ITALTEL AND ECI TELECOM SIGN A PARTNERSHIP
FOR THE SUPPLY OF ADVANCED TELECOM SOLUTIONS
FOR SERVICE PROVIDERS WORLDWIDE
Italtel will enhance its telecom portfolio by selling and representing ECI Telecom solutions to service providers, utilities and communications providers worldwide. As part of this agreement, Italtel has become an ECI Global Partner. With ECI's portfolio of access and transport products, Italtel is well positioned to take advantage of carriers' investments in advanced technologies and services, such as IPTV, 3G wireless, and Quad-Play solutions. Italtel brings ECI an impressive global presence and in-depth expertise in end-to-end system integration (see: › Market background).
Milan (Italy) and Petach Tikvah (Israel), November 11, 2009 – Italtel, one of the leading companies in the next generation IP networks sector, and ECI Telecom, global provider of networking infrastructure solutions optimized for Next - Generation Network (NGN) migration, today announced that they have signed a partnership agreement for the sale and customization of optical transport systems for metropolitan networks and access platforms for voice, data, IP video and fixed/mobile convergence.
As such, Italtel will be a preferred vendor and system integrator for ECI Telecom technology in the building of integrated communication networks for service providers, communications providers and utility companies in the 'Quadruple Play' (data, voice, video, mobile) access and transport markets. Under this agreement, Italtel has become one of ECI’s Global Partners.
"As the telecom sector continues to evolve, strategic partnerships such as this new agreement between ECI Telecom and Italtel, will be critical for the success of telecom equipment suppliers, especially in an increasingly competitive and mature market. ECI brings a best-in-class Access platform in the Hi-FOCuS portfolio and a leading multi-service transport platform in the XDM, while Italtel brings an impressive presence in EMEA and Latin America, as well as valuable expertise in system integration, voice over IP and mobility. This partnership makes perfect business and technology sense," said Erik M. Keith, Principal Analyst for Broadband Infrastructure at Current Analysis.
"The partnership with Italtel strengthens our presence in important and growing international markets. With our access and transport portfolio, Italtel will be able to provide their customers with high-end platforms that are optimized for next-generation evolution. In Italtel, we have found a partner with the required ability and expertise that are complementary to our own, in addition to a strong and recognised specialisation in system integration," noted Tony Scarfo, Head of Global Channel Sales, and Partners of ECI Telecom.
"The agreement with ECI is part of our plan to develop into specific foreign markets and to widen the perimeter of our products and services," commented Claudio Chiarenza, Italtel General Manager and Chief Strategy Officer. "This partnership allows us to extend our portfolio of solutions for service providers in the EMEA and Latin America markets with products for access and optical transport, and to adopt a structured approach to a market segment that is potentially attractive, represented by European service providers and utilities with their own network infrastructure."
The partnership between Italtel and ECI Telecom will cover the integration and customisation, at the customers' premises, of ECI's Multi-Service Access Node (MSAN) Hi-FOCuS™, and the metro edge BroadGate® line of products. The Hi-FOCuS supports voice, data and video over one, converged IP platform, while the BroadGate line is an advanced Multi-Service Provisioning Platform (MSPP) for the transporting of data streams over fibre optic in metropolitan networks.
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Italtel, ECI Telecom, Global Partner Program, System Integration, VoIP, NGN, IPTV, 3G Wireless, Quadruple Play, Transport, Access, Metro Networks, Multi-Service Provisioning Platform, (MSPP), Carrier Ethernet, Multi-Service Access Node (MSAN), Hi-FOCuS, BroadGate (BG) Line.
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- Laura Borlenghi
Italtel Communications
Phone: +39 02 4388 5275
Fax: +39 02 4388 5416
Email: Laura Borlenghi
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