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8th November 2023, BENGALURU, INDIA – Subex, a telecom AI company enabling connected experiences, today announced its consolidated financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2023.

Performance Highlights for the quarter ended Sept 30, 2023, compared to the previous quarter ended June 30, 2023:

  • Revenue for the period is at INR 768 million as against INR 673 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2023.
  • EBITDA for the period is at INR (46) million as against INR (147) million for the quarter ended June 30, 2023.
  • Profit after Tax (PAT) for the period at INR (111) million as against INR (193) million for the quarter ended June 30, 2023.

Performance Highlights for the six months ended Sept 30, 2023, compared to the six months ended Sept 30, 2022:

  • Revenue for the period ended Sept 30, 2023, is at INR 1,441 million as against INR 1,578 million for the period ended Sept 30, 2022.
  • EBITDA for the period ended Sept 30, 2023, is at INR (193) million as against INR 10 million for the period ended Sept 30, 2022.
  • Profit after tax (PAT) for the period ended Sept 30, 2023, is at INR (303) million as against INR 6 million for the period ended Sept 30, 2022.

 

About Subex

Subex is telecom AI company enabling connected experiences for CSPs across the globe.

Founded in 1994, Subex helps its customers maximize their revenues and profitability. With a legacy of having served the market through world-class solutions for business optimization and analytics, Subex is now leading the way by enabling the creation of connected experiences in the telecom industry. Through their HyperSense line of offerings, Subex empowers communications service providers and enterprise customers to make faster, better decisions by leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) across the data value chain. Subex leverages its award-winning product portfolio in areas such as Business Assurance and Fraud Management and enhances them with the power of HyperSense to help CSPs reduce risk, combat fraud, and thereby ensure profitability.

Subex has more than 300 installations across 90+ countries.

8th August 2023, BENGALURU, INDIASubex, a telecom AI company enabling connected experiences, today announced its consolidated financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2023. 

Performance Highlights for the quarter ended June 30, 2023, compared to the previous quarter ended March 31, 2023:

  • Revenue for the quarter at INR 673 million as against INR 473 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2023
  • EBITDA for the quarter at INR (147) million as against INR (368) million for the quarter ended March 31, 2023
  • Profit after Tax (PAT) for the quarter at INR (193) million as against INR (472) million for the quarter ended March 31, 2023

Performance Highlights for the quarter ended June 30, 2023, compared to the quarter ended June 30, 2022:

  • Revenue for the quarter ended June 30, 2023, is at INR 673xillion as against INR 833 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2022
  • EBITDA for the quarter ended June 30, 2023, is at INR (147) million as against INR 7 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2022
  • Profit after Tax (PAT) for the quarter ended June 30, 2023, is at INR (193) million as against INR 55 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2022

About Subex

Subex is telecom AI company enabling connected experiences for CSPs across the globe.

Founded in 1994, Subex helps its customers maximize their revenues and profitability. With a legacy of having served the market through world-class solutions for business optimization and analytics, Subex is now leading the way by enabling the creation of connected experiences in the telecom industry. Through their HyperSense line of offerings, Subex empowers communications service providers and enterprise customers to make faster, better decisions by leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) across the data value chain. Subex leverages its award-winning product portfolio in areas such as Business Assurance and Fraud Management and enhances them with the power of HyperSense to help CSPs reduce risk, combat fraud, and thereby ensure profitability.

Subex has more than 300 installations across 90+ countries.

14th July 2023, BENGALURU, INDIA – Subex, a trusted leader in fraud management for nearly three decades, is delighted to announce the general availability of its Fraud Management solution on Google Cloud. This collaboration combines Subex’s extensive fraud management expertise with the unparalleled scalability, reliability, security, advanced analytics, and robust partner ecosystem offered by Google Cloud. This joint venture will improve fraud prevention in the telecommunications industry.

