Grameenphone Chooses Comptel Provisioning and Activation Solution

Grameenphone Chooses Comptel Provisioning and Activation Solution

October 31, 2007

-- Telenor Subsidiary in Bangladesh Will use the Comptel
Solution to Improve Mobile Service Activation

    HELSINKI, Finland, Oct. 31 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --
Comptel Corporation (OMX Helsinki: CTL1V), the leading
vendor of dynamic Operations Support System (OSS) software,
announced today that Telenor subsidiary in Bangladesh
Grameenphone has selected Comptel software for provisioning
and activation.

    With over 15 million subscribers, Grameenphone is
operating in a rapidly expanding market - around 125% year
on year growth in subscriber numbers in Bangladesh. But
this is also a highly competitive market, so innovation is
very important to Grameenphone.

    Lutfor Rahman, Acting Head of IT at Grameenphone
explains: "Over the years, Grameenphone has always
been a pioneer in introducing new products and services in
the local market. With the rapid growth we have been
experiencing, we want to make sure we can continue to
innovate and deliver services fast and cost effectively to
our customers. Comptel Provisioning and Activation solution
offers the flexibility we require to achieve that. And of
course, Comptel is able to point to many successful
deployments of the solution across the world."

    Comptel Provisioning and Activation Solution automates
the provisioning and activation processes. With a single
interface, it covers the entire workflow - from service
order to start of billing. Comptel Provisioning and
Activation will allow Grameenphone to improve the
consistency and efficiency of its service activation,
ensuring that customers get the services they want fast and
reliably.

    Mr. Kari Pasonen, Comptel's Senior Vice President,
Provisioning and Activation Business at Comptel, concludes:
"As a key component of the Comptel Dynamic OSS suite,
Comptel Provisioning and Activation Solution is designed to
enable the deployment of the lifestyle services subscribers
demand. Grameenphone's selection of Comptel to help deliver
innovative services in the Bangladeshi market provides an
excellent proof-point of this."

    About Grameenphone

    Grameenphone Ltd. is the largest mobile phone operator
in Bangladesh with more than 15 million subscribers as of
September 2007. Telenor of Norway is the majority
shareholder of the company. Grameenphone's nationwide
EDGE-enabled network covers nearly 98% of the country's
population. For more information please visit:
http://www.grameenphone.com

    About Comptel Corporation

    Comptel (http://www.comptel.com) provides Comptel
Dynamic OSS(TM) solutions, offering service-enabling
mediation, charging and fulfillment capabilities to telecom
service providers.


    For more information, please contact:

     Olivier Suard 
     Comptel Corporation
     Phone: [phone]
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