VODAFONE ORDERS MESSAGING SYSTEM EXPANSI
Tecnomen Corporation PRESS RELEASE 5 August 2004
VODAFONE ORDERS MESSAGING SYSTEM EXPANSION AND UPGRADE FROM TECNOMEN Vodafone Ireland has chosen Tecnomen to expand and upgrade Vodafone Voice Mail. Delivery will take place during third quarter of 2004. Vodafone is Ireland's leading mobile phone operator with a customer base of over 1.8 million subscribers, representing a 54 per cent market share. Mobile penetration in Ireland now stands at 88 per cent. The expansion of the existing Tecnomen Messaging system will significantly increase messaging capacity, and the upgrade will provide a new range of value-added services for Vodafone Irelands Vodafone Mail solution. This new, easy-to-use package includes features that will allow Vodafones voice mail system to function as a personal assistant and increase subscribers active voice mail usage. "This expansion and upgrade will allow us to add more capacity quickly as our subscriber base grows," explains Laragh McNeese Vodafone Mail Product Manager, Vodafone Ireland. "It will also allow us to offer new voice mail messaging services to both new and existing customers. Vodafone Mail provides our subscribers with a single location from which to view and respond to their messages and personal information." "Vodafone Ireland has been a customer of Tecnomen for over ten years," says Mr Petri Nordlund, Sales Director, Tecnomen Corporation. "At the end of 2002, we delivered our messaging solution which provided a core component of their Vodafone Mail service. The new features being delivered with this deal are built on Tecnomens proven messaging solution. They were tailored to meet Vodafone Irelands specific requirements. With them, they will be able to offer their subscribers useful and compelling new services." Tecnomen Messaging includes some of the most advanced technology on the market for meeting the needs of mobile subscribers today and tomorrow. With Tecnomen Messaging, operators and service providers can build messaging service packages tailored to suit their own requirements, and offer their customers the advanced added-value services needed to stand out in todays competitive market. Vodafone Mail is an advanced and enhanced mobile e-mail system that will allow customers to listen to voice mails and view faxes on the web as well as access their Vodafone e-mail on their handsets. With a Vodafone live! e-mail address, customers get a generous personal storage of 10MB free of charge. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Mr Petri Nordlund, Sales Director, Tecnomen Corporation, tel. +358 9 8047 8058, petri.nordlund@tecnomen.com Mr Eero Mertano, Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Tecnomen Corporation, tel. +358 9 8047 8523, eero.mertano@tecnomen.com ABOUT TECNOMEN Tecnomen develops value-added service systems for teleoperators and service providers. Founded in 1978, 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 340 employees and its shares are quoted on the Helsinki Exchanges. For more information on Tecnomen visit www.tecnomen.com. ABOUT VODAFONE IRELAND Vodafone Ireland was established in 1994, and operated Ireland's first mobile phone service as part of the former state telco - Telecom Eireann. Operating under the separate brand - Eircell - it enjoyed huge expansion in the late '90's as mobile telephony was embraced in Ireland. In May 2001, Vodafone acquired Eircell in the largest deal ever in Irish corporate history. The company is now part of the world's largest mobile community. For more information on Vodafone visit www.vodafone.com.