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  • Indosat Ooredoo launches m-payment for retailers

    Indosat Ooredoo launches m-payment for retailers

    Indonesia’s Indosat Ooredoo has launched a new mobile payment service for retailers, in collaboration with GoSwift International and banking chain BNI.

    The new D-Pay service will allow merchants to use their exsting mobile devices as multifunctional payment platforms, accepting payments based on Visa, MasterCard or JCB credit and debit cards, as well as eWallet services.

    D-Pay services for retailers come bundled with data, voice and SMS allocations from the operator.

    “D-Pay is the latest product from our Mobile Financial Business,” Indosat Ooredoo chief of new business and innovation officer Prashat Gokarn said.

    “In addition to our current products – electronic wallet, bill payments, eCommerce payments, domestic and international money transfer and branchless banking, D-Pay will help reduce cash collection and logistics costs for our eCommerce partners, which will in turn benefit customers with lower prices and assured deliveries.”

    He said the service is tailored for e-commerce companies, as well as SME retailers in need of alternative payment methods but unable to easily afford standard banking solutions, by allowing merchants who do not have access to traditional point of sale services to still accept card payments.

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  • Telenor Myanmar launches 4G services

    Telenor Myanmar launches 4G services

    Telenor Myanmar has officially launched 4G services, starting in capital city Nay Pyi Taw.

    With the launch the operator has become Myanmar’s second mobile operator to launch LTE services, following Ooredoo Myamar’s debut in May.

    Telenor Myanamr CEO Petter Furberg said in addition to the debut in the capital, the company is continuing to test 4G in other cities, and will progressively roll out the technology nationwide.

    “While Telenor users in Nay Pyi Taw now can enjoy 4G services we aim to expand the service to other cities gradually. To provide high speed 4G services all over the country Telenor will need more spectrum,” he said.

    “Telenor is looking forward to participating in the spectrum auctions planned by the Union Government later this year. Due to explosive growth of data and increasing data demand by the Myanmar people we believe it is urgently required to expand our services to 4G all over Myanmar.”

    He noted that 60% of the operator’s 16 million customers are now data users, and that Telenor has Myanmar’s largest internet network with more than 5,800 towers across the country in all states and regions.

    “Myanmar is experiencing an extensive growth of mobile subscriptions and we are also witnessing higher demand for mobile data,” Petter said. “Our 4G service is one more important step in the rapid development of the Myanmar telecom sector.”

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  • Ooredoo Myanmar launches 4G services

    Ooredoo Myanmar launches 4G services

    Ooredoo Myanmar has become the nation’s first operator to launch 4G services as part of a staged rollout.

    The operator has introduced 4G in parts of Yangon, NayPyiTaw and Mandalay, according to an FAQ on the company’s website.

    The company plans to cover half of Yangon’s townships, around 90% of NayPyiTaw’s townhips and all of Mandalay with the service.

    Over the next couple of months, Ooredoo Myanmar plans to upgrade around a quarter of its more than 3800 cell sites to 4G.

    But further rollouts will require more spectrum and cell sites, according to CEO Rene Maza. Ooredoo Myanmar plans to continue to expand its 4G network as it acquires these assets.

    Myanmar’s new Ministry of Transport and Communications recently revealed plans to auction 2600-MHz spectrum as part of its 100-day plan.

    Ooredoo Myanmar is offering 4G services at the same price as its existing 3G offerings.

    The operator’s main rival Telenor Myanmar is also gearing up to launch 4G services following successful tests in Yangon, Mandalay, Myawaddy and Muse.

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  • Ooredoo Maldives readies fixed broadband services with Alepo

    Ooredoo Maldives readies fixed broadband services with Alepo

    Ooredoo Maldives has selected Alepo to provide a fixed broadband charging and customer care solution for its nationwide fixed broadband network.

    The introduction of fixed broadband services — realized by a new fiber optic submarine cable — is expected to strengthen Ooredoo Maldives’ positioning as the most advanced fixed mobile service provider in the SAARC region.

    In its selection of Alepo, Ooredoo Maldives cited the company’s strong presence in the SAARC region, owing to its multiple recent projects in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Sri Lanka.

    “Alepo gives us confidence in the successful delivery, monetization, and customer experience of Ooredoo Maldives’ new fixed broadband services,” said Vikram Sinha, CEO at Ooredoo Maldives.

    To support Ooredoo Maldives’ fixed broadband business, Alepo will deploy its signature B/OSS framework, Alepo Service Enabler (SE).

    The carrier-class platform brings together convergent charging and billing, CRM, web self-care and mobile self-care, real-time analytics and business intelligence, in a single software environment.

    With Alepo SE, Oordeoo Maldives expects to be able to fully monetize and manage its data services, take data offers to market quickly, and ensure a convenient and modern customer experience.

    “Ooredoo Maldvies continues to set new technological precedents for communications service providers in the region,” said Vani Manian, technical Alepo’s director of Asia Pacific.

