| Corporate | | | MACH and Starcomms bag telecom award | | | TT Correspondent | | 09 Jun 2011 | | |  MACH, the leading provider of hub-based mobile communication solutions, in partnership with Starcomms Plc, Nigeria’s leading telecommunications operator, has won the Global Telecoms Business Innovation Award 2011 for best wireless network infrastructure innovation. The award recognises MACH and Starcomms’ successful collaboration in trialling and subsequently delivering the world’s first inter-standard roaming data service for pre-paid subscribers, having extended this functionality from the post-paid environment.
Presenting the Awards, Alan Burkitt-Gray, editor of Global Telecoms Business said, “This is a sure sign the industry is working harder and harder to deliver exciting and innovative services to customers worldwide. Congratulations to all of this year’s award winners and to MACH and Starcomms for the first pre-paid inter-standard roaming data service successfully trialled.”
Logan Pather, Chief Operating Officer, Starcomms, comments, “ For the first time, inter-standard data roaming is a realistic revenue stream for Starcomms and provides us with significant competitive advantage in the roaming market.”
Added Lokdeep Singh, Vice President, Technology and Innovation, MACH, “Our Inter-Standard Roaming managed services solutions offer a more efficient and value-added approach to delivering a seamless extension of operators’ home networks, without the capital and operational costs – unlocking new revenue opportunities for operators, and providing cost-effective convenience for their customers.” |
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