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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
MTS Awards LogicaCMG Framework Agreement Contract to Deploy Next Generation Messaging Solutions
LogicaCMG today announced that MTS (Mobile TeleSystems), Russia's largest mobile operator, has awarded LogicaCMG a multi-million euro frame agreement contract with LogicaCMG as its preferred supplier of Next Generation Messaging solutions. The frame agreement contract covers MTS in Russia and all its subsidiaries, with LogicaCMG providing software and hardware, systems integration and helping create the operator’s service delivery platform. LogicaCMG’s Next Generation Messaging solutions will now enable the operator to offer innovative and high value multimedia services to its 35.9 million subscriber base.
The contract will immediately see LogicaCMG upgrading MTS’ existing LogicaCMG Short Message Service Centre (SMSC), LogicaCMG Wireless Service Brokers (WSBs), and Multimedia Messaging Service Centres (MMSCs), as well as over time introducing new value added services to the operator’s messaging portfolio. The first phase of MTS’ investments in LogicaCMG’s Next Generation Messaging solutions exceeds €2 million, and is an integral part of the company’s ambitious strategy to increase its data services revenues from both consumer and corporate subscribers.
Once the implementation of the LogicaCMG solutions is complete in the first quarter of 2005, many of MTS' subscribers will be able to use high-quality, premium-priced multimedia services such as picture messaging as well as download ringtones and wallpapers. MTS subscribers will also have the freedom of sending MMS content to any mobile network and any device due to the leading interconnect and transcoding functionality of LogicaCMG's messaging solutions. Transcoding, the process of adapting content to resolve incompatibilities among mobile devices, ensures that content is tailored to the physical and technical specifications of any receiving device. As MTS' multimedia services attract more subscribers, LogicaCMG's high-performance, high availability MMS solution offers the scalability to maintain the service quality that users demand from MMS services.
Chris McDermott, CEO of LogicaCMG's telecoms business, added: “This is a great contract win for us for several reasons. The fact that MTS was an existing customer using our SMSC and had the confidence to make further significant investment in LogicaCMG messaging technology is a real testament to the strength of the relationship we have. MTS investing in our total next generation solution that incorporates multimedia, wireless roaming and next-generation SMS also clearly showcases the strength of all parts of our portfolio. LogicaCMG is keen to develop its presence in the Russian market and our developing relationship with MTS is exactly the proof point we need to do this.”
About LogicaCMG
LogicaCMG is a major international force in IT services and wireless telecoms. It provides management and IT consultancy, systems integration and outsourcing services to clients across diverse markets including telecoms, financial services, energy and utilities, industry, distribution and transport and the public sector. Formed in December 2002, through the merger of Logica and CMG, the company employs around 20,000 staff in offices across 34 countries and has nearly 40 years of experience in IT services. Headquartered in Europe, LogicaCMG is listed on both the London and Amsterdam stock exchanges (LSE: LOG; Euronext: LOG).
About Mobile TeleSystems
Mobile TeleSystems OJSC (“MTS”) is the largest mobile phone operator in Russia and the CIS. Together with its subsidiaries, the company services over 35.9 million subscribers. The regions of Russia, as well as Belarus, Ukraine and Uzbekistan, in which MTS and its subsidiaries are licensed to provide GSM services, have a total population of approximately 225.8 million. Since June 2000, MTS’ Level 3 ADRs have been listed on the New York Stock Exchange with the ticker symbol MBT. Additional information about MTS can be found on MTS’ website at www.mtsgsm.com.
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