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About Open

ABOUT OPEN

More than 30 years of evolution

Since its inception in 1987, Open Intelligence has provided technology that helps Telecommunications and Utility service providers meet their business goals and implement innovative business strategies. Open’s software solution has allowed our clients to stay on top of their industry’s biggest challenges by giving them the agility to act on current-day and future problems. We believe that through truly great technology, we can help simplify the way service providers operate, create value, and increase customer satisfaction. With these core values, we created our single, state-of-the-art, comprehensive product: Smartflex is a holistic, multi-service, preconfigured software solution that provides a powerful billing engine, a robust customer care suite, an agile mobile workforce management system, a smart metering engine and hundreds of other functionalities to satisfy our clients’ core needs.

History

1987

Open was born.

1987 – 1994

Open built a world class software solution for utilities and municipalities that offered electricity, water, and telephony landline services.

 

1997

Open introduced the first known rules-based billing engine in the world allowing utilities to configure new products and non-utility service offerings.

 

2001

Open implemented its first customer in Nicaragua and Ecuador.

 

2005

Smartflex was born and expanded to several additional countries in South and Central America including Brazil, and Costa Rica.

TM Forum awarded Open with the “World’s Best Billing Implementation” recognition

2006

Open’s Innovation and Development Center received the CMMI (Carnegie Mellon’s Capability Maturity Model Integration) level IV rating and initiated operations in Guatemala.

TM Forum awarded Open with the “World’s Best Billing Implementation” recognition

 

2008

Open finished implementing one of the largest cable and broadband distributors in Argentina as well as in Chile. It also increased its Central American footprint closing its first deal in Puerto Rico.

2009

Open launched its sixth generation of products and implemented in Bolivia’s top telecommunication company.

2010

Open continued locking its presence in the Central American market with customers in Panamá and Honduras.

2011

Open implemented its first customer in México.

2018

Open initiated North American commercial operations.

2020

Open landed its first two customers in North America.

2022

open new logo

Open Intelligence changed its image after 30+ years!

2023

Open Intelligence changed the name of its solution from "Open Smartflex" to "Smartflex".

2024

Open Intelligence Expands into European Market with New Operations in Spain.

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Inside look into our office in Miami, FL

Awards and certifications

150+

Service providers have implemented Open’s solution
39
Years developing, evolving, implementing and supporting our product

19

Countries served with successful implementations

40

Million end-customers served with our product

Open in Gartner’s 2018 Magic Quadrant

Every year, Customer Information Systems evolve to meet new trends and customers needs. Gartner assesses and evaluates the companies that best address today’s market’s challenges and has included Open Intelligence Systems in its 2018 report for its Smartflex solution.

Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner’s research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

Gartner, Inc., Magic Quadrant for Utilities Customer Information Systems, Zarko Sumic June 05, 2018.