SUMMARY
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Company Overview
We are a leading provider of software and services for more than 350 communications, Pay TV, entertainment and media industry and other service providers in developed countries and emerging markets. Our customers include some of the largest telecommunications companies in the world (including America Movil, AT&T, Bell Canada, Singtel, Sprint, Telefonica, Telstra,T-Mobile and Vodafone), as well as cable and satellite providers (including Altice USA, Charter, Comcast, DISH, J:COM, Rogers Communications and Sky), small to midsized communications businesses and mobile virtual network enablers/mobile virtual network operators and directory publishers and other providers of media and other services. We also have technology and distribution ties to more than 1,400 content owners and over 800 video service providers worldwide, including Verizon, Turner and Warner Bros, to bring premium content to viewers on any screen, device or platform.
Our software and services, which we develop, implement and manage, are designed to meet the business imperatives of our customers and help them modernize, automate and digitize their business in the cloud. Our offerings are based on a product and services mix, using technologies and methodologies such as cloud, microservices, DevOps, open source, bimodal operations, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) and increasing amounts of automation through standard information technology (IT) tools, open application programming interfaces (APIs) and artificial intelligence. As a result, our offerings enable service providers to efficiently and cost-effectively introduce new products and services, process orders, monetize data and content, support new business models and generally enhance their understanding of their customers. Our technology,design-led thinking approach and expertise help service providers to further transform into digital service providers, enhance their entertainment offerings, roll out and optimize their networks and serve their customers across all channels. In order to fulfill our responsibilities to our customers, we sometimes engage third-party vendors and system integrators providing complementary products and services, including hardware and software.
We are able to offer customers worldwide superior products and services, in large part because of our highly qualified and trained technical, engineering, sales, marketing, consulting, and management personnel. We combine deep industry knowledge and experience, advanced methodologies, industry best practices andpre-configured tools to help deliver consistent results and minimize our customers’ risks. We invest significantly in the ongoing training of our personnel in key areas such as industry knowledge, software technologies and management capabilities. Based in significant part on the skills and knowledge of our workforce, we believe that we have developed a reputation for reliably delivering quality solutions.
Our business is conducted on a global basis. We maintain development and support facilities worldwide, including Brazil, Canada, Cyprus, India, Ireland, Israel, Mexico, the Philippines, the United Kingdom and the United States and have operations in North America, Europe, Israel, Latin America, Africa and the Asia-Pacific region.
Our register of members is kept at our registered office, which is Hirzel House, Smith Street, St. Peter Port, Guernsey, GY1 2NG.
Our internet site is found at www.amdocs.com. The information on or accessible through our internet site is not incorporated by reference into, and is not made a part of, this prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus.