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Cable & Wireless Americas & Caribbean Selects Messaging Platforms from Jinny Software


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Jinny Software supports focused growth in the region with a Latin America-based team

MIAMI, June 20th, 2007 – Jinny Software, a leading supplier of personalised messaging and media processing platforms to mobile network operators, today announced it has won deals to provide its messaging platforms to leading international telecoms provider Cable & Wireless’ 14 businesses in the Americas & Caribbean.

Jinny Software clinched two deals – one for the Caribbean and one for Panama -- through close collaboration with Ericsