NetCracker Technology Corp.

NetCracker Technology Corp.

Industry	Information technology
Founded	Massachusetts (1993)[1]
Headquarters	Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
Key people	Andrew Feinberg (President & CEO)
Products	Software
Services	Consulting
Website	www.NetCracker.com

NetCracker Technology Corp., a subsidiary of NEC Corporation, is a provider of software and services for Operations Support Systems (OSS) and Business Support Systems (BSS). Its traditional clients are Tier 1 and Tier 2 Communications Service Providers, Fortune 500 companies, and the U.S. government. Select customers include Deutsche Telekom, DiGi, Defense Information Systems Agency, du, France Telecom, Intelsat, Maxis, MGTS, Mobinil, MTS, NTT docomo, NTT Communications, Shaw Communications, Sprint, Swisscom, Telecom New Zealand, Telstra, TELUS, tw telecom, UPC Broadband, the U.S. Army, Videotron, and VimpelCom Group. The company also offers consulting and managed services.

Headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, NetCracker maintains development facilities in the United States, Russia, Ukraine, and India, and has operations in North America, Europe, South Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific region. It also operates University Educational Training Centers in eight cities in Russia and Ukraine.

History

NetCracker Technology Corp. was co-founded in 1993 by Dr. Michael Feinberg, currently NetCracker’s Chief Technical Officer, and Bonnie Ward, the company’s Vice President of Corporate Initiatives. In 2008, after 15 years of independent growth, the company was acquired by NEC Corporation and became a wholly owned subsidiary of NEC.^[2]

In early 2010, NetCracker initiated a large-scale expansion whereby NEC consolidated its Telecom Operations and Management Solutions software and services business under NetCracker.^{[3][4][5][6][7][8]}

In September 2011, NetCracker acquired Subex Ltd.’s provisioning and activation assets and business.^[9]

Acquisitions

• In October 2008, NEC Corporation acquired NetCracker, which then became a wholly owned subsidiary of NEC.
• In early 2010, NetCracker Technology underwent a large-scale expansion whereby NEC consolidated its Telecom Operations and Management Solutions software and services business under NetCracker.
• In September 2011, NetCracker announced that it had acquired Subex Ltd.’s Activation and Provisioning assets and business.

Products and services

NetCracker’s products focus on Operations Support Systems (OSS) and Business Support Systems (BSS) for Communications Service Providers worldwide. NetCracker’s Solution Delivery Division has been appraised at CMMI Level 5, and Release 8.2 of its Telecom Operations and Management Solution suite has received TM Forum’s Frameworx 10 Product Conformance Mark, indicating adoption of and conformance to TM Forum’s most accepted and applicable standards.

NetCracker’s products suite covers the following eight domains: Customer Management, Product Management, Revenue Management, End-User Devices, Service Fulfillment & Assurance, IT Platforms, Resource Management, and Network Management. It includes products for Operations Support Systems, Business Support Systems, CRM, Billing Mediation, Telecommunications Billing, Telecommunications Rating, Service Fulfillment, Order Management, Home Network, Mobile Device Management, Outside Plant, IT Service Management, Configuration Management, Network Planning and Design, Network Resource Planning, and Network Management. The company also offers a full suite of Professional Services that include Consulting, Solution Delivery, Outsourcing and Operations and Maintenance.

External links

• NetCracker Website Homepage

References

1. ^ NetCracker Website
2. ^ NEC Completes Acquisition of NetCracker Technology. NetCracker Press Releases. October 21, 2008.
3. ^ NetCracker Initiates Large-Scale Expansion in the TOMS Domain. NetCracker Press Releases. February 24, 2010.
4. ^ NetCracker TOMS Expansion: Cracking the Future WIDE OPEN. European Communications. Spring 2010.
5. ^ Innovative Thinking From NetCracker Leads to Dramatic TOMS Growth. Vanilla Plus. October/November 2010, Volume 12, Issue 5.
6. ^ Building on Success: Expanding the Power of Transformation. Connect World. Spring 2010.
7. ^ Supporting the Profitable Operator of the Future. Mobile Europe. February/March 2011, Issue No. 214.
8. ^ Foreseeing the Future: Transforming to a Gigabit Society. Forbes. May 9, 2011.
9. ^ NetCracker Announces Agreement to Acquire Subex's Activation Business. NetCracker Press Releases. September 19, 2011.