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Ericsson completes Telcordia acquisition
TT Correspondent |  |  12 Jan 2012

Ericsson on Thursday completed the acquisition of Telcordia, a global leader in the development of mobile, broadband and enterprise communications software and services, for USD 1.15 billion in an all cash transaction, on a cash and debt-free basis.

 

Telcordia is now part of the Ericsson Group and its approximately 2,600 skilled employees have joined Ericsson.

 

The closing follows the announcement on June 14, 2011, that Ericsson had entered into a merger agreement with Providence Equity Partners, LLC and Warburg Pincus to acquire 100 percent of the shares of Telcordia.

 

 “The addition of Telcordia’s skilled people and knowledge, a good multi vendor product portfolio and an important customer base in North America, complement Ericsson’s already established position in the OSS/BSS space”, said Per Borgklint, Head of Ericsson’s business unit Multimedia.

 

“OSS and BSS are key to drive the customer experience and serve as the engine to monetizing traffic, offerings and products that operators sell. All in all, these systems are crucial to create the experience users expect in a cost efficient manner.”

 

The combination of the two companies creates the leader in service fulfilment, service assurance and network optimization and gives Ericsson a leading position in real-time charging and significant capabilities to support operators end to end. The combination will address the needs of Communications Service Providers to deliver mobile broadband and operational transformation to their subscribers.

 

The OSS/BSS is a growing market driven by the demand for business efficiency, innovation and high quality user experience. In 2010, the market for software and systems integration was valued at about USD 35 billion and is expected to show a compound annual growth rate between 6-8 percent between 2010 and 2013. In addition, there is an attractive market for outsourced and hosted OSS and BSS managed services, growing in the same range.

    
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