TC July-August 2021 Issue

TRADE CHRONICLE
Telecommunication News
PTCL signs strategic contract
with Whale Cloud Technology
Pakistan Telecommunication Company
Limited (PTCL) has signed a strategic
contract with Whale Cloud Technology
for the transformation of its mission
critical Charging and Billing platform.
Nadeem Khan, Acting CEO & Group
CFO, PTCL & Ufone and Chen
XiaoWei, President South Asia, Whale
Cloud Technology, signed the contract
during a ceremony held at PTCL HQ,
Islamabad. Jafar Khalid, Group CTIO
(Development), PTCL & Ufone, Saad
M Waraich, Group CTIO (Operations),
PTCL & Ufone, Ayaz Ahmed, Vice
President, Whale
Cloud Technology,
Pakistan, also
attended the
ceremony, along with
senior management
from both companies.
This major
transformation marks
a significant step
Careem, the Super App for the greater
Middle East and Pakistan, has recently
announced its partnership with Jazz,
Pakistan’s number one 4G operator
and the most prominent internet and
broadband service provider. This
partnership allows Careem access
to Jazz’s campaign management
tools and provides its colleagues and
restaurant merchants with GSM cellular
service.
Under this partnership,
Jazz will provide tailored
and affordable GSM
voice and data services
for Careem’s employees
and restaurant
merchants, enabling
seamless connectivity
across the country. The
announcement was
made following a signing
ceremony that was
held in Karachi under
the presence of senior
towards PTCL’s efforts to deliver
enhanced user experience to its
valued customers. The initiative
would also serve as a key enabler
for offering the much-needed flexibility
to fixed broadband consumers and
corporate customers, by extending
enhanced billing and invoicing options
of their choice.
Speaking on the occasion, Nadeem
Khan, Acting CEO & Group CFO,
PTCL & Ufone, said, “PTCL with its
focus on offering customer centric
solutions is investing in the upgrade
of its billing solution, to provide stateof-the-art
services to its customers. We
are glad to partner with Whale Cloud
Careem to connect its merchants and employees
through Jazz’s communications solutions
management from both companies.
Commenting on the partnership,
Zeeshan Baig, Country General
Manager and CEO, said: “We are
super delighted to partner with Jazz to
provide our colleagues and merchants
with seamless network solutions.
This partnership is an embodiment of
how companies can come together to
provide their employees and other key
stakeholders with solutions that create
Technology on this strategic initiative,
which is one of the leading suppliers in
Business Support Systems domain in
key markets globally.”
On the occasion, Chen XiaoWei,
President South Asia, Whale Cloud
Technology, said, “We are greatly
honored for the confidence that PTCL
has bestowed upon us, by selecting
Whale Cloud Technology for this
transformation journey. This would
positively impact the customer value
chain and we shall endeavor to exceed
PTCL’s expectation in serving their
customers better.”
PTCL remains at the forefront to take
such initiatives that
will pave the way for
latest Cloud-based
solutions, hence
facilitating efficient
delivery of new and
innovative services
across different
customer segments.
their day-to-day tasks hassle-free.”
Syed Ali Naseer, Chief Business
Officer at Jazz, stated: “By enabling
and empowering those who were
previously immobile, Careem has truly
revolutionized travel across the region.
We’re happy to partner with such
trailblazers and hope to collaborate
more so in the future. Such synergies
are imperative to continue developing a
more digital Pakistan.”
Careem, which recently became a
Super App, has more than 800,000
Captains registered on its
platform. Transforming
into a Super App;
Careem offers multiple
opportunities as it
expands its services from
the mobility of people to
adding mobility of things
and mobility of money,
including food, essential
daily deliveries, peer to
peer credit transfer and
mobile top-ups.
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