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Poland's PTK Centertel Rings Unisys to Get the Message Out; Mobile telecom operator benefiting from Unisys enhanced messaging solutions and consulting expertise.


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BLUE BELL, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 19, 2003

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:UIS (graphics, programming) UIS - A VMS graphics programming interface package for VAXstations. ) announces that it has been awarded an estimated U.S.$9 million project for PTK PTK Phi Theta Kappa
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 Centertel, the first cellular telecommunications company established in Poland. Unisys is providing PTK Centertel with enhanced messaging solution technology, systems integration services and marketing consulting.

The key component of this project is the ability for PTK Centertel to offer messaging services to its more than 4.5 million subscribers so that they can access voice, fax and e-mail messages from any device regardless of location and time of day. Unisys is currently completing Phase 1 of the project, which entails design, development and implementation of the Unisys enhanced voice messaging application. Unisys is also deploying voicemail on the entire network. In addition, the company's Communications Market Source Services consulting team is working closely with PTK Centertel to launch the new services. More specifically, Unisys Market Source is assisting Centertel by advising on its new messaging strategy, services offerings, specific actions to increase Average Revenue Per User (ARPU (Average Revenue Per User) A calculation often used to determine the overall value of an application. It is also used to rate particular customers, especially in the wireless space, by comparing someone's account to the overall average. ) from messaging, and advising on implementation of tools to measure the results.

"With the knowledge of the market that Unisys demonstrates, as well as its depth of technology services, we were extremely confident that they would be able to build and integrate a world-class messaging system, while making sure that we can market our new services effectively," said Krzysztof Sieczkowski, director, New Services Development for the PTK Centertel Marketing Division. "We believe that this will result in more revenue for us and real results for our customers."

In upcoming phases of the project, Unisys will integrate unified messaging features such as Internet Voice Mail, a Web interface to voice messaging; Profile Manager, a Web interface for managing voice mailbox settings; E-mail Reader, which gives fixed and wireless users access to e-mail; and E-mail Notification with Attachment, which allows e-mail notification with voice mail file as attachment. Unisys also plans to implement speech recognition technology with a universal messaging retrieval capability in the final phase of the project, which is expected to be operational in the second half of 2003.

About Centertel

PTK Centertel, a limited liability company, is the operator of two mobile phone networks in Poland: digital Idea with more the 4,500,000 users and the analogue NMT (Nordic Mobile Telephone) An analog cellular phone system deployed in more than 40 countries in Europe. Launched in the Scandinavian countries in 1979, NMT was the first analog cellphone system. Both 450 MHz and 900 MHz versions are available. See cellular generations. 450i with 12,000 users. A nation-wide dualband (GSM 900/1800) Idea network offers: no-monthly-fee Idea POP service, a complete service named Idea OPTIMA and a unique offer for corporate customers - Idea MERITUM. In both PTK Centertel several services are available, including: voice mail, GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) The first high-speed digital data service provided by cellular carriers that used the GSM technology. GPRS added a packet-switched channel to GSM, which uses dedicated, circuit-switched channels for voice conversations. , data and fax transmission, Internet access (mBox), WAP (1) (Wireless Access Point) See access point.

(2) (Wireless Application Protocol) A standard for providing cellular phones, pagers and other handheld devices with secure access to e-mail and text-based Web pages.
, banking phone services, information services See Information Systems. , short text messages (SMS (1) (Storage Management System) Software used to routinely back up and archive files. See HSM.

(2) (Systems Management Server) Systems management software from Microsoft that runs on Windows NT Server.
), GPRS, intelligent network services, and roaming services through 250 operators across the world. PTK Centertel's shareholders are: Telekomunikacja Polska S.A. (Polish national telecom) with 66% of shares and France Telecom with 34% of shares.

About Unisys

Unisys is a worldwide information technology services and solutions company. Our people combine expertise in systems integration, outsourcing, infrastructure, server technology and consulting with precision thinking and relentless execution to help clients, in more than 100 countries, quickly and efficiently achieve competitive advantage. For more information, visit www.unisys.com

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