Telcos seeking a comprehensive and advanced cloud platform can now leverage Subex Fraud Management on Google Cloud to significantly enhance their fraud detection and prevention capabilities. With Google Cloud’s scalability, fraud management systems can handle ever-increasing volumes of data and transactions, adapt to dynamic fraud patterns, and seamlessly scale resources as needed. Moreover, the robust security features provided by Google Cloud, including encryption and identity management, ensure the protection of sensitive customer data and the integrity of the fraud management system. Telcos can trust in the secure environment offered by Google Cloud to safeguard their operations and protect customers from fraudulent activities.

Google Cloud’s advanced analytics capabilities, such as BigQuery and PubSub, empower fraud management systems to efficiently analyze vast amounts of data in near real-time. This enables accurate pattern detection and identification of potential fraudulent activities. By leveraging these capabilities, fraud management systems enhance their efficiency in detecting and preventing fraud, ensuring the security of businesses and customers.

Furthermore, businesses can unlock significant Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) benefits by utilizing Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) on Google Cloud. This allows for efficient resource allocation, automated scaling, and simplified management, resulting in cost savings, improved productivity, and accelerated application deployment. By leveraging GKE, businesses can optimize operational costs, streamline operations, and achieve higher efficiency in managing their applications on Google Cloud.

In summary, the collaboration between Subex and Google Cloud offers telco companies a powerful combination of fraud management expertise and cutting-edge technology. Telcos can leverage the scalability, security, advanced analytics, and cost optimization features of Google Cloud to enhance their fraud prevention efforts, protect operations, and drive innovation in the telecommunications industry.

About Subex

Subex is a pioneer in enabling Digital Trust for businesses across the globe.

Founded in 1994, Subex helps its customers maximize their revenues and profitability. With a legacy of having served the market through world-class solutions for business optimization and analytics, Subex is now leading the way by enabling all-round Digital Trust in the business ecosystems of its customers. Focusing on risk mitigation, security, predictability, and intelligence, Subex helps businesses embrace disruptive changes and succeed with confidence in creating a secure digital world for their customers.

Through HyperSense, an end-to-end AI Orchestration platform, Subex empowers communications service providers and enterprise customers to make faster, better decisions by leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) analytics across the data value chain. The solution allows users without coding knowledge to easily aggregate data from disparate sources, turn data into insights by building, interpreting and tuning AI models, and effortlessly share their findings across the organisation, all on a no-code platform.

Subex also offers scalable Managed Services and Business Consulting services. Subex has more than 300 installations across 90+ countries. For more information, visit www.subex.com/.

15th May 2023, BENGALURU, INDIASubex, a pioneer in the space of Digital Trust, today announced its consolidated financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2023.

Performance Highlights for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, compared to the previous quarter ended December 31, 2022:

  • Revenue for the period at INR 473 million as against INR 737 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2022
  • EBITDA for the period at INR (368) million as against INR 51 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2022
  • Profit after Tax (PAT) for the period at INR (472) million as against INR (47) million for the quarter ended December 31, 2022

Performance Highlights for the year ended March 31, 2023, compared to the year ended March 31, 2022:

  • Revenue for the year ended March 31, 2023, is at INR 2,787 million as against INR 3,334 million for the year ended March 31, 2022
  • EBITDA for the year ended March 31, 2023, is at INR (307) million as against INR 351 million for the year ended March 31, 2022
  • Profit after Tax (PAT) for the year ended March 31, 2023, is at INR (512) million as against INR 210 million for the year ended March 31, 2022

Key Appointments

  • Appointment of Ms. Nisha Dutt as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company w.e.f May 2, 2023

Note: The Earnings call will be hosted after considering the Q1 financial results for the quarter ended June 2023.

Nisha Dutt, CEO, Subex, said “I am thrilled to take on the role of CEO at Subex and would like to express my gratitude to our shareholders, Directors, customers and Subexians for their unwavering support and confidence in our vision of enriching lives through AI-led Digital Trust. It is an honor to lead one of India’s earliest product companies into its next phase of growth, and I am excited about the opportunities that lie ahead for Subex.”

