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MATERNA and Fincom International a.s. Agree on Strategic Partnership
Successful MATERNA Brand Anny Way Expands European Presence

Dortmund/Hradec Kralove (ots)

Dortmund-based software vendor MATERNA Information &
Communications and Czech reseller Fincom International a.s. plan to
work together as strategic partners in the future. From now, the
MATERNA umbrella brand Anny Way will be marketed in the Czech, Slovak
and Polish market by Fincom Systems, a 100 percent subsidiary of
Fincom. Fincom Systems will also be active as an operator. MATERNA
has thus successfully entered the rapidly growing telecommunications
market in Eastern Europe.
With this commitment in the East European markets, MATERNA is
intensively pursuing its internationalization activities. New branch
offices have already been opened in Paris and London this year and,
with a joint venture in Hong Kong, the first foothold has been
established in the Asia Pacific region. "For us, partnerships with
experienced and established local companies form the basis for
successful international activities", says Managing Director Helmut
an de Meulen. "Fincom currently has more than 40 percent of the
market for remote-access products and modems. As the largest
telecommunications distributor on the territory Poland, Czech and
Slovak, it is the ideal partner for our expansion policy in the East
European markets."
For MATERNA, geographical proximity and EU plans to expand to
Eastern Europe were not the only decisive arguments for expanding
sales activities to the east. According to estimates, the number of
East European customers in GSM networks alone is expected to increase
from approximately 24 million today to almost 70 million in 2004. In
addition, experts expect the number of distributed SMS messages to
increase to one billion per month in Eastern Europe (compared with
0.5 billion per month in North America).
Value Added Services for Professional Users
MATERNA offers integrated added-value services in the field of
mobile communications under the Anny Way name. The Anny Way Carrier &
Provider Solutions and Anny Way Business Solutions in particular are
to be marketed in Eastern Europe.
Network carriers and service providers are the target group for
Anny Way Carrier & Provider Solutions. The base technologies include
SMS, WAP, GPRS, Internet, E-mail and Fax. Today, Anny Way is already
the market leader worldwide for SMS added-value services. The Anny
Way SMS solutions include information and gateway services,
entertainment, and publishing services. Anny Way WAP solutions are
implemented as a one-stop shopping solution and range from individual
WAP applications all the way to managing a complete WAP
infrastructure.
Anny Way Business Solutions provides products, services and system
solutions for businesses. Based on mobile communications
technologies, CTI and messaging platforms, Anny Way offers unified
messaging, gateways, portals, applications and content platforms in
this field.
Further Activities Planned in Eastern Europe
The interest in mobile solutions and unified messaging in the East
European market is evident, as initial talks with network carriers,
providers and businesses have shown. "The underlying conditions are
right, the market potential is there. We are already noticing great
demand for our Anny Way services", exclaims an de Meulen. The
commitment in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland is thus due to
be followed by the entrance into the Hungarian market in the medium
term.
MATERNA Information & Communications
The MATERNA Group is one of the leading software vendors in the
field of information and communications technology. MATERNA currently
has a staff of 1,000 employees throughout Europe. In 1999, the
company earned 252 million German marks in revenues. In addition to
its headquarters in Dortmund, MATERNA has branch offices and
subsidiaries throughout the Federal Republic of Germany and is
present in France, Austria, Belgium, The Netherlands, Great Britain,
and Hong Kong. MATERNA's range of services includes products,
solutions, and services based on e-business, mobile solutions and
unified messaging.
For further information, contact:
MATERNA Information & Communications
Antje Zimmer
Media Relations Director
Vosskuhle 37 · 44141 Dortmund / Germany
Phone  +49-231-55 99-531
Fax    +49-231-55 99-67 531 
antje.zimmer@materna.de
http://www.annyway.com

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