Teligent re-launches Collect Call for mobile telephones, swedish mobile portal Halebop is the first to market

Teligent re-launches Collect Call for mobile telephones Swedish mobile portal Halebop is the first to market Teligent continues to strengthen its offering to operators of mobile pre- paid. Today Teligent presents a new solution that provides mobile operators with the possibility of increasing traffic revenues from existing customers. With the Teligent 3GSM Collect Call solution mobile telephony customers can call with a mobile pre-paid subscription even if the card has run out of credit. The mobile portal Halebop is the first mobile service provider in Sweden to offer this service. Teligent received an order for the delivery of 3GSM Collect Call to Halebop during the autumn and the launch of this service is currently underway. The total value of the order is confidential, but the order is of strategic importance from Teligent's perspective. For many years now callers have been able to make collect calls via the fixed telephony network. With the launch of 3GSM Collect Call this service can now also be offered to mobile pre-paid customers. The solution is based on the Teligent P90/E platform, which, with its open architecture and built-in flexibility, facilitates integration with existing mobile and fixed telecom networks and IP networks. - This is a good method for operators to increase their revenues by utilising their networks for traffic that they would otherwise lose, says Ulf Lindstén, President and CEO of Teligent. The operators can offer their mobile pre-paid customers the possibility of always being able to make a call, even when the card is empty and they can, in addition, charge for this service. Solutions, such as this make it easy for the operators to generate further revenue and it is a natural development of the pre-paid segment. On a practical level, the Teligent solution functions by allowing the user to key in a short number that connects them to a voice menu that allow the individual to record his name. The recipient of the call can choose whether to accept or reject it, by pressing 1 for "yes" or 2 for "no". Furthermore, it is possible for the recipient to pre-select telephone numbers that are always accepted. This is practical for a number of reasons; for example, parents that have children who need call them from mobile telephones and wish to reverse the call charge and in a commercial context in which a company does not want its customers to have to pay for calls to them. - We actually had mobile collect calls as part of our offering five to six years ago, but the market for mobile pre-paid was not sufficiently developed at that time. Now both Teligent and Halebop deem that the market is mature enough for this type of service, concludes Mr. Lindstén. For further information, please contact: Ulf Lindstén, CEO and President, Teligent AB Tel. +46 8 520 660 97 E-Mail: ulf.lindsten@teligent.se About Teligent Teligent develops and market network based telecommunications solutions for telecom operators' telephone and data networks. These solutions are delivered as value-added services, which telecom operators and service providers offer companies and the public via public networks. Teligent's client list include several major telecom operators, for example, BT in Great Britain, Telefónica in Spain, Telia in Sweden and companies like AT&T Wireless, Cingular and VoiceStream in the USA. The company is listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange and has subsidiaries in France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Spain, Sweden and USA. About Halebop Halebop is Sweden's largest mobile portal. www.halebop.se offers more than 150 services specifically designed for mobile use. The services are operator and hardware independent, and can be accessed via SMS, WAP or GPRS. Halebop also offers the cash card payment alternative, Halebop Mobil, which is competitively priced and offers a choice of connection alternatives. The Halebop Mobil card also creates its own menu in the user's mobile telephone which provides direct shortcuts to services that are available on the portal. In this way, it is possible to simply access the total service package offered by Halebop. ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2003/01/08/20030108BIT00130/wkr0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2003/01/08/20030108BIT00130/wkr0002.pdf