Malaysia-based operator U Mobile has extended its partnership with Ericsson, under which the latter will transform its business support system (BSS) into an industrialised, real-time converged environment. Under the extension plan, Ericsson will be responsible for competence development, solution design, deployment and systems integration of convergent billing solutions as well as managed services. Initially, the two companies had signed a deal in 2012; the partnership has now reportedly been extended for another five years.