Italtel Honored With Cisco Technical Readiness Brazil Award

Italtel, a leading telecommunications company in IT system integration, Managed Services, Network Function Virtualization (NFV) and all-IP solutions which together with Exprivia constitutes a new large Italian ICT group, today announced its Brazil team has won the Technical Readiness Brazil award at Cisco's latest Technology Leadership Council.

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The accolade recognizes Italtel's strong and relevant presence in Brazil's Service Provider market and its evolution of new services and technologies, including Cisco Optical Networking and Cisco Evolved Packet Core Solutions [PCRF, EPC]. The valuable initiatives being undertaken by Italtel Brazil to grow business within the Enterprise sector was also highlighted by the judges, with Italtel's Digital Security Business Unit initiatives in Brazil receiving a special mention.

"The Technical Readiness Award is very meaningful to us as it recognizes our efforts to widen our presence in the Service Provider market, by partnering with Cisco on new technologies and solutions," said Tiago Ferreira, Head of Operations in Italtel Brazil. "It is also a testament to the recent efforts to grow our presence in the Enterprise market as we prepare for the new future of technology in Brazil. It was a great honor to receive the award on behalf of Italtel Brazil."

Italtel has been operating in Brazil for more than 30 years, with customers including some of the most important Brazilian and global service providers and several of the largest enterprises. In 2017, Italtel launched its Digital Security Business Unit to address the relevant market segment of cybersecurity with a specific offer portfolio, which includes key competences which align with requests from local customers.

Cisco's Technology Leadership Council meeting provides an opportunity for Cisco executives from across different business sectors to share their vision on the evolution of innovative technologies and solutions. The special award ceremony saw a range of partners receive accolades for their contributions to the industry.

Italtel is a multinational company with a strong focus on innovation. The offer is based on solutions for networks, data centers, business collaboration, digital security, the IoT. Together with Exprivia, which recently acquired Italtel's controlling shareholding, it constitutes a new Italian ICT group that intends to be a leader in digital transformation through the development of innovative solutions and services in Italy and abroad. http://www.italtel.com