lifecell Ukraine and Optiva Named as a Winner of Excellence in Serving People and Planet in TM Forum’s 16th Annual Awards

TM Forum’s prestigious awards recognize the organizations making a significant contribution to the acceleration of digital transformation throughout the industry

Top communication service providers (CSPs) and solution providers around the globe are recognized for revolutionary work digitally transforming the telecommunications industry

KYIV, Ukraine and TORONTO, Sept. 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- lifecell Ukraine, a Ukrainian operator providing mobile communication and data transfer services based on high speed Internet, and Optiva Inc. (“Optiva” or the “Company”) (TSX: OPT), a leader in powering the telecom industry with cloud-native billing, charging and revenue management software on private and public clouds, today announced being awarded winners of the Excellence in Serving People and Planet category in TM Forum’s 16^th Excellence Awards 2023 at the DTW23 - Ignite global event. They were recognized for the project “Supporting connectivity, the lifeblood of daily life, with expanded protection in dangerous times.”

TM Forum’s Excellence Awards recognize the world’s leading companies for their innovative achievements spanning digital transformation, business and IT agility, customer centricity, cross-industry partnering and collaboration, and product and service innovation.

For lifecell, a leading mobile operator in Ukraine with almost 9 million subscribers, its immediate priority is protecting connectivity for Ukrainian citizens and the military. lifecell trusted Optiva’s BSS platform to rapidly deploy new disaster recovery sites away from Ukraine’s front lines. The platform’s automated capabilities empowered lifecell to fully replicate its customer database, onboard new subscribers remotely and implement new international roaming services for reliable connectivity.

“Congratulations on this wonderful achievement,” said Nik Willetts, CEO of TM Forum. “TM Forum’s Excellence Awards are amongst the toughest and most rigorous in the telecommunications and technology industry. We had an outstanding selection of almost 200 submissions this year, and it was difficult for our panel of independent judges to choose the winners from all the companies partnering and innovating to bring the industry into the new age of digital telecoms. Winning the Excellence in Serving People and Planet award shows the impact of an inspiring real-world digital transformation case study, and it is my pleasure to congratulate the teams at lifecell Ukraine and Optiva.”