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  • Ooredoo Myanmar to launch 4G this month

    Ooredoo Myanmar to launch 4G this month

    Ooredoo Myanmar has revealed plans to launch 4G services in two cities this month, becoming the first operator to introduce 4G into the market.

    Ooredoo Myanmar CEO Rene Meza told that the operator plans to introduce 4G in Yangon and Mandalay first.

    A more wide-scale deployment will require more spectrum, Meza said. Ooredoo has applied to purchase additional spectrum as stipulated in the terms of its license, and this application was recently granted.

    Meza said that while the government has not yet provided a concrete date for when additional spectrum will be released, it is expected to be over the next 12 months.

    The availability of spectrum is a hot topic among the players in Myanmar’s mobile industry. The nation’ telecoms ministry is considering making spectrum in the 900-MHz, 2100-MHz bands available, along with the 700-MHz, 1800-MHz, 2300-MHz and 2600-MHz bands.

    Myanmar’s mobile industry has undergone rapid development since the liberalization of the nation’s telecoms sector in 2013, which has contributed to growing demand for spectrum.

    The government recently selected Viettel as the foreign partner for a consortium of local companies that will be granted the market’s fourth telecoms license. The consortium will be competing against Ooredoo Myanmar, as well as Telenor Myanmar and the joint venture between Japan’s KDDI and Myanmar’s MPT.

  • XL Axiata to form JV with Indosat Ooredoo

    XL Axiata to form JV with Indosat Ooredoo

    Indonesia’s XL Axiata has revealed it will enter a joint venture with Indosat Ooredoo to provide consultancy services in future network collaboration between the two operators.

    The JV, PT One Indonesia Synergy, will be 50-50 owned by the two companies.

    In a statement to the Bursa Malaysia, XL parent Axiata Group said it is expected that the joint venture will “provide consultancy services in future network collaboration. The transaction parties are in the process of jointly exploring the possibility of entering into such a collaboration.”

    XL Axiata and Indosat Ooredoo agreed in January to share 4G infrastructure in several cities as a possible first step towards the long-discussed plans to form such a network sharing agreement.

    Indonesia’s telecom ministry has also been pressuring the nation’s ten mobile operators to merge or jointly deploy networksto address crowding in the market, although this mainly applies to the smaller mobile operators struggling to compete with Indosat, XL and rival Telkomsel.

    The stock market statement adds that the forming of the JV is not expected to have a material impact on the group’s financial results for the current year.

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  • Mobile firms splash the cash in Myanmar

    Mobile firms splash the cash in Myanmar

    Recently, Telenor launched its first nationwide karaoke contest, offering the winner a prize of 200 million kyats (about Bt5.8 million) and a chance to have the album released. Telenor and Ooredoo also distributed affordable handsets, while MPT charges only 3,200 kyats (Bt93) for 4GB night-time Internet data usage.

    All that investment appears to be worth it, as the three strengthen their presence ahead of the expected approval for a 4G rollout later this year. Market shares also matter as Vietnam’s Viettel last week won the fourth telecom licence in partnership with a local consortium.

    To the incumbent, aside from promotion, network expansion is vital, as well as points of sale.

    MPT now covers 92 per cent of the population, and aims to cover 95 per cent by the end of this month.

    Koichi Kawase, chief commercial officer of MPT-KDDI joint operations, which runs a operates 900MHz 3G service, said: “Network expansion has always been a priority in our agenda. There is no doubt that MPT boosts its leadership with over 18 million users and the largest 3G network here. We have updated our quality from 2G to 3G so we can provide clear voice and better Internet services.”

    It now has more than 80,000 points of sale.

    Serving more than 14 million subscribers – 52 per cent of who are active data users – Telenor extends its coverage to 62 per cent of the population.

    Telenor Myanmar CEO Petter Furberg, said: “We have made impressive progress in our first full year of operation with net subscriber growth of 1.9 million in the fourth quarter of last year. And our SIM market share is currently estimated to be around 37 per cent, according to our fourth quarter report,” said.

    Despite currently standing in the third place in terms of the number of subscribers, Qatar’s Ooredoo also foresees a brighter future in the booming market. It invested more than $1.7 billion in the last quarter of 2015 alone, when the number of subscribers increased by 1 million to 6 million. Its network now covers 80 per cent, set to rise to 90 per cent by the end of this year.

    “This has been made possible by our record investment in 3G technology,” said Ooredoo Myanmar’s CEO Rene Meza. He is committed to increase its investment in Myanmar in the years to come.

    Both Telenor and Ooredoo invest hugely in telecom towers as well as fibre optic networks.

    “We are thrilled that 86 per cent of our customers currently use our data services. We are seeing explosive growth in data traffic on the network, which has increased 5 times in the last year, driven by the affordability of Ooredoo Internet tariffs. We also see that data usage per subscriber, which reached an average of 580 megabytes per month in Q4, at par with what customers in Europe are consuming on their mobile phones,” he said.

