AsiaInfo-Linkage is to provide convergent billing and customer relationship management software to Nepal Telecom, the incumbent telecoms network operator in Nepal.
Beijing, China and Santa Clara, California, USA — AsiaInfo-Linkage, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASIA), a provider of telecommunications software systems and services, is to provide convergent billing and customer relationship management software to Nepal Doorsanchar Company Limited (trading as Nepal Telecom), the state-owned incumbent telecoms network operator in Nepal.
With approximately six million mobile subscribers, Nepal Telecom (NT) is the country's largest telco. Its services include local calls, national calls, international calls, international telegram, domestic telex, international telex, leased lines, operator-assisted telephone, packet switching data communication, integrated services digital network, pay phone, intelligent network, PCC easy call service, HCD service, universal access number service, PSTN credit limit service, post-paid and pre-paid mobile, CDMA, GSM, 3G services, internet and email systems. Nepal Telecom also offers online services for checking phone bills, as well as telephone search, caller ring back tones, and Web SMS services. The company was founded in 1975 and is based in Kathmandu, Nepal.
"This is a significant contract win for us as it is representative of our international expansion," stated AsiaInfo-Linkage president and CEO, Steve Zhang (pictured). "We established our core competencies by serving China's three telecom carriers, and will now leverage those strengths as we deploy our best-in-class products and services in Nepal. Our solutions will link all of Nepal Telecom's software systems: landline, cable, internet and mobile phone. The customer will enjoy enhanced decision-making capabilities, standardised business processes and optimised customer insight, while simultaneously decreasing operating costs. Looking forward, we remain focused on serving our core telecommunications customers in China, as we try to win additional market share in multiple international markets."
Nepal Telecom's managing director, Amar Nath Singh remarked, "We are excited about our partnership with AsiaInfo-Linkage and look forward to the delivery of their convergent solutions. Once the upgrade is completed, Nepal Telecom subscribers will benefit from a number of enhancements including hassle-free bill payments. Moreover, AsiaInfo-Linkage's comprehensive solutions will include system implementation, system integration service and migration, training, and on-site support. We have full confidence in AsiaInfo-Linkage's delivery capabilities and believe this agreement lays a strong foundation for the growth of NT's user base beyond 21 million subscribers over the next few years."
Headquartered in Beijing, AsiaInfo-Linkage, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASIA) provides high-quality software solutions and IT services in China's telecoms industry. Following the merger between AsiaInfo and Linkage Technologies International Holdings Ltd in July, 2010, AsiaInfo-Linkage leverages both AsiaInfo's and Linkage's market positions and complementary customer bases to primarily serve China's telecom operators.
