Airwide Solutions and Tecnotree have announced that they have entered into a non-exclusive global distribution agreement. Under terms of the agreement, the companies will make available to operators world-wide a portfolio of next generation messaging infrastructure, OSS/BSS and value-added services solutions. The collaboration is expected to help both companies more extensively serve mobile operators in developed markets like Western Europe, and emerging markets like Africa and Latin America.
Emerging regions are increasingly tapping into mobile phone technology to improve quality of life in the region. For example many operators are now offering low-cost and, high-quality value added service to millions of people in the developing world. As a key underpinning of these services, operators need infrastructure that meets the increased demand, conforms to security and reliability requirements, and offers flexibility for tomorrow's yet unseen innovative service offerings. Together, Airwide Solutions and Tecnotree can provide comprehensive, out-of-the-box solutions that meet these types of need.
Additionally, Airwide's and Tecnotree's comprehensive portfolio is of interest to operators in developed markets like Western Europe, enabling operators to optimize their service delivery infrastructure, create an efficient service creation environment for launching profitable services in the shortest time-to-market, monetize their network investments by enhancing 3rd party services and applications, and drive new revenue from existing assets making them ad-funded, for example.
"Working together with Airwide will extend our value and reach we can provide to operators in both emerging and developed markets. Together we can offer powerful VAS solutions to operators worldwide, satisfying their needs for today and tomorrow. We expect this to be a fruitful relationship for both our company and our joint customers," said Leena Koskelainen, Director, Tecnotree VAS Solution Center.
"We are very pleased to work with Tecnotree and expect the comprehensive nature of our combined solutions, as well as our mutual experience in both developed and emerging regions, will bring high value to operators in all parts of the globe," said Antero Norkio, head of channels for Airwide Solutions. "With the portfolio from two leading providers of next-generation messaging and VAS solutions, we have the tool set that enables operators to create segmented, interactive and profitable services."