CBIS Signs First CableMaster Client in Mainland Europe.

HELSINKI, Finland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 26, 1997--

Finland to Become 10th Nation where CableMaster is Installed

CBIS(R) announces that Helsinki Television Ltd. (HTV) of Finland has signed a contract to become the first CableMaster(TM) Subscriber Management and Billing System customer in mainland Europe. HTV will use the solution to serve the main population centers in Finland and its current subscriber base of over 50,000.

CBIS's CableMaster -- developed specifically for the cable TV industry -- utilizes a fully integrated, on-line, real-time relational database, giving all functions and departments the ability to update and access data at all times.

"CBIS will facilitate our migration to an integrated, flexible subscriber management and billing system that will afford best-in-class capabilities to meet the broad scope of our requirements both now and in the future," said Director Heikki Hanninen of the Helsinki Media Company. "In fact, CBIS's advanced technology and experience will allow us to increase the number of services we can offer to our expanding consumer base throughout the main Finnish population centers."

"CableMaster is one of CBIS's comprehensive international solutions which enables growing service providers like HTV to focus more directly on their core business, shorten time to market, and differentiate themselves with distinctive offerings," said Robert J. Marino, president and chief executive of CBIS. "We add value at every step of the subscriber management and billing process for clients like HTV by leveraging our unmatched experience, knowledge, and technology in the international communications industry."

CBIS has already initiated system design modifications, data conversion, and user training projects for HTV. The provider expects to begin service deployment in the Helsinki metropolitan area and expand to cooperation networks in other major Finnish cities by early next year following testing and final delivery of the working system.

Through customer management via service bureau and licensed installations, CableMaster supports many of the major markets of leading cable system operators. Since its introduction in 1982, CableMaster has been installed in nine countries around the world, managing more than nine million subscribers.

ABOUT Helsinki Television, Ltd.

HTV is a subsidiary of Helsinki Media Co., which, in addition to its interests in television broadcasting, is one of the leading magazine publishers in Finland. Helsinki Media's web site is at http://www.helsinkimedia.fl

ABOUT CBIS

CBIS is the global leader in the provision and management of customer care and billing solutions for the communications industry. Our solutions perform mission-critical activities for our clients, enabling them to compete and differentiate themselves more effectively in the broad range of wireless, wireline, cable TV, Internet, and emerging communications services.

Our experience, knowledge, and scale, as well as our client support, make us an industry leader. Working in our data center hubs and in client installations around the world, our customer care and billing solutions produce more than 300 million bills each year.

CBIS is a Cincinnati Bell company -- an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer committed to a diverse work force. We're on the web at http://www.cbis.com

Cincinnati Bell Inc. (NYSE:CSN) is a $1.6 billion corporation which supplies telecommunications, information management, and marketing services. Other subsidiaries include Cincinnati Bell Telephone, a major, independent telephone company, and MATRIXX Marketing, the world's largest provider of telephone marketing services.

CBIS is a registered service mark and CableMaster is a trade mark of Cincinnati Bell Information Systems Inc.

CONTACT: CBIS

John Pratt, 513/723-3669 or 800/327-3900

In the UK, free-call 0800.895.185

E-Mail: john.pratt(at sign)cbis.com