Telecom Argentina and Intraway announce JV to boost Open Gateway adoption

By Telecom Argentina and Intraway

This is a machine translation of the original press release, issued in Spanish

Buenos Aires, April 29, 2024. Telecom Argentina and Intraway announce the signing of a memorandum of understanding for the creation of a joint digital company that will focus on the creation of a cloud-native software solution for CSPs in Latin America can accelerate the exposure and monetization of their networks in a secure and scalable manner, within the framework of the current and future components and functionalities established by the GSMA Open Gateway initiative.

This joint venture will offer the possibility of implementing the platform already developed jointly between Telecom and Intraway. In line with the criteria of the Open Gateway standard and its multi-platform spirit, it will be able to interoperate transparently with other solutions in the industry. It will also provide consulting services for the integration of APIs, and product design and architecture, seeking to position itself as the main partner for operators in the region that wish to join and accelerate the implementation of this new business paradigm.

Conceived as a cloud-native, multi-tenant solution, the new firm will serve as the backbone for CSPs to securely expose and monetize their networks while addressing the diverse needs of stakeholders, a crucial need for which the union of Telecom and Intraway experiences and capabilities is the right combination.

Roberto Nobile, CEO of Telecom and the only Argentine member of the GSMA board, highlighted: “This joint venture marks a milestone not only in the boost that we will be able to give to the digital economy and the Open Gateway standard in Latin America. It also means a substantive step in our strategy to consolidate ourselves as a technological hub and continue expanding our operations beyond the footprint of our networks.” “The objective of this joint venture – continues Nobile – is that other operators in the region can accelerate the adoption of this new standard, taking advantage of the responses and solutions that we already apply in Telecom. Our learnings, together with a flexible, scalable and accessible solution that we will make available to them with Intraway, will undoubtedly be highly attractive assets so that they can take advantage of the potential that this new business paradigm offers to monetize their own networks and enhance their operations".

For Lucas Lodeiro, CTO of Intraway and interim CEO of the new company: “This strategic alliance with Telecom Argentina represents a unique opportunity to democratize and expand direct access to operators' mobile networks for banks, e-commerce, virtual wallets, transportation , governments and many other industries, allowing them to innovate and offer more secure, personalized and efficient services. In summary, it enhances digital transformation in an inclusive manner, with a strong focus on the protection of user privacy, allowing telcos to enable and participate in a diversity of new business models, opening new opportunities for growth and development in the digital field".

Value Partners

Telecom, a leading company in connectivity, technology, entertainment and digital services solutions, with operations in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Chile, will contribute its expertise and know-how as a provider of ICT services and digital solutions, in addition to its own experience in development of APIs within the Open Gateway framework.

It is worth remembering that Telecom became a reference in Argentina for the GSMA and CAMARA initiative, and has already launched SIM SWAP, its first API developed in-house, which is in the advanced testing phase with clients from the fintech world. In addition, it is working to launch other APIs that continue to contribute to the security and anti-fraud value proposition, such as Number Verification, Device Status and Device Location. Part of these APIs are already being designed and supported in the solution designed and developed jointly between Telecom and Intraway.

For its part, Intraway, a firm that provides solutions to operators in more than 20 countries, will add its experience in the development and management of mission-critical solutions in the cloud, knowledge of telecommunications networks, and integration with Symphonica, its system of no-code orchestration and provisioning that will allow CSPs to integrate their network elements securely and extremely quickly. Leandro Rzezak, CEO of Intraway, explained that: “The 'end-to-end no-code' functionality allows operators to expose via APIs any network element or other systems simply through configuration, without the need to program connectors, reducing in implementation times and, especially, the time from the start of the project to the generation of income”.

Telecom Argentina and Intraway expect to make the first version of their joint solution commercially available during the second quarter of this year.

About Telecom

We are Telecom Argentina, a company in constant movement with the purpose of accompanying and enhancing the lives of our 33 million customers through technology. Our solutions are designed so that people and communities can grow and advance, but also enjoy, be entertained and connect with whatever they want.

We offer a comprehensive experience with our ecosystem of digital services and solutions. With Personal, we connect our clients with the internet at home and on their cell phone. With Flow, we bring TV and streaming content closer together. With our Personal Pay virtual wallet, we connect people with their money. And with Telecom, we accompany thousands of companies and institutions in their digital transformation. We are present with our comprehensive service proposal in Argentina and Paraguay, pay television in Uruguay and digital services in Chile.

We are one of the main employers in Argentina, with collaborators throughout the country who choose to be part of this great place to work. We promote the digital economy and lead an industry that constitutes a fundamental pillar for the development of society, with constant investment, sustainable practices and initiatives that promote talent and digital inclusion.

We are proud to be protagonists of the evolution of society and continue to enhance the world of our clients. Far from stopping, today we look forward. We are present and future. We are Telecom, we enhance your desire to move forward.

About Intraway

With more than 20 years in the market and thousands of projects executed in more than 25 countries, Intraway is one of the main expert companies in digital transformation and development of mission-critical software for mobile and fixed operators in the Americas, consistently achieving a rate 100% project success rate. In particular, Intraway helps operators be more agile in introducing new products to the market, reduce operating expenses and migrate operation support systems to the cloud.

www.intraway.com

About Open Gateway

GSMA Open Gateway is a common and open structure between operators to facilitate the work of developers and cloud providers seeking to create applications and services that communicate perfectly with each other and work for all devices and clients. This is done through unique access points to mobile networks known as APIs. Almost 40 mobile operator groups around the world, representing 228 mobile networks and 64% of global connections, are part of the initiative.