Saudi Telecom Company (STC), the leading provider of telecom services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has chosen Volubill’s CHARGE-IT Dynamic Charging Platform (DCP) for real-time charging control of a new fixed-line xDSL broadband service.
Volubill will provide STC with increased organizational and orchestration abilities to better manage its charging policies for services packages across an array of network systems. It will also allow the operator to more effectively market its offerings to a growing subscriber base.
STC, incorporated in 1998, is the leading national provider of telecommunication services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with over one million subscribers. It provides both fixed and mobile services to individuals and businesses. STC’s advanced services, include mobile broadband, xDSL and video calling.
Ahmed AlHamran, IT Director, at STC, said Volubill’s CHARGE-IT solution provides STC with seamless access to all the peripheral network and OSS systems that support a new offering. “This streamlining gives us better control over the delivery and charging of xDSL services without a larger fiscal investment, and lets us offer our broadband services to home and business customers for a lower price,” he said.
CHARGE-IT’s flexible and comprehensive family of products gives service providers like STC the ability to meet the compounding demands of increased subscriber and traffic growth and an expanding portfolio of media-rich services from a lengthening value chain. Moreover, CHARGE-IT provides the capabilities necessary to maximize ROI by improving efficiency, control and accuracy.
John Aalbers, CEO, Volubill, said, “Our work with STC highlights just how important accurate, real-time rating and charging capabilities for data services are to an operator’s business strategy.”
Founded in 2001, Volubill is a global company with more than 70 customers worldwide.