About Subex

Subex is a pioneer in enabling Digital Trust for businesses across the globe.

Founded in 1994, Subex helps its customers maximize their revenues and profitability. With a legacy of having served the market through world-class solutions for business optimization and analytics, Subex is now leading the way by enabling all-around Digital Trust in the business ecosystems of its customers. Through their HyperSense AI platform, Subex empowers communications service providers and enterprise customers to make faster, better decisions by leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) across the data value chain. Subex leverages its award-winning product portfolio in areas such as Business Assurance and Fraud Management and enhances them with the power of HyperSense to help CSPs reduce risk, combat fraud, and thereby ensure profitability.

Subex has more than 300 installations across 90+ countries.

To showcase its HyperSense AI-led solutions across multiple use cases

8th February 2023, BENGALURU, INDIASubex, a pioneer in the space of Digital Trust, today announced that it will be participating in the upcoming Mobile World Congress (MWC), which will be held in Barcelona, Spain, from the 27th February – 2nd March 2023. Subex will be present in Booth #5D81 in Hall 5.

At MWC, Subex will showcase its award-winning platform, HyperSense AI, and its capabilities to cover many AI-related use cases. Towards this, Subex will demonstrate its HyperSense AI-led solutions to drive growth, protect revenues, enhance profitability, optimize Capex and expand digital service offerings.

Subex will also showcase the Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) capabilities of HyperSense AI to help data scientists and experts build Machine Learning models with larger scale, productivity, and efficiency while sustaining the model quality. The platform accelerates the time to get models production-ready, reducing human errors and driving AI at scale. In addition, Subex will unveil their “AI Trust Calculator” – an auditing tool that measures and quantifies “Trust” on key pillars of the HyperSense AI framework, such as Technical Robustness, Model Transparency, Model Safety, Security & Privacy, and AI Trust Score. The company will also share examples of how AI-led process automation can be used to manage energy consumption leading to a reduction in carbon emissions.

“Return on Investment (ROI) from AI investments has been a topic of debate within the telecom industry. Most organizations today fall short of reaping the full potential of AI due to a multitude of reasons stemming from gaps in skill management, domain expertise, and use case definition. We believe that in today’s data-driven ecosystem, it is imperative for AI investments to align with business objectives, for which democratization of AI will be mission critical. At MWC, we look forward to showcasing our ability to combine our domain expertise with cutting-edge AI capabilities to help telcos make the most out of their AI investments. Our showcase will focus on putting the power of AI in the hands of business users and thereby driving scalability and growth for our customers, said Vinod Kumar, Managing Director, and CEO, Subex.

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About Subex

Subex is a pioneer in enabling Digital Trust for businesses across the globe.

Founded in 1994, Subex helps its customers maximize their revenues and profitability. With a legacy of having served the market through world-class solutions for business optimization and analytics, Subex is now leading the way by enabling all-round Digital Trust in the business ecosystems of its customers. Focusing on risk mitigation, security, predictability, and intelligence, Subex helps businesses embrace disruptive changes and succeed with confidence in creating a secure digital world for their customers.

Through HyperSense AI, Subex empowers communications service providers and enterprise customers to make faster, better decisions by leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) analytics across the data value chain. The solution allows users without coding knowledge to easily aggregate data from disparate sources, turn data into insights by building, interpreting and tuning AI models, and effortlessly share their findings across the organization, all on a no-code platform.

Subex has more than 300 installations across 90+ countries.

3rd February 2023, BENGALURU, INDIASubex, a pioneer in the space of Digital Trust, today announced its consolidated financial results for the quarter ended December 31, 2022.

