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Tecnomen receives fixed-mobile Convergent Charging order from Brasil Telecom

TECNOMEN RECEIVES FIXED-MOBILE CONVERGENT CHARGING ORDER FROM BRASIL TELECOM    

Brasil Telecom has awarded a new Convergent Charging order to Tecnomen          
comprising a new Fixed-Mobile Charging Application. Delivery is scheduled for   
the second quarter of 2007.                                                     

Tecnomen will provide Brasil Telecom with an innovative prepaid application     
serving its mobile and fixed networks. Brasil Telecom's additional functionality
will strengthen its competitive position in the market as well as enable Brasil 
Telecom to diversify its service offering to end customers.                     

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.                                        

“We are proud to be selected once again by Brazil Telecom as a key provider for 
new types of convergent fixed-mobile services”, notes Mr Oscar Fernandez,       
Managing Director, Tecnomen Latin America. “We believe that in the near future  
we will see this convergence occurring at an accelerated rate in the market and 
a variety of convergent services offered will emerge as a key differentiator.   
Tecnomen is taking a leading role in this convergent arena and we are pleased to
work with progressive companies such as Brasil Telecom”, Mr Fernandez added.    

Tecnomen Prepaid capitalises on Tecnomen's extensive experience with the        
provisioning of charging services utilising Intelligent Network (IN) solutions  
in a high capacity, cost effective, redundant, and scalable manner. The Tecnomen
Prepaid Charging solution comprises a segment of Tecnomen's Voice and Data      
Charging solution for different services including SMS, MMS, and data content.  


FURTHER INFORMATION                                                             
Mr Jarmo Niemi, President and CEO, tel. +358 (0)9 8047 8799                     
Mr Oscar Fernandez, Managing Director, Tecnomen 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 370 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 centers, broadband internet access in
convergent solutions.                                                           
Brasil Telecom was the first operator of Brazilian fixed telephony resulting    
from Sistema Telebrás's privatization to be quoted at ADRs (American Depositary 
representative Receipts of preferential stoke) on the New York Stock Exchange   
(NYSE), in November of 2001.                                                    
For more information on Brasil Telecom visit www.brasiltelecom.com.br