MTN Rwanda, part of global communications company MTN has launched its MTN Business Cloud to help businesses minimize costs and improve productivity.

MTN Cloud Services will provide business automation tools to enterprises across professional services, micro-finance, health and small and medium enterprises sectors.

MTN Business Cloud offerings include –
- cloud collaboration, for companies to share their documents wherever they are

- cloud backup, to keep documents and other files secure in the event of data corruption, theft or other losses

- cloud customer management, for companies to access their customer information irrespective of where they are

- MozyPro, a backup service for the effective management of files and servers

- McAffee Anti-virus and email security

MTN said customers can pay for cloud services using MTN Mobile Money – its electronic wallet service that allows users to send and receive money anywhere in Uganda using a mobile phone.

MTN said its cloud-based products and services are already offering heightened convenience to customers and helping businesses across other MTN markets to reduce operating and infrastructure expenses.

MTN Cloud Services are available in Uganda, Ghana, Nigeria, Zambia, Cameroon, Guinea Conakry, Cote d’Ivoire, South Africa and Swaziland.

MTN’s business general manager Norman Munyampundu said as the first telecoms operator to offer Cloud Services to businesses in Rwanda, the company will be providing access to ICT services to businesses while helping them minimize their infrastructure costs.

“Instead of having separate systems for each section in a company, MTN Cloud Services enable these companies to share a common pool of resources and operate more efficiently,” Munyampundu said.

"MTN’s new vision is to lead in the delivery of bold new digital services and the launch of Cloud Services demonstrates our commitment in realising this vision”.