STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Nov. 26, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Teligent announced today an agreement, through its French subsidiary, with leading African mobile operator Atlantique Telecom for the delivery of a complete network solution for the basic value added services in four different African markets. The initial order was received in the third quarter of 2003 and will be delivered in phases during the beginning of 2004.
The now announced order is considered of strategic importance for Teligent as it includes a total packaging of Mobile Pre-Paid, Messaging and SMS services as for growth markets in an expanding region. Atlantique Telecom is a member of the Atlantique Group of Cote d'Ivoire and is active as mobile operator in five African markets under the trademark Telecel. The new order is for identical installations in four of these local markets; Burkina Faso, Gabon, Niger and Togo.
"In this competitive market, if you want to keep your leadership alive, you cannot afford not to meet customers more demanding requirements," said Joel Cadier, Chief Executive Officer of Atlantique Telecom. We realised that our existing equipment could not help us get where we ought to be. A board resolution allowed us to send out a tender. We received four replies from majors prepaid equipment suppliers. Our engineers spent a lot of time and effort whilst gathered in Libreville, Gabon, going through the proposals. Teligent came out with the best offer in terms of cutting-edge technology, quality, pricing, customisation and maintenance service.
Teligent has a long record of successful installations and a prominent position within the business niche of value added services and is now continuing its global expansion strategy.
"This is exciting for us. We will supply a leading operator with four installations of the required base services of Voice Mail, Mobile Pre- Paid and SMSC in an expansive growth region," said a pleased Ulf Lindsten, CEO & President of Teligent. We are pleased to follow up our successful delivery of large Voice Mail systems to Maroc Telecom, and with the strong belief of growth for the mobile market in this region, we are looking forward to growing together with Atlantique Telecom in this area.
The deliveries are based on the middleware platform, Teligent P90/E, which is implemented in various configurations by a large number of leading carriers in the international telecommunications market, including AT&T Wireless, BT, Telefonica, Telia, Tele2 and members of the Vodafone group.
For further information, please contact:
Ulf Lindsten, CEO & President, Per Hallerstam, Managing Director, Teligent AB Teligent SA Tel. +46-8 520 660 50 Tel. +33-(0)1 48 00 18 18 ulf.lindsten@teligent.se per.hallerstam@teligent.fr
About Teligent
Teligent develops, markets and sells advanced value added services for telecommunications networks. The services and applications provided by the company are based on the generic service development platform, the Teligent P90/E. Teligent's solutions are currently utilised by leading telecom operators, for example AT&T Wireless, BT, Cingular, Maroc Telecom, T-Mobile USA, Telefonica, Tele2, Telia and members of the Vodafone group.
Teligent was founded in 1990 and has been listed on the Stockholmsborsen (the Stockholm Stock Exchange) since 1999. With offices throughout the Americas, Asia/Pacific, Europe and the Middle East as well as international partnerships, the company combine global reach with expertise in local market requirements. Teligent has approximately 260 employees and in 2002 generated an income of SEK 250,000,000. For further information please visit www.teligent.se
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