Trio and Telecom Norge sign partnership agreement

Trio and Telecom Norge sign partnership agreement Trio Norway has signed a partnership agreement with Telecom Norge A/S (TCN), a company founded by Norway's ten leading former Alcatel retailers. TCN is an "Alcatel Certified Premium Business Partner" that plans, sells and supplies Alcatel with its voice platform and other voice- and data-related products in the Norwegian market. The TCN grouping, with 60 employees and 15 years' experience of telephony products, offers a nationwide partnership in the fields of skill creation and development. And now, thanks to this agreement, it is also a certified Trio partner, with overall responsibility - sales, installation, training, service and support - for Trio Present Office end-users. "TCN has already concluded several contracts using Trio's product portfolio and we anticipate that by the end of the year, this agreement with TCN will already have generated several orders for Trio. Having TCN as a partner enables Trio to reach a huge number of customers who need to increase their companies' efficiency and customer service levels," says Sverker Hannervall, Trio's CEO. "Being able to offer Trio's products as part of our overall portfolio in the information and communication technology solutions sphere is a plus for us. We are delighted that this agreement has been signed and are looking forward to working in partnership with Trio," says Edgar Aukan at TCN. Trio PresentOffice is the market's most complete call and message handling system, integrating fixed telephony with mobile telephony, IP telephony, voice response systems and e-mail. Trio PresentOffice offers global accessibility, boosting both the customer service level a company can offer and its own internal efficiency. For further information contact: Sverker Hannervall, CEO, phone no +46 (0) 730 66 88 23 Bård Gundersen, Country Manager, Trio Norge A/S phone no +47 67 83 00 82 Edgar Aukan, TCN phone no + 47 71 56 69 30 About Trio Trio is a telecommunications company that develops call handling systems for companies, enabling them to improve both internal efficiency and customer service levels. Around 2,000 systems have been delivered in the Nordic region, mainly to large and medium-sized companies. Trio's customers include several of the leading mobile operators. Trio operates in Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark within two divisions. Trio Mobile Office Division offers products within Trio Mobile Office that includes a complete transition from fixed to mobile telephone. This is subscribed to as a service from mobile operators and can also be a part of Trio's integrated telephony. Trio Enterprise Division offers Trio PresentOffice that includes integrated telephony and advanced call and message handling and Objecta TeleVoice that includes solutions for call centre systems, interactive voice response systems and contact centre solutions. The Trio share is listed on the O list of the Stockholm Stock Exchange. For further information, please visit: www.trio.com About TCN: TCN is a company with geographically dispersed competencies and resources, and which comprises 60 employees with 15 years' experience of telephony products. TCN has established itself as a strong alternative choice for Alcatel customers nationwide, focusing heavily on tele- and data communications operations for B2B, medium-sized and large enterprises. ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2003/09/08/20030908BIT00550/wkr0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2003/09/08/20030908BIT00550/wkr0002.pdf