Ericsson has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Canada-based consulting and systems integration company, Telcocell which specializes 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.
Ericsson will benefit from Telcocell's consulting and systems integration experience in converged charging, custom development, quality assurance and production support for BSS.
Paolo Colella, Head of Consulting and Systems Integration, Ericsson, said, 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, Telcocell, said, Telcocell's multi vendor BSS consulting and systems integration expertise will broaden Ericsson's services capabilities. From the Telcocell's side, the team will benefit from joining a company of approximately 64,000 services employees with global scale and presence.
With this acquisition, Ericsson will further strengthen its customer relations and BSS transformation capabilities, primarily in North America.
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