Aricent Ranked as Top Global Telecom R&D Service Provider
Comprehensive Analysis from Zinnov Further Validates Aricent’s Approach to Delivering Telecom Innovation and Expertise
Palo Alto, Calif., November 4, 2009 –
Aricent™, a global innovation, technology and services company focused exclusively on communications, today announced that in a first-of-its-kind industry study on ‘Global R&D Service Providers’, Zinnov Management Consulting has ranked Aricent as the top global telecom R&D service provider.
Founded in 2002, Zinnov – meaning Zeal in Innovation – is a leading management consulting company providing services in the area of Offshore Advisory, Market Expansion and Human Capital Optimization to Fortune 1000 companies. Zinnov works collectively with its clients to tackle prevailing organizational challenges by analyzing the changing dynamics, improving performance, and building institutional capability. The services delivered to its clients through advanced reasoning and analytical techniques, provides solutions that help in integrating organizational vision, business definition and processes.
“To help business leaders identify the best partners for their engineering initiatives, we at Zinnov, have released this first-of-its-kind Global R&D Service Providers’ Rating,” said Pari Natarajan, chief executive officer at Zinnov Management Consulting Pvt. Ltd. “Telecom is indeed one of the most exciting verticals today, and our extensive analysis has shown that the exclusive communications focus from Aricent has enabled it to develop unique capabilities and cement it as the leader.”
The global study by Zinnov Management Consulting included key geographies like India, China and Eastern Europe and was published in September this year. It was based on components such as financial strength and sheer capabilities including business models, innovation & expertise, people strength and operations.
“Aricent was purposely constructed to address the complex innovation, R&D and integration challenges across all communication domains,” said Sudip Nandy, chief executive office at Aricent. “As a result, we’ve emerged as the partner of choice for leading corporations around the world as their strategic resource for a broad range of communications design and development engagements. We are honored to be ranked number one by Zinnov and appreciate the recognition this brings our customers, investors and employees worldwide.”
To learn more about Aricent, visit http://www.aricent.com/About Us/.
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 The Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board. For more information, visit www.aricent.com.
About Zinnov Management Consulting Pvt. Ltd
Founded in 2002, Zinnov – meaning Zeal in Innovation – is a leading management consulting company providing services in the area of Offshore Advisory, Market Expansion and Human Capital Optimization to Fortune 1000 companies. Zinnov works collectively with clients to tackle prevailing organizational challenges by analyzing the changing dynamics, improving performance, and building institutional capability. The services delivered to its clients through advanced reasoning and analytical techniques, provides solutions that help in integrating organizational vision, business definition and processes.
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