Aricent Establishes Software Development Center in United Kingdom.Center to Focus on GSM/EDGE Technologies 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 has announced R&D collaboration with Nokia Siemens Networks Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) is a telecommunications solutions supplier which was created as the result of a merger (by means of a 50-50 joint venture) between Siemens AG's COM division (minus its Enterprise business unit) and Nokia's Network Business Group. to provide product development, feature enhancement, sustenance and maintenance services for Nokia Siemens Networks 2G base station products. As part of this collaboration, Aricent has announced the establishment of its third European software development center in Southwood near Farnborough, United Kingdom. The Southwood development center further enhances Aricent's comprehensive capabilities in Europe, where the company will employ over 900 people at locations in Germany, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom. The Southwood development center will employ over 100 software professionals with extensive wireless domain knowledge in GSM and EDGE technologies. In addition to serving the needs of Nokia Siemens Networks, the Southwood development center will serve other Aricent clients in Europe. With a staff that combines research, product lifecycle Product lifecycle or product life cycle is the course of a product's sales and profits over time. The five stages of each product lifecycle are product development, introduction, growth, maturity and decline. management and support capabilities, the Southwood development center will enable Aricent to deliver critical support in the local market to clients with large wireless product deployments in Europe. "The Aricent Southwood development center truly enhances our depth and breadth as a communications software company," said Mr. Manoranjan Mohapatra, president and chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. , Aricent. "The UK center gives Aricent a large development presence in a third European location and will allow us to strengthen our cooperation with Nokia Siemens Networks," continued Mr. Mohapatra. "The collaboration with Nokia Siemens Networks builds on a relationship developed with Nokia Networks over six years. The Southwood team will allow us to meet the needs of both Nokia Siemens Networks and other clients in the UK and Western Europe Western Europe The countries of western Europe, especially those that are allied with the United States and Canada in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (established 1949 and usually known as NATO). ." "Over the years, Aricent has been our trusted partner on various projects," said Ari Lehtoranta, head of Radio Access in Nokia Siemens Networks. "Aricent's single-minded focus on the communications domain has been a strength. We are confident that this expansion of the Aricent organization will further enable Nokia Siemens Networks to gain access to world-class communications software expertise. The customers' expectations are increasing continuously, and we are confident that this collaboration with Aricent will allow us to create industry-leading communications products quickly and efficiently." 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 “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. , 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 aricent.com. About Nokia Siemens Networks Nokia Siemens Networks is a leading global enabler of communications services. The company provides a complete, well-balanced product portfolio of mobile and fixed network infrastructure solutions and addresses the growing demand for services with 20,000 service professionals worldwide. The combined pro-forma revenues of EU17.1 billion Euro in fiscal year 2006 make Nokia Siemens Networks one of the largest telecommunications infrastructure companies. Nokia Siemens Networks has operations in some 150 countries and is headquartered in Espoo, Finland. It combines Nokia's Networks Business Group and the carrier related businesses of Siemens Communications. www.nokiasiemensnetworks.com |
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