Redknee Supports Bintel Group's Growth Strategy in Africa
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Posted on September 16, 2010 at 6:14:01 AM
Redknee Supports Bintel Group's Growth Strategy in Africa
TORONTO, September 16, 2010/PRNewswire/ --
- Redknee Delivers Multimillion Dollar System to New Bintel Group
Property
Redknee (TSX:RKN), a leading provider of business-critical
billing and charging software and solutions for communications service
providers, today announced it has secured a multimillion dollar contract with
Azur Congo Brazzaville, a subsidiary of group operator Bintel Ltd, to deploy
Redknee's Turnkey Converged Billing (TCB) solution, as it prepares to launch
its mobile operations in the market.
Azur Congo Brazzaville has selected Redknee's flagship billing
and customer care platform to provide the tools to differentiate its service
offerings and deliver an enhanced subscriber experience. This multimillion
dollar contract is the latest development in Redknee's long-term relationship
with the Bintel Group. In addition to its property in the Republic of Congo,
Redknee proudly works with the group mobile network operator in other African
markets, including Gabon and Central African Republic.
"Bintel is proud of its reputation for entering high-growth
markets with a thorough understanding of each of our markets, and delivering
high quality, high value mobile telecommunication solutions to our customers.
We are confident Azur's launch in the Republic of Congo will be
representative of our successful Africa-centric strategy. As we have expanded
across Africa and the Middle East it has become imperative that our success
begins and ends with the satisfaction of our customers. For this reason, we
have chosen to partner with the leaders in high-growth billing, customer care
and Electronic Voucher Distribution (EVD) solutions, as we continue our
growth strategy throughout the region," said Stephane Beuvelet, General
Manager, Azur Congo Brazzaville.
Redknee's TCB solution will enable the Greenfield operator to
realize the benefits of a fully converged real-time billing and customer care
platform. With TCB, all of Azur's subscribers, irrespective of payment type
or access technology, will be managed on one consolidated platform, allowing
Azur to quickly launch targeted promotions and services. TCB's real-time
capabilities will also provide the operator with tight revenue control and
the ability to offer electronic, prepaid wireless airtime top-ups. This will
reduce the need for retail store-fronts and helps to ensure its customers
remain connected at all times.
"This additional contract win further validates Redknee's strategy to
provide scalable products that support the performance requirements of high
tier and group services operators," said Redknee CEO, Lucas Skoczkowski.
"This has enabled us to partner with our customers as they expand their
business to enable their services and network growth, build new revenue
streams and gain profitability."
For more information about Redknee and its solutions, please
go to http://www.redknee.com
About Bintel:
Bintel is registered in Jebel Ali - Dubai in 2007, headquartered in
Bahrain, and operates in the telecom operations and service providing sector
with a current focus on the emerging markets. The company presently has
offices in Bahrain, UAE, and Lebanon.
Bintel has operated its mobile services in Central African Republic since
mid 2007 and in Somaliland since mid 2008, and launched service in Gabon in
October 2009. It holds a majority stake in Swiss-based Telesonique. Bintel
launched commercial services in Congo Brazzaville on 15th September 2010.
(http://www.bintel-ltd.com)
About Redknee:
Redknee is a leading global provider of innovative communication software
products, solutions and services. Redknee's award-winning solutions enable
operators to monetize the value of each subscriber transaction while
personalizing the subscriber experience to meet mainstream, niche and
individual market segment requirements. Redknee's revenue generating
solutions provide advanced converged billing, rating, charging and policy for
voice, messaging and new generation data services to over 70 network
operators in over 50 countries. Established in 1999, Redknee Solutions Inc.
(TSX: RKN) is the parent of the wholly-owned operating subsidiary Redknee
Inc. and its various subsidiaries. References to Redknee refer to the
combined operations of those entities. For more information, visit
http://www.redknee.com.
For additional information please contact:
Redknee Solutions:
David Charron, Chief Financial Officer
+1-905-625-2943
investor_relations@redknee.com
Media Relations Contact:
Humera Malik, Director of Global Marketing
+1-905-625-2102
humera.malik@redknee.com
Source: Redknee Solutions Inc.
