Electronics & High Tech

LONDON; Sept. 7, 2016 – BT TV has selected the Accenture Video Solution (AVS) platform to support its current and future BT TV offerings, including BT Sport. The Accenture-developed software platform provides numerous services that support both live streaming and video-on-demand, delivering a high-quality user experience across multiple devices including smartphones, tablets and computers. Once deployed, the platform will enable BT TV to provide personalized experiences at scale, reaching a broad audience with numerous video offerings.

London, UK; July 11, 2016 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) will be showcasing its newly-developed mixed reality experience using Microsoft HoloLens on the Bombardier C Series aircraft at the Farnborough International Airshow from July 10 to July 13. This technology demonstrates how aircraft manufacturers can make the marketing and sales process more effective through an enriched and immersive experience. 

NEW YORK; April 18, 2016 – Signaling a serious and growing threat to the digital advertising industry, a new Accenture (NYSE: ACN) survey reveals that most consumers – 61 percent – are aware of several options for removing advertising such as ad blockers. The survey of 28,000 consumers across 28 countries also finds that more than four in 10 (42 percent) said they would pay to eliminate ad interruptions.

NEW YORK and ESPOO, Finland; Apr. 14, 2016 – Accenture (NYSE:ACN) and Nokia Corporation (NYSE: NOK) have established the Nokia Accenture Business Group, a new strategic alliance which is focused on helping communication service providers (CSPs) and other enterprises rapidly transition to modern digital networks, capitalizing on the inherent operational benefits and new business opportunities. The expanded group is the result of the recent acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent by Nokia and built upon the success of the Accenture Alcatel-Lucent Business Group, announced in September 2014. 

NEW YORK; April 13, 2016 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN), Avanade and Microsoft have been chosen by RCS MediaGroup to accelerate the company’s path of growth and transformation using the cloud. The project will help RCS to address challenges such as how to obtain the most from content and data as well as how to get to know and retain its customers. RCS MediaGroup, one of the major international multimedia publishing groups, publishes newspapers, magazines and numerous other multimedia products.

NEW YORK; April 4, 2016 – More than half of smartphone users surveyed for the 2016 Accenture Screenager Report are dissatisfied with their mobile experience and are ready to switch mobile providers, according to the new report by Accenture (NYSE: ACN).

NEW YORK; Mar. 21, 2016 – U.S. companies are struggling with various innovation pursuits -- continuing a problem they have been grappling with for the past three years, a new Accenture (NYSE: ACN) survey finds. 

MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS, Barcelona; Feb. 23, 2016 – The GSMA today announced that Accenture (NYSE: ACN), Oi and TIM Brasil won the award for “Broadband for All: Outstanding LTE Contribution” at the 2016 Glomo Awards. This award, presented at Mobile World Congress 2016, recognizes the first RAN Sharing Project for 4G/LTE offering in Brazil, which serves more than 82 million citizens and is considered one of the largest in the world.
 

NEW YORK; Feb. 16, 2016 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has launched four new digital network offerings designed to give communications service providers (CSPs) a competitive edge by enabling them to build new networks faster and more easily, sell more services in more markets, improve customer experiences, and reduce service and network costs.