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29-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Hansen secures a significant three-year contract extension with Africa's MultiChoice Group
MultiChoice will upgrade to the latest version of Hansen CCB and extend its managed services solutions agreement as it continues to navigate Africa's complex and diverse regional and country regulations. MELBOURNE, Australia, July 29, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hansen Technologies (ASX:HSN), a leading global provider of software and services to the communications & media and energy & utilities industries, has signed a three-year contract renewal with MultiChoice Group to enable the continued utilisation of Hansen CCB, as well as the extension of the existing managed services solutions. The agreement, initially for a term of three years, combines various contracts into a single master contract; aligning to MultiChoice's ambition to transition to this latest version of Hansen CCB. MultiChoice is a South African company that operates DStv, a major satellite television service in Sub-Saharan Africa. As Africa's leading entertainment platform, MultiChoice offers a diverse range of content across multiple brands and countries. For over 25 years, MultiChoice has relied on Hansen for their single billing solution, which supports subscribers across 50 markets. Hansen's continued investment into the CCB platform has allowed MultiChoice to adeptly and efficiently handle the mission critical complexities of the various regional requirements and diverse country regulations across Africa. The extension of the contract is a reflection of MultiChoice's resounding confidence in Hansen, not only as a platform provider but as a partner in their evolving future. MultiChoice Group Chief Technology & Information Officer, Sabelo Mwali comments: "Hansen has proven to be an invaluable partner over many years, consistently providing software and services that have resulted in a highly flexible, reliable and efficient billing platform for the MultiChoice Group. "We look forward to continuing and expanding our highly successful collaboration with Hansen for many years to come." Hansen's President of Communications & Media, Scott Weir, shares: "This agreement re-iterates the confidence Tier-1 industry players hold in Hansen's technology and expertise to deliver mission-critical Billing solutions. "We look forward to the further extension of the long-standing relationship we have built over the years as we continue to support MultiChoice's ambitions of further innovation and investment into the entertainment arena in Africa." For further information about Hansen, please visit About Hansen Hansen Technologies (ASX: HSN) is a leading global provider of software and services to the energy & utilities and communications & media industries. With its award-winning software portfolio, Hansen serves organisations with customers located in over 80 countries, helping them to create, sell, and deliver new products and services, manage and analyse customer data, and control critical revenue management and customer support processes. For more information, visit About MultiChoice MultiChoice is Africa's leading entertainment platform, with a mission to enrich lives. The company offers a wide range of products and services, including DStv, GOtv, Showmax, M-Net, SuperSport, Irdeto, and KingMakers. Its products and services are used by over 23.5 million households in 50 markets across sub-Saharan Africa. View source version on Contacts For further information, please contact: Megan RosierDirector, Corporate Communications & Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Business Wire
29-07-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Hansen secures a significant three-year contract extension with Africa's MultiChoice Group
MELBOURNE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hansen Technologies (ASX:HSN), a leading global provider of software and services to the communications & media and energy & utilities industries, has signed a three-year contract renewal with MultiChoice Group to enable the continued utilisation of Hansen CCB, as well as the extension of the existing managed services solutions. Hansen has proven to be an invaluable partner over many years, consistently providing software and services that have resulted in a highly flexible, reliable and efficient billing platform for the MultiChoice Group. - Sabelo Mwali, Group CT&IO, MultiChoice Share The agreement, initially for a term of three years, combines various contracts into a single master contract; aligning to MultiChoice's ambition to transition to this latest version of Hansen CCB. MultiChoice is a South African company that operates DStv, a major satellite television service in Sub-Saharan Africa. As Africa's leading entertainment platform, MultiChoice offers a diverse range of content across multiple brands and countries. For over 25 years, MultiChoice has relied on Hansen for their single billing solution, which supports subscribers across 50 markets. Hansen's continued investment into the CCB platform has allowed MultiChoice to adeptly and efficiently handle the mission critical complexities of the various regional requirements and diverse country regulations across Africa. The extension of the contract is a reflection of MultiChoice's resounding confidence in Hansen, not only as a platform provider but as a partner in their evolving future. MultiChoice Group Chief Technology & Information Officer, Sabelo Mwali comments: 'Hansen has proven to be an invaluable partner over many years, consistently providing software and services that have resulted in a highly flexible, reliable and efficient billing platform for the MultiChoice Group. 'We look forward to continuing and expanding our highly successful collaboration with Hansen for many years to come.' Hansen's President of Communications & Media, Scott Weir, shares: 'This agreement re-iterates the confidence Tier-1 industry players hold in Hansen's technology and expertise to deliver mission-critical Billing solutions. 'We look forward to the further extension of the long-standing relationship we have built over the years as we continue to support MultiChoice's ambitions of further innovation and investment into the entertainment arena in Africa.' For further information about Hansen, please visit About Hansen Hansen Technologies (ASX: HSN) is a leading global provider of software and services to the energy & utilities and communications & media industries. With its award-winning software portfolio, Hansen serves organisations with customers located in over 80 countries, helping them to create, sell, and deliver new products and services, manage and analyse customer data, and control critical revenue management and customer support processes. For more information, visit About MultiChoice MultiChoice is Africa's leading entertainment platform, with a mission to enrich lives. The company offers a wide range of products and services, including DStv, GOtv, Showmax, M-Net, SuperSport, Irdeto, and KingMakers. Its products and services are used by over 23.5 million households in 50 markets across sub-Saharan Africa.