Redknee Solutions: David Charron, Chief Financial Officer, +1-905-625-2943, investor_relations@redknee.com, Media Relations Contact: Humera Malik, Director of Global Marketing, +1-905-625-2102, humera.malik@redknee.com
TORONTO, September 16, 2010/PRNewswire/ --
- Redknee Delivers Multimillion Dollar System to New Bintel Group
Property
Redknee (TSX:RKN), a leading provider of business-critical
billing and charging software and solutions for communications service
providers, today announced it has secured a multimillion dollar contract with
Azur Congo Brazzaville, a subsidiary of group operator Bintel Ltd, to deploy
Redknee's Turnkey Converged Billing (TCB) solution, as it prepares to launch
its mobile operations in the market.
Azur Congo Brazzaville has selected Redknee's flagship billing
and customer care platform to provide the tools to differentiate its service
offerings and deliver an enhanced subscriber experience. This multimillion
dollar contract is the latest development in Redknee's long-term relationship
with the Bintel Group. In addition to its property in the Republic of Congo,
Redknee proudly works with the group mobile network operator in other African
markets, including Gabon and Central African Republic.
"Bintel is proud of its reputation for entering high-growth
markets with a thorough understanding of each of our markets, and delivering
high quality, high value mobile telecommunication solutions to our customers.
We are confident Azur's launch in the Republic of Congo will be
representative of our successful Africa-centric strategy. As we have expanded
across Africa and the Middle East it has become imperative that our success
begins and ends with the satisfaction of our customers. For this reason, we
have chosen to partner with the leaders in high-growth billing, customer care
and Electronic Voucher Distribution (EVD) solutions, as we continue our
growth strategy throughout the region," said Stephane Beuvelet, General
Manager, Azur Congo Brazzaville.
Redknee's TCB solution will enable the Greenfield operator to
realize the benefits of a fully converged real-time billing and customer care
platform. With TCB, all of Azur's subscribers, irrespective of payment type
or access technology, will be managed on one consolidated platform, allowing
Azur to quickly launch targeted promotions and services. TCB's real-time
capabilities will also provide the operator with tight revenue control and
the ability to offer electronic, prepaid wireless airtime top-ups. This will
reduce the need for retail store-fronts and helps to ensure its customers
remain connected at all times.
"This additional contract win further validates Redknee's strategy to
provide scalable products that support the performance requirements of high
tier and group services operators," said Redknee CEO, Lucas Skoczkowski.
"This has enabled us to partner with our customers as they expand their
business to enable their services and network growth, build new revenue
streams and gain profitability."
For more information about Redknee and its solutions, please
go to http://www.redknee.com
About Bintel:
Bintel is registered in Jebel Ali - Dubai in 2007, headquartered in
Bahrain, and operates in the telecom operations and service providing sector
with a current focus on the emerging markets. The company presently has
offices in Bahrain, UAE, and Lebanon.
Bintel has operated its mobile services in Central African Republic since
mid 2007 and in Somaliland since mid 2008, and launched service in Gabon in
October 2009. It holds a majority stake in Swiss-based Telesonique. Bintel
launched commercial services in Congo Brazzaville on 15th September 2010.
(http://www.bintel-ltd.com)
About Redknee:
Redknee is a leading global provider of innovative communication software
products, solutions and services. Redknee's award-winning solutions enable
operators to monetize the value of each subscriber transaction while
personalizing the subscriber experience to meet mainstream, niche and
individual market segment requirements. Redknee's revenue generating
solutions provide advanced converged billing, rating, charging and policy for
voice, messaging and new generation data services to over 70 network
operators in over 50 countries. Established in 1999, Redknee Solutions Inc.
(TSX: RKN) is the parent of the wholly-owned operating subsidiary Redknee
Inc. and its various subsidiaries. References to Redknee refer to the
combined operations of those entities. For more information, visit
http://www.redknee.com.
For additional information please contact:
Redknee Solutions:
David Charron, Chief Financial Officer
+1-905-625-2943
investor_relations@redknee.com
Media Relations Contact:
Humera Malik, Director of Global Marketing
+1-905-625-2102
humera.malik@redknee.com
Source: Redknee Solutions Inc.
Redknee Solutions: David Charron, Chief Financial Officer, +1-905-625-2943, investor_relations@redknee.com, Media Relations Contact: Humera Malik, Director of Global Marketing, +1-905-625-2102, humera.malik@redknee.com