STOCKHOLM -- FASTWEB, the Italian operator owned by the Swisscom Group, has signed a seven-year managed services contract with Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC), which includes data-center consolidation and transformation, as well as managed operations for its IT infrastructure. With this, FASTWEB will introduce advanced IT architecture and state of the art technology and benefit from increased automation, with a lower environmental impact, more flexibility and capacity and evolved services capabilities.

The contract covers consulting and systems integration, transformation, management and maintenance of FASTWEB's Data Center. Through hardware transformation, using Ericsson's consulting and systems integration services, the operator two data centers will be consolidated, allowing FASTWEB to use its IT infrastructure more efficiently, enhance its time to market and to lower its environmental footprint.

Ericsson AB (Nasdaq: ERIC)