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TECNOMEN RECEIVES USD 12.2 MILLION ORDER FROM PORTA IN ECUADOR

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                                        10 July 2006 at 9.00 am


TECNOMEN RECEIVES USD 12.2 MILLION ORDER FROM PORTA IN ECUADOR

PORTA (Conecel - Consorcio Ecuatoriano de Telecomunicaciones), América Móvil's
subsidiary in Ecuador, has awarded a contract to Tecnomen that includes a
Convergent Charging rating solution for voice and data (SMS, MMS, WAP, Internet,
and GPRS) and postpaid billing, SMS FDA, VPN Platform and Voice Mail messaging
expansion.

PORTA is the leading mobile operator in Ecuador with more than 5 million
subscribers. The company has been using Tecnomen's Prepaid system since 2002.

"We are pleased and impressed to see the success of PORTA as a leading operator
in the Ecuadorian market. By closing this deal Tecnomen continues to work in
close partnership with PORTA to ensure current and future growth", says Oscar
Fernandez, Managing Director, Tecnomen Latin America. "This is a significant
milestone for Tecnomen in Latin America, and serves to strengthen our presence
and position as a leading company in Latin America ", continues Mr Fernandez.

Tecnomen's system features a new range of value-added services for prepaid and
post-paid billing, charging and rating of voice calls, data traffic, or any kind
of content services in both mobile and fixed networks. The solution has been pre-
integrated with network equipment from leading network vendors, and supports
simultaneous use of different bearer network standards.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Mr Oscar Fernandez, Managing Director, Tecnomen Latin America,
tel. +55 11 5505 9774
Mr Eero Mertano, Vice President, Sales, Tecnomen Corp., Finland,
tel. +358 50 535 4970

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 and charging solutions. 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 380 employees working in 13
locations. The company's shares are quoted on the Main List of the Helsinki Stock
Exchanges. For more information on Tecnomen visit www.tecnomen.com.

About PORTA
PORTA is operating in Ecuador since 1993, having the leadership in the wireless
market with more than 4.8 million users. PORTA is the Ecuadorian subsidiary of
America Movil, the Latin American wireless services leader, with diverse
operations in Americas and more than 100 million subscribers in the region. For
more information on PORTA visit www.porta.net.

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