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NetCracker Delivers France Telecom Group's NExT Service Platform for Converged IT & Network

Posted on: Wednesday, 12 December 2007, 12:00 CST

NetCracker Technology announced today that it has been selected and certified by France Telecom group as the Next Generation Inventory (NGI) Group Core Component (GCC) standard for the strategic NExT program. NetCracker has thus become the provider across the entire France Telecom group of 136 operating companies. NetCracker also announced the successful implementation of NGI WiFi hot-spots inventory, FTTH inventory, and VoIP services inventory for Orange in France, as well as transmission network inventory and ADSL inventory in emerging market affiliates of France Telecom group.

NetCracker will continue to team up with France Telecom group as it deploys NetCracker's NGI solution into France Telecom affiliates worldwide. These deployments will support a variety of next generation services and technologies that span mobile and fixed, as well as Network and IT domains.

"The strategic NExT program is the foundation of France Telecom group's enterprise-wide transformation. We are proud that France Telecom group has partnered with NetCracker to bring next generation services to customers around the world," said Andrew Feinberg, President and CEO of NetCracker Technology.

NetCracker's History at France Telecom

In 2005, France Telecom group announced its strategic NExT program for next generation services and networks. The operator recognized the need to standardize services, solutions, and processes across the Group's affiliates throughout the world in order to maximize profitability and leverage knowledge and experience. This was accomplished through evaluation and selection of vendors in a variety of Group Core Component areas including Inventory Management.

France Telecom group's extensive Resource and Service Inventory Management evaluation included a Proof of Concept selection process that tested 478 cases across fixed, mobile, core, IT, and radio technologies; Network and IT domains; large and small operator needs; large and small budgets; and a variety of services, with emphasis on converged offerings.

In late 2005 NetCracker was selected as France Telecom group's GCC NGI vendor based on NetCracker's superior functional coverage, technical features, performance, service inventory capabilities, and ability to manage the Service Layer and the Network and IT domains. NGI incorporates NetCracker's Framework, Physical and Logical Resource Inventory, Service Inventory, and Discovery & Reconciliation modules. Optional modules include Outside Plant, Asset Management, and Telecom Cost Management.

In the year following the selection, NetCracker delivered implementations at several France Telecom group properties. These included solutions for mobile, fixed, and IT services. After successful completion of these projects in November 2006, NetCracker was named France Telecom group's official Next Generation Inventory supplier for its NExT program.

About NetCracker Technology

NetCracker Technology is the leading global Solution Company enabling Service Providers to deliver rapidly and manage effectively convergent and content-rich offerings. NetCracker delivers service and resource management through its software and implementation expertise. NetCracker's portfolio includes industry solutions focused on specific verticals, such as Triple Play, and pre-integrated product modules. The core modules include Service Inventory, Resource Inventory, Service Provisioning & Activation, Discovery & Reconciliation, Design & Planning, Customer Impact Analysis, Outside Plant, Order Management, Asset Management, and Telecom Cost Management. Founded in 1993, NetCracker Technology is headquartered in Waltham, MA, and can be reached at +1-781-419-3300 or www.netcracker.com.

NetCracker is a registered trademark of NetCracker Technology Corp. All other company or product names mentioned in this press release may be trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective companies of which they are associated.

Source: Business Wire

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