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Tecnomen Corporation                STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE
                                    22 March 2004 at 10.00 am


TECNOMEN OUTSOURCES TO ACCENTURE MAJOR PART OF SOFTWARE
DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE FOR VOICE MESSAGING SYSTEMS

Tecnomen is outsourcing a major part of its software development and
maintenance for voice messaging systems to Accenture Service Oy. This
will create a firm basis for developing Tecnomen’s messaging system
business, providing a flexible supply of expert resources in line with
market demand.

Accenture is also providing its services in joint product development
with Tecnomen for the next generation messaging system (NGM). Since in
the long term the NGM markets have the best growth prospects, with
this arrangement Tecnomen can increase its product development efforts
for the NGM messaging system extremely quickly.

By combining its product development resources with Accenture,
Tecnomen will be able to further improve its customer relationships
and serve current and new customers with a more diverse and flexible
service concept. In addition, Tecnomen estimates that in the long term
it will save in fixed costs and boost its profitability.

The companies have also started discussions about cooperation in
marketing, selling and supplying messaging systems to operator
customers worldwide.

Tecnomen has 59 people working in the business operations that are
being outsourced and they will transfer to the employment of
Accenture, retaining their existing employee status. They will
continue to work in Tecnomen’s premises in Espoo. After this
outsourcing, Tecnomen will have approximately 140 employees in
Finland.

TECNOMEN CORPORATION


Jarmo Niemi
President and CEO


FURTHER INFORMATION
Jarmo Niemi, President and CEO, tel. +358 (0)9 8047 8799

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About Tecnomen
Tecnomen develops value-added service systems for teleoperators and
service providers. Founded in 1978, the company is one of the world's
leading suppliers of messaging systems. Tecnomen has a strong market
position in prepaid systems and intelligent network components, and is
the market leader in paging systems. Tecnomen markets its products and
services through its own worldwide organisation, as well as through
global and local partners. The company operates in 10 locations
worldwide and has supplied its products to customers in over 40
countries. Tecnomen has around 400 employees and its shares are quoted
on the Helsinki Exchanges. For more information on Tecnomen visit
www.tecnomen.com.

About Accenture
Accenture is a global management consulting, technology
services and outsourcing company. Committed to delivering
innovation, Accenture collaborates with its clients to help
them become high-performance businesses and governments. With
deep industry and business process expertise, broad global
resources and a proven track record, Accenture can mobilize
the right people, skills, and technologies to help clients
improve their performance. With approximately 86,000 people in
48 countries, the company generated net revenues of US$11.8
billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2003. Its home page
is www.accenture.com.

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