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HELSINKI, Finland-Finnish messaging services provider Tecnomen Corp. will jettison its multimedia service center development business, opting instead to resell offerings from Irish developer Jinny Software Ltd. The deal will create the fourth most widely deployed MMSC product, the companies said, …

WOODBURY, N.Y.-Messaging suppliers Comverse and Tecnomen both announced multimedia messaging service center contracts Wednesday. Comverse said Telefonica Moviles Espana selected its MMSC to be deployed with a third-party MMSC to support high-volume personal and application-based multimedia messaging in Spain. Telenor …

HELSINKI, Finland-Finnish companies Tecnomen and Nokia Corp. agreed to join forces to promote video mail services to the third-generation services market. The companies will ensure compatibility of Tecnomen’s Video Mail solution and Nokia’s 3G Core system. Tecnomen said its Video …

HELSINKI, Finland-Finnish messaging company Tecnomen said it won two separate contracts for its Multimedia Messaging Service Center. The value of the contracts was not disclosed. The first contract is with Qtel in Qatar as part of Qtel’s larger contract with …

HELSINKI, Finland-Tecnomen said it will deliver a voicemail and unified messaging system to MTC-Vodafone’s new GSM network in Bahrain through a contract with Siemens AG. The value of the deal was not disclosed. The system will provide unified messaging, wireless …

HELSINKI, Finland-Celcom, a mobile operator in Malaysia, has launched the Tecnomen Multimedia Messaging Service Centers. The center enables Celcom to take full advantage of MMS terminals and take a leading role in the market, Tecnomen said. Celcom is the second-largest …

HELSINKI, Finland-In its second contract win this week, Finnish messaging company Tecnomen said it deployed its multimedia messaging service center and voice mail system to Indonesian operator Satelindo. The voice mail service, which supports up to 3 million subscribers of …

HELSINKI, Finland-Messaging supplier Tecnomen Corp. said it began employee negotiations to reduce its staff by 80 people in different offices during 2003 and 2004. The company said productivity and financial issues have forced the reductions, which will save the company …

RICHARDSON, Texas-Tecnomen Inc. said its prepaid solution has achieved interoperability approval from Nortel Networks based on GSM infrastructure equipment tests. Tecnomen’s intelligent network supports CAMEL Phase 2 prepaid mobile termination and origination. “Camel Phase 2 access mechanism is a natural …

HELSINKI, Finland-Tecnomen said it won a contract to deliver mobile voice mail systems and upgrades for Telecom Am

HELSINKI, Finland-Kuwaiti operator Mobile Telecommunications Company (MTC) has selected a messaging system upgrade from Tecnomen under a 1 million euro contract (US$1.1 million). Tecnomen said it will deliver the latest version of its eZoner messaging platform in the first quarter …

Wireless technology, from Wi-Fi to Bluetooth to GSM and CDMA, served a major role during the Comdex show, with attendees getting a peek at some of the latest initiatives in the industry. But while product releases and new announcements made …

ESPOO, Finland-Finnish 2G Ltd. will use infrastructure from Tecnomen to offer multimedia messaging services, the companies announced. “Finnish 2G is a pioneer in the convergence of different methods of communication by enabling the provision of mobile network services for tomorrow’s …

HELSINKI, Finland-Finnish supplier Tecnomen said it will begin multimedia messaging service trials in two countries, The Dominican Republic and Indonesia. The Dominican Republic trial will be with France Telecom Dominicana. The Orange operator has deployed Tecnomen’s integrated push feature. “The …

HELSINKI, Finland—Tecnomen said it was awarded a contract valued at 700,000 euros (US$662,900) by Kuwait’s Mobile Telecommunications Company (MTC) for paging system expansions in the country. Tecnomen will replace old transmitters with its HiQ transmitters. Delivery will take place in …

HELSINKI, Finland—Lithuanian mobile operator Omnitel has ordered a voice mail system expansion from Tecnomen to improve the capacity and functionality of its messaging platform. The US$452,580 contract will be supplied in two deliveries starting this month.

HELSINKI, Finland—Tecnomen and Sony Ericsson announced the successful completion of interoperability tests between Tecnomen’s Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) Centre and Sony Ericsson’s T68i MMS-enabled mobile handset. Interoperability between the new generation of MMS-enabled phones and the service systems that will …

ROME—The market for messaging services continues to lead the development of the worldwide wireless data industry, as shown by several news announcements. First, the GSM Association released figures showing the massive and continuing success of short message services throughout the …

Finland—Messaging vendor Tecnomen said Austrian mobile operator Mobilkom Austria has begun live trials of its Multimedia Messaging Service Center to help the operator evaluate multimedia services over GSM/General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) networks. Mobilkom Austria will offer a range of …

HELSINKI, Finland—Finnish vendor Tecnomen said it will supply a messaging solution to Brazilian operator Algar Telecom Leste (ATL). The deal, worth around US$1.6 million, comprises a combination of voice mail, enhanced voice mail, intelligent callback and fax mail services. The …

LONDON—Finnish company Tecnomen was awarded a contract by the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (CYTA) to supply a new messaging system. The system will be delivered in December and is scheduled for commercial deployment at the beginning of 2002. The US$900,000 contract …

HELSINKI, Finland—Tecnomen said it will expand the voice mail system of Venezuelan operator Digitel. Under the terms of the US$1 million deal, two Tecnomen systems— voice messaging services and intelligent call-back—each capable of supporting 170,000 subscribers, will be installed. According …

LONDON-TimesTen Performance Software said Tecnomen selected TimesTen’s real-time data management software for use in its next-generation intelligent network platform. The software company said Tecnomen will gain an increase in the number of calls processed per second with the software. The …

Ukraine Orbcomm Global L.P. announced it has signed a service license agreement with Transexpo Corp. to provide its satellite data services to the Ukraine. According to the agreement, Transexpo will take delivery of an Orbcomm gateway, which includes a gateway …

ESPOO, Finland-Tele Danmark announced it has made The Tecnomen Group’s Enhanced Services System commercially available and signed a contract to introduce Tecnomen’s unified messaging services. Tele Danmark uses Tecnomen’s platform to provide messaging services to its Global System for Mobile …