About Ernst & Young’s Global Telecommunications Center Telecommunications operators are facing the challenges of growth, convergence, business transformation, technological change and regulatory pressures in increasingly difficult economic conditions. Operators choose Ernst & Young because they value our industry-based approach to addressing their assurance, tax, transaction and advisory needs. They know that they’ve much to gain from our clear understanding of the opportunities, complexities and commercial realities of the telecommunications industry — wherever in the world they’re operating. What gives us this understanding is our Global Telecommunications Center. Operating from Paris, Cologne, Johannesburg, Beijing, Delhi and San Antonio, the Center brings together people and ideas from across the world, to help our clients address the challenges of today — and tomorrow. Our clients benefit from our insights on key trends and emerging issues. These may relate to the economic downturn, next-generation services, infrastructure sharing, outsourcing, revenue assurance, operational efficiency, regulations, future growth markets or mergers and acquisitions. We help our clients react to trends in a way that improves the financial performance of their business. www.ey.com/telecommunications