TECNOMEN TO SUPPLY PREPAID SYSTEM EXPANS
Tecnomen Corporation PRESS RELEASE
14 September 2004
TECNOMEN TO SUPPLY PREPAID SYSTEM EXPANSION TO AMÉRICA MÓVILS
ECUADORIAN SUBSIDIARY
Porta (Conecel - Consorcio Ecuatoriano de Telecomunicaciones) has
awarded a prepaid system expansion contract to Tecnomen. This
expansion will significantly improve the Ecuadorian mobile operators
prepaid capacity. The project started during the third quarter of
2004. The delivery also includes Prepaid Calling Card solution.
Porta, a subsidiary of América Móvil, is the largest mobile
communications operator in Ecuador. They have been using Tecnomens
IN prepaid service using CAMEL Phase 2 and IS-41P Intelligent
Network (IN) protocols for GSM and TDMA networks respectively
since September of 2002.
"We are very pleased to continue working with Porta," said Mr Oscar
Fernandez, Managing Director, Tecnomen Latin America. "Expansion of
their existing prepaid system is necessary as their subscriber base
continues to grow. This new deal will increase the capacity of their
prepaid system and allow them to deploy new services."
"We are impressed to see how rapidly Porta has increased their
customer base. We are very happy to support their growth by helping
them to offer reliable and flexible services to their prepaid
customers," continues Mr Fernandez.
With the help of the feature-rich Tecnomen Prepaid platform, Porta can
selectively group and target services to meet the needs of their
specific market segments. Tecnomen Prepaid does not impose any
restrictions irrespective of SIM card or handset type and
simultaneously supports different protocols, including TDMA, GSM and
CDMA. It supports SMS charging and roaming, allowing subscribers to
benefit from a prepaid service whilst travelling abroad.
For more information contact
Mr Oscar Fernandez, Managing Director, Tecnomen Latin America,
tel + 55 11 55059774
Mr Eero Mertano, Vice President, Sales, Tecnomen Corporation,
tel. +358 9 8047 8523
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 40 countries. Headquartered
in Espoo, Finland, Tecnomen has 340 employees working in 10 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.
