TECNOMEN RECEIVES PREPAID EXPANSION ORDER FROM MATTEL IN MAURITANIA
Tecnomen Corporation PRESS RELEASE 21 July 2005
TECNOMEN RECEIVES PREPAID EXPANSION ORDER FROM MATTEL IN MAURITANIA Mattel (la Mauritano-Tunisienne de Telecommunications) in Mauritania has awarded a Prepaid System upgrade and expansion contract to Tecnomen. This Prepaid System expansion solidifies Mattel's position as a market leader in Mauritania and enables Mattel to extend its service offering to its customers. This delivery consists of additional prepaid value added services such as Discount Based on Usage, Bonus Based on Recharge, Mobile Originated SMS Recharge and Balance Query. "Mattel functions in a very competitive environment, and we need to offer high quality services in order to maintain and possibly increase our top position. We chose to expand and upgrade Tecnomen's existing reliable, flexible and feature rich Prepaid System in order to cater to growing subscriber demand in Mauritania. Tecnomen's Prepaid System is a crucial component of Mattel's GSM network, as 98% of our subscribers are Prepaid-customers. We are very happy with the professional after sales support that is provided by Tecnomen to an emerging operator such as ours", remarks Mr Mohamed Hadj Khalifa, General Manager, Mattel. "Mattel has been reliant on Tecnomen's Prepaid System since 2001. This expansion increases the capacity and functionality of Mattel's Prepaid System, and allows easy future deployment of new services to their growing customer base", states Mr Matias Sillanpää, Managing Director, Tecnomen Middle East and Africa. Tecnomen Prepaid uses Tecnomen's extensive experience in the provisioning of Intelligent Network (IN) prepaid solutions to deliver cost effective, redundant, scalable, and standards compliant solutions at the highest level. Tecnomen Prepaid imposes no restrictions on mobile terminals or SIM cards, and supports different network standards (GSM, TDMA, CDMA). This is a vital feature in markets where several network standards are in simultaneous use, as in many Latin American countries. For more information contact Mr Matias Sillanpää, Managing Director, Tecnomen Middle East and Africa, tel. +971 50 654 7902 Mr Eero Mertano, Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Tecnomen Corporation, tel. +358 50 535 4970 About Tecnomen Tecnomen develops and supplies 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 350 employees working in 13 locations worldwide. The company's shares are quoted on the Main List of the Helsinki Exchanges. For more information on Tecnomen visit www.tecnomen.com . About Mattel Mattel is the first GSM network in Mauritania. It is a Mauritanian -Tunisian company in which Tunisie Telecom (PSTN and mobile Tunisian operator) holds 51% and Somatel (private Mauritanian investors) holds 49%. 04 October 2005, Mattel will celebrate the fifth anniversary with 300.000 subscribers of which 98% are pre-paid subscribers. It offers a variety of pre-paid, post-paid and roaming services and it makes the exclusive representation of GMPCS Thuraya service in Mauritania. Since its creation, Mattel does not cease to respond to all customer's queries and it dissociated by a high quality network. It ensures the coverage of 28 cities (Nouakchott, Nouadhibou, Zouerate, Atar, Rosso, Tijikdja, Guérou, Kaédi, Sélibabi, Tintane, Timbedra, Boutelimitt, Aleg, Magtalahjar, AdelBergrou, Basseknou, Nema, Aioun, Kankoussa, Kiffa, Aghchorguitt, Boghe, Cheggar, Bareina, Keur Macen, Maatamoulana, OuadNaga, Rkiz, Akjoujt) and the two principal roads: Nouakchott-Rosso and Nouakchott Boutlimit. For more information on Mattel visit www.mattel.mr.