Aricent Continues Global Expansion.Demand for Aricent Offerings Drives Growth in Key Geographies PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif. -- Aricent, a full-service, full-spectrum communications software (communications, software) communications software - Application programs, operating system components, and probably firmware, forming part of a communication system. These different software components might be classified according to the functions within the Open Systems company, today announced that it has expanded its operations in multiple locations. The expansion has been fueled by clients' demands for Aricent centers near their own facilities and Aricent's relentless search for superior communications software talent. Aricent, which delivers software services and products to communications equipment manufacturers, device manufacturers and service providers worldwide, today made the following announcements: * DataLinx, a leading US communications software and solutions firm, has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Aricent, * Aricent has launched a 3G and 4G development and testing center in Mexico, and * Aricent has won Ukrtelecom as a new client, validating its strategy to address the high growth Eastern European and Central Asian telecom markets from its Ukraine development center. As part of its strategic expansion, in the last year Aricent has launched new development centers in China and the United Kingdom while expanding its existing centers in India and Ukraine. "Our continued expansion in the Americas, Europe and Asia allows us to be near our customers and work very closely with them in the same time zone," said Ash Bhardwaj, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Aricent. "Aricent's growing footprint also allows us to hire outstanding communications software talent on a worldwide basis." About Aricent With corporate offices in Palo Alto, California “Palo Alto” redirects here. For other uses, see Palo Alto (disambiguation). Palo Alto (IPA: /ˌpæloʊˈʔæltoʊ/, from Spanish: palo: "stick" and alto: "high", i.e. , Aricent is a full-service, full-spectrum communications software company. Aricent offers software services and products that enable the world's leading communications equipment manufacturers, device manufacturers and service providers to improve time-to-revenue and maximize efficiency. Owned by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (commonly referred to as KKR) is a New York City-based private equity firm that focuses primarily on late-stage leveraged buyouts. It was founded in 1976 by Jerome Kohlberg, Jr., and cousins Henry Kravis and George R. & Co., Sequoia Capital Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm founded by Don Valentine in 1972. The firm's partners include Don Valentine, Pierre Lamond, Michael Moritz, Doug Leone, Mike Goguen, Mark Stevens, Jim Goetz, Sameer Gandhi, Roelof Botha, and Mark Kvamme. and Flextronics International Ltd., Aricent has more than 350 clients worldwide, including Airtel, Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco Systems, Ericsson, Inmarsat, Juniper, Motorola, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Texas Instruments, Virgin Mobile and Vodafone. For more information, visit www.aricent.com. Aricent is a trademark of Aricent, Inc. in the United States and/or other jurisdictions. |
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