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Italtel France Achieves Premier Certification from Cisco(M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Milan - Italtel, a leading telecommunications company in next generation networks and services and IP communication, today announced that its subsidiary company Italtel France has achieved Premier Certification from Cisco. Italtel France earned the certification after it met Cisco's high standards for networking competency, service, support and customer satisfaction. In addition to branding as a Cisco Premier Certified Partner, Italtel France will also receive new benefits from the Premier Certification, including recognition as a Premier Certified Partner in the Cisco Partner Locator; eligibility to participate in Cisco Channel Incentives Programs, with greater economic incentives than for the Select Certification level; and eligibility to sell Cisco Smart Care Services. Italtel France will also be able to become a "Certified Agent" in the Global Partner Network Program and will receive a Cisco Certified Partner kit that contains resources such as sales tools, logos, guidelines, and information. "We are extremely pleased that Italtel France has achieved Premier Certification, particularly because this is a strategic market for us. Italtel has built strong technological and market synergies with Cisco to enable carriers and service providers to develop advanced services on new generation networks. In France, especially, Italtel is focused on unified communications and mobile/enhanced packet core segments. This certification adds an important quality - integration capabilities - to the competence that Italtel France has demonstrated in providing customers with turnkey proprietary solutions," said Stefano Pileri, Italtel's CEO. As a Cisco Premier Certified Partner, Italtel France demonstrates a range of technical expertise. Before gaining Cisco Premier Certification Italtel France was required to achieve the Cisco Express Foundation Specialization, which includes tests on technical competence in the integration of basic routing and switching, wireless LANs and security technologies. Italtel France was also required to integrate a base level of Cisco Lifecycle Services into their offerings and demonstrate high levels of customer satisfaction based on independently audited customer satisfaction surveys. Cisco, Cisco Systems and the Cisco logo are registered trademarks of Cisco Systems Inc. in the United States and certain other countries. Italtel Group Italtel designs, develops, implements solutions for NGN and NGS; Professional Services dedicated to the design and maintenance of networks; IT System Integration Services; Network Integration and migration activities. Italtel counts among its customers more than 40 of the world's top TLC Operators and SPs. 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. Italtel is present in 25 countries including France, UK, Spain, Germany, Belgium, Poland, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Argentina, Brazil. www.italtel.com. Contact details: Laura Borlenghi Tel.: +39 02 4388 5275; Mobile: +39 335 769 4240; E-mail: [email protected] . (c) 2014 M2 COMMUNICATIONS |