Accanto Systems Expands Reach in Americas with New Office

Establishment of U.S. subsidiary helps to better serve regional customers and channel partners

HELSINKI, Finland, November 11, 2010 - Accanto Systems http://www.accantosystems.com/, a leader in Customer Service Assurance solutions for today's converged networks, announced that they have established a fully owned U.S. subsidiary office in Irving, Texas. From this location, sales, marketing, and channel management operations for the whole Americas region will be supported. Hannu Impola of Finland and more recently Dallas, Texas, has been appointed Vice President of Sales for the Americas. He will be heading up the U.S. office.

“Opening our own office here will certainly provide a lot of benefits to our regional customers and channel partners,” says Impola. “We are closer to market, working at the same time zone, providing quicker response times and local support.” He will also be collaborating with Accanto’s American partners as well as the European headquarters as he works to build the new subsidiary.
“Hannu has over 10 years international experience in sales and marketing with an established track record of opening new markets, creating new sales channels and progressively generating new sales revenue with telecommunication test equipment,” said Michele Campriani, CEO of Accanto. “His knowledge of the industry and the territory will be an advantage as we gain a foothold in our U.S. operations.”
In addition to the new office in Texas, Accanto has locations in Helsinki, Finland; Modena, Italy; Beirut, Lebanon; Singapore and Malaysia.

About Accanto Systems

With solutions deployed to 180 customers in over 60 countries, Accanto Systems is a leading supplier of advanced Customer Service Assurance and troubleshooting solutions to communications service providers. Accanto’s probe-based Customer Service Assurance solutions provide in-depth monitoring, analysis and troubleshooting capabilities, helping operators overcome the massive challenges associated with migration to converged, next-generation telecom architectures. Their solutions can be utilized by any level of the organization, from the NOC to Marketing, and scale easily for use by new technicians all the way to technical experts. Accanto’s team of OSS and Operations consultants allow each Accanto solution to be optimized and fully integrated into the organizations’ operational and business processes. Visit www.accantosystems.com.