Aricent is a communications software company, offering a portfolio of software services and products for the communications industry (wireline, wireless, cable and satellite). Aricent designs, develops and maintains software that enables communications equipment manufacturers, device manufacturers and service providers to create new products or services.

Aricent, previously the software development and solutions business of Flextronics International Ltd., was launched following the acquisition of 85% of the business on September 4, 2006 by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR)^[2] and Sequoia Capital^[3] . Flextronics retains 15% ownership. The transaction valued the entire business at approximately $900 million.^[4]

Aricent is built on its predecessor, Hughes Software Systems, which was established in 1991. The company became Flextronics Software Systems in 2004, when it and other companies were acquired by Flextronics. frog design, a strategic, creative consulting firm, was acquired by Flextronics in 2004 and has been part of the software development and solutions business since the summer of 2005. frog design continues to operate as an independent division of Aricent. For almost four decades, frog design has identified emerging market opportunities and transformed ideas into products and services that billions of people experience every day. Image File history File links Aricent_logo. ... A private company is a company that is independently owned. ... Location in Santa Clara County and the state of California Coordinates: , Country State County Santa Clara Government  - Mayor Yoriko Kishimoto[1] Area  - City 25. ... Telecommunication involves the transmission of signals over a distance for the purpose of communication. ... Software engineering is the application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software. ... All Saints Chapel in the Cathedral Basilica of St. ... The phrase research and development (also R and D or, more often, R&D), according to the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development, refers to creative work undertaken on a systematic basis in order to increase the stock of knowledge, including knowledge of man, culture and society, and the use... Telecommunication involves the transmission of signals over a distance for the purpose of communication. ... A telecommunications network is a network of telecommunications links arranged so that messages may be passed from one part of the network to another over multiple links. ... For the scientific and engineering discipline studying computer networks, see Computer networking. ... Look up Multimedia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Mobile software is designed to run on handheld computers, personal digital assistants (PDAs), smartphones and cellphones. ... Billing Mediation Platform is a system used to convert datatypes to one another, usually for billing purposes. ... This article is about work. ... Look up slogan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... Telecommunication involves the transmission of signals over a distance for the purpose of communication. ... Computer software (or simply software) refers to one or more computer programs and data held in the storage of a computer for some purpose. ... Services are: plural of service Tertiary sector of industry IRC services Web services the name of a first-class cricket team in India This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... POTS may mean: Plain old telephone service (aka Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) or Post Office Telephone Service or Post Office Telephone System) Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome This article consisting of a 4-letter acronym or initialism is a disambiguation page — a list of pages that otherwise might share the... For the use of the term in networking, see Wireless networking. ... 6 or 15cm outside diameter, oil-cooled cables, traversing the Grand Coulee Dam throughout. ... For other uses, see Satellite (disambiguation). ... In the context of the applied arts, engineering, architecture and other such creative endeavours, design is both a noun and a verb. ... In software engineering, software maintenance is the process of enhancing and optimizing deployed software (software release), as well as remedying defects. ... Flextronics International Ltd. ... Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (commonly referred to as KKR) is a New York City based private equity firm that focuses primarily on late stage leveraged buyouts. ... Sequoia Capital is a venture capital firm founded by Don Valentine in 1972. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Flextronics Software Systems abbreviated as FSS formerly Hughes Software Systems established in 1992 is the leading telecommunication software company in India. ... frog design is an internationally renowned creative consultancy. ...

Corporate History

Hughes Software Systems Limited (HSS), now Aricent, was originally incorporated in India on 30th December 1991 with Hughes Network Systems (HNS), a unit of Hughes Electronics Corporation (HUGHES), USA as its principal shareholder. There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HNS), is a provider of broadband satellite network solutions for businesses and consumers. ...

HUGHES is a digital television entertainment, broadband services, satellite-based private business networks, and video and data broadcasting company.

HNS, a unit of HUGHES, provides broadband satellite network solutions for businesses and consumers, with over 400,000 systems installed in more than 85 countries.

