STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Feb. 02, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Teligent announces today further achievements in the Eastern European market with a new order from a new customer, the Bulgarian mobile operator MobilTel. The order, received in the fourth quarter of 2003, of an advanced Content Mediation Platform will be delivered within the second quarter of 2004.
A Content Mediation Platform is an access gateway for content providers to the mobile network. The ordered solution will handle data, such as MMS and SMS, as well as voice content services. This is of great interest to mobile operators since content services can provide both traffic and additional revenues, but there are also challenges to be met by the operators for an efficient interface to content providers. The need to manage hundreds or maybe thousands of content providers as well as the operator's fear that these external non-telecom partners may cause network and load problems are parts of the motive for the investment. The Teligent Content Mediation Platform acts as a gateway and broker between the external content providers and the operator's network, providing tools for e.g. surveillance, spam filtering, revenue sharing and service level agreements.
"Without a doubt, it is important for us to simplify the process for more and more external content within our network," said Nikolay Nikolov, Executive Director of MobilTel EAD. Various data and voice driven content services are becoming increasingly important and the co- operation with Teligent is one part in our effort to maintain our leading position on the Bulgarian telecom market.
For Teligent the order is valuable both since MobilTel is a leading operator in an expanding market and also since the area of content and service gateways is of increasing interest among mobile operators. - The Teligent Content Mediation Platform is a flexible and competent enabler for opening up the network for various data and voice content. This is of increasing interest today and a challenge to be met by the industry, not least within 2.5G and 3G environments to ensure increased revenues from content services to complement basic voice call services, says Ulf Lindsten, CEO & President of Teligent. We are also proud of the order and to be able to continue our work in the expanding Eastern European market after our successful collaboration with Connex in Romania.
The ordered solution are based on the Teligent P90/E middleware platform, 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 Fredrik Backlund, Corporate
Teligent AB Communications
Tel. +46-(0)8 520 660 50 Teligent AB
ulf.lindsten@teligent.se Tel. +46-(0)8 520 660 00
fredrik.backlund@teligent.se
About Teligent
Teligent develops, markets and sells advanced value added services fortelecommunications networks. The services and applications provided bythe company are based on the generic service development platform, theTeligent P90/E. Teligent's solutions are currently utilised by leadingtelecom operators, for example AT&T Wireless, BT, Cingular, MarocTelecom, T-Mobile USA, Telefonica, Tele2, Telia and members of theVodafone group. Teligent was founded in 1990 and has been listed on theStockholmsborsen (the Stockholm Stock Exchange) since 1999. With officesthroughout the Americas, Asia/Pacific, Europe and the Middle East aswell as international partnerships, the company combine global reachwith expertise in local market requirements. Teligent has approximately270 employees and had in 2002 a turnover of SEK 250 millions. Forfurther information please visit www.teligent.se
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