Mavenir Launches Mobile UCaaS for Carrier Wholesale

Mavenir has announced the Mobile-Native Unified Communications and Collaboration as a Service (mUCaaS) solution for mobile network operators (MNOs), designed to address the specific mobility needs of small office/home office (SOHO) companies and small to medium-sized businesses.

Using mobile native wireless technologies while still supporting current communications desktop usage is a paradigm shift compared to traditional UCaaS offerings. Leveraging Mavenir’s expertise in mobile networks with voice over LTE (VoLTE) and rich communication services (RCS), the solution provides new recurring-revenue opportunities for mobile network operators (MNOs) while addressing the real business need for truly mobile communications for the workforce.

MNOs are under pressure in the consumer market with flat growth, an intensive price war on voice and data plans, and fierce competition from over-the-top (OTT) applications.

“This is not just another OTT UCC or Cloud PBX/UCC solution. We’ve taken a different approach to UCaaS for MNOs, that we enable every day across billions of users – voice, messaging, connectivity. MNOs now have an opportunity to leverage their existing mobile network strengths and investments, instead of reselling a me-too wireline-based solution, and finally delivering a true differentiated mobile native experience,” said Pardeep Kohli, president and CEO, Mavenir. “For instance, by leveraging the universal and open messaging ecosystem enabled by RCS and its underlying technologies, we avoid the fragmented and closed experience end users face either by using social media messaging platforms like WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger, or using closed and proprietary enterprise instant messaging applications like Skype for Business or Cisco Jabber. We ultimately improve true global reach and productivity to the mobile workforce.”

“The SOHO/SMB market is really underserved, with 80 percent of businesses having fewer than 10 employees. Our innovative solution allows MNOs to address an untapped market with a frictionless, consumer-like experience,” said Guillaume Le Mener, senior vice president and general manager, Enterprise Solutions, Mavenir. “Our mUCaaS solution allows users to call and message anyone in the world with an unparalleled user experience — because their business-critical communications are prioritized by the mobile network using quality of service indicators that don’t have to compete with other existing OTT UCaaS applications. Only Mavenir’s mUCaaS can offer this prioritized ‘VIP’ treatment from mobile networks.”