Axiata JV services MNOs in India
WSO2.Telco, a joint venture of Axiata and WSO2 last week announced that
India’s six leading mobile network operators (MNOs) are using the WSO2.Telco
digital enablement hub to deliver the GSMA Mobile Connect mobile-based
authentication solution.
The MNOs, which include Aircel, Bharti Airtel, Idea, Tata Teleservices Ltd,
Telenor and Vodafone, serve over 800 million consumers across India.
The solution delivers ease of use for mobile users, who can securely access a
range of websites, apps and services by using their unique mobile numbers for
identification.
It also marks a new milestone of collaboration among the six MNOs in India, who
worked together with the GSMA and WSO2.Telco to implement a cloud-based hub that
would deliver a consistent mobile authentication experience to all of their
mobile subscribers.
“GSMA’s Mobile Connect solution is empowering mobile operators to drive the next
generation of digital identity where users gain control over their own data.
That is why, from the start, we have made Mobile Connect a core offering of our
WSO2. Telco digital enablement hub for MNOs,” said Dr. Sanjiva Weerawarana, CEO
of WSO2.Telco.
“With the launch of the hub for six of India’s leading MNOs, we are
significantly expanding the reach of Mobile Connect to mobile consumers, and we
now power more than 40% of the 2.5 billion Mobile Connect-enabled users
worldwide,” he said.
Today, over 42 operators in 22 countries are implementing Mobile Connect that
enables customers to create and manage a digital universal identity via a single
login solution. Among them are MNOs of Axiata, one of Asia’s largest
telecommunications companies and a pioneer with the world’s first commercial
launch of Mobile Connect in late 2014.
“We are excited to extend our support for GSMA and the Mobile Connect
authentication solution, which enhances the user experience and security in
accessing websites and applications—without the need for multiple passwords or
usernames,” said Mohd Khairil Abdullah, CEO of Axiata Digital.
“Through our investments in advanced next-generation platforms, such as WSO2.
Telco in India and soon other countries, we are committed to further
accelerating the pace of global adoption for Mobile Connect and other similar
services for our subscribers and other MNO customers, as well as service
providers,” he said.
A joint venture between WSO2 Inc. and the Axiata Digital venture of Axiata Group
Berhad (Axiata), WSO2. Telco is a radical new open source platform for digital
enablement.
Built by Axiata’s digital services unit, Axiata Digital Services SdnBhd (AD) and
its Sri Lankan operating company, Dialog Axiata PLC (Dialog), and based on the
powerful open source WSO2 middleware, WSO2. Telco is a breakthrough cloud-ready
solution that enables mobile network operators (MNOs) to set up an agile
collaboration layer with Web-centric APIs.
The platform represents a new milestone in agility and scalability, allowing
telcos to expose, manage and orchestrate multiple network services at a fraction
of the cost of legacy systems. |