MALMO, Sweden, March 05, 2002 (PRIMEZONE) -- Teleca's new board of directors, elected on February 28, 2002, has decided on a new structure and organization.
For several years Teleca has been running its operations decentralized through subsidiaries focusing on their regional markets. In parallel, a number of key accounts have been established. The new common structure means that the market will be addressed through:
--Local cost-efficient subsidiaries focusing on their local market. Teleca currently has subsidiaries in 13 countries.
--Enforced key account management. The group's broad international customer base, consisting of leading international blue-chip companies with extensive R&D operations, creates great opportunities to both broaden and deepen Teleca's total market penetration. Therefore the key account management is enforced.
--AU-System has successfully developed components for mobile systems. The strategy now is to leverage from co-operation with local subsidiaries, primarily through increased consulting volumes, but also through increased component sales. AU-System was affected by Ericsson's cutbacks during the spring 2001. Through the components the company has been able to generate substantial new consulting volumes during the autumn from international clients like Samsung, Comneon/Infineon, Motorola, and LG Electronics. The market trend, where the major players in the telecom industry are increasingly working horizontally with partners instead of vertically within their own structures, creates significant opportunities internationally to combine consultancy sales with sales of the spearhead components. A new subsidiary, Teleca AU-Technologies AB, will drive this process.
The new structure means that AU-System AB is divided into the following three subsidiaries:
--Teleca AU-Technologies AB with 270 employees. Focuses on mobile solutions for telecom suppliers and on developing the business logic around AU-System's components together with the regional subsidiaries. AU-System's business area Suppliers forms the basis for this subsidiary. Christer Bjork, today business area manager for Suppliers at AU-System will be responsible for this subsidiary.
--AU-System Solutions AB with 350 employees. AU-System's business areas Enterprise and Operators form the basis for this subsidiary. Johan Nyberg, today business area manager for Enterprise at AU-System will be responsible for this subsidiary.
--Teleca AU-Networks AB with 160 employees. Focuses on maintenance of telecommunications systems and consists of AU-System's operations in Ostersund, which was started through an outsourcing contract with Ericsson in 2000. This unit will also include Teleca's operations in Poland. Lars-Goran Nilsson, today manager for AU-System Ostersund will be responsible for this subsidiary.
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