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KPN, the dominant telco serving the Dutch market, on Tuesday announced it tapped Accenture to help it build its multi-element video offering.

Large wireless carriers like AT&T Mobility and Verizon Wireless are in the midst of redefining their organizations in order to take advantage of the growing mobile enterprise opportunity. And in some cases, these carriers are outselling traditional enterprise outfits like Accenture and IBM--a notable outcome as more and more enterprise functions go mobile.

There is a "seismic shift in consumer viewing habits" occurring in the United States and U.K. as nearly half of all consumers watch broadband-delivered over-the-top content on their televisions, Accenture's "Pulse of Media Consumer Survey" says.

Accenture on Monday acquired Nokia Siemens Networks' IPTV software, a move that will immediately enhance the systems integration and services company's over-the-top video capabilities with a broader set of integration and software components.