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TECNOMEN RECEIVES USD 3.3 MILLION EXPANSION ORDER FROM BRASIL TELECOM

Tecnomen Corporation                    STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE
                                        5 December 2006 at 09.30 am

TECNOMEN RECEIVES USD 3.3 MILLION EXPANSION ORDER FROM BRASIL TELECOM

Brasil Telecom has awarded a Convergent Charging and Messaging System expansion
contract to Tecnomen. Delivery is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2006.

Tecnomen will provide Brasil Telecom with charging and messaging system upgrades
and expansions for its mobile and fixed networks. These expansions strengthen
Brasil Telecom's position and enables Brasil Telecom to diversify its service
offering to customers.

"This expansion is significant to Tecnomen as it deepens the already well-
established partnership between us and Brasil Telecom regarding convergent value-
added services. In addition to mobile services, which are expected to grow
significantly in Latin America in the coming years, strong growth is expected in
fixed network operations as well", notes Oscar Fernandez, Managing Director of
Tecnomen Latin America. He continues, "In addition, due to the high growth in
data traffic, it is strategically important that operators can charge for a
variety of data services using the same platform."

The Tecnomen Convergent Charging solution provides functionality for prepaid and
post-paid billing, charging and rating of voice calls, video calls, raw data
traffic and any kind of content services in both mobile and fixed networks. The
Charging solution has been pre-integrated with network equipment from leading
network vendors, and in addition supports simultaneous use of different bearer
network standards.

The Tecnomen Messaging solution includes some of the most advanced technology on
the market for meeting the needs of mobile subscribers today and tomorrow.
Utilising the modular Tecnomen Messaging solution, operators and service
providers are able to build messaging service packages tailored to suit their
individual requirements, thus providing their customers with the advanced added-
value services required to succeed in today's competitive market.

TECNOMEN CORPORATION

Mr Jarmo Niemi
President and CEO


FURTHER INFORMATION
Mr Eero Mertano, Vice President,Charging Business Unit,
tel. +358 (0)9 8047 8523, +358 (0)50 535 4970
Mr Oscar Fernandez, Managing Director, Latin America,
tel +55 11 5505 9774


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About Tecnomen
Tecnomen develops messaging and charging solutions for telecoms operators and
service providers worldwide. Founded in 1978, it is one of the leading suppliers
of messaging and charging solutions. Tecnomen markets its products and services
through its own worldwide organisation, as well as through global and local
partners, and has supplied its products to customers in over 60 countries.
Headquartered in Espoo, Finland, Tecnomen has 390 employees working in 14
locations. The company's shares are quoted on the Main List of the Helsinki Stock
Exchanges. For more information on Tecnomen visit www.tecnomen.com.

About Brasil Telecom
Brasil Telecom it is the first complete company in telecommunication at Brazil,
assisting in an integrated way all demands of the Brazilian telecom market,
integrating its fixed and mobile operations, data and voice, national and
international long distance services, data centres, broadband internet access in
convergent solutions.

Brasil Telecom, one of the largest telecommunications companies in Brazil, was
one of three fixed network operators formed when the industry was deregulated in
1999. Through its nine subsidiaries, Brasil Telecom operates in nine different
states throughout central and southern Brazil, serving 34 per cent of the
country, including the nation's capital. Since 1998, Brasil Telecom has provided
telecommunication services for Federal District and in the States of Acre,
Rondônia, Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Goiás, Paraná, Santa
Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul.

Brasil Telecom was the the first operator of Brazilian fixed telephony resulting
from Sistema Telebrás's privatization to be quoted at ADRs (American Depositary
representative Receipts of preferential stokes) on the New York Stock Exchange
(NYSE), in November of 2001.