Italtel Achieves Cisco Advanced Managed Services Certification

Company Recognized as Having Expertise in Developing and Delivering Managed Services

MILAN, April 5, 2011 - Italtel, a leading company in the development and integration of
products and services for fixed and mobile next generation networks,
announced today it has achieved the Cisco(R) Advanced Managed Services
Certification. This certification recognizes Italtel's initial investment
in the ITIL(R) processes, practices and tools necessary to provide
high-quality managed services.

"The achievement of the Cisco Advanced Managed Services Channel
Certification represents a great success for Italtel," said Camillo Ascione
Head of Cisco & OEM Products & Solutions. "Now we are on the market in the
new role of managed services provider, directly to our customers or through
resellers in a "white label". This certification underlines the relationship
between IT systems and network elements that are supporting evolution towards
innovative ways to get services, such as cloud computing. This is a pillar to
count on to enhance our proposition of service delivery as Cloud Provider."

As a Cisco Advanced Managed Services Certified Partner, Italtel has made
an investment in a network operations center and has demonstrated the ability
to support two customers, validated via an independent audit by an objective
third-party auditor.

At this link more details about Cisco Advanced Managed Services
Certification.
(www.cisco.com/web/partners/pr11/mscp/managed_services_advanced.html)

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The Italtel Group

Italtel designs, develops, implements solutions for Next-Generation
Networks and Services, based on the Internet Protocol (IP), for TLC Operators
and Service Providers. Italtel provides proprietary products, systems, and
solutions; Professional Services dedicated to the design, development,
maintenance of telecommunication networks; IT System Integration Services;
Network Integration and Migration activities. In Italy, Italtel is also
reference partner of Enterprises and Public Sector for the deployment of IP
Next-Generation Networks and for the development of multimedia convergent
services for their customers. www.italtel.com

Press Contact: Laura Borlenghi, Italtel Spa, +39-0243885275 - +39-3357694240, laura.borlenghi at italtel.it