TECNOMEN TO DELIVER 4.4 MILLION DOLLAR PREPAID EXPANSION TO AMÉRICA MÓVIL'S ECUADORIAN SUBSIDIARY
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21 March 2005 at 10.30 am
TECNOMEN TO DELIVER 4.4 MILLION DOLLAR PREPAID EXPANSION TO AMÉRICA MÓVIL'S
ECUADORIAN SUBSIDIARY
Porta (Conecel - Consorcio Ecuatoriano de Telecomunicaciones), América Móvil's
subsidiary in Ecuador, has awarded a Prepaid System expansion contract to
Tecnomen. This expansion will significantly improve the Ecuadorian mobile
operator's prepaid capacity and increases their flexibility to design new
promotions, discounts and packages to attract different prepaid customer segments
and reduce churn.
Porta is the largest mobile communications operator in Ecuador having 2.6 million
subscribers. They have been using Tecnomen's Prepaid System in GSM and TDMA
networks since 2002.
"We are pleased to continue working with Porta and to strengthen our long-term
partnership even more", says Oscar Fernandez, Managing Director, Tecnomen Latin
America. "This new deal will increase the capacity and functionality of their
Prepaid System and allows them to deploy new services. We are impressed to see
how rapidly Porta has increased their customer base, and are pleased to
collaborate in such successful growth", continues Mr Fernandez.
Tecnomen Prepaid utilises Tecnomen's extensive experience in the provision of
intelligent network (IN) prepaid solutions to deliver cost effective, redundant,
scalable and standard compliant solutions at the highest level. Tecnomen Prepaid
does not impose any restrictions on mobile terminals or SIM cards, and supports
the simultaneous use of different bearer network standards (e.g. TDMA, GSM and
CDMA). This is an important feature in markets where several network standards
are in use, such as in many Latin American countries.
TECNOMEN CORPORATION
Jarmo Niemi
President and CEO
FURTHER INFORMATION
Mr Eero Mertano, Vice President, Sales tel. +358 50 535 4970
eero.mertano@tecnomen.com
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About Tecnomen
Tecnomen develops messaging and charging solutions for telecoms operators and
service providers around the world. 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. It is the industry leader in paging
networks. 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. The company's shares are
quoted on the Helsinki Exchanges. For more information on Tecnomen visit
www.tecnomen.com .
About Porta
Porta, part of the América Móvil Group, is the leading operator in the Ecuadorian
market today with almost 2 million subscribers. They offer postpaid and prepaid
services. For more information visit www.porta.net.
About América Móvil
América Móvil is the leading provider of wireless services in Latin America with
more than 50 million mobile subscribers. They have subsidiaries and joint
ventures across the telecommunications sector in Mexico, Brazil, Ecuador,
Guatemala, Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, the United States and
Spain. For more information, visit their website at www.americamovil.com.