Azure Solutions, the revenue-assurance company, today announced that Telenor Pakistan has implemented Azure’s interconnect billing solution to provide billing and rating for its LDI (Long Distance International) services. Telenor secured a licence to provide mobile and international interconnect services in Pakistan in 2004 and subsequently required an effective billing solution. Due to its work within Telenor Global Services and ability to deploy in short timescales, Azure Solutions was selected to provide the operational billing solution for the new Telenor Pakistan business.

Azure Interconnect helps operators to manage their costs effectively by being able to settle quickly and accurately with interconnect partners. The system provides operators with visibility of CDRs (call detail records) and the ability to adapt to rate changes quickly to ensure billing accuracy. Azure Interconnect also provides support for new challenges such as IP or SMS interconnect.

The Telenor Pakistan deal is Azure’s fourth customer announcement in the region over the last 12 months highlighting the need for revenue-assurance solutions in the market. “Pakistan is currently the fastest growing mobile market in the world”, commented Paul Budde from leading telecoms analysts Paul Budde Communications.

Ahmad Sayed, sales director at Azure Solutions in Pakistan, said: “We are delighted to be working with Telenor Pakistan. Azure Interconnect provides Telenor with a best-of-breed LDI billing and rating solution, which will enable it to maximise its revenues. Telenor is a valued customer for Azure as we have already deployed interconnect solutions for other parts of the Telenor group.”