CTV News
08-07-2025
- Business
- CTV News
New vision unveiled for Toronto's College Park. Here is a closer look.
The owners of a Toronto architectural landmark have unveiled an ambitious proposal to revitalize the space with the construction of more than 2,000 new housing units alongside a hotel and a new public atrium. GWL Realty Advisors (GWLRA) released renderings of its vision for College Park on Tuesday afternoon, including a three-tower mixed-use complex that would rise above the existing heritage building. GWLRA says that the proposal, which still needs to go through the city's zoning and approval process, would allow for the construction of 2,334 new housing units as well as 'a new hotel, a new retail and entertainment space, and a new public space.' Revitalized College Park rendering A rendering of the revitalized College Park site. (GWLRA/rendering) It would also maintain the full building that has stood at the corner of College and Yonge streets since 1930, rather than just its façade. 'College Park is one of the most significant works of architecture in Toronto,' ERA Architects Principal Scott Weir said in a news release. 'For its whole existence, College Park has never reached its full potential. This project is our chance to get it right for the beginning of its second century.' College Park is a designated heritage site that is currently home to a shopping mall, office complex and residential properties, as well as a path to the subway. Opened in 1930, and designed by Montreal architects Ross & Macdonald, College Park was scaled back from a 38-storey retail hub at the time, as a result in part of structural challenges and the economic devastation of the Great Depression, GWLRA says. College Park rendering A rendering of College Park's revitalization. (GWLRA/rendering) The Tyndall limestone structure was originally known as Eaton's College Street, until 1977, when the Eaton's Centre opened a few blocks down the street. College Park's seventh-floor Eaton Auditorium, which once hosted performers like Billie Holiday and Duke Ellington, was abandoned until 2000, when GWLRA took over. They restored and renamed the venue as The Carlu, after the original designer Jacques Carlu. GWLRA says that it is now aiming to see through Ross & Macdonald's original design, as well as other scenic elements that mixes old and new architectural designs. College Park rendering A rendering of the revitalization of College Park. (GWLRA/rendering) These include the three mixed-use residential towers, rooftop gardens, a pathway that links College and Yonge to a glass-encased atrium and outdoor public space at the rear. Currently, no formal submissions have been made to the city, though a series of pre-application meetings have taken place. GWLRA have launched a website, which covers the building's history, as well as detailed plans for its future. An events series featuring lectures, open houses and town halls is planned for the future, with the intention of gathering public input and showcasing detailed plans.
Business Wire
11-06-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Hansen Technologies Supports Major Transformation for Telefónica Germany
MELBOURNE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hansen Technologies (ASX:HSN), a global provider of software and services to the communications, media, energy, and utilities industries, is pleased to announce today that its transformation partnership with Telefónica Germany, a leading communications services providers (CSPs) in Germany, is progressing successfully. In a collaborative effort of more than 3,700 team members, millions of subscribers have already been migrated to a new technology stack, underpinned by products from the Hansen Suite for Communications, Technology & Media. Many more are to follow. Fundamental to this transformation, which is ongoing, has been the building of an entirely new technology stack with around 80 applications in the cloud. This represents a massive end-to-end transformation initiative, with a key part of the business and operational backbone supported by the Hansen Suite. Competing in one of Europe's most dynamic and largest communications markets, Telefónica Germany serves more than 45 million active mobile connections. The German market is defined by competition where rapid innovation, cost efficiency, and customer experience differentiation are crucial for success. Market forces such as 5G, the rise of the Internet of Things, and an increasingly digital-first consumer base, demand that any CSP modernise its IT architecture or risk falling behind more agile competitors. Telefónica Germany thus started early to completely modernise its IT infrastructure, in order to manage the growing complexity of services and systems even better – while ensuring long-term sustainability. By partnering with Hansen, Telefónica Germany has been able to deploy a new cloud-native, modular architecture for multi-brand operations, and position itself as a digital-first, omnichannel leader. Leveraging Hansen Catalog, Hansen CPQ, Hansen Order Management (OM), and Hansen Portfolio, the transformation has begun delivering significant results, including time-time-to-market reductions for new product introductions, reduced IT costs, and enhanced scalability. Mallik Rao, Chief Technology and Enterprise Officer, Telefónica Germany, commented: 'To thrive and continue to succeed in Germany, one of the largest communications markets in Europe, we took a bold approach and fundamentally reimagined and reinvented our technology infrastructure with a ground-up mindset. It involved challenging legacy systems and accelerating innovation. With our ongoing digital transformation, we are going to significantly improve time-to-market and customer experience across all our customer segments. The Hansen team are the ideal partner to support us addressing our challenges and chart a new way forward for our company to succeed in the digital, 5G era.' Scott Weir, President of Communications & Media at Hansen, commented:"To date, the work we have undertaken to enable enterprise-wide transformation for Telefónica Germany, on a massive nationwide scale, remains a landmark transformation project for the Hansen team, over the course of our fifty-year history. With Telefónica Germany embarking on a radical, foundational transformation – unprecedented in scale and among the biggest in the world – the initiative undoubtedly called for architecting a B/OSS infrastructure that could support future business needs and enable agility in innovation. By investing in a modular and scalable technology stack from Hansen, Telefónica Germany is not only ensuring operational efficiency but also future-proofing its technology infrastructure and thus, remaining competitive in a rapidly evolving digital ecosystem.' The Hansen Suite for Communications, Technology & Media enables service providers to create and deliver new business models through accelerated product innovation. Hansen, together with Telefónica Germany, will be taking the stage at this year's DTW Ignite event in Copenhagen June 17 th at 2pm on Stage A to discuss this significant transformation program. For further information about Hansen, please visit About Hansen Technologies Hansen Technologies (ASX: HSN) is a leading global software and services provider for the energy, utilities, communications, and media industries. Hansen serves customers in over 80 countries, helping them to deliver new products and services, manage and analyse customer data, and control critical revenue management and customer support processes. For more information, visit About Telefónica Germany Telefónica Germany is a leading full-service provider of telecommunications services for private and business customers. The portfolio of the core brand O2 and various secondary and partner brands includes traditional telephony and internet connections, as well as innovative digital services in the area of the Internet of Things and data analysis. In mobile communications, Telefónica Germany manages more than 45 million mobile lines. In the fixed network, Telefónica Germany offers its customers leading technological diversity and geographical availability in Germany. In the 2024 financial year, the company generated revenue of 8.5 billion euros, with around 7,500 employees. The company is majority-owned by Spanish telecommunications group Telefónica S.A., one of the largest telecommunications groups in the world. For more information, visit
Business Wire
13-05-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Leading North American Communications Provider Goes Live with Cloud-Native Hansen Provision, Advancing Transformation Program
MELBOURNE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hansen Technologies (ASX:HSN), a global provider of software and services to the communications, media, energy, and utilities industries, is proud to announce that its partnership with a leading North American communications services provider (CSP), has passed a new milestone, with the successful upgrade to the latest cloud-based version of Hansen Provision. This upgrade forms a pivotal component of the company's digital transformation, with a modernized architecture that will enable it to meet current and future customer requirements. As part of the customer's strategy, moving from on-premise to a cloud-native environment has been a fundamental part of the modernization journey. Upgrading and migrating to a cloud-native architecture enables the service provider to be more scalable while benefiting from simpler management, reduced costs through containerization, microservices, automation and DevOps practices. This allows for an overall faster time-to-market on new offerings. Being fully cloud-native, this latest version of Hansen Provision addresses the robust provisioning requirements that CSPs demand to deliver flexible and scalable offerings and platforms, today and into the future. With their selection of the Google Cloud Platform, Hansen has also seamlessly navigated requirements around data integration, system compatibility and performance optimization – resulting in better performance across all metrics. Scott Weir, President of Communications & Media at Hansen, commented:"At Hansen, we fully embrace the true meaning of partnerships in all our projects. To support one of North America's leading communications services providers in this transformation initiative, part of their three-year transformation program, is something we are very proud of. We worked alongside them to ensure that this significant modernization project delivers the optimal performance now and paves the way for rolling out new opportunities in the future. The business is already realizing the benefits of this version of Hansen Provision with enhanced scalability, simplified management and cost reductions alongside overall faster performance.' Hansen Provision is a part of the Hansen Suite for Communications, Technology & Media, which enables service providers to create and deliver new business models through accelerated product innovation. About Hansen Technologies Hansen Technologies (ASX: HSN) is a leading global software and services provider for the energy, utilities, communications, and media industries. Hansen serves customers in over 80 countries, helping them to deliver new products and services, manage and analyse customer data, and control critical revenue management and customer support processes. For more information, visit
