Ericsson announced its partnership with du to offer flexible pricing and billing solutions for Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud platforms toward enterprise customers.

Ericsson said its enterprise and Cloud billing solution will allow du to offer “billing as a service” for government entities and industry verticals such as utilities, retail and transport in the Middle East region.

Farid Faraidooni, chief operations officer of du, says, said: “Ericsson’s billing solutions provide the flexibility, with little customization efforts needed to integrate into our existing technology.”

Ericsson’s latest Mobility Report forecasts that there will be 29 billion connected devices including around 18 billion in IoT by 2022.

Ericsson said its enterprise and Cloud billing solution will assist du to monetize existing services, develop new offerings and accelerate digitalization in the Middle East region.