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Mahindra Comviva acquires controlling stake in LatAm company ATS

Mahindra Comviva, Tech Mahindra’s mobility solutions arm, has acquired a controlling stake in Advanced Technology Solutions (ATS) a Latin American company, for an undisclosed amount, reports VCCircle. This will let Comviva strengthen its presence in the region, and offer end to end development, implementation and post sales support solutions to clients like AT&T, Claro, Entel, Nextel, Oi, Telefonica, TIM and Vivo. ATS was founded in 1991 and offers tech solutions for telecom operators to manage their communication networks, including USSD, SMS and IVR messaging among other value added services like VPN, SIM activation etc. The report states that ATS solutions are used by multiple telecom operators in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Peru and Ecuador with Central American countries, whereas Mahindra Comviva partners with telcos in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Bolivia, Colombia, Paraguay, Guyana, Curacao and Peru. Comviva expects the LatAm region to drive 15% of the company’s global revenues over the next 3 years. Tech Mahindra holds 67% stake in the company, whereas 20% is owned by the Bharti Group and 13% by WestBridge Capital. Recent developments: - In November, Mahindra Comviva launched an Android and iOS app called Zerch, which offered local deals and product discovery in Bangalore and Delhi-NCR. According to the company’s blog, Zerch was launched in June in Bangalore and expanded to Delhi in September. - In November 2014, Comviva entered into a partnership with Econet Wireless and MasterCard to debut its connectMoney Service Manager in Zimbabwe. Following this partnership, Econet Wireless issued MasterCard based debit cards…

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