Ericsson broadens its Systems Integration capabilities for BSS in North America

* 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...

New York, 23/07/2013 (informazione.news - comunicati stampa - telecomunicazioni)

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.

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.

 

NOTES TO EDITORS

Press backgrounders on Global Services, Consulting and Systems Integration and OSS and BSS: 
http://www.ericsson.com/thecompany/press/backgrounders

BSS portfolio overview:

www.ericsson.com/ourportfolio/telecom-operators/billing-and-revenue-management?nav=marketcategory007

 

BSS Success Stories: www.ericsson.com/oss-bss

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