Ethio Telecom launched seven new cloud-based enterprise services on Wednesday – ranging from banking and push-to-talk communications to cattle management – which it says are designed to streamline operations and elevate customer service.
The new cloud-based core banking solution, targeted at micro-finance institutions and savings and credit cooperatives, promises to modernize their operations, expand their reach, drive financial inclusion and enable scalable growth by eliminating the need for costly on-premises infrastructure.
The solution is also integrated with Ethio Telecom’s Telebirr mobile money platform, which it says enables convenient and secure mobile payments for loan disbursements, repayments, and savings contributions.
Ethio Telecom also launched a push-to-talk/video (PTT/PTV) service aimed at sectors such as security, construction, transportation and hospitality that use trunked radio systems for communication. The PTT/PTV service offers a cost-effective cellular-based alternative that uses regular smartphones and also supports multimedia messaging, location-based services and geofencing.
Meanwhile, the real-time digital cattle tracking solution leverages RFID, GPS and mobile technologies to enable farmers and ranchers to monitor their livestock in real time, track their location, and assess their health status. The service is also integrated with Telebirr, and additionally provides a service for streamlining insurance claims.
Other cloud-based services include an education management system to optimise learning environments and administration, an office collaboration and productivity solution, a cloud-based contact centre offering and an integrated ERP solution that consolidates key functions such as finance, HR, supply chain and customer relationship management onto a unified system hosted on Ethio Telecom’s cloud.
Ethio Telecom said it has over 456 enterprise customers and partners using its cloud and data centre services.