With the opening of the Indian economy in the early nineties, HUGHES was attracted by the long-term potential of outsourcing software development and set up a subsidiary in India to supplement HNS' R&D efforts.

HSS began its operations in New Delhi with a team of about 20 staff and was initially focused on developing software solutions in the areas of VSAT-based networks for voice and data, cellular wireless telephony, packet switching, and multi-protocol routing. Within three years, HSS grew to 240 professionals and in 1995, moved to the campus at Electronic City, Gurgaon, a suburb of New Delhi, India. , This article is about the urban region that is the capital of India. ... , Gurgaon   (Hindi: गुड़गांव) is a city in the northern Indian state of Haryana, and has a population of about 249,000 according to the 2001 national census [1]. Gurgaon is one of Delhis four major satellite cities and is therefore considered to be a part of the National Capital Region... , This article is about the urban region that is the capital of India. ...

In 1998, HSS set up its development center in Bangalore, India to focus on development of software for the Internet and Internet Protocol-based solutions and applications. For other uses, see Bangalore (disambiguation). ...

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To cater to increasing market demand, HSS expanded operations in the USA by opening several offices in 1999. As a part of its continued expansion, HSS opened marketing offices in U.K and Germany in the year 2000 and in Japan in the year 2001.

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In 2006, following the acquisition of the business by KKR and Sequoia Capital, the company was renamed Aricent and the corporate offices were relocated to Palo Alto, California, USA. The transaction represents the largest private equity buy-out in Indian history to date (November 2006).^[5]

Origin of the Aricent name

In the summer of 2006 the employees were asked to suggest a name for the new company, in response there were more than 2,000 entries. The winning name was penned by Mr.Hans Juergen Leicht and it was selected because of its international sound and optimistic outlook. Aricent is the combination of two words "arise" and "ascent".

About Aricent

Services

Aricent provides software design, development and maintenance services throughout the full lifecycle of a communications product or service.

• Strategic Creative Design for the creation of a new user experience
• System Design from architectural requirements to specifications
• Software Implementation to create the innovative software
• System Integration to consolidate new and legacy systems
• Testing and Validation for quality and interoperability
• Maintenance to ensure our clients products are running efficiently
• Life Extension to enhance existing products and services

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Products

Aricent have more than 125 licensable software products which are supplied to equipment manufacturers, device manufacturers and service providers. The following indicates the range of products

• Billing Mediation system
• Femtocell/Picocell software
• General Packet Radio System (GPRS) Service Node
• IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)
• Media Gateway Framework
• Mobile TV (DVB-H) solution
• Music player application
• PacketCable Call Management Server
• SIP Server framework
• Softswitch
• Camera Application for MS Mobile (Win CE)
• DirectShow Filters for Mobile and PC
• Video/Audio codecs
• Streaming Multimedia Content
• UMTS terminal stack
• Voice Call Continuity server
• Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
• WiMAX ASN Gateway framework

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Quality Assurance

Aricent has been an ISO 9001:2000 company since 1996. In 2002 the company attained BS7799 certification, then in 2003 all development centers and all projects and products were assessed at Software Engineering Institute CMMI Level 5. Aricent is also assessed to the telecom-specific TL9000 standards under three product categories (a) 7.2.2 Contract Software Development Services (b) 8.6.1 Software Components and (c) 7.9 Staff Augmentation. ISO 9000 specifies requirements for a Quality Management System overseeing the production of a product or service. ... BS7799 (or BS7799-1) is a standard published by the British Standards Institute (BSI) in 1995 and most recently revised in 2005. ... The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) is a federally funded research and development center sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense and operated by Carnegie Mellon University. ... The Capability Maturity Model (CMM) is a method for evaluating the maturity of software development organisations on a scale of 1 to 5. ...

Clients

Aricent has more than 350 clients worldwide including major telecommunications and data communications equipment manufacturers, device manufacturers and service providers. Examples include; A computer network is a system for communication among two or more computers. ...

