Aito Introduces Customer Experience Analytics to Uzbekistan Mobile Market
BARCELONA, Spain, February 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --
- UCell Looks to Aito for Analysis of Usage Trends and Subscriber Data
Aito Technologies, a provider of customer experience analytics (CEA), today announced an agreement with UCell, the second largest operator in Uzbekistan, to deploy its analytics product suite. Aito CEA will enable UCell to enhance user experience, identify specific customer segments, optimise service creation, sales and marketing.
The Aito CEA product suite will help UCell to meet the growing consumer demand for a diverse array of services, ranging from voice and data to mobile broadband services. UCell will use Aito CEA to analyse subscriber data, and usage information, to develop a better understanding of the customer base. The information will enable UCell to refine the creation and provision of a diverse range of services targeted at specific customer segments.
UCell is the second largest mobile operator in Uzbekistan with a customer base of more than 7 million subscribers, which accounts for approximately 32 percent of the domestic market. Uzbekistan is a rapidly expanding marketplace. Mobile penetration rate currently stands at 75 per cent and is continuing to rise. The consumer demand for mobile services is increasing, as is competition, fuelled by significant investments in the region by tier one operators.
Aito has been selected by UCell because of its ability to provide data analysis in a format that can be easily understood and acted upon by sales and marketing as well as the technical teams. The data analysis can be turned around quickly, which will enable UCell to respond to market trends and customer preferences, reduce churn, and increase customer acquisition.
Mahbuba Sadikova, Chief Marketing Officer at UCell, explained: "The mobile communication industry in Uzbekistan has experienced remarkable growth over the past few years. UCell has played a major part in the development of this market and we are currently the second largest operator in the country. Aito's analytics will help us to further strengthen of our position and increasing our market share by developing services that are tailored to specific customer segments. The analytics provide us with a set of results that can be accessed easily by the sales and marketing teams, enabling them to respond quickly to changing market conditions and meet demand."
Anssi Tauriainen, CEO of Aito Technologies, commented: "The partnership with UCell represents a step into the Eurasian market and ties in with our strategy to continue to expand globally. The contract with UCell is further acknowledgement of the value of analytics and the benefits that they can provide for operators. In UCell's case customer experience analytics will enable the operator to strengthen its position in a highly competitive market, develop accurate profiles of its customers and enhance service performance. The data will also be used to underpin sales and marketing campaigns to attract and retain customers."
About Aito Technologies Oy
Founded in 2006, Aito Technologies Oy is a developer of innovative and unique Customer Experience Analytics product suite for network operators and digital service providers. As the brainchild of a group of telecom innovators with network and software vendor, research and operator backgrounds, Aito is able to provide a unique approach responding to the market needs.
Aito is used to manage the experience and behaviour of tens of millions of customers around the world, everyday. Aito software, which incorporates Business Development and Customer Reporting functionalities, simplifies the understanding of the customer experience environment, providing key business management stakeholders with the richest end-to-end view of their customers through clear and relevant information in an easy-to-use form, within minutes, anytime. Aito brings speed, agility and business impact to decision making with Customer Experience Analytics.
About UCell
FE COSCOM LLC. is a part of TeliaSonera group and operates under UCell trademark in Uzbekistan. In November 2010 the company had more than 7 million subscribers. TeliaSonera provides telecommunication services in the Nordic and Baltic countries, the emerging markets of Eurasia, including Russia and Turkey, and in Spain. TeliaSonera is now in 20 markets with close to 460 million inhabitants. The number of subscriptions in September 2010 reached over 157 million. For January-September 2010, TeliaSonera's net sales amounted to approximately USD 11 billion and TeliaSonera had around 30,000 employees.
For further information about Aito, please contact: Matt Humphries at Babel PR Tel: +44(0)207-434-5550
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