Performance Highlights for the quarter ended December 31, 2022 compared to the previous quarter ended September 30, 2022:

  • Revenue for the period at INR 737 million as against INR 745 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2022
  • EBITDA for the period at INR 51 million as against INR 3 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2022
  • Profit after Tax (PAT) for the period at INR (47) million as against INR (49) million for the quarter ended September 30, 2022

Performance Highlights for the period ended December 31, 2022 compared to the quarter ended December 31, 2021:

  • Revenue for the period ended December 31, 2022 is at INR 737 million as against INR 877 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2021
  • EBITDA for the period ended December 31, 2022 is at INR 51 million as against INR 80 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2021
  • Profit after Tax (PAT) for the period ended December 31, 2022 is at INR (47) million as against INR 21 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2021

Vinod Kumar, Managing Director & CEO, Subex, said “The results for the third quarter of FY23 are consistent with the fact that Subex is in the process of transitioning its customers to a subscription-based HyperSense model. On the portfolio front, the improved capabilities of HyperSense AI has enabled us to expand our GTM initiatives into industries beyond telecom and we have the right team onboard to support this growth.

Additionally, we have made good progress in the new areas, as demonstrated by Sectrio’s win at a large Indian Oil and Gas company with trans-national infrastructure and are poised to take advantage of emerging opportunities in these segments.”

Highlights of the Quarter

  • Won a contract with a major Indian Oil and Gas company operating trans-national infrastructure, linking major supply hubs to demand centers and is a key part of India’s national grid.
  • Won Pipeline Award for Innovation in Assurance category for Business Assurance.
  • Won the Business Intelligence Group Innovation Award for HyperSense.
  • Successfully concluded the User Conference with 100+ attendees from 20+ countries and 30+ operators, both in-person and virtual.

About Subex

Subex is a pioneer in enabling Digital Trust for businesses across the globe.

Founded in 1994, Subex helps its customers maximize their revenues and profitability. With a legacy of having served the market through world-class solutions for business optimization and analytics, Subex is now leading the way by enabling all-around Digital Trust in the business ecosystems of its customers. Through their HyperSense AI platform, Subex empowers communications service providers and enterprise customers to make faster, better decisions by leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) across the data value chain. Subex leverages its award-winning product portfolio in areas such as Business Assurance and Fraud Management and enhances them with the power of HyperSense  to help CSPs reduce risk, combat fraud, and thereby ensure profitability.

Subex has more than 300 installations across 90+ countries.

14th November 2022, BENGALURU, INDIA – Subex, a pioneer in the space of Digital Trust, today announced its consolidated financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2022.

Performance Highlights for the quarter ended September 30, 2022 compared to the previous quarter ended June 30, 2022:

  • Revenue for the period at INR 745 million as against INR 833 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2022
  • EBITDA for the period at INR 3 million as against INR 7 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2022
  • Profit after Tax (PAT) for the period at INR (49) million as against INR 55 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2022

Performance Highlights for the period ended September 30, 2022 compared to the quarter ended September 30, 2021:

  • Revenue for the period ended September 30, 2022 is at INR 745 million as against INR 863 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2021
  • EBITDA for the period ended September 30, 2022 is at INR 3 million as against INR 99 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2021
  • Profit after Tax (PAT) for the period ended September 30, 2022 is at INR (49) million as against INR 48 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2021

Ulaanbaatar \ Bangalore October 10th 2022: Subex, a leading provider of digital trust, announced that it has been selected by Asian telecommunications and internet major Unitel LLC to help the operator in its fight against fraud and digital crimes. As part of the agreement, Subex’s Signaling Security solution will help Unitel leverage signaling data for the early detection and mitigation of all types of fraud, thereby ensuring the prevention of any loss of information or revenue. 

Cross-border telecom l fraud are today perpetrated by threat actors with access to sophisticated tools and tactics. Such trans-boundary fraud has implications for the economies of nations as well as their overall national security posture. This fact was reinstated by CFCA in their survey which highlights that cross-border signaling-related fraud increased by almost 94% from 2019. The attacks from such fraudsters lead to a large amount of data or personally identifiable information (PII) of unsuspecting victims being compromised while also causing extensive losses to businesses. 

