Jordan Telecom empowers licensees with a bundle offer based on volume and time commitment

The offer enables licensees to benefit from competitive rates on services such as transmission link services, IP bandwidth and ADSL.

"There is no doubt that the telecom sector plays a key role in attracting investors to any market, the advanced services and competitive rates are behind establishing businesses in various sectors." said Laurent Mialet, CEO of Jordan Telecom. "Today, as the market is expanding and new operators are entering the market, Jordan Telecom has launched the "wholesale catalogue" in order to enable current and future operators to benefit from discounted prices thus leading into generating more revenue and reducing the rates of telecom services."

The discounts which are granted to licensed operators and ISP's are based on volume and time commitment, and is only applicable between Jordan Telecom and other licensees who have signed interconnect agreements. The volume discount for interconnect, transmission, SDH link, IP bandwidth for ADSL and ADSL port services is 5%, 10% and 15% depending on the number of E1/ADSL ports, while the volume discount for transit & transit plus services is based on traffic volume The time commitment discount for interconnect link, transmission link , SDH, IP bandwidth and ADSL traffic collection ports is 7%, 12% and 20% applied for 3 years, 5 years and 10 years commitment respectively.

"We have signed several agreements so far with prepaid operators, ISP's and licensed operators, the contracts varied between 1-10 years," said Luc Savage , Chief Strategic Officer in charge of the wholesale marketing at Jordan Telecom. "The catalogue has been designed based on the requirements of licensed operators and ISP's to enable them benefit from most competitive rates and at the same time provide advanced services with affordable rates."

The wholesale catalogue provides discounts on various services , such as Interconnect transmission and SDH link, International IP capacity (IP bandwidth for ADSL), Transit, Transit plus ,and ADSL traffic collection port. The licensee contract is based on a total amount of money calculated according to time and volume commitment, if the licensee reached the amount before the set time the licensee is considered as having fulfilled his commitment. The discount applies for the whole products/ services of the wholesale catalogue owned by the licensee at the time of signing the contract.

"The telecommunication rates in Jordan are considered one of the most competitive rates in the Middle East, the infrastructure and the network of Jordan Telecom is the backbone of various services available by licensees to Jordanians, the licensees are already depending on the services offered in the wholesale catalogue, therefore this is considered very convenient for them and we believe that it will further slash the rates of internet, mobile to fixed line calls and international calls provided by licensees." Added Savage.

Jordan Telecom will be launching new offers and services tailored to suit the requirements of operators, businesses and citizens.

The "wholesale catalogue" is one of many offers to be launched soon in the Jordanian market to encourage more adoption for communication tools.