Alcatel has finalised an agreement to buy Swiss mobile application service provider MNC.
The acquisition is designed to support Alcatel’s approach, which is to offer operators hosted solutions to enable them to open their networks to hundreds of external content providers, enterprises and communities.
MNC provides mobile services providers with externally managed solutions including mobile applications, content aggregation and hosting.
This service will now be provided by Alcatel as a hosted solution. Alcatel owns, maintains and operates the technical solution on behalf of the mobile service provider.
“MNC has always been at the forefront of innovation for the benefit of mobile service providers, mobile content providers, and end-users” Edouard Lambelet, chief executive officer of MNC, said.
“For MNC, joining Alcatel represents a fantastic opportunity to leverage Alcatel’s impressive global reach in order to successfully replicate our solutions and our business model around the world.”