Centrica Signs Contract with Teligent for the Supply of Advanced IN Services

Carrier Pre-Select, Indirect Access and Calling Card Advanced Services IN Platform


STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Dec. 17, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Teligent announced today a new customer in Centrica Telecommunications, a leading provider of communications services in the UK. Teligent will be providing the Teligent P90/E platform and applications to help Centrica Telecommunications maintain their lead in the competitive indirect telecom services market. The Teligent platform will be carrying calls generated by the Centrica brands -- British Gas Communications and One.Tel.

The Teligent P90/E is a powerful multi-application services environment within which Teligent will work with Centrica Telecommunications to enhance the already successful Carrier Pre-Select (CPS) services and Calling Card services. The contract also includes the Teligent P90/E service creation environment; the Application Builder. This will enable Centrica Telecommunications to rapidly develop new services for the residential and business markets.

- "Teligent has shown great commitment to Centrica Telecommunications throughout the project process and will be a valuable new partner for us," said Paul Harris, Product Delivery Director, Centrica Telecommunications. This agreement will strengthen our position as a leading supplier of high value, high quality services to the residential and business markets.

- "We are pleased to welcoming Centrica Telecommunications of the UK to the growing family of new users of the Teligent P90/E platform," commented Ulf Lindsten, CEO & President of Teligent. We believe that innovative service creation is essential in today's competitive European market and is most easily achieved through partnerships such as that between Centrica and Teligent.

The delivery is 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.

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

About Centrica Telecommunications

Centrica Telecommunications is the leading alternative communications supplier in the UK with over 1.4 million fixed, mobile and Internet accounts across its two brands -- One.Tel and British Gas Communications. Centrica Telecommunications is a division of Centrica. Centrica also operates under The AA, British Gas and Scottish Gas brands.

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