligence for its wholesale voice interconnect network.

Thailand’s True Move is implementing direct carrier billing from Docomo Digital, making it easier for its customers to make purchases using their existing mobile accounts.

India’s Vodafone Idea has launched a new pilot deployment of cloud-native Optiva Charging Engine on its Universal Cloud.

Pioneering South African operator Rain, which launched a 5G service late last year, has now launched a new payment product, called the Standard Plan, which offers subscribers an uncapped 30Mbps service for R699 (about $44.75) per month.

Orange Egypt has implemented Ericsson’s digital billing solutions as part of a push towards digitalisation in the market.

Openet, a supplier of digital and 5G BSS, has announced that its end-to-end Digital BSS suite has gone live to support Indonesian operator Telkomsel’s new digital prepaid cellular service.

Telefónica is developing direct carrier billing (DCB) in partnership with Docomo Digital to accelerate the adoption of content and digital services among its subscribers in Latin America.

The Fijian regulator has reduced charges for the Fiji International Telecommunications Pte Limited (FINTEL) cable landing station.

FSS, one of India’s largest payments processors and a global provider of integrated payment products, and US-based Oracle Financial Services have announced a collaboration to enhance digital payments for banks.

Indonesia’s XL Axiata has implemented Qvantel’s Digital BSS solution for fixed line (fibre-to- the-home).

BSS and IoT provider Nexign has signed a value-added reseller (VAR) agreement with Cairo-based, systems integrator Giza Systems.

Vodacom Tanzania has expanded its partnership with Optiva to use the latter’s Charging Engine and Policy Control (PCRF).

Afghanistan’s leading telecommunications service provider Roshan has selected MATRIXX Digital Commerce to transform their operations and grow revenue.

Openet has been selected by leading Indonesian operator Telkomsel to provide its Digital Business Platform (DBP).

Chilean service provider Grupo Gtd has gone live with Netcracker’s full-stack BSS/OSS suite as part of its large-scale B2B transformation program.

A new business and technology solutions firm has been launched with the aim of accelerating the development and transformation of Africa.

Fortumo has deployed its Trident Bundling Platform to connect Amazon with the Indian state-run telco BSNL, allowing it to offer its subscribers one year of Amazon Prime in select plans.

Russian telecom services provider ER-Telecom Holding has selected Netcracker’s Digital BSS as part of its digital transformation.

Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC) has extended its agreement with Optiva for the software provider’s Charging Engine, Voucher Management and Policy Control solutions.

Orange Polska is deploying Matrixx Digital Commerce as a foundation for its digital transformation.