Integrated Telecom Company the first in Kingdom to receive CISCO Powered Program Designation (CPP)

• Through its membership in the program, ITC will continue to provide high quality managed services with full access to the latest developments from Cisco
• Our research shows that customers look for Cisco Powered providers when they are searching for providers for IP services

Riyadh, 5th May 2007 - Cisco in Saudi Arabia announced recently that Integrated Telecom Company (ITC) has joined recently the Cisco Powered Program as a provider of IP Managed Services. ITC is the first Saudi-based provider to earn this membership. It received the CPP designation for its Broadband Internet Access, IP VPN Managed Data services and Web Hosting & Collocation services.

The Cisco Powered Program (CPP) is open to top telecommunications service providers worldwide, with a focus on companies that have the ability to expand the boundaries of current telecommunication technology.

ITC and its consumer and business customers will greatly benefit from this program. Through its membership in the program, ITC will continue to provide high quality managed services with full access to the latest developments from Cisco.

“We are glad to join the Cisco Powered Program. Cisco is the main supplier of our core network technology and by joining this program we are reinforcing our commitment to quality of service. Leveraging our CPP membership, our portfolio of managed services now will be offered with higher level of service quality,” Said Motaz Hashem, ITC’s Vice President for Marketing.

As a member of the CPP program, ITC is now part of a group of more than 300 of the most successful service providers around the world. Program members offer a wide range of managed services based on Cisco technology.

“We congratulate ITC for this achievement. ITC can now label their managed services with the Cisco Powered Program logo. That sends a strong message that ITC network, built and maintained using Cisco technology, is reliable, available and able to support high quality services using end to end Cisco solutions and technologies,” said Yaman Abousaleh, Regional Sales Manager, Cisco, Saudi Arabia.

“Cisco brings added value to those service providers who embrace Cisco IP Next Generation Networking technology. Our research shows that customers look for Cisco Powered providers when they are searching for providers for IP services. The Cisco Powered Program contributes to the growth in service provider sales of managed IP services,” added Abousaleh.

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