Orange Niger Launches Convergent Payment Services

Orange Niger, a subsidiary of the France Telecom Group, has launched convergent payment services for new mobile, Internet and fixed services in Niger. Orange Niger’s convergent billing platform deploys Highdeal Transactive from pricing and solutions provider Highdeal for the platform, with integration provided by France Telecom’s subsidiary Sofrecom, a telecom consultancy and information technology provider.

Planning for enormous market growth in Niger, which has a population of 13 million and a mobile penetration rate of less than 6 percent, Orange Niger wanted a billing platform that combined guaranteed high performance and scalability with comprehensive pricing and packaging capabilities. The fourth operator to enter the Nigerian market, Orange claims it differentiated itself from competitors by offering quad-play packages and real-time prepaid, postpaid and hybrid payment plans for families and businesses.