Ericsson and APiON strengthen co-operation through re-seller agreement

Ericsson and APiON strengthen co-operation through re-seller agreement Ericsson announces the first re-seller agreement for their world class Signaling System No.7 (SS7) products with APiON, a well established software development and system integration company with offices in Belfast, Dublin and San José. With this new partner, Ericsson Infotech further proves its commitment to supply its world class SS7 product line to the market. The non-exclusive agreement entitles APiON to market, sell and deliver Ericsson SS7 products as part of their business offerings. "Having worked with Ericsson for the last couple of years and being familiar with their SS7 software architecture, application programmers interfaces, configuration and integration possibilities, it was very attractive to add their highly recognized products into our product and services portfolio", says Denis Murphy, Managing Director at APiON. "This is further proof that Ericsson SS7 is a competitive, leading-edge product," says Mats Skoting, Marketing Director at Ericsson Infotech. "The agreement with APiON will extend our market presence and shorten time to customer for application developers that will benefit from the combination of Ericsson SS7 products and APiON expertise in service development and system integration." Ericsson SS7 is a complete product range of software, communication boards and services provided as pre-packaged solutions for all established open systems. Ericsson is the leading provider in the new telecoms world, with communications solutions that combine telecom and datacom technologies with freedom of mobility for the user. With more than 100,000 employees in 140 countries, Ericsson simplifies communications for its customers - network operators, service providers, enterprises and consumers - the world over. Please visit Ericsson's Press Room at: http://www.ericsson.se/pressroom FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT Antoinette Torell, Ericsson Corporate Communications Phone: +46 70 519 3699; E-mail: antoinette.torell@lme.ericsson.se Thomas Grönberg, Product Marketing Manager Ericsson Infotech AB Phone: +46 54 294000; E-mail: thomas.gronberg@ein.ericsson.se Michael Curran, Business Development Director APiON Ltd Phone: +44 1232 269100; E-mail: m.curran@apion-tss.com About Infotech AB Ericsson Infotech AB, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ericsson with 520 employees is a product and development company in the field of mobile telecommunications and the center of excellence for SS7 on open platforms within Ericsson. Please visit Ericsson Infotech at: www.ericsson.com/infotech About APiON APiON is well established as a world-leading Telecommunications Software Company with significant expertise and competence in a range of network infrastructure technologies including Switching, Signaling, Wireless Data, Internet Integration, and Intelligent Networks. APiON provides both products and outsourced software development services to the telecommunications industry world-wide. Please visit APiON Ltd at: www.apion-tss.com