Deutsche Telekom AG Selects NetCracker to Accelerate Business Transformation

Systems Rationalization and Service Innovation-Based Transformation Will Cover All of DT’s Converged Infrastructure
Largest European Telecommunications Operator Chooses NetCracker Solution and Services to Drive Simplicity and Automation

WALTHAM, MA — March 15, 2010 — NetCracker Technology announced today that Deutsche Telekom AG has chosen NetCracker’s solutions and services for its Next Generation Service and Systems Management (NGSSM) transformation, a core element of its enterprise-wide migration to Next Generation Networks (NGN). This win is part of Deutsche Telekom’s (DT) strategic initiative to drive standards-based rationalization and automation of operations to enable significant cost savings, rapid introduction of innovative services, and improved customer experience.

DT’s transformation program, one of the largest in the industry, seeks to manage digital assets across networks and devices with superior user experience. It will begin migration to NGN with all IP and NG access (including radio), ADSL 2+, VDSL, and transport networks. As a part of this transformation, a new NGSSM architecture that emphasizes standardization, COTS, and network platform independence has been developed with a view to simplifying and automating the operations and management of the NGN.

NetCracker will provide the common data management and the complete fulfillment, operations support, and readiness for the NGN.

“Deutsche Telekom selected the NetCracker solution as the basis for our migration to NGN because it meets all of our key requirements, including adherence to TMF standards, as well as its unique ability to provide a single view of our networks, automate our processes, and boost productivity and customer satisfaction. In addition, we selected NetCracker because of its extensive worldwide experience with complex transformational projects and its experience enabling operators to deliver innovative IP-based services,” said Juergen Hardt, Senior Vice President, Next Generation OSS, at Deutsche Telekom. “We are relying on NetCracker’s solution and services capabilities to ensure the smooth migration from legacy systems to an automated and efficient environment that will enable us to realize the goal of delivering a new level of innovation, interaction, and customer service.”

Deutsche Telekom will utilize NetCracker’s Service Inventory, Service Provisioning & Activation, Resource Inventory, and Discovery & Reconciliation modules to automate the fulfillment of fixed network-based Broadband Internet connections as well as next-generation IMS-based multimedia services and to manage their IMS-based infrastructure.

“Deutsche Telekom’s NGN transformation is a reflection of their innovative thinking, coupled with their vision to continue their history of industry leadership by delivering outstanding customer value,” said Andrew Feinberg, President and CEO of NetCracker. “We are proud to be a part of the effort that will bring new services and capabilities to DT’s customers.”

About Deutsche Telekom AG

Deutsche Telekom is one of the world’s leading integrated telecommunications companies with over 150 million mobile customers, around 39 million fixed-network lines, and approximately 17 million broadband lines (as of September 30, 2009). Its product brands are T-Home (fixed-network telephony, broadband Internet), T-Mobile (mobile communications), and T-Systems (ICT solutions). As an international Group with approximately 260,000 employees operating in around 50 countries worldwide (as of September 30, 2009), Deutsche Telekom generated more than half of its revenue — EUR 61.6 billion — outside of Germany in 2008.

About NetCracker Technology

NetCracker Technology, a subsidiary of NEC Corporation, is the leading provider of Telecom Operations and Management Systems to Communications Service Providers worldwide. www.NetCracker.com.

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About NEC Corporation

NEC Corporation is one of the world's leading providers of Internet, broadband network and enterprise business solutions dedicated to meeting the specialized needs of a diversified global base of customers. NEC delivers tailored solutions in the key fields of computer, networking and electron devices, by integrating its technical strengths in IT and Networks, and by providing advanced semiconductor solutions through NEC Electronics Corporation. The NEC Group employs more than 140,000 people worldwide. For additional information, please visit the NEC website at: http://www.nec.com.