TECNOMEN AND SIEMENS HAVE DELIVERED NEXT GENERATION MESSAGING SYSTEM TO TELE.RING IN AUSTRIA
Tecnomen Corporation PRESS RELEASE 19.12.2005
TECNOMEN AND SIEMENS HAVE DELIVERED NEXT GENERATION MESSAGING SYSTEM TO TELE.RING IN AUSTRIA tele.ring in Austria has awarded a contract to Siemens, in partnership with Tecnomen, to replace its existing voice mail system with the Tecnomen Next Generation Messaging (NGM) System. The entire tele.ring subscriber base was successfully migrated with no service interruption to Tecnomen's Next Generation Messaging System. Commercial launch was in November 2005. tele.ring is the fourth largest telecommunications operator in Austria with over one million mobile, data and internet customers. The Tecnomen Next Generation Messaging System includes a comprehensive suite of voice services built on an innovative, future proof, all-IP open standard based platform. The NGM architecture translates directly into support for application servers as well as rapid service creation using VoiceXML and WebServices. The adoption of Tecnomen Next Generation Voice Mail service in conjunction with the NGM system reduces tele.ring's operating expenditures and decreases their future capital expenditures. "It was important for us to implement a state of the art, future proof platform that is based on open standards. We are proud to found in Tecnomen and Siemens flexible partners for such an important project" says Mr Christian Laqué, Director Network Development, tele.ring. "We demanded that the existing voice mail services were rebuilt and that the subscribers were migrated without service interruption in order to guarantee our customers a seamless service." "This contract with tele.ring strengthens Tecnomen's position in the next generation messaging market as a key player and shows our capacity to deliver cost-effective, scalable messaging systems. This replacement also highlights our flexibility in seamlessly replacing existing messaging systems. Our aim is to help tele.ring maximise their service revenues" says Mr Petri Nordlund, Sales Director, Tecnomen Europe. Tecnomen Next Generation Messaging solution includes some of the most advanced technologies on the market for meeting the needs of mobile subscribers today and tomorrow. With the Tecnomen Messaging solution, operators and service providers can build messaging service packages tailored to suit their individual requirements, and offer their customers the advanced added-value services required to succeed in today's competitive market. FURTHER INFORMATION Mr Petri Nordlund, Sales Director, Europe, Tecnomen Corporation, tel. +358 9 804 78 058, petri.nordlund@tecnomen.com Mr Eero Mertano, Vice Preseident, Sales, Tecnomen Coropration, tel +358 50 535 4970, eero.mertano@tecnomen.com About Tecnomen Tecnomen develops messaging and charging solutions for telecoms operators and service providers worldwide. Founded in 1978, it is one of the leading suppliers of messaging solutions, and has a strong market position in prepaid systems and intelligent network components. Tecnomen markets its products and services through its own worldwide organisation, as well as through global and local partners, and has supplied its products to customers in over 50 countries. Headquartered in Espoo, Finland, Tecnomen has 360 employees working in 13 locations. The company's shares are quoted on the Main Lists of the Helsinki Exchanges. For more information on Tecnomen visit www.tecnomen.com. About tele.ring tele.ring is the only full service provider with it's own fiber glass fixed network (1012) and a modern mobile network (0650) that covers 98% of the Austrian population. tele.ring's 570 employees service over 1.005.000 mobile, data and internet customers. In 2004 tele.ring has started its UMTS network in 10 major Austrian cities. tele.ring has proven to be a successful, fast growing company with high quality products, great customer service and fair prices. For further information visit: www.telering.at