Airtel, Alcatel-Lucent, Alltel, Cisco Systems, Ericsson, Hughes Network Systems, Inmarsat, Juniper, Motorola, NEC, Newport Networks Limited, Nokia, Nokia Siemens Networks, Polycom, Samsung, Siemens, Sony Ericsson, Texas Instruments, Virgin Mobile and Vodafone. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Bharti Televentures. ... Alcatel Lucent (or Alcatel-Lucent according to some sources) is the name of the new company formed after the merge agreement signed by Alcatel and Lucent Technologies. ... Alltel (NYSE: AT) is an American telecommunications company with headquarters in Little Rock, Arkansas. ... “Cisco” redirects here. ... Ericsson () NASDAQ: ERIC. Founded in 1876, Ericsson is a leading provider of communications networks, related services and handset technology platforms. ... Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HNS), is a provider of broadband satellite network solutions for businesses and consumers. ... Inmarsat is an international telecommunications company founded in 1979, originally as an intergovernmental organization. ... Species Junipers are coniferous plants in the genus Juniperus of the cypress family Cupressaceae. ... Motorola Inc. ... NEC Corporation (Japanese: Nippon Denki Kabushiki Gaisha; TYO: 6701 , NASDAQ: NIPNY) is a Japanese multinational IT company headquartered in Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan. ... Newport Networks is another successful venture by serial entrepreneur Terry Matthews. ... This article is about the telecommunications corporation. ... Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) is a telecommunications solutions supplier which was created as the result of a merger (by means of a 50-50 joint venture) between Siemens AGs COM division (minus its Enterprise business unit) and Nokias Network Business Group. ... Polycom is a company noted for making expensive teleconferencing and videoconferencing equipment. ... Samsung Group is one of the largest South Korean business groupings. ... Siemens has the following uses: Siemens is a German family name carried by generations of the telecommunications industrialists, including Werner von Siemens, Sir William Siemens, Wilhelm von Siemens and Peter von Siemens Siemens AG is a German electrical and telecommunications company, founded as a telegraph equipment manufacturer by Werner von... For an arrangement of Sony Ericsson products, see list of Sony Ericsson products Sony Ericsson is a joint venture established in 2001 by the Japanese consumer electronics company Sony Corporation and the Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson to make mobile phones. ... Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN), better known in the electronics industry (and popularly) as TI, is an American company based in Dallas, Texas, USA, renowned for developing and commercializing semiconductor and computer technology. ... Virgin Mobile Ltd is a mobile phone service provider operating in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, South Africa, the United States and France. ... Vodafone Group Plc is a mobile network operator headquartered in Newbury, Berkshire, England, UK. It is the largest mobile telecommunications network company in the world by turnover and has a market value of about £84. ...

Standards Organizations

Aricent is a contributing member of the major standards bodies in the communications industry. Examples include;

• International Telecommunication Standardization Sector
• 3GPP
• European Telecommunication Standards Institute
• Internet Engineering Task Force

Board of Directors

• Michael Marks (Aricent) - Chairman
• Ashish "Ash" Bhardwaj
• Adam H. Clammer
• Joe Forehand
• James H. Greene
• Michael Moritz
• Thomas J. Smach
• Nathaniel H. Taylor

Joe Forehand is Chairman of the board and former CEO of Accenture. ... Michael Moritz is a venture capitalist with Sequoia Capital in Menlo Park, California, in the Silicon Valley. ...

Senior Management

• Ashish (Ash) Bhardwaj
• Duncan Robertson
• Doreen Lorenzo
• Sanjay Dhawan
• Alex Ousatch

Footnotes

1. ^ Aricent Fact Sheet. Aricent. Retrieved on 2007-03-04.
2. ^ KKR Current Investments. KKR. Retrieved on 2006-10-26.
3. ^ Aricent - Sequoia Capital. Sequoia. Retrieved on 2006-10-26.
4. ^ Aricent Debuts As Communications Software Pure Play. KKR. Retrieved on 2006-10-26.
5. ^ Buyout deal by KKR is India's largest ever. International Herald Tribune. Retrieved on 2006-10-31.

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External links

• Aricent
• frog design
• FutureSoft
• KKR Private Equity
• Sequoia Capital