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without having to go through large complex transformation cycles. Unit Head at Tech Mahindra, said, “5G is a significant part of
Offering a complete digital customer lifecycle from discovery, our portfolio and growth agenda. A frontrunner in this domain,
shopping, ordering, and billing to payment and care, the solution we have been making sustained investments to expand our 5G
is designed to provide a digital platform with ready-to-configure capabilities, and in the process, strengthen the ecosystem. This
microservices and flexible user interface components to enable collaboration is a testimony to our long-standing alliance with
a new-age customer experience across different channels, as IBM. In line with our CloudNXT.NOWTM framework, the work with
well as a scalable and agile market solution for CSPs to monetize IBM is aimed at generating new revenue streams from 5G and
infrastructure and accelerate their digital transformation solidifying our vision to further scale our IBM ecosystem.” This
initiatives. Manoranjan ‘Mao’ Mohapatra, Chief Executive Officer collaboration aims to allow Tech Mahindra and IBM to establish a
at Comviva, said, “5G introduces fundamental changes to the way standards-based integration of new Telco solutions with clients’
Business Support Solutions work for evolving digital services. existing systems using TM Forum APIs enabled on IBM Cloud for
It is essential for CSPs to embrace Cloud native technologies Telecommunications. Comviva's BlueMarble solution implements
that provide differentiated competitive advantage for supporting these APIs to help enable agile adaptation, as well as the ability
new revenue models. Our BlueMarble solution is 5G native and to address specific client needs, such as integrating solutions
now ready to run on the IBM Cloud for Telecommunications. The from IBM and its partner ecosystem. Additionally, the BlueMarble
integrated solution is designed to empower CSPs with a future solution can integrate with IBM's Sterling Order Management to
proof next-generation platform for rapid transformation and offer clients a choice of billing solutions.
monetization of existing network infrastructure as they prepare for
5G evolution.” This collaboration is in line with Comviva’s parent
company, Tech Mahindra’s NXT.NOWTM charter, that focuses
on investing in emerging technologies and solutions that enable
digital transformation and evolving needs in the 5G era. Tech
Mahindra is part of IBM's partner ecosystem collaborating on the
IBM Cloud for Telecommunications to help network equipment
providers, independent software vendors (ISVs), software-as-
a-service providers, and hardware partners accelerate business
transformation by unlocking the power of 5G and edge. The
IBM Cloud for Telecommunications is engineered to integrate
advanced AI and automation processes at the edge and speeds
services deployment while simultaneously reducing overall costs.
Bill Lambertson, Vice President and Distinguished Industry Leader
for IBM Global Telecommunications said: “We are excited to bring
together Comviva's BlueMarble order capture solution with IBM's
Sterling Order Management using Telco standard TM Forum Open
APIs that are enabled on IBM Cloud for Telecommunications. We
look forward to extend this API driven integration on joint client
engagements.” Mahadev Subramaniam, IBM Global Business

Etihad Atheeb “GO” Collaborates with Fortinet to
Provide SD-WAN Solutions to “GO”s Customers

Etihad Atheeb Telecom Company “GO”, a experience. The CEO of Etihad Atheeb botnets and advanced persistent security
Saudi licensed telecommunication service Telecom Company “GO”, Mr. Yahya Saleh threats. It will also help customers to
provider, has announced collaboration with Al Mansour, commented: “expanding reduce their CAPEX by eliminating the cost
Fortinet, a global leader in cybersecurity our portfolio with Fortinet’s reliable and of deploying and running hardware on their
solutions, to expand “GO”s managed secured SD-WAN is a key development in premises as well as reducing their OPEX
security services offering by adding the the relationship of the two companies. This of hiring additional operational resources.
Fortinet Secure SD-WAN solutions to its will allow our customers to benefit from “GO” will provide the needed protection
portfolio. This will allow Etihad Atheeb providing a secure standardized network with a much lower cost. This contributes
Telecom Company “GO” to better meet and represents a value-added to our to the transformation journey of “GO”
the evolving business needs in the Saudi clients”. The service will enable enterprise to better serve its business clients with
market and enhance the performance of customers to provide better protection quality of world-class standards.
business applications and overall user against cyber threats such as viruses,

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