Subex Signaling Security solution’s capabilities address all types of fraud attacks by going well beyond traditional systems’ limitations through comprehensive coverage of old, new, and emerging fraud tactics. Traditional fraud management systems rely extensively on Call Detail Records (CDR), HLR, and other records to build rules and thresholds to detect and prevent known fraud types. While this was very effective in the initial days, today’s sophisticated fraudsters and criminal syndicates have already found many loopholes in signaling protocols such as SS7 (ISUP) & SIP to exploit the resultant vulnerabilities.  

Through the deployment of Subex’s Signaling Security solution, Unitel will now be able to monitor various parameters within multiple signaling protocols. The solution will help Unitel’s fraud management teams with cross-layer insights, including from the network/IP layer, to proactively detect and prevent fraud, curb revenue loss, and improve customer experience 

“Subex has decades of proven capabilities in the fraud management space, making them the ideal partner of choice in the fight against fraud. I believe that in the future, as the digital crime landscape changes and evolves, Subex’s Signaling Security solution will protect our data and customers. This is not just an investment in fraud prevention in terms of our business but also in reinforcing our values in ensuring our customers the best experience,” said Mendsaikhan Amarjargal, Chief Information Security Officer at Unitel.    

Suresh Chintada, CTO, Subex said, “The growing complexities in the telecom ecosystem and dependence on various services for revenues demand a future-proof risk mitigation mechanism. Towards this objective, we are delighted that Subex’s signaling security solution has been selected to provide real-time vigilance against fraud and security threats. The solution’s advanced detection techniques, using machine learning and a vast dictionary of detection elements coupled with the ability to tear down an attack as it is being set up, allow fraud and security teams to get ahead of a potential revenue loss event. This win is a testament to the capabilities of our solution and our ongoing commitment to help telcos fight all forms of fraud.” 

About Subex Limited 

Subex is a pioneer in enabling Digital Trust for businesses across the globe. 

Founded in 1994, Subex has spent over 25 years in helping global Communications Service Providers maximize their revenues and profitability. With a legacy of having served the market through its world-class solutions for business optimization and analytics, Subex is now leading the way by enabling all-round Digital Trust in the business ecosystems of its customers. Focusing on privacy, security, risk mitigation, predictability, and confidence in data, Subex helps businesses embrace the disruptive changes in the business landscape and succeed with Digital Trust. 

Subex leverages its award-winning product portfolio in areas such as Revenue Assurance, Fraud Management, Network Analytics, and Partner Management, and complements them through its digital solutions such as IoT Security and Insights. Subex also offers scalable Managed Services and Business Consulting services. Subex has more than 300 installations across 90+ countries.  

For more information, please visit  

https://www.subex.com/

Note: This announcement is not of a material nature 

About Unitel 

Unitel group is the leading telecommunication company in Mongolia.  

Unitel group was founded in 2006 and since then we have grown to be the leaders in our industry. Our company provides comprehensive services in telecommunication, IPTV, internet, landline network, satellite network, broadband network, and mobile content.  

Unitel group employs 1500 people and have worked with 3000 companies and individuals as subcontractors. In 2016, we introduced the first ever 4G LTE network in Mongolia, which has the best nationwide coverage. Unitel group is not only the leader in the telecommunication industry but also an ICT company that provides the most diverse number of services in the IT and communication industry in Mongolia. 

For more information, please visit https://www.unitel.mn/unitel/ 

Subex’s AI-first Fraud Management to replace the operator’s legacy system

 22nd August 2022, Bangalore, India – Subex, a pioneer in driving AI-led Digital Trust, announced that it has been selected by Ethio Telecom to deploy its Fraud Management solution. The solution, which is built on Subex’s AI orchestration platform, HyperSense, will replace Ethio Telecom’s existing legacy fraud management system, thereby enabling them to move from a traditional rules-based approach to an AI-first approach. This approach will, in-turn, enable them to detect new and unknown threats in real-time.

