TECNOMEN TO SUPPLY MESSAGING SYSTEM ENHA
Tecnomen Corporation PRESS RELEASE 27 November 2003
TECNOMEN TO SUPPLY MESSAGING SYSTEM ENHANCEMENT TO SWISSCOM MOBILE Enables Swisscom Mobile to provide Wireless E-mail as part of its Vodafone live! Service Tecnomen Corporation has been selected by Swisscom Mobile to provide new enhanced messaging services for their existing Tecnomen messaging platform. The enhancement will expand Swisscom Mobiles messaging solution portfolio by offering new services such as wireless e-mail, as part of its recently launched Vodafone live! service. Swisscom and Tecnomen have been working together for more than ten years to provide a comprehensive messaging service portfolio to Swiss mobile subscribers. The new agreement will ensure that Swisscom Mobile continues to expand its customer base and is able to introduce new innovative services to its customers based on the Tecnomen Messaging platform. "Tecnomen is proud to be providing one of its newest services to such a key customer as Swisscom Mobile," said Kai Honetschläger, Managing Director, Tecnomen GmbH. "We are looking forward to working together to further Swisscoms reputation as the leading and most innovative mobile operator in the Swiss market. Further, we are confident that this cooperation will be very profitable and offer mutual benefits for both parties." Swisscom Mobile is the leading mobile operator in Switzerland with more than 3.6 million customers, representing around 66 per cent of the Swiss mobile market. Swisscom Mobile is the 14th Vodafone associate to offer Vodafone live! to its customers under license from Vodafone, after launching the service on 13th November 2003. The Vodafone Group, global market leader in mobile communications, has entered into a strategic partnership with Swisscom Mobile taking a 25% holding "Providing innovative new services will enable us to increase our competitive advantage and attract new customers," said Felix Kamer, Project Manager Vodafone live! Swisscom MobileAG. "Tecnomen has proven itself to be a reliable partner in helping Swisscom to develop and supply new services over the past decade." The Tecnomen messaging system is a comprehensive portfolio of messaging services. It enables operators and service providers to target specific end-user groups with tailored combinations of messaging services, and to add new service combinations according to their needs. The Tecnomen messaging system has advanced multimedia capabilities, and provides rich messaging services that fully utilise next-generation networks. For more information contact Mr Kai Honetschläger, Managing Director, Tecnomen GmbH, tel. +49 6103 5085 25 Ms Sari Aapola, Director, Marketing, tel. +358 9 8047 8415 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. Swisscom Mobile AG Swisscom Mobile is the number one in the Swiss mobile communications market with a market share of around 66%. In 2002 Swisscom Mobile generated revenues of CHF 4,11 billion. The company has about 3.6 million NATEL® customers. Since 1 April 2001 Swisscom Mobile has been a public limited company in which Swisscom Ltd has a 75% shareholding. The Vodafone Group, global market leader in mobile communications, has entered into a strategic partnership with Swisscom Mobile taking a 25% holding. The NATEL® network (GSM900 and GSM1800) supports all new technologies such as HSCSD, GPRS and has been expanded with Public Wireless LAN in popular places. With 99% coverage it is Switzerland's best mobile network. It is also the only one to provide access to more than 340 mobile networks worldwide in more than 160 countries. www.swisscom-mobile.ch