Barcelona, March 4 2015 – Italtel, a leading company in Next Generation Networks, Value Added Services and global IP-IP communication, and NTT Communications (NTT Com), the ICT solutions and international communications business within the NTT Group (NYSE:NTT), announced today the launch of a new Professional Services Partner Program in Europe.

Under this program, Italtel will be NTT Com’s first channel partner in Europe for delivering NTT Com’s Arcstar Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) solution to large enterprises in Europe. In addition, Italtel will also operate as NTT Com’s Value Added Reseller and deliver the Arcstar UCaaS solution to its own customers in Europe.

This partnership will take advantage of Italtel’s extensive experience as one of EMEA’s largest system integrators to accelerate implementations of the Arcstar UCaaS solution, which is a global, seamless, cloud-based collaboration service for anytime, anywhere communication. As a Professional Services Partner, Italtel’s support to NTT Com in procurement, installation and maintenance services will help smoothly deliver Arcstar UCaaS implementations.

Furthermore, as a Value Added Reseller, Italtel can enrich its existing portfolio of communication services, with ready access to a collaboration service like Arcstar UCaaS, which integrates various communication functions, including IP phones, messaging (voice, mail, and instant messaging), telephony, video and web conferencing services.

Camillo Ascione, System Integration Strategy & Marketing at Italtel, said: “We are extremely pleased that NTT Com has elected Italtel as a key partner in Europe. Our strong experience as a system integrator of unified communication solutions for large enterprises has been an important factor in reaching this agreement.”

Clive Hamilton, Vice President of Network Services at NTT Europe, said: “NTT Com is very happy to have Italtel as its first channel partner in Europe and as a Value Added Reseller. Having a specialist partner on the ground, for implementation and integration services, will be a great boost to the efficient delivery of a world-class UCaaS solution.”