NetScout Acquires Technology from Accanto Systems
NetScout Systems has acquired technology and assets associated with the intelligent Customer Service Assurance product line from privately held Accanto Systems, S.r.l., a subsidiary of Accanto Systems, OY. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Accanto Systems, OY, headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, and subsidiary Accanto Systems, S.r.l., headquartered in Modena, Italy, are providers of service assurance products for telecommunications service providers that enable carriers to monitor and manage the delivery of voice services over converged, next-generation telecom architectures.
The acquisition of voice assurance technology from Accanto Systems will extend the nGenius Service Assurance Solution's support for Next Generation Network (NGN) voice services, including Voice over IP and Voice over Long Term Evolution (VoLTE), and enable the addition of support for legacy circuit switched voice environments, including Signaling System 7 and SIGTRAN.
"As voice services remain an essential foundation of service provider offerings, the ability to address both legacy and next-generation IP-based voice services has become a pressing requirement for carriers' service management activities," said Anil Singhal, president and CEO of NetScout, in a statement. "To meet the ongoing challenges of evolving converged network architectures, service providers need the ability to support data services along with a broad range of voice services in a single, unified IP service management platform. "The technology acquired is consistent with our packet-flow strategy and brings important voice service monitoring capabilities that will strengthen our unified service delivery management strategy and accelerate our time to market to support emerging technologies like VoLTE. In addition, NetScout will be able to address a broader range of voice assurance requirements for both NGN and legacy deployments for mobile, wireline, and cable operators."