Ericsson bolstered its operating support system operations late last week with the acquisition of Thailand-based TeleOSS Consuilting. The transaction, which is expected to close during the third quarer, includes 50 employees based in Thailand.
Financial terms of the deal were not released.
Ericsson noted that TeleOSS provides OSS-related solutions to telecommunications providers, focused on the areas of inventory and traffic management and software development, and will “strengthen the company’s customer relations and OSS transformation capabilities in South-East Asia and Oceania.”
“The acquisition of the entire business of TeleOSS Consulting Ltd. will complement our capabilities in systems integration for OSS in South-East Asia and Oceania, particularly in the areas of traffic and inventory management areas to offer a wide-range of solutions to our customers,” explained Paolo Colella, head of consulting and systems integration at Ericsson in a statement. “This strategic investment is in line with our long term ambition and commitment to strengthen our capabilities in the IT transformation area.”
Ericsson, along with Nokia Siemens Networks and Huaweoi, earlier this year signed a memorandum of understanding to lay the framework for OSS interoperability across their respective offerings. The move was designed to further the reach of operating support systems through an interoperability agreement designed to simplify the deployment and management process.
The initiative, dubbed OSSii (interoperability initiative) involves the three vendors agreeing to cross-license the OSS interfaces used for “multi-vendor network management.” This is seen as significant as operators are increasingly using multiple vendors for their network and support system needs.
The three companies have agreed to fees set on a 50/50 reciprocal basis, a term that extends to others that may join the initiative if they have proprietary OSS interface or interoperability test specifications, otherwise the fee will be on a “fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory” basis.
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