A Leading US Service Provider, Selects Ceragon Networks for Multi-Year Managed Services Agreement

Ceragon to operate and maintain the service provider's newly acquired wireless transport network in support of its expansion strategy to augment its solutions

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Ceragon Networks Ltd

Jul 07, 2021, 06:00 ET

LITTLE FALLS, N.J., July 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Ceragon Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ: CRNT), the global innovator and leading solutions provider of 5G wireless transport, announced today it has been awarded a multi-year managed services agreement by a leading network service provider in the US. The service provider focuses on delivering a comprehensive suite of connectivity services to enterprise customers leveraging its fiber optic network. As part of its growth plans, it recently expanded its offering to include wireless connectivity, broadening its portfolio of broadband access and cloud solutions. The service provider will utilize Ceragon's managed services to improve the performance of its newly acquired wireless network, ensuring a smooth transition and optimal management, with a preventive maintenance approach for predictable OPEX.

Doron Arazi, CEO Ceragon Networks, commented: "Ceragon is thrilled to operate and maintain this service provider's wireless transport network. Our expertise and vast experience in designing, developing, deploying, managing, and supporting worldwide wireless transport networks makes us the optimal wireless end-to-end integrator and managed services player. Multiple market research sources indicate that the telco managed services market is expected to grow at an annual rate of more than 13% from 2021 to 2028. This is a growing market and presents a growth engine for the company as well as an opportunity to increase its recurring business portion. We look forward to enabling this service provider to deliver its business customers exceptional connectivity experiences, at the utmost availability and dependability."

Ceragon's managed services offering is part of its global end-to-end services portfolio and will include operations and maintenance of the service provider's wireless transport network. Highly flexible and adaptable, Ceragon's managed services leverage its AI-rich CeraMonitor and Netmaster software tools with Ceragon's global Network Operating Center (NOC). These capabilities combined with Ceragon's regional network of highly trained resources provide this service provider, as well as other worldwide customers, significant network efficiency and improved performance while increasing customer satisfaction.

About Ceragon Networks

Ceragon Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ: CRNT) is the global innovator and leading solutions provider of 5G wireless transport. We help operators and other service providers worldwide increase operational efficiency and enhance end customers' quality of experience with innovative wireless backhaul and fronthaul solutions. Our customers include service providers, public safety organizations, government agencies and utility companies, which use our solutions to deliver 5G & 4G broadband wireless connectivity, mission-critical multimedia services, stabilized communications, and other applications at high reliability and speed.

Ceragon's unique multicore technology and disaggregated approach to wireless transport provides highly reliable, fast to deploy, high-capacity wireless transport for 5G and 4G networks with minimal use of spectrum, power, real estate, and labor resources. It enables increased productivity, as well as simple and quick network modernization, positioning Ceragon as a leading solutions provider for the 5G era. We deliver a complete portfolio of turnkey end-to-end AI-based managed and professional services that ensure efficient network rollout and optimization to achieve the highest value for our customers. Our solutions are deployed by more than 400 service providers, as well as more than 800 private network owners, in more than 150 countries. For more information please visit: www.ceragon.com

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