SMHI signs new master agreement with Information Highway

SMHI signs new master agreement with Information Highway Internet consultant Information Highway is one of six suppliers selected by SMHI (the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute) to enter three-year master agreements for IT services. The new contract extends SMHI's collaboration with Information Highway, and has a total value of SEK 30 m. "We chose Information Highway as a provider to offer SMHI access to the most extensive skills base possible, plus in-depth technology expertise in areas that are vital to us," reported Hans Wibeck, SMHI's Technical Controller. Like Sweden's PTO Telia, SMHI has decided to slash its ranks of IT suppliers, and accordingly, the suppliers that are retained are regarded as having a profile that can offer the most value-added to SMHI, in terms of all the relevant evaluation criteria. Collaboration extended SMHI and Information Highway have already collaborated for three years on a series of projects. They include the Airviro project, with the production of a Web solution for a system for measuring air pollution, which has been customised and sold on to the Department of the Environment in the UK, and the equivalent government authority in Thailand. The alliance has also produced a service providing position-specific forecasts direct to mobile phones. Sundbyberg, 21 December 1999 Information Highway AB (publ) For more information, please contact: Mats Sandström, Account Manager, Information Highway, tel. +46 (0)70 624 4849 Hans Wibeck, Technical Controller, tel. +46 (0)11 495 8236 Ulf Karnell, VP, Corp. Comm., Information Highway, tel. +46 (0)70 514 1739 Information Highway's mission is to assist customers in exploiting the full potential of the digital arena and the network economy. We work in close partnership with our customers in order to provide the services needed to develop their businesses, expand their horizons and realise their visions. Information Highway was founded in 1994, and now has around 450 people working in its Business, Interactive and Technology Consulting business areas at nine locations in Sweden, as well as in Norway, Denmark, Finland and the UK. The company's share is quoted on the Stockholm Stock Exchange's O-list. Göran Wågström is the group CEO. Information Highway has a client base of around 200 businesses, and provides solutions for ABB, Ericsson, Telia, ATG, Fondex, SAS, Stadium, SMHI and LocusMedicus. (More information on http://infowhwy.se). ------------------------------------------------------------ Please visit http://www.bit.se for further information The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/1999/12/21/19991221BIT00910/bit0001.pdf http://www.bit.se/bitonline/1999/12/21/19991221BIT00910/bit0002.doc