Redknee (News - Alert), a provider of business-critical billing and charging software and solutions for communications provider customers, has formed a partnership with Tech Mahindra to jointly deliver software and services to the communications provider market.
Tech Mahindra is a global systems integrator and business transformation consulting organization focused on the communications provider industry.
Under this partnership agreement, Tech Mahindra will integrate Redknee's turnkey converged billing and customer care solution, which is based on Microsoft (News - Alert) Dynamics CRM 2011, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2, and Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, into its existing portfolio of OSS/BSS solutions.
Through this integration, Tech Mahindra can deliver extended BSS capabilities with a faster deployment speed for communications provider customers. It will also expand the business opportunities that Redknee can address among communications providers, through the additional range of services delivered through Tech Mahindra.
“We are very excited to partner with Tech Mahindra, one of the premier global telecom system integrators, to deliver our next generation converged billing platform to more customers around the world,” said Lucas Skoczkowski (News - Alert), CEO of Redknee, in a statement. “We see a growing opportunity to address requirements for real-time monetization solutions for wireless, multi-service and cloud service providers across the world and we feel that our partner strategy is critical to fulfilling this opportunity."
According to Pritam Parvatkar, director, Global Alliances, Tech Mahindra, the combination of Tech Mahindra's niche domain expertise in the communications provider industry and Redknee's acclaimed reputation of superior software quality will certainly bring value to the partnership and the end customers.
“This partnership assures to deliver benefits for both the entities through a wider scope of business opportunities and greater depth of solutions delivered for service providers globally,” Parvatkar added.
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Edited by Jamie Epstein