Ethio Telecom is Ethiopia’s leading integrated telecommunications solutions provider, with over 50 million subscribers. The telecom operator has recently launched a pre-commercial 5G network within the country. In order to sustain its market leadership by providing high-quality, and innovative offerings, Ethio Telecom wanted to enhance and broaden its risk management strategy by having a holistic defense mechanism.

With Subex’s AI-first Fraud Management system on HyperSense, which leverages AI in every step of the Fraud management process, Ethio Telecom will now be able to bring in enhanced accuracy, coverage, and time-to-detect. These capabilities will, in turn, enable the operator to adopt a proactive approach to combatting risks such as SIM Box, Spoofing, SMS frauds, roaming frauds, subscription frauds, device frauds, Mobile money risks, Credit Risk Management, etc. Furthermore, with its earlier deployment of Subex’s Business Assurance, Ethio Telecom will now be able to consolidate its Revenue Assurance and Fraud Management approach to ensure the breaking down of silos and enhance operational efficiency.

With Subex’s Fraud Management solution on HyperSense, Ethio Telecom will be able to:

  • Improve fraud coverage across their various business lines
  • Leverage Explainable AI capabilities to enhance customer experience
  • Make quick data-driven decisions with advanced visualization and dashboarding capabilities
  • Cater to new business requirements with the system’s scalability and elasticity
  • Benefit from rolling upgrades, i.e., eliminate long and expensive upgrade cycles
  • Reduce TCO with open-source components and low hardware footprint

Commenting on the partnership extension Shankar Roddam, Whole-Time Director & Chief Operating Officer, Subex, said, “This win marks another chapter in our long-standing relationship with Ethio Telecom and it comes close on the heels of our recent Business Assurance deployment. With the implementation of our fraud management solution coupled with the existing Business Assurance solution, Ethio Telecom will now benefit from a holistic risk management approach as they gear up to provide 5G services. Today, our risk management portfolio sets itself apart by adopting an AI-first approach to mitigate threats accurately and faster.

Ethio Telecom has consistently been at the forefront of adopting proactive measures to combat telecom risks and safeguard their business and customers. Towards this, the operator recognizes the value of an approach which places AI at the core. We at Subex feel privileged to be working with Ethio Telecom to empower them in this fast-changing landscape”.

Commenting on the solution from Subex, Tsegaye Emmanuel, Chief Information Security Officer, Ethio Telecom said, “For over two decades, Subex has been in the market leaders’ group in the fraud management space. This fact, coupled with the success we have seen through the deployment of their Revenue Assurance (currently Business Assurance) solution have made them the ideal partner of choice in our fight against telecom risks. I believe that, in the future, as the threat landscape evolves, Subex’s AI-first fraud management system will be vital in safeguarding our business and customers. We see this as a future-proof investment that aligns with our digital services initiatives.”

About Subex:

Subex is a pioneer in enabling Digital Trust for businesses across the globe.

Founded in 1994, Subex helps its customers maximize their revenues and profitability. With a legacy of having served the market through world-class solutions for business optimization and analytics, Subex is now leading the way by enabling all-around Digital Trust in the business ecosystems of its customers.

Through HyperSense, an end-to-end augmented analytics platform, Subex empowers communications service providers and enterprise customers to make faster, better decisions by leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) analytics across the data value chain. Subex leverages its award-winning product portfolio in areas such as Business Assurance and Fraud Management and enhances them with the power of HyperSense to help CSPs reduce risk, combat fraud, and thereby ensure profitability.

Subex also offers scalable Managed Services and Business Consulting services. Subex has more than 300 installations across 90+ countries. For more information, visit www.subex.com/.

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