Accenture and Nokia to Help Companies Accelerate Transition to Digital Networks
April 14 2016 - 8:03AM
Business Wire
Built on the success of Accenture and
Alcatel-Lucent relationship the strategic alliance combines
technology and services expertise to build and monetize modern
networks
Accenture (NYSE:ACN) and Nokia Corporation (NYSE:NOK) have
established the Nokia Accenture Business Group, a new strategic
alliance which is focused on helping communication service
providers (CSPs) and other enterprises rapidly transition to modern
digital networks, capitalizing on the inherent operational benefits
and new business opportunities. The expanded group is the result of
the recent acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent by Nokia and built upon
the success of the Accenture Alcatel-Lucent Business Group,
announced in September 2014.
In its first year and a half, the Accenture Alcatel-Lucent
alliance exceeded the goals of both parties and helped achieve its
ambitious development and commercial objectives. The cooperative
relationship has helped a variety of CSPs—including Telefonica,
TIM, and WIND Telecom – and other large enterprises enhance the
customer experience and optimize their networks across the
globe.
In addition to continuing to help CSPs, the Nokia Accenture
Business Group will also jointly develop, sell and deliver new
industry solutions in the five following areas:
- Customer experience and
analytics, leveraging Accenture’s Service Experience
Engineering Management and Field Installation and Repair Service
Transformation network solutions, powered by Nokia’s Applications
& Analytics technologies portfolio;
- Network and business
transformation, consisting of network legacy decommissioning
and migration to Internet Protocol (IP);
- Next-generation enterprise services
for CSPs, leveraging software-defined network (SDN)
technologies powered by Nuage;
- Software-defined data center
solutions for large enterprises, powered by Nuage; and
- Next-generation IP and digital
solutions for the mining, oil and gas industries.
This group will deliver unique value to clients by combining
Nokia’s leading IP networking software products and services with
Accenture’s business services, technology consulting and
transformation capabilities. The Nokia Accenture Business Group
will develop sales and delivery capabilities focused on a
combination of Nokia solutions and Accenture offerings.
Accenture will be Nokia’s preferred ally to complement Nokia’s
software integration and network services and Nokia will be a
preferred provider for the customer experience, SDN and network
services and solutions that Accenture provides to its clients.
“Today’s pace of technological change, driven by the transition
to 5G, the Internet of Things and the cloud, is demanding
extraordinary new capabilities from the network,” said Kathrin
Buvac, chief strategy officer at Nokia. “Working with a strong,
complementary partner like Accenture enables us to extend our reach
to new customers and markets and to truly drive what we consider to
be a transformational era in networking. Nokia has the global
scale, innovation muscle and end-to-end portfolio to lead this
change and, ultimately, to expand the human possibilities of the
connected world.”
Bob Sell, group chief executive of Accenture’s Communications,
Media & Technology operating group, said, “We look forward to
working with Nokia to help companies rapidly transition to modern
digital networks. While software-defined networks provide great
operational efficiency, even more importantly, they offer
tremendous potential for developing new services and revenue
streams. This new business group – which combines Nokia’s
world-class technology with Accenture’s deep experience in building
and monetizing modern networks – will help fulfill the
ever-increasing demand for broadband services over wireless
networks. The collaboration is consistent with our strategy of
working at the heart of the digital ecosystem and growing our
network services to enable communications service providers to
undergo the transformation they need to thrive.”
About Accenture
Accenture is a leading global professional services company,
providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy,
consulting, digital, technology and operations. Combining unmatched
experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries
and all business functions – underpinned by the world’s largest
delivery network – Accenture works at the intersection of business
and technology to help clients improve their performance and create
sustainable value for their stakeholders. With approximately
373,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries,
Accenture drives innovation to improve the way the world works and
lives. Visit us at www.accenture.com.
About Nokia
Nokia is a global leader in the technologies that connect people
and things. Powered by the innovation of Bell Labs and Nokia
Technologies, the company is at the forefront of creating and
licensing the technologies that are increasingly at the heart of
our connected lives.
With state-of-the-art software, hardware and services for any
type of network, Nokia is uniquely positioned to help communication
service providers, governments, and large enterprises deliver on
the promise of 5G, the Cloud and the Internet of Things.
http://nokia.com
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