Ericsson’s OSS solutions to Reliance Jio include integrated solution stacks for Idea to Implement, Plan to Provision and Lead to Service to Jio. This includes Catalog driven Order management and activation systems for zero touch provisioning, Inventory and number management systems for adaptive network asset view and Network Engineer for network rollout and planning.
Reliance Jio Infocomm, which is making more than $20 billion investment in infrastructure to shake up the revenue streams of rivals Bharti Airtel and Vodafone, is supported by Samsung and Nokia for network infrastructure.
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Jio is targeting a customer base of 100 million customers during the current financial year and is on target to reach around 50 million before the year-end. The Welcome Offer from Jio is attracting huge customer demand amid concerns that conversion of free offer to paid offer will be a huge task for the operator in the wake the negative publicity.
Ericsson in OSS space
According to a report from IDC that conducted 47 interviews in Europe, North America, the Middle East and Asia Pacific to determine the mindset and concerns of today’s CIO, IT executives and CIOs reveal that the lines between OSS and BSS are disappearing as telecom service providers transform themselves into agile digital enterprises.
Ericsson, which has grown its OSS / BSS business through a series of acquisitions in the recent past, is working with two top telecom operators — Ooredoo and Saudi Telecom Company (STC) in the Middle East.
Recently, Ericsson bagged a revenue management system deal from Ooredoo for its footprint in the Middle East, North Africa and Southeast Asia.
Ooredoo will be deploying Ericsson’s charging and billing solution to meet customer demand for tailor pricing, packages and services in each market.
Ericsson claims that the Revenue Manager, the cloud-ready convergent charging and billing system, redefines the role of business support systems (BSS). It makes innovation fast and efficient, and opens the door to easier digital services creation that spans beyond telecom and integrates partners from different industries.
Ooredoo Group companies will enjoy a single, converged platform that enables them to handle all their users and services, regardless of payment option or access method.
The solution will be gradually deployed across all Ooredoo operations and will enable them to bring new offers for telecommunication services to market in minutes, rather than months.
“Ooredoo is aiming for data experience leadership, and placing renewed emphasis on empowering our customers and giving them the services they need when they need them,” said Waleed Al Sayed, deputy CEO, Ooredoo Group.
Earlier, Ericsson and STC, Saudi Arabia, signed an OSS / BSS deal that provides access to the latest Ericsson software innovations, features and services. Through the Ericsson solution which integrates Policy and Charging, STC will have a full policy control solution to offer differentiated experiences to customers, with optimized operations and total cost of ownership.
Ericsson products for STC include Ericsson Charging System, Mobile Broadband Charging, Multi Mediation, Session Border Gateway, Service-Aware Policy Controller, Composition Engine, Catalog Manager, Order Care and Multiservice Delivery Platform.
“We will monetize the dynamic capabilities of the Ericsson OSS/BSS installed base with seamless access to new products, features and enhancements,” said Nasser Sulaiman Al Nasser, senior vice president of Technology and Operations, STC.
Earlier, Ericsson, in a bid to expand OSS business, renewed its commitment to the OSS interoperability initiative (OSSii) by signing an extended memorandum of understanding (MoU) with rivals Huawei and Nokia.
Baburajan K