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June 04, 2008

International News

Sunrise, the second largest telecommunications provider in Switzerland, is outsourcing the operation of its mobile, fixed and data networks to Alcatel-Lucent as of August 1, 2008. By turning over its network to Alcatel-Lucent, Sunrise expects to ensure the long-term high quality deployment and management of the network as well as significantly save operational costs. The contract includes the transfer of 290 employees. The value of the agreement is approximately 340 million euros over 7 years, depending on the final scope of the project.

Orange Business Services signed a €160 million, 7-year outsourcing agreement with Numonyx, a leading flash memory provider, to implement and manage a significant part of its information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure. Launched March 31, Numonyx is the result of the merger of the non-volatile Flash memory activities of Intel and STMicroelectronics and is headquartered in Switzerland.

Verizon Business and Swisscom, Switzerland's leading telecommunications provider, announced an alliance that will provide enhanced global service and support capabilities to Swiss multinational companies and companies with operations in the Swiss market. Under the alliance, a specialist team drawn from both companies will be created to serve joint Swisscom and Verizon Business multinational customers. The new team will offer customers a single point of contact to fulfill both their local and global communications requirements.

ITC Infotech is rapidly increasing its portfolio of services and solutions for the Media and Entertainment industry. ITC Infotech delivers its outsourcing model and comprehensive suite of solutions to enable media and entertainment houses effectively monetize and deliver their media assets over multiple distribution channels. The ‘ITC Infotech Information Architecture and Design’ service caters to the needs of the Media and Entertainment industry to accurately describe and catalog vast repositories of digitized but unstructured assets.

Posted by jbowles at June 4, 2008 07:21 PM