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BassetLabs to supply Zain with Interconnect Billing Solution
BassetLabs, a global provider of telecom business supporting systems, today announced that it has signed a major contract with Zain Group, the leading mobile operator in the Middle East and Africa. BassetLabs will supply its market-leading ‘Inopac' interconnect billing solution and managed services to the Zain Group.
BassetLabs has been awarded to implement their interconnect billing solution ‘Inopac' after a very thorough evaluation process in competition with the most renowned solutions on the market. The ‘Inopac' solution has already gone live in the first phase, with great success and on time.
"We have seen great expertise and results from this project together with BassetLabs. They have delivered a scalable, powerful and flexible interconnect billing solution according to specification, within budget and on time. We have also seen an excellent and very short return on investment for this project," says Zain Group Chief Information Officer, Mr. Mohammed Rafi.
"The project has been a great success from the very beginning and we are mutually impressed with all parties involved. Zain has shown a great amount of expertise and we are very happy to work together with them in this project and to support their future business," says BassetLabs Regional Vice president Middle East and Africa, Mr. Khalid El Hajji.
This project is strategically important to BassetLabs as it further strengthens BassetLabs position in the MEA region. "We already have a large installed base within this region and with this contract we will be the number one provider of interconnect solutions in the region" states BassetLabs President & CEO Mr. Jesper Wikström Förne, "but equally important for us is to again see the proof that the combination of strong solutions, many years of global experience and a very dedicated BassetLabs team does result in increased market share. To work close to Zain and their teams is of course fantastic opportunity for us to become even stronger."
Ämnen
- Telekom
Kategorier
- billing
- oss
- bassetlabs
- afrika
- mellan östern
- middle east
- africa
- zain
- interconnect
- jesper wikström förne
- inopac
- hostad lösning
- hosted solution
- telecom
- zain group
About Zain
Zain is a leading telecommunications operator across the Middle East and Africa providing mobile voice and data services to 69.5 million active customers as at 30 June 2009. In terms of country footprint, Zain is the 3rd largest mobile operator in the world with a commercial presencein 24 countries.
Zain offers innovative services in its markets such as ‘One Network', the world's first borderless mobile telecommunications network enabling customers when abroad to receive calls and SMS without charge and to make voice and data calls at local rates throughout 20 countries in Africa and the Middle East. This service allows a customer to top up airtime in one's home country or from more than 1,000,000 outlets within Zain's One Network footprint.
The Zain brand is wholly owned by Mobile Telecommunications Company KSC, which is listed on the Kuwait Stock Exchange (Stock ticker: ZAIN). Zain is listed in the Financial Times' Global 500 Index which ranks the world's largest companies based on market capitalization (http://www.ft.com/reports/ft5002008). Zain aims to become one of the top ten mobile operators in the world by end of the year 2011. For more, please visit www.zain.com or email info@zain.com
About Bassetlabs
BassetLabs has been providing wholesale solutions "Interconnect Billing & Roaming Billing", Fraud Management & Revenue Assurance solution worldwide for over a decade. In the interconnect domain BassetLabs is one of the leading vendors globally.
BassetLabs customers include Zain, Telefonica, Millicom, Globe Telecom, Etisalat, Tele2, Cable & Wireless, Vodafone and Orange.
BassetLabs was founded in Sweden in 1996 by a group of experienced telecom experts. BassetLabs is part of the Kinnevik industrial group, founded in 1936. Kinnevik is today one of the largest listed investment companies in Europe.
