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Bahrain's BNET Taps BearingPoint//Beyond Infonova BSS on AWS for Nationwide Fiber Deployment

Bahrain's BNET Taps BearingPoint//Beyond Infonova BSS on AWS for Nationwide Fiber Deployment Image Credit: blackboard/Bigstockphoto.com

BearingPoint//Beyond announced that Bahrain's BNET will use its Infonova BSS solution as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) built on AWS for its forthcoming nationwide fiber broadband network.

BNET was launched in October as a completely new and independent wholesale broadband provider by Batelco, Bahrain’s largest telecoms operator. BNET’s purpose is to provide next generation wholesale fiber broadband connectivity to all licensed telecom operators and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in Bahrain – including Batelco itself. It will also provide broadband services to large enterprise customers in the Kingdom.

BNET chose BearingPoint//Beyond’s solution as the enablement platform for its wholesale business thanks to the truly cloud-native, SaaS delivery model, built on AWS, which allows BNET to focus squarely on its business. Importantly, with Infonova BSS, BNET is able to meet its fast approaching go live date scheduled for May 2020.

The AWS cloud-hosted SaaS model will reduce BNET’s Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and provides valuable auto-scaling capabilities and rapid agile delivery that can accommodate future growth. BNET will use BearingPoint//Beyond’s automated platform to power a range of BSS and OSS functions – including billing, charging, order fulfilment and management, and service activation.

As part of the agreement, network inventory specialists CROSS Network Intelligence (CNI) will provide network inventory and service assurance solution to BNET. The unique, multi-tenant capabilities of Infonova BSS can also be extended and used by BNET’s ISP and enterprise customers as a digital innovation and monetization solution.

Mohamed Bubashait, CEO, BNET
Signing with BearingPoint//Beyond and selection of SaaS is part of our strategy to adopt the latest digital technology in operating the national network, and as per the technical indicators published by leading technical institutes in the telecom sector, cloud technology is the future of the business world.

Angus Ward, CEO of BearingPoint/Beyond
BNET’s planned fiber broadband network is a visionary endeavor that demonstrates the Kingdom of Bahrain’s commitment to providing next generation connectivity to its citizens and businesses.

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