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Acotel Group Signs Contract To Supply Its Jar To Libancell.

[ Monday, 22nd September 2003 ]
Dubai, 22nd September 2003: The Acotel Group has been awarded a contract with LibanCell in Beirut to supply its Application Router and Protocol Converter (JAR), a middleware platform connecting 3rd party applications to an operator's SMSC and MMSC infrastructure.

Mr. Mouin Abdallah, LibanCell Technical Development Unit Manager, stated: "LibanCell has constantly maintained its position as the leading cellular service provider in the Lebanese market through innovative value added services. In this regard, Acotel's JAR solution provides a single point of access for all messaging based services, offering security to protect our network, and redundancy to ensure service availability. The JAR will be a core component in the delivery of our messaging services".

Declan O'Mahony, Director of Acotel Mobile Solutions commented, "I am pleased to be working with LibanCell and supporting their drive to deliver high quality messaging services. VAS are strong differentiators for a mobile operator in a competitive environment and the JAR will allow LibanCell to enhance its position in Lebanon by bringing new services to market quickly and safely. The contract with LibanCell is also another key win for Acotel, bringing to 14 the number of GSM Operators we currently supply in the Middle East".

Since its incorporation in 1994 LibanCell has sought superiority in engineering. Its network is of a nationwide coverage and comprises 7 Mobile Switching Centers and more than 450 Radio Base Stations linked by a fully overlay microwave network. Its state of the art customer care and billing system process daily millions of calls. The technical crews strive around the clock to keep the Network’s standard the highest a customer can ask for. LibanCell has set itself a Quality Policy to implement in all its day-to-day activities and was awarded the ISO 9001-2000 Certificate.

Acotel Group, the Italian leading wireless application service provider and multimedia service integrator, is headquartered in Rome and has operations and customers in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America. The group operates as a Content Provider & Aggregator and Messaging Platform Solution provider to Wireless Network Operators. The Acotel Group is placed in the Top 10 list of the World’s leading mobile application development and content providers (source: Mobile Metrix Sweden). The company, founded in 1992 and listed on the Milan Stock Exchange in 2000, provides personalized, wireless value-added services to an addressable subscriber base of 35 million, through partnerships with leading Wireless Network Operators.

For further information please visit: www.acotel.com or contact Mr. Declan O Mahony in Dubai, UAE

Tel:+971.4.391.1610
Email: declan.omahony@acotel.com

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