Mahindra Comviva, the global leader in providing mobility solutions has announced its partnership with Ethio Telecom, Ethiopia’s only telecommunication service provider for its PreTUPS™ electronic recharge solution. Mahindra Comviva will enable the transition of 29.4 million Ethio Telecom customers from the traditional voucher-based recharge system to next generation electronic top-ups.
The transition is part of Ethio Telecom’s strategic plan to expand its infrastructure’s capacity to accommodate 59 million customers by 2015. Mahindra Comviva’s PreTUPS™, an open standard-based next generation prepaid solution will enhance customer convenience, by extending assisted electronic recharge services. The solution will also benefit Ethio Telecom by enabling them to manage a wide distribution network and drastically reduce costs entailed in traditional paper-based vouchers.
Mahindra Comviva handles over 37 million daily recharge transactions for five of its largest deployments and over 21 billion recharge transactions annually across all the global deployments. Today, 10% of the world population’s recharge is done through PreTUPS™.
Srinivas Nidugondi, Senior VP & Head of Mobile Financial Solutions, Mahindra Comviva said, “We are pleased to partner with Ethio Telecom for our PreTUPS™ platform. With more than 50 deployments around the world and having established an unrivaled experience in electronic recharge segment, we are confident that PreTUPS™ will help Ethio Telecom to edge closer to the cherished goal of expanding its customer capacity by 2015. Our offering will enable Ethio Telecom subscribers to enjoy the greater flexibility provided by PreTUPS™ that will allow the operator to synchronize supply and demand in real-time.”
Said Aragaw, Chief Residential Sales Officer, Ethio Telecom commented, “We are excited about the greater convenience, flexibility and simplicity we will deliver to our customers with PreTUPS™. Mahindra Comviva’s unequivocal leadership made it an obvious partner of choice for our electronic top-up capability which is a milestone achievement for us. We will be able to improve the range and timeliness of prepaid services available to our customers. We also see an opportunity to enhance the flexibility and extend our network of distributors and channels – bringing improved service levels and greater satisfaction to our customers.”
Mahindra Comviva’s PreTUPS™ is the ideal tool to empower, shape and drive a profitable demand response. This helps create a demand-driven, lean and responsive organization, facilitate higher sales, better customer satisfaction and lower the inventory and distribution costs. From defining commissioning and price points to configuring transfer rules, the solution lets operators efficiently structure multiple hierarchies suited to business needs. Whether it is an assisted recharge via a retailer or a self-recharge via channels such as SMS/USSD, Web, ATM and POS (point of sale) devices – PreTUPS™ delivers reliable and consistent customer experience.
