Ericsson agreed to acquire Telcocell, a Canadian-based consulting and systems integration company specializing in Business Support Systems (BSS). Fiancial terms were not disclosed. Approximately 200 services employees and consultants primarily based in Canada and the United States are expected to join Ericsson.
Telcocell’s consulting and systems integration delivers converged charging, custom development, quality assurance and production support for BSS.
Paolo Colella, Head of Consulting and Systems Integration at Ericsson said: “Multi-vendor business support systems integration and consulting is of high strategic importance for Ericsson worldwide. 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.”
