Aricent Ranked as Top Global Telecom R&D Service Provider

Comprehensive Analysis from Zinnov Further Validates Aricent's Approach to
Delivering Telecom Innovation and Expertise

PALO ALTO, Calif., Nov. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Aricent(TM), a global innovation,
technology and services company focused exclusively on communications, today
announced that in a first-of-its-kind industry study on 'Global R&D Service
Providers', Zinnov Management Consulting has ranked Aricent as the top global
telecom R&D service provider.

Founded in 2002, Zinnov - meaning Zeal in Innovation - is a leading management
consulting company providing services in the area of Offshore Advisory, Market
Expansion and Human Capital Optimization to Fortune 1000 companies. Zinnov
works collectively with its clients to tackle prevailing organizational
challenges by analyzing the changing dynamics, improving performance, and
building institutional capability. The services delivered to its clients
through advanced reasoning and analytical techniques, provides solutions that
help in integrating organizational vision, business definition and processes.

"To help business leaders identify the best partners for their engineering
initiatives, we at Zinnov, have released this first-of-its-kind Global R&D
Service Providers' Rating," said Pari Natarajan, chief executive officer at
Zinnov Management Consulting Pvt. Ltd. "Telecom is indeed one of the most
exciting verticals today, and our extensive analysis has shown that the
exclusive communications focus from Aricent has enabled it to develop unique
capabilities and cement it as the leader."

The global study by Zinnov Management Consulting included key geographies like
India, China and Eastern Europe and was published in September this year. It
was based on components such as financial strength and sheer capabilities
including business models, innovation & expertise, people strength and
operations.

"Aricent was purposely constructed to address the complex innovation, R&D and
integration challenges across all communication domains," said Sudip Nandy,
chief executive office at Aricent. "As a result, we've emerged as the partner
of choice for leading corporations around the world as their strategic
resource for a broad range of communications design and development
engagements. We are honored to be ranked number one by Zinnov and appreciate
the recognition this brings our customers, investors and employees worldwide."

To learn more about Aricent, visit http://www.aricent.com/About Us/.

About Aricent
Aricent is a global innovation, technology and services company focused
exclusively on communications. Aricent combines the leading innovation
capabilities of frog design with unparalleled domain expertise in
communications as a strategic supplier to the world's foremost infrastructure,
application and service providers. The company's investors include Kohlberg
Kravis Roberts & Co., Sequoia Capital, The Family Office and The Canadian
Pension Plan Investment Board. For more information, visit www.aricent.com.

About Zinnov Management Consulting Pvt. Ltd
Founded in 2002, Zinnov - meaning Zeal in Innovation - is a leading management
consulting company providing services in the area of Offshore Advisory, Market
Expansion and Human Capital Optimization to Fortune 1000 companies. Zinnov
works collectively with clients to tackle prevailing organizational challenges
by analyzing the changing dynamics, improving performance, and building
institutional capability. The services delivered to its clients through
advanced reasoning and analytical techniques, provides solutions that help in
integrating organizational vision, business definition and processes.

Aricent is a trademark of Aricent Inc. in the United States and other
jurisdictions. All other trademarks are the property of their respective
owners.

SOURCE Aricent

Kinjal Chhetri, Marketing Manager of Zinnov Management Consulting Pvt. Ltd,
+91 9611134346, kinjal@zinnov.com, for Aricent, or Steve Manuel, Sr. Director,
Corporate marketing of Aricent, +1-650-391-1621, steve.manual@aricent.com, or
Varun Dubey, Marketing Manager - APAC of Aricent, +91 9711367093,
varun.dubey@aricent.com, or Jay Nichols of Americas: Sterling Communications,
+1-415-992-3210, jnichols@sterlingpr.com, for Aricent, or Paula Muezerie of
AxiCom, Europe, +44 208 392 4081, aricent@axicom.com, for Aricent, or Shikha
Singh Sehrawat, India, Text 100, +91 989 107 1999, shikhas@text100.co.in, for
Aricent