Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) today announced an extension of its global capabilities in the IT domain. Ericsson already has a strong presence in Managed Services and Systems Integration, and now further capabilities are established - enabling increased focus on managed services and hosting in the IT domain. This comes with the first anniversary of the Global Services Delivery Center in Bucharest, Romania, which acts as a global competence center for managing IT environments on behalf of operators.
Through further focus on the IT area, Ericsson addresses the increasingly interdependent and complex crossroads of telecom and IT, leveraging its telecom expertise. The Systems Integration and Managed Services IT offering means that Ericsson can design, integrate and manage the IT parts of the telecom operator environments - covering the service layer, business support systems and operations support systems, including services such as billing, messaging and content delivery.