Italtel Achieves Cisco Advanced Managed Services Certification

MILAN, April 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --

- Company Recognized as Having Expertise in Developing and Delivering Managed Services

Italtel, a leading company in the development and integration of products and services for fixed and mobile next generation networks, announced today it has achieved the Cisco(R) Advanced Managed Services Certification. This certification recognizes Italtel's initial investment in the ITIL(R) processes, practices and tools necessary to provide high-quality managed services.

"The achievement of the Cisco Advanced Managed Services Channel Certification represents a great success for Italtel," said Camillo Ascione Head of Cisco & OEM Products & Solutions. "Now we are on the market in the new role of managed services provider, directly to our customers or through resellers in a "white label". This certification underlines the relationship between IT systems and network elements that are supporting evolution towards innovative ways to get services, such as cloud computing. This is a pillar to count on to enhance our proposition of service delivery as Cloud Provider."

As a Cisco Advanced Managed Services Certified Partner, Italtel has made an investment in a network operations center and has demonstrated the ability to support two customers, validated via an independent audit by an objective third-party auditor.

At this link more details about Cisco Advanced Managed Services Certification. (http://www.cisco.com/web/partners/pr11/mscp/managed_services_advanced.html)

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The Italtel Group

Italtel designs, develops, implements solutions for Next-Generation Networks and Services, based on the Internet Protocol (IP), for TLC Operators and Service Providers. Italtel provides proprietary products, systems, and solutions; Professional Services dedicated to the design, development, maintenance of telecommunication networks; IT System Integration Services; Network Integration and Migration activities. In Italy, Italtel is also reference partner of Enterprises and Public Sector for the deployment of IP Next-Generation Networks and for the development of multimedia convergent services for their customers. http://www.italtel.com

SOURCE ITALTEL S.p.A.