FAQs

• What is Aricent’s current business focus?
• What is the company's current revenue?
• What is the company's history?
• What is origin of the Aricent name?
• What geographic regions do you operate in?
• What does 4G mean for the future of Aricent?
• Who are your customers?

• I would like to work at Aricent. How do I apply?
• What are the required academic qualifications?
• Can I apply to multiple positions?
• What is the Aricent work culture like?
• What is the interview process at Aricent?
• What career path do you offer? Can I move up internally?
• Is there any on-the-job training?

Aricent’s 8,000 employees provide consulting, design, and outsourcing services to telecom carriers, equipment manufacturers, and device manufacturers worldwide.

With an exclusive focus on the communications industry, Aricent offers our customers a unique combination of attributes. We provide industry-leading leading innovation capabilities and a broad set of products, technology and services via a scalable global delivery model. We believe these three ingredients are essential to co-create innovative solutions with our customers, and that they are the key reasons why Aricent has become a strategic supplier to the world's leading communications equipment manufacturers and service providers.

Aricent's products and services span the entire communications ecosystem including user experience design and consulting, research, development and testing for devices and infrastructure, as well as operations and billing systems.

Aricent is a fast-growing company, with revenue increases of 18%-25% over the past four years.

• FY2009: US$465M
• FY2008: US$382M
• FY2007: US$297M
• FY2006: US$238M

Aricent is the successor of Hughes Software Systems, which was established in 1991. The company became Flextronics Software Systems in 2004, after acquiring other companies. frog design, a strategic, creative consulting firm, was acquired by Flextronics in 2004 and has been part of its software development and solutions business since the summer of 2005. frog design has identified emerging market opportunities and transformed ideas to products for almost four decades, and continues to operate as an independent division of Aricent.

More history is available at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aricent

In the summer of 2006 the employees were asked to suggest a name for the new company, in response there were more than 2,000 entries. The winning name was penned by Mr.Hans Juergen Leicht and it was selected because of its international sound and optimistic outlook. Aricent is the combination of two words "arise" & "ascent".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aricent

Aricent is a strategic supplier to the world's leading application, infrastructure and service providers, with operations in 19 countries worldwide. Development centres in US, UK, Germany, Ukraine, India, China and South Africa.

The world is moving towards the next generation all IP based networks that promise to deliver wireless data rates of more than 100mbps. It would enable you to access high speed Internet and various multimedia services such as video download, mobile TV, and the real time video conferencing.

Aricent is contributing significantly in the evolution of 4G technologies such as WiMAX and LTE. We are very optimistic about the next generation revolution in the communications technology and are geared to provide key software solutions to OEMs, service providers, and device manufacturers deploying the 4th generation networks and services. These new technologies also give us opportunities to help our customers sustain and enhance their previous generations of products.

Our 500+ customers are the world’s leading telecom carriers, equipment manufacturers, and device manufacturers. We service these companies through our 33 offices in 19 countries. Our customers include industry leaders such as Verizon, Nokia, Sprint, LG, Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco, and Nokia Siemens.

For New Engineering Graduates

We invite you to apply for jobs here on our Careers website.

Typically, we look for graduates in computer sciences and electronics and communications, but the criteria may vary based on job profiles and requirements. Check out our Career section for all openings and job profiles.

Yes, all interested job seekers can apply for multiple positions. We will hire candidates on the basis relevant technical skills, experience and behavioral competencies.

Our work culture encourages open channels of communication, a flat hierarchy, informal environment, teamwork, and respect to new ideas and thoughts. Aricent has a dynamic and energetic work environment with an emphasis on teamwork. Teams form quickly to identify and resolve issues, and when the project is complete, the team dissolves and a new one is formed to tackle a new project. We encourage career development by practicing a "transfer/promote-from-within" policy whenever possible to give our employees an opportunity to face new challenges and widen their skills. As Aricent is an entrepreneurial company, each associate runs their position as if it were their own business. This commitment and dedication makes Aricent what it is - a great place to work! But don’t take our word for it -- hear from some our employees directly at our Employee Testimonials section

Our interview process differs from hierarchy and functions. Normally we have 2-3 technical/ functional rounds depending upon the requirement during which the panel assesses the candidate on technical skills, experience and behavioral competencies. This is followed by final HR round.

At Aricent we believe in cultivating talent from within the company so that employees may achieve their career goals. There is no strictly prescribed “one-plan-fits-all” career model. Instead, we have a flexible system designed to accommodate your individual requirements and to provide the broadest possible range of career opportunities.

In order to provide the right orientation, comprehensive training and information to a new employee, we have a strong and focused orientation program called New Employee Orientation (NEO). In addition, we have technical training for new engineering students, as well as ongoing non-technical and leadership training throughout the company.

For example, in India the technical training program is called PRISM, and non-technical and leadership training is offered through Academy One.