    According to Meza, Ooredoo products and services are now available in over 100,000 retail outlets, in addition to more than 100 brand stores countrywide. He was pleased that a research by Nielsen shows Ooredoo having a comfortable lead in data experience over mobile Internet competitors.

    “We have made the investment, and it is working. We are connecting more data customers than ever before, who feel a real difference in data speed and overall network quality,” he said.

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  • Myanmar likely to delay 2600-MHz auction

    Myanmar likely to delay 2600-MHz auction

    Myanmar’s telecom ministry may need to delay a planned auction of 2600-MHz spectrum due to a conflict over whether the spectrum should be allocated before the regulatory framework is finalized.

    The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) has intended to auction 140MHz of 2600-MHz spectrum by the end of March.

    But after industry consultations, the government has acknowledged that it may need to delay the process. The consultations brought to light a conflict between those believing that the spectrum should be allocated as quickly as possible to ensure the nation’s telecom operators have sufficient spectrum to meet demand, and those believing that a spectrum roadmap should be completed first to give greater clarity to the industry.

    Both Telenor Myanmanr and Ooredoo Myanmar have expressed a belief that the spectrum roadmap should be released before the auction.

    MCIT posts and telecom director U Than Htun Aung acknowledged that the ministry didn’t expect such a range of conflicting views on the matter, and that the auction may need to be delayed as a result of the conflict.

    The ministry had last indicated that it planned to conduct the auction on March 24.

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  • Indosat Ooredoo, Lintasarta and IBM to Collaborate on the Cloud to Drive Indonesian Digital

    Indosat Ooredoo, Lintasarta and IBM to Collaborate on the Cloud to Drive Indonesian Digital

    Indosat Ooredoo, one of Indonesia’s largest telecommunications and services provider, and IBM today announced they will develop and deliver solutions on the https://www.ibm.com/cloud-computing to help businesses streamline processes and improve productivity. This significant five year partnership, valued at about of $200 million, will help better serve customers in the world’s fourth most populous country.

    Indosat Ooredoo and IBM will build an integrated command center to serve local clients of both companies by monitoring and managing their operations and information technology, and building IT skills and capabilities in Indonesia. IBM will also help Indosat Ooredoo transform its own IT operations, improving overall client experience and supporting the rapid development of new telecommunications services in the country.

    Cloud-based Services for Indonesian Businesses

    IBM & Indosat Ooredoo’s subsidiary, Lintasarta, will jointly develop and deliver cloud-based solutions, powered by IBM Cloud, to help Indonesian businesses drive innovation and agility, streamline their processes and improve productivity. Indonesian clients of Indosat Ooredoo and IBM will be able to access jointly developed cloud-based solutions built on IBM’s Cloud platform — IBM Bluemix — accelerating collaboration and automation of software delivery and infrastructure changes. Clients also will have access to IBM MaaS360, a cloud-based enterprise mobility management platform.

    “This collaboration shows how IBM’s expertise, technology and services can help Indosat Ooredoo and Lintasarta lead market change in Indonesia while also transforming their existing operations,” said Martin Jetter, senior vice president, IBM Global Technology Services. “Indonesia has one of the world’s most rapidly growing economies, and the use of smart mobile devices is becoming pervasive, opening up enormous opportunities for local businesses – so we are excited to be working with Indosat Ooredoo and Lintasarta to help clients tap into the power and flexibility of cloud-based solutions and digitally transform their businesses.”

    Digital & Operational Transformation

    Indosat Ooredoo and IBM also announced a related five-year technology services agreement to deliver digital and operational transformation to all aspects of Indosat Ooredoo’s operations to support the rapid development of new services that are easier to access, less complex and more affordable to use.

    IBM will upgrade Indosat Ooredoo’s IT infrastructure and deliver a range of application management services, including a test environment that will improve time to market for the development of new customer-facing services and applications.

    “Our customers in both telecommunications and IT services are going to benefit from this relationship through improved access to world class offerings and services,” said Alexander Rusli, President and CEO of Indosat Ooredoo. “We will be able to bring a greater range of higher value services to market more rapidly, with the confidence of knowing that we are collaborating with one of the world’s largest and most innovative technology companies. This landmark alliance will reshape the local market and help Indonesian customers and organizations tap into the most advanced technology available anywhere in the world.”

    “Working together, Lintasarta and IBM will accelerate the adoption of cloud-based solutions in Indonesia, helping local organizations increase their efficiency and ability to rapidly expand,” said Arya Damar, President Director of Lintasarta, an Indosat Ooredoo subsidiary that will help build the joint data center. “By combining the global innovation, delivery capability, and expertise of IBM with the local infrastructure, market knowledge and relationships of Lintasarta, we are providing the most advanced path to digital transformation for our clients.”

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