Logicalis Announces Acquisition of Cibercall in Colombia and Ecuador

LONDON, November 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

Deal aims to strengthen the integrator's role in the Andean region

Logicalis Group, the international IT solutions and managed services provider, announces the acquisition of the Colombia and Ecuador operations of Cibercall, a leading provider of voice, data and video services solutions in the regions of Southern and Central America and the Caribbean. Under the agreement, their operations in Colombia and Ecuador, which includes 44 employees, will be integrated with Logicalis' existing operations in those two countries. The acquisition will be made through Logicalis' joint-venture with Brazilian Group Promon (Promon Logicalis Latin America Limited).

With the acquisition, Logicalis further builds its presence in the Andean region, combining its broad IT and communication technology (ICT) solutions portfolio, the technical excellence of its professionals and its solid financial position with Cibercall's local knowledge.

Ian Cook, Chief Executive of Logicalis Group, comments: "This acquisition further enhances our ability to serve the Andean market with unified communication and collaboration; data centre and cloud solutions, and augments our managed services business, adding important skilled resources and new customer relationships."

About Logicalis

Logicalis is an international IT solutions and managed services provider with a breadth of knowledge and expertise in communications and collaboration, data centre and cloud services, and managed services. Logicalis employs almost 3,000 people worldwide, including highly trained service specialists who design, specify, deploy and manage complex ICT infrastructures to meet the needs of over 6,000 corporate and public sector customers. To achieve this, Logicalis maintains strong partnerships with technology leaders such as Cisco, HP, IBM, CA Technologies, NetApp, VMware and ServiceNow.

The Logicalis Group has annualised revenues of over $1.2 billion, from operations in the UK, US, Germany, South America and Asia Pacific, and is fast establishing itself as one of the leading IT and Communications solution integrators, specialising in the areas of advanced technologies and services.

The Logicalis Group is a division of Datatec Limited, listed on the Johannesburg and London AIM Stock Exchanges, with revenues of over $5 billion.

For more information, visit http://www.logicalis.com.

About CiberCall

CiberCall is a company founded in 2000 dedicated to providing the CANSAC (Central America, northern South America and the Caribbean) market with communication solutions for voice, data and video, with high standards of quality and service, contributing to the productivity and profitability of its customers.  

For further information please contact:

Zara May/Greg Halse/Jennifer Manning
Cohesive Communications
T: +44(0)1291-626200
E: logicalis@cohesive.uk.com

Greg Halse
T: +44(0)1291-637649
E: logicalis@cohesive.uk.com