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Italtel, Accenture to Develop Next-Gen Solutions for SPs in Europe, SA
[October 05, 2005]

Italtel, Accenture to Develop Next-Gen Solutions for SPs in Europe, SA


By TED GLANZER

TMCnet Communications and Broadband Columnist

 

Italian softswitch vendor and systems integrator Italtel and Accenture announced this week that they will extend their partnership to develop next-generation solutions for telecom service providers in Europe and



South America .

 


The agreement calls for the integration of Italtel’s products with Accenture Communications Solutions to assist service providers improve the time to market of their next-generation services.

 

“The agreement supports our corporate development plans of expanding our capabilities to address the needs of supporting the most innovative operators that are set on expanding their VoIP services, improving their time to market and reducing their network management costs,” said Claudio Chiarenza, Italtel’s executive vice president of business unit products, in a prepared statement.

 

Tuesday’s announcement represents a continuation of the companies’ collaboration that started in 2004 with the development of next-generation solution for Telecom Italia, which sped up the delivery of its triple play services over broadband.

 

“Our combined solutions will help clients to take full advantage of broadband innovation while addressing the challenges of an increasingly complex and convergent digital environment,” said Roberto Citton, an executive in Accenture’s Communications & High Tech operating group, in a prepared statement.

 

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