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Qvantel, a leader in Digital BSS, announced that they have signed an agreement with Etisalat Misr by e& at Mobile World Congress (MWC) to implement their Qvantel Flex BSS solution to help in the digital transformation of Etisalat BSS. By utelizing Qvantel Flex BSS running on AWS Outpost, Etisalat Misr by e& can quickly develop and implement new use cases and try out new business models.

“Working with partners like Qvantel is important, as they provide the agile and innovative BSS that can help us achieve our ambitions in the market. They can help us digitally transform our platforms and enable our customers to turn their digital vision into reality. Digitalising and automating systems and operations has many benefits and can deliver a better experience for our customers. It can also increase our agility, accelerating time to market as well as opening new revenue opportunities as we increase our portfolio to include a wide range of new services,” said Mr. Amr Fathy, CTIO in Etisalat Misr by e& in Egypt.

“At Qvantel, we made the investment to enable our no/low code Qvantel Flex BSS to fully support all customer segments for all services,” commented Varun Galande, CCO of Qvantel. “The agility of Qvantel Flex BSS can enable Etisalat Misr by e& to deliver the best customer experience in the market. We are very proud to work with Etisalat Misr by e& and look forward to working together and enabling the best services possible to Etisalat Misr by e&’s customers.”

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