ERICSSON broadens ITS Systems Integration capabilities for BSS in North America

• Ericsson to acquire the entire business of Canada-based Telcocell, a consulting and systems integration company specializing in Business Support Systems
• Approximately 200 services employees and consultants are expected to join Ericsson in Q3, 2013
• The acquisition complements Ericsson's offering to telecom and cable customers particularly in North America

TORONTO, July 23, 2013 /CNW/ - Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the entire business of Telcocell, a Canada-based consulting and systems integration company specializing in Business Support Systems (BSS), as well as its subsidiaries. Approximately 200 services employees and consultants primarily based in Canada and the United States are expected to join Ericsson.

The acquisition is expected to close by the end of the third quarter of 2013, subject to customary closing conditions.

Ericsson will benefit from Telcocell's consulting and systems integration experience in converged charging, custom development, quality assurance and production support for BSS. The acquisition complements Ericsson's existing comprehensive BSS product portfolio and expertise in these fields and will further strengthen the company's customer relations and BSS transformation capabilities, primarily in North America.

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."

Mickey Weizmann, CEO, Founder and Managing Partner at Telcocell said: "To truly transform operators' businesses and improve consumer experience, a combination of strong services capabilities and a comprehensive software portfolio is needed. Telcocell's multi-vendor BSS consulting and systems integration expertise will broaden Ericsson's services capabilities. From Telcocell's side, the team will benefit from joining a company of approximately 64,000 services employees with global scale and presence."

Ericsson's well-established services offerings and broad software portfolio supports customers in transforming their operations and IT environments, improving the user experience as well as increasing efficiency and enabling service innovation. Ericsson has 15,000 consulting and systems integration professionals who deliver more than 1,500 consulting, systems integration and learning services projects in multi-vendor and multi-technology environments each year.

NOTES TO EDITORS

Global Services press backgrounder: www.ericsson.com/res/thecompany/docs/press/backgrounders/global_services_press_backgrounder.pdf

Consulting and Systems Integration press backgrounder: www.ericsson.com/res/thecompany/docs/press/backgrounders/csi_press_backgrounder.pdf

OSS/BSS press backgrounder: www.ericsson.com/res/thecompany/docs/corpinfo/oss_bss_story.pdf

BSS portfolio overview:
www.ericsson.com/ourportfolio/telecom-operators/billing-and-revenue-management?nav=marketcategory007

BSS Success Stories: www.ericsson.com/oss-bss/

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