INWI Migrates to Openet’s Real-time Policy Management Solution to Unlock New Revenue Streams

Openet Enables INWI to accelerate data innovation and optimize the customer experience through real-time visibility and account control

DUBLIN, Ireland – September 23, 2014 – Openet, a global leader in the supply of real-time BSS (business support systems), today announced that INWI, a leading Moroccan operator, has deployed Openet’s Policy Manager to successfully provide convergent policy control and advanced allowance management. INWI migrates to Openet’s leading PCC solution to rapidly deploy new services to subscribers and create new revenue streams to maximize network capacity investments.
INWI has integrated Openet’s Policy Manager with its advanced Balance Manager and Offer Catalog solution to monetize and shorten time-to-market for innovative new use cases. These will include the offer of ‘one day’ mobile data service passes and real-time data upsell notifications to its 13 million subscribers. These new innovative services will ensure new levels of offer transparency and Balance Management to maximize customer quality of experience, control local and roaming traffic and reduce bill shock.
Openet’s Policy Manager enables INWI to deliver differentiated and innovative data services to consumers and business customers across its mobile networks with possible extension to other access technologies. This includes the shaping of network traffic according to the type of service being accessed and the time of day. INWI can enforce user terms and conditions and bandwidth limits in real-time maximizing the amount of available capacity for other users. This deployment will leave INWI perfectly placed to monetize upcoming 4G LTE networks.
“Being agile and having the flexibility to react to and capitalize on new market opportunities is a critical contributor to our ongoing success,” said Bernard Buyat, CTO, INWI. “Our partnership with Openet ensures we offer a high quality and differentiated service to our customers and ensure they remain firmly in control of their service usage. INWI remains completely committed to offering our customers innovation and transparency, with the ability to rapidly react to new opportunities. Openet provides this flexibility.”
“Our work with INWI reflects the importance of next generation BSS in safeguarding customer quality of experience and the creation of new revenue streams,” said Niall Norton, CEO, Openet. “Having access to flexible best of breed systems will play a pivotal role in operators monetizing new lucrative 4G services and driving customer retention.”
For more information about Openet’s Policy Manager product, please visit:http://www.openet.com/technology/products/policy-manager.