Bharti Airtel, XIUS bcgi sign MoU

HYDERABAD, INDIA: XIUS-bcgi, the telecom division of Megasoft Limited, a provider in delivering innovative telecom solutions for mobile operators and MVNOs, on Monday announced the launch of its eCogNito solution – an end-to-end mobile transaction platform.

According to the company, this launch will be offered as a pilot to Indian telecom player Bharti Airtel, under a memorandum of understanding signed between the two companies.

“Our eCogNito solution offers Mobile Network Operators a quantum leap in operational efficiency of their revenue assurance systems by providing anytime, anywhere electronic talk time charging and bill payment in self-service mode,” said Sunny DeWakar, president of XIUS-bcgi’s eCogNito division.

“Additionally, it simplifies and speeds up day-to-day mobile transactions and is an ideal replacement for smart cards that are currently being used for different applications,” he added.

With the company’s current rural initiatives, eCognNito’s ease of use solutions will improve accessibility, penetration and adoptions of Bharti Airtel’s m-commerce offerings to their rapidly growing customer base, said a press release.

“We have generated early interest with the current launch of our mobile commerce service in India, and we already have more than 260,000 customers signed up,” said Pallab Mitra, head of m-Commerce for Bharti Airtel.

“We believe that the solutions being offered by XIUS-bcgi will improve the ease of use and accessibility of new products and services that we plan to offer with our m-commerce initiatives.”