Plenware - Cybercom's Finnish subsidiary - wins in Grand One competition

Plenware - Cybercom's Finnish subsidiary - wins in Grand One competition

Plenware announced some wins for its customers' services web sites at the Grand
One competition - Finland's largest digital media competition. YLE Areena
(Internet TV and radio service) won in the best consumer-oriented service
category, and Kauppalehti.fi (commerce and business newspaper) received
recognition for its web site renewals."We're delighted to receive this acknowledgment," says Sami Somero, head of
Plenware operations. "Plenware invests heavily in Internet TV services and
probably has the most extensive expertise in Finland when it comes to Internet
TV implementation. Our customers added attractive high-quality content to these
services, which are very popular and accelerate current and new service
development. Our technology experts transformed Plenware's capabilities in
service development and maintenance into a customer proposition."

Plenware's initial implementation was in 2001 - Finland's first significant
Internet TV service, which was enabled with RealMedia. Since then, all Internet
TV projects have had special challenges and conditions. For example, YLE's
solutions involved flexible functions and volumes of content and visitors
(user-rights management and chargeability constitute additional requirements).  

Regarding YLE Areena, the Grand One judges stated that "This win illustrates
YLE's clear understanding of its mission and its target groups. The service is
an excellent example - on national and international levels - of what Internet
is at its best: always available, relevant, and entertaining for users - and
preferably for free."

The panel attributed recognition of Kauppalehti.fi to its state-of-the-art data
structuring - plus the polished layout and extremely wide range of supplementary
services. Together, Plenware and Kauppalehti designed the service.

Internet TV's future looks very bright, and networks are starting to realise its
potential. Internet newspapers display news items with video clips, and Internet
TV content is displayed via TV and multimedia cell phones. Hybrid digital boxes
that connect the Internet TV and digital TV are now on the market. So when it
comes to these technologies, Plenware is on the cutting edge.

For more information please contact:
Timo Laaksonen, Plenware Oy director, +35 8 50 558 7860
Patrik Anshelm, acting IR and corporate communications director, +46 70 971 12
84


About Cybercom
The Cybercom Group is a high-tech consultancy that offers global sourcing for
end-to-end solutions. The Group established itself as a world-class supplier in
these segments: portals, mobile solutions, embedded systems, e-commerce, and
business support systems. Thanks to its extensive industry and operations
experience, Cybercom can offer strategic and technological expertise to these
markets: telecom, Internet, and media (TIM); banking and financial services;
automotive; national defence; and the public sector. The Group employs about
1850 persons and runs projects worldwide. Cybercom has 27 offices in 11
countries. Since 1999, Cybercom's share has been quoted on the OMX Nordic
Exchange. Find out more at: www.cybercomgroup.com.