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Contributor: PR Newswire Europe
Wednesday, August 18 2021 - 12:00
AsiaNet
DOCOMO Digital powers Optus's next-gen subscription product SubHub
SYDNEY, Aug. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

DOCOMO Digital, the world's preeminent mobile commerce enabler, has 
co-developed a next-generation smart subscription management and bundling suite 
for Optus, one of Australia's leading telecommunications and technology 
companies. Optus SubHub, is a subscription management service designed to be a 
one-stop shop for consumers to seamlessly manage their 3rd-party OTT 
subscriptions and avail exciting discounts and bundled offers from Optus. 
Consumers can conveniently and securely pay for these subscriptions as part of 
their monthly mobile phone or broadband bills. 

Australia is ranked seventh globally in terms of penetration of leading video 
streaming services, according to Statista[1]. Optus SubHub will make adding and 
modifying these and other subscriptions a breeze for Optus customers. Optus 
chose to work with DOCOMO Digital for their productized Software-as-a-service 
(SaaS) platform with mature APIs, successful deployments, and existing 
integrations with leading brands such as Amazon Prime. Optus wanted to work 
with a provider with global experience in integrating global OTT providers and 
managing subscription bundles and promotions for large mobile carriers. 

"SubHub takes the clutter of managing multiple OTT subscriptions away from our 
customers to offer a simple user experience and more value from. We found the 
right partner in DOCOMO Digital to bring SubHub to market with their proven 
track record in direct carrier billing and subscription bundling," Optus Head 
of TV and Content, Corin Dimopoulos said. 

"As a progressive carrier, Optus is developing the next-generation digital 
services business beyond connectivity, and we are very excited to be a part of 
this journey. Our productized SaaS platform is purpose-built to reduce 
time-to-market and effort on the part of Optus's internal teams while offering 
robust analytics, reporting and fraud prevention", said Jonathan Bennett, Chief 
Commercial Officer at DOCOMO Digital. 

Optus will launch SubHub with exciting promotions on Amazon Prime, Kindle 
Unlimited and Calm this month, with more services to come, visit 
www.subhub.optus.com.au. 

About Optus

Optus (Singtel Optus Pty Ltd) was founded in 1991 and is one of Australia's 
leading telecommunications companies and part of Singtel.   Optus has over 10M 
customers and operates Australia's home of premium European football; video 
streaming service Optus Sport - which launched in June 2016. Optus holds the 
exclusive rights in Australia for the English Premier League, Barclays FA 
Women's Super League and is the home of the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 in 
Australia and New Zealand.  Optus Sport, with more than 900,000 active 
subscribers, also offers customers health and well-being content through OS 
Fitness.   

For more information, visit https://www.optus.com.au/ 

About DOCOMO Digital 

DOCOMO Digital is the international payments business of NTT DOCOMO. We partner 
with carriers, merchants, OTT services, app stores and payment providers in 
both developed and emerging markets around the world. We solve the challenges 
of customer acquisition and retention, regulation, and complexity for our 
partners with alternative payment methods such as direct carrier billing and 
digital wallets. With teams based in fifteen countries, we enable our partners 
to grow their digital services revenues while enhancing the customer experience 
for their users. Our robust managed services platform and coverage across 
carriers and the most locally relevant payment methods enable faster 
time-to-market, especially for streaming, gaming, eCommerce, and productivity 
application providers. 

For more information, visit www.docomodigital.com or find us on LinkedIn.

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Media enquiries:
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[1] https://www.statista.com/topics/5038/video-streaming-industry-in-australia/ 


Source: DOCOMO Digital
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