TECNOMEN TO DELIVER A COMPLETE VALUE ADD
Tecnomen Corporation PRESS RELEASE 7 October 2003
TECNOMEN TO DELIVER A COMPLETE VALUE ADDED SERVICE SOLUTION TO CCT BOATPHONE IN THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS CCT Boatphone, the exclusive wireless service provider of the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean, has awarded Tecnomen a contract to deliver and install a complete value added service solution during the last quarter of 2003. Tecnomen will provide CCT Boatphone with such messaging systems as prepaid and voice mail, as well as a Multimedia Messaging Service Centre (MMSC), unified messaging service and a WAP gateway. The solution will be taken into commercial deployment in March 2004. Based in Tortola, the largest of the islands, CCT Boatphone provides on-board wireless services to sailing tourists and island visitors, as well as wireless services to residents and local businesses in the British Virgin Islands. "Tecnomens value added service solution is a very powerful tool that provides a flexible and advanced system for offering the services that the market requires and the opportunity to fulfil our customer needs," said Robert Lyons, General Manager, CCT Boatphone. "This is especially important to CCT Boatphone since it will add great value to local BVI residents and to the more than 600,000 tourists that visit the islands annually and account for the majority of our business." "CCT Boatphone is an important customer to Tecnomen as this will be our first complete delivery of our whole range of products in the Caribbean, including multimedia messaging, unified messaging, voice mail and Intelligent Networks based prepaid solutions," said Kimmo Aura, General Manager, Tecnomen Americas. "This will be an important reference for Tecnomen, as we can demonstrate our ability to serve CCT Boatphone as well as other future customers in the Caribbean region." The British Virgin Islands have a population of approximately 20,000 and are a self-governing territory of the United Kingdom. The economy, one of the most stable and prosperous in the Caribbean, is highly dependent on tourism, generating an estimated 45 per cent of the national income. All charter yachts in the British Virgin Islands, 99.9 per cent, are equipped with boat phones. The modular Tecnomen value added service solution will allow CCT Boatphone to address all aspects of todays messaging needs and provides a solid framework for meeting future requirements with the most advanced technology available. With Tecnomens value added service solution, CCT Boatphone can build suitable combinations of services to respond to the needs of its market segments and target groups. For more information contact Mr Kimmo Aura, General Manager, Tecnomen Americas, tel +358 9 8047 8882 Mr Peter Henningsen, Account Manager, Tecnomen Latin America, tel +55 11 55059774 About Tecnomen Tecnomen develops value-added service systems for teleoperators and service providers. 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 450 employees and its shares are quoted on the Helsinki Exchanges. This year Tecnomen celebrates its 25th anniversary. For more information on Tecnomen visit www.tecnomen.com. About CCT Boatphone A Caribbean-based company founded in 1986, CCT Boatphone provides wireless telecommunications services to British Virgin Islands sailing and land-based tourists as well as business and residential customers. With nine cellular sites on five British Virgin Islands, CCT Boatphone offers wireless services including voice and data. The company currently has 30 employees with headquarters in Tortola and a branch office in Virgin Gorda. For more information about CCT Boatphone, visit www.bvicellular.com.