New CDMA Network Signing Extends MACH’s Leadership Position in the Pre-Paid Roaming Market
LUXEMBOURG, Monday, November 15th 2010 [ME NewsWire]:
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- MACH, the leading provider of hub-based mobile communication solutions, today announced the successful launch of Visafone’s pre-paid roaming service for CDMA subscribers using MACH’s market leading Inter-Standard Roaming (ISR) Solution. Visafone, Nigeria’s fastest growing mobile network operator, will be able to provide more than three million mostly pre-paid customers with seamless access to international roaming on GSM networks and other wireless technologies. By signing up yet another network operator to its industry-leading solution, MACH has firmed up its leadership position in the pre-paid roaming market.
Network operators are striving to deliver seamless connectivity worldwide for both their pre-paid and post-paid subscribers. By doing so, they improve customer experience, reduce churn and increase roaming revenues. Traditional inter-standard roaming solutions provide seamless connectivity for post-paid subscribers only. MACH’s ISR managed service solution is unique in the industry as it is able to provide for both pre-paid and post-paid subscribers. It offers an efficient and value added approach for CDMA operators, unlocking new revenue opportunities, and providing service continuity for their customers whilst travelling.
“One of Visafone’s stated goals is to be the pre-eminent and most customer focused telecom operator in Nigeria. Part of the plan to achieve this is the emphasis on seamless and efficient services that will ensure the best clarity and the widest coverage,” said Mr. R. Balachandran, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Visafone. “By signing up to MACH’s ISR solution, we are one step closer to achieving this aim. We opted for MACH’s fully managed, outsourced solution as it provides for both pre-paid and post-paid subscribers, it is quick and easy to implement, and it has been adopted by major mobile operators around the world.”
“We are delighted to be able to support Visafone in its business aims, while at the same time building on our established momentum in the pre-paid outsourced inter-standard roaming market,” said Tom Heeremans, Regional Vice President EMEA, MACH. “As Nigeria’s fastest growing operator, Visafone needs to be able to offer seamless roaming - with one device, one number and one bill – to its mostly pre-paid CDMA customers in a very short space of time. Our ISR solution is typically deployed in fewer than 12 weeks, and Visafone’s customers will have full access to all their usual services while roaming, regardless of whether they are on pre-paid or contract packages.”
MACH ISR is a fully hosted inter-standard roaming solution in which a single agreement provides full featured voice and data roaming in more than 200 countries with minimal capital investment and operational expenditure. Based on Accuris Networks’ inter-working platform for voice and SMS, and MACH’s own patented Mobile IP Proxy for seamless data roaming, it is delivered through a proven managed services infrastructure. It offers turnkey interoperability between wireless technologies, including CDMA, 1X/EVDO, GSM, GPRS/UMTS, Wi-Fi, WiMAX and, soon, LTE. The solution, which can be implemented using existing connections, offers end users all of the services that are available on their home network, even when they are travelling. With end-to-end, one number interoperability, mobile operators can provide complete voice and messaging services without the time and investment required to build their own platform.
About MACH
MACH operates the world’s leading hub-based mobile communications exchange, uniting the global telecommunications marketplace. MACH provides a platform for the efficient exchange of mobile traffic, service validation, delivery, billing information, and settlement transactions. MACH is the largest provider of data and financial clearing solutions for wireless roaming and operates the world’s largest open connectivity roaming hub, Link2One. Headquartered in Luxembourg, MACH has offices in 12 countries and employs more than 1,000 people worldwide. MACH serves more than 650 mobile network operator customers, including Orange, Telefonica, T-Mobile, Vodafone, Verizon Wireless and Microsoft, as well as enterprise messaging customers like KLM. For further information, visit www.mach.com.
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