Alcatel Acquires MNC for Hosted Mobile Applications

Alcatel has agreed to acquire MNC, a mobile application service provider (mobile ASP) in Switzerland. The MNC technology will enable Alcatel to provide a hosted mobile application solution to service providers. Alcatel would own, maintain and operate the technology on behalf of the mobile service provider, while guaranteeing it retains full control and ownership of its commercial strategy and subscriber base. Alcatel said this approach will allow mobile operators to build rich multimedia service offerings (such as content delivery through MMS, SMS, java downloads and mobile video-based services) and to open their networks to hundreds of external content providers, enterprises and communities, thus creating a "mobile kiosk".



MNC's customers include operators such as Swisscom, Sunrise, television companies like TSR, radios like NRJ, large brands like Philip Morris and the majority of the Swiss football and hockey clubs. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.alcatel.comhttp://www.mnc.ch