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Russia’s Nexign modernises Uzbektelecom's billing system
Russia-based Nexign, a Business Support System (BSS) and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions provider, has announced the successful completion of a billing system modernisation project for Uzbektelecom, Uzbekistan’s leading telecommunications company.
Uzbektelecom, in 2018, faced the challenge of replacing its five separate BSS systems with a single convergent solution. The firm also aimed to reduce its time-to-market (TTM) for new products and services in order to reduce operational
costs and streamline the creation of bundles for subscribers. As such, Nexign helped Uzbektelecom reduce TTM for new products and services from two months to two weeks, helping boost the customer base by more than 1.6mn subscribers. The company's revenue per user (ARPU) jumped by 10% following its migration to Nexign’s solution.
“Modernisation of the billing system allowed Uzbektelecom to launch new services for its subscribers faster and more efficiently and improve the quality of customer service,” said Andrey Gulidin, chief commercial officer at Nexign.
Uzbektelecom’s network covers the entire country and offers mobile and fixed network services
and broadband internet access. It stands as a
key supplier of telecommunications services for government agencies. The mobile subscriber base of Uzbektelecom reached 6mn users as of August.
Turnover of Romanian IT companies rises
by one quarter in January-July
The turnover index in the Romanian IT and related services sector increased by 26% y/y in January- July, the statistics office (INS) announced.
The growth rate was somewhat slower at 18.5% y/y in July alone.
The index reflects the nominal aggregate turnover of the companies in the sector.
Meanwhile, the aggregate turnover of the companies in the communications sector (telecom and courier services) edged up by a modest 1.6% y/y in the seven month-period (+5.2% y/y in July alone).
The transport sector fared even worse, with a 4.9% contraction of the aggregate turnover in the first seven months of the year (-6.9% y/y in July). Overall, the turnover of the companies delivering services to companies (B2B services) increased by a modest nominal 2.7% in January-July compared to the same period last year.
The annual growth rate was even weaker at just 0.5% in July.
Mobile data consumption rises in Q2 by 46%
in Moldova
Consumption of mobile internet services in Moldova increased by 46% in Q2 despite a decline in the number of users and the total volume of revenue from these services.
According to the National Agency for Regulation of Electronic Communications and Information Technologies (ANRCETI), the traffic generated by users of mobile internet access services (3G, 4G and dedicated access via modems or routers) increased by 46.2% and amounted to 35.5mn GB. Of the total traffic, 18.7mn GB (+ 53.8% y/y) was traffic generated through mobile phones, and 16.8mn GB (+ 38.5% y/y) - through dedicated access.
The per-user consumption of mobile data rose by more than 50% y/y.
A user connected to mobile internet services via telephone generated an average monthly traffic of approximately 3.1 GB (+ 52.1% y/y), and to dedicated mobile internet - 25.7 GB (+ 51.6% y/y).
The total number of users connected to the mobile Internet decreased since the beginning of the year by 11.5% to 2.1mn. 213.4 thousand