Indra to Manage Commercial Processes of Philippines' Largest Water Company
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o The 7M contract includes meter reading and onsite billing, disconnection and reconnection services, and generation of operational and analytic reports.
o The IT company, in temporary consortium with Proactiva, was recently awarded a similar contract by Sedapal in Peru for 58 M
o The company continues making progress in Asia, where it has been awarded important air traffic management and ticketing contracts in China and India
Maynilad Water Services, Inc. (Maynilad), the Philippines' largest water company in terms of customer base, awarded Indra, the premier IT company in Spain and a leading IT multinational in Europe, a contract for the management of its commercial processes for 7 million Euros spanning a five-year period. The water company covers the West Zone of the greater Metro Manila area, which is comprised of 17 cities and municipalities.
The contract includes the management of different services such as meter reading and onsite billing, and disconnection and reconnection services. For the meter reading and billing, Indra will employ portable devices to generate the water bills on site. This system, to be used for the first time in Manila, will expedite collection since it will guarantee reception of the billing invoice by Maynilad's customers.
Moreover, the IT company will also implement a Business Intelligence system which will generate operational and analytic reports that will be made available online. This tool will support Maynilad's management in their analysis and decision making activities.
The project will help Maynilad reduce collection time and optimize reading and billing processes; this will make sure that Maynilad's customers will have timely and accurate meter reading and billing. The services provided by Indra will also make the connection and disconnection services faster, consistent and more reliable.
Indra's new contract with Maynilad is a continuation of the IT company's efforts in serving water companies globally. Indra, in temporary consortium with Proactiva, was recently awarded a contract to manage the commercial activity of Lima's water company, SEDAPAL, for 58 million Euros. The agreement covers the supply, installation and maintenance of meters and IT infrastructure, besides the reading, invoicing, notices and inspections. In Spain, the IT company also supports Canal de Isabel II, Madrid's water company in the management of the commercial activities.
Progress in Asia
Recently Indra has been awarded important contracts in Asia. In the sector of air traffic, China's Civil Aviation authority commissioned a surveillance network to cover 60% of the country's air space. It will also implement, this time in India, nine radar stations and will equip 38 airports with its air traffic management systems, which represents the most significant contract in terms of supplies awarded in the last years worldwide.
In the ticketing sector, the Spanish multinational is currently engaged in the implementation of its access control and ticketing technology for two railway lines of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, as well as in the validation and access management for the first line of the new metro of Mumbai and the new light railway line to Delhi's airport.
Indra is also modernizing the management systems of the Central Bank of Bangladesh. In addition to this, Indra is also the global technology outsourcing partner of Meralco, the largest electricity company of Philippines. Indra also provides services the country's other top companies in the energy sector such as the Visayas Electric Corporation (VECO), Cagayan Electric Power and Light Company, Inc. (Cepalco); National Power Corporation (NPC), and the Energy Development Corporation (EDC).
Regarding Public Administration, the Spanish company successfully finished a project for the Supreme Court of Philippines, where Indra provided management and consultancy services for the development of the judiciary's ICT capability.
Indra has subsidiaries in China and Philippines.
Indra is the premier Information Technology company in Spain and a leading IT multinational in Europe and Latin America. It is ranked as the first European company in its sector according to investment in R&D and is the second Spanish company in absolute value investments in R&D. In 2009 revenues reached 2,513 M of which a 40% came from the international market. The company employs more than 30,000 professionals and has clients in more than 100 countries.
