Aricent is a global innovation, technology and outsourcing company focused exclusively on communications. It combines the leading inno- vation capabilities of Frog Design with unparalleled domain expertise in communications gained as a strategic supplier to the world's foremost infrastructure, application and service providers. Aricent investors include Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., Sequoia Capital, The Family Office and Flextronics International. Aricent has more than 550 clients worldwide.

Aricent was spun out of Flextronics about two-and-a-half years ago, primarily to capitalize on the surging need for communications expertise across all industries. Customers in this fast growing market require assistance in multiple areas, including innovation in developing things like new user interfaces for mobile devices, to deep domain expertise in things like wireless communications including 3G and 4G, to engineering services so as to reduce development time and risk, to commercializing services like network integration and OSS/BSS evolution.

Aricent was the first company to recognize the convergence of technology and innovation in the communications sector - even before the iPhone was launched. Aricent is made up of two divisions today, Frog Design, a well-known global innovation form, and communications technologies with a 15+ year lineage in communications including Hughes Software. This unique combination positions Aricent well to pursue a large percent of the traditional $1 tn outsourcing market focused on communications.

Our customer base historically has been primarily service providers and equipment manufacturers, but is widening as communications became a competitive focus for other industries like automotive for example.

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