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{{Short description|IT solutions company offering various OSS and BSS products/services to telecom companies}}
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{{Infobox company
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'''Netcracker Technology Corporation''', a [[subsidiary|wholly owned subsidiary]] of [[NEC Corporation]], provides [[Information technology]] (IT) solutions{{buzzword-inline}}, products and professional services for communications service providers (CSPs) and cable providers. Products and services revolve around [[business support system]] (BSS) and [[operational support system]]s (OSS) solutions.{{buzzword-inline}} With headquarters in [[Waltham, Massachusetts]], a suburb of [[Boston]], Netcracker maintains operations and development facilities worldwide.
==History==
Founded in 1993, the company provides [[wikt:full-stack|full-stack]] [[OSS/BSS]] solutions{{buzzword-inline}} to [[communications service provider]]s.<ref name=PitchBook1>{{Citation |url= https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/94460-59 |title= Netcracker Technology |access-date= August 28, 2024 |website= PitchBook}}</ref> Netcracker has since expanded into cloud-native, [[Microservices|microservices-based]] solutions{{buzzword-inline}},<ref name=appsource /> [[virtualization]], [[automation]], [[generative artificial intelligence]] (GenAI)
On October 21, 2008, '''NEC Corporation''' acquired Netcracker for about {{currency|300 million|USD|passthrough=yes}} making it a wholly owned subsidiary of NEC.<ref name=PitchBook1 /><ref name=mergr1>{{Citation |title= NEC Acquires Netcracker Technology |url= https://mergr.com/nec-acquires-netcracker-technology |access-date= July 6, 2024 |website= Mergr.com}}</ref><ref name=clever>{{Citation |title= Netcracker Technology |url= https://www.cleverism.com/company/netcracker-technology/ |website= Cleverism.com|date= October 11, 2016 }}</ref> According to online publication, ''ComputerWorld'', the acquisition would expand NEC's offerings to several more industries including Internet Service Providers, broadband network companies and large-business service companies. The expansion is due to Netcracker's telecommunication provider customer base. NEC was expecting the acquisition to generate {{currency|1.9 billion|USD|passthrough=yes}} over the following 5 years through providing services to international carriers.<ref name=cw>{{Citation |title= NEC to acquire NetCracker for $300 million |last= Gross |first= Grant |url= https://www.computerworld.com/article/1320113/nec-to-acquire-netcracker-for-300-million.html |date= June 29, 2008 |access-date= July 10, 2024 |website= Computerworld}}</ref>
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==Products and Services==
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As a software engineering company, Netcracker offers network solutions{{buzzword-inline}} to optimize network communications and operations.<ref name=doj2 /> Globally, Netcracker provides the following products and services to more than 280 communications service provider and cable provider customers.<ref name=6sense>{{Citation |url= https://6sense.com/tech/unified-communications/netcracker-market-share |title= Netcracker |website= 6Sense |access-date= August 30, 2024 |quote= Around the world in 2024, over 287 companies have started using Netcracker as Unified Communications tool}}</ref><ref name=sp>{{Citation |url= https://www.silver-peak.com/company/tech-partners/nfv/necnetcracker |title= Technology Alliances NFV - NEC/Netcracker |website= SilverPeak |date= July 11, 2017 |access-date= August 30, 2024 |quote= ...a forward-looking software company, offering mission-critical solutions{{buzzword-inline}} to service providers around the globe}}</ref>
===Products===
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| US8897174B2 || September 18, 2009 || November 25, 2014 || Network configuration management || July 11, 2030<ref>{{Citation |url= https://patents.google.com/patent/US8897174B2/en?assignee=Netcracker+Technology+Corp. |access-date= August 29, 2024 |title= Network configuration management |website= Google Patents}}</ref>
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==See also==
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==References==
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