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Broad Daylight, an innovative product development program has been announced by Aricent (News - Alert), a global innovation, technology and services company focused exclusively on communications. Small and mid-sized telecommunications equipment manufacturers can now hasten their entry into new telecom equipment markets such as Long Term Evolution or LTE (News - Alert), Home Networking, Data Center Ethernet and Cloud Computing with Broad Daylight. A highly customizable menu including technology consulting, product design, pre-packaged software frameworks is offered by the program. Needs of each customer and technology domains are provided by the comprehensive product development services of the program.

Spending on telecommunications gear in key segments is projected to exceed $37 billion over the next four years, as per the Infonetics' (News - Alert) research report, 'The Four Hottest Markets in Telecom Equipment'. The significant value being placed on new systems, intellectual property or IP and domain expertise in large and emerging telecom equipment domains is being demonstrated by the initial public offerings by Calix and Meru Networks, Inc. and acquisition of Starent Networks by Cisco Systems (News - Alert).

Stephane Teral, principal analyst, Mobile and FMC Infrastructure, Infonetics explained, 'The telecommunications market is ripe for innovative solutions and companies with the right vision and focus. Then, it's all about execution, which is where companies like Aricent can add significant value by providing fundamental IP and product lifecycle services, accelerating time to market and reducing costs.'

Telecommunications equipment manufacturers will benefit from Aricent's unparalleled experience as a research and development partner and its global pool of consulting and engineering resources with the Broad Daylight program. Business and technology consulting, product design, pre-packaged software frameworks and a comprehensive portfolio of produce lifecycle services are the key components of the Broad Daylight program.

Keith Higgins (News - Alert), SVP, marketing, Aricent said, 'Thousands of companies today are pursuing the global surge in telecom equipment spending being driven by multimedia services, new classes of connected devices and mobile broadband. Extreme cost pressures, rigid time to market objectives and significant technology complexities have created a clear need for an experienced partner who can assist these companies from product concept to commercialization success." Higgins added this underserved market is addressed in a fundamentally unique way for the first time by Aricent.

Visit: http://www.aricent.com/broaddaylight, for more information.