Aricent to Integrate and Deploy
Multi-vendor Operations Support Systems for Leading Nordic Region
Communications Service Provider
Palo Alto, Calif., Feb 10, 2009 -Aricent™, a global
innovation, technology and services company focused exclusively on
communications, today announced that TDC, a leading provider of
communications solutions in Denmark and a strong player in the Nordic
business market, has selected Aricent's telecommunications system
integration services to integrate and deploy multi-vendor enhancements
to its operations support systems.
TDC is the leading provider of communications solutions in Denmark
with a strong Nordic focus. In the Nordic region TDC has four business
units: Business Nordic, Fixnet Nordic, Mobile Nordic and YouSee. TDC's
activities outside the region comprise, among others, Sunrise, a leading
telecommunications provider in Switzerland, and HTCC, a leading
telecommunications provider in Hungary. TDC was partly privatized in
1994 and fully privatized in 1998. Nordic Telephone Company ApS owns
87.9% of TDC, with the remainder of the shares held by individual and
institutional shareowners.
"Aricent's deep domain expertise in fixed networking and broadband
OSS/BSS systems made them the leading choice for TDC's system
integration requirements," said Carsten Dilling, CEO of Operations and
Operations & Wholesale. "We look forward to working closely with Aricent
moving forward to achieve our goal to drive further automation and
process improvements, providing the best possible services, anytime,
anywhere. We expect that Aricent's implementation will not only deliver
very significant operational cost reductions, but also yield a
measurable increase in customer satisfaction."
Aricent's telecommunications system integration practice delivers
advanced and reliable Operations Support Systems and Business Support
Systems (OSS/BSS) solutions that facilitate fast roll out of innovative
services, reduce operating expenses, improve the users' experience and
loyalty, and create new revenue streams while preserving existing
sources.
Aricent's expertise and offerings range from process consulting,
lifecycle services and system integration to managed services. They span
vital end-to-end OSS/BSS processes as outlined in the TM Forum's
Business Process Framework (eTOM) - from Strategy, Infrastructure, and
Product Lifecycle Management to Operations Support, Fulfillment,
Assurance, and Billing.
The comprehensive range of offerings includes:
Business Process Consulting - From establishing new processes in
support of new networks and services to evaluations and recommendations
for optimizing existing processes and procedures;
LifeCycle Services - Including business and strategy consulting,
software/product design and development, IT transformation services,
application maintenance and end-to-end testing services;
System Integration (Aricent products and well established
partnerships) - Including fulfillment, inventory, order management,
assurance, billing & mediation, CRM, OSS, security and consulting;
Managed Services - Aricent offers feasibility and assessment,
operations management, product support services, managed project
services and testing management.
"TDC has established itself as one of the leading providers of landline and
mobile communications solutions in the Nordic region," said Sanjay Dhawan,
President and COO Aricent. "We are very pleased to have been selected as their
systems integration partner, and we look forward to working together."
To learn more about Aricent, refer to
http://www.aricent.com/about_us/default.aspx
About Aricent
Aricent is a global innovation, technology and services company focused
exclusively on communications. Aricent combines the leading innovation
capabilities of frog design with unparalleled domain expertise in communications
as a strategic supplier to the world's foremost infrastructure, application and
service providers. The company's investors include Kohlberg Kravis Roberts &
Co., Sequoia Capital, The Family Office and Flextronics International Ltd. For
more information, visit www.aricent.com.
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