PARIS -- Alcatel (Paris: CGEP.PA and NYSE: ALA), the world leader in broadband access solutions, today announced it has entered into a global reseller agreement with Axiom, a leader in service delivery software. The three-year contract allows Alcatel, in conjunction with Axiom, to sell, service and support the 5620 AXiOSS® DSL Service Management (DSM) product globally. This agreement strengthens Alcatel’s Service Management product portfolio and complements existing, best-of-breed “Alcatel Connected” partnerships in Service Assurance and Billing. The 5620 AXiOSS® DSM has three main components: the Business Process Manager (BPM)*, Inventory Management System (IMS), and Service Activation Framework Environment (SAFE). These modules perform workflow visibility, inventory management and network configuration. Using powerful templating of advanced DSL services, the 5620 AXiOSS® product significantly reduces operational costs and OSS integration times of broadband services by as much as 50 percent. Alexander Evans, Chief Executive Officer at Axiom says: “Axiom has a solid history of helping service providers find effective solutions for efficient provisioning and our relationship with Alcatel will further strengthen our reputation for reliable service delivery. By jointly creating solutions to provision and activate DSL-based services, we aim to improve a Service Provider’s time to profit through reduced cost of integration, implementation and ownership. Axiom’s template used in conjunction with Alcatel’s network management will set a service delivery standard within the industry that is unparalleled.”Alcatel SAAxiom Systems Inc.