Telenity and CIS Group to serve Africa jointly

Telenity and CIS Group have signed a partnership agreement to tap into the Middle Eastern and African market mobile markets by operating jointly.

"Joining Telenity's global market experience and leading converged services solutions, and CIS Group's over 25 years of advanced local experience in providing solutions integration to the telecommunications sector, this strategic partnership makes next generation VAS that much closer to mobile operators in Africa," said CIS Group CEO Antoine Kareh in a press statement.

The new partnership is expected to provide African carriers with access to Telenity's converged value-added services and CIS Group's localized system integration, project management, consulting and support services.

"African mobile market represents strong demand for mobile communications services and a healthy growth rate," said Dilip Singh, CEO at Telenity. "Our partnership is sure to benefit both the African mobile operators and subscribers where new innovative and revenue-generating value-added services will be offered in a matter of weeks, with best practices and capabilities to reduce the total cost of ownership to the operators and enhance the communication lifestyles of end users."