Ericsson said on Tuesday it has been selected by the Ooredoo Group to drive its digital transformation goals and enable Business to Business (B2B) and Business to Consumer (B2C) strategies.

“Today’s agreement confirms our position as a major partner to the Ooredoo Group and we are proud to extend the relationship into the future and across Ooredoo Operating Companies,” said Jan Karlsson, Head of Business Area Digital Services, Ericsson.

The companies have signed a five-year group frame agreement spanning the deployment of the latest Ericsson BSS solutions across several Ooredoo Group operating companies, which will enable digitalization, innovation, shortened time-to-market and increased efficiency across these companies.

Ericsson Digital Monetization Platform, a convergent charging and billing solution to monetize all network technologies (including 5G), all business models and all customer types, will be the strategic target solution for the most evolved operating companies of the Ooredoo Group. The solution will drive Ooredoo’s digital transformation by enabling convergence, providing cost efficiency and minimizing time-to-market for new Ooredoo customer offerings, as well as promoting innovation.

In addition, the partnership will leverage other Ericsson solutions including Ericsson Charging, Ericsson Billing, Ericsson Catalog Manager, Ericsson Order Care, Ericsson Dynamic Activation and Ericsson Mediation to support Ooredoo’s digital transformation and monetization programs across several of its operating companies.

Commenting on this partnership, Nigel Thomas Byrne, Group Chief Technology Information Officer, Ooredoo, said, “Ericsson’s end-to-end solutions will support Ooredoo’s requirements of delivering best-in-class services to consumers and businesses in record time, and leading technology performance. We are confident in Ericsson’s technology leadership and ability to maximize 5G opportunities.”

Indosat Ooredoo, Ooredoo Tunisia and Ooredoo Kuwait are already deploying Ericsson BSS to achieve their goals of faster innovation and shortened time-to-market.