Ericsson broadens its Systems Integration capabilities for BSS in North America
(firmenpresse) - STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN -- (Marketwired) -- 07/23/13 --
* Ericsson to acquire the entire business of Canada-based Telcocell, a
consulting and systems integration company specializing in Business
Support
Systems
* Approximately 200 services employees and consultants are expected to
join
Ericsson in Q3, 2013
* The acquisition complements Ericsson's offering to telecom and cable
customers particularly in North America
Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) today announced that it has entered into an
agreement to
acquire the entire business of Telcocell, a Canada-based consulting and
systems
integration company specializing in Business Support Systems (BSS), as well
as
its subsidiaries. Approximately 200 services employees and consultants
primarily
based in Canada and the United States are expected to join Ericsson.
The acquisition is expected to close by the end of the third quarter of
2013,
subject to customary closing conditions.
Ericsson will benefit from Telcocell's consulting and systems integration
experience in converged charging, custom development, quality assurance and
production support for BSS. The acquisition complements Ericsson's existing
comprehensive BSS product portfolio and expertise in these fields and will
further strengthen the company's customer relations and BSS transformation
capabilities, primarily in North America.
Paolo Colella, Head of Consulting and Systems Integration at Ericsson said:
"Multi-vendor business support systems integration and consulting is of
high
strategic importance for Ericsson worldwide. Acquiring capabilities from
Telcocell will further strengthen our ability to offer full ICT
transformation
capabilities to our customers, and Ericsson's competitiveness at the
intersection where IT meets telecom."
Mickey Weizmann, CEO, Founder and Managing Partner at Telcocell said: "To
truly
transform operators' businesses and improve consumer experience, a
combination
of strong services capabilities and a comprehensive software portfolio is
needed. Telcocell's multi-vendor BSS consulting and systems integration
expertise will broaden Ericsson's services capabilities. From Telcocell's
side,
the team will benefit from joining a company of approximately 64,000
services
employees with global scale and presence."
Ericsson's well-established services offerings and broad software portfolio
supports customers in transforming their operations and IT environments,
improving the user experience as well as increasing efficiency and enabling
service innovation. Ericsson has 15,000 consulting and systems integration
professionals who deliver more than 1,500 consulting, systems integration
and
learning services projects in multi-vendor and multi-technology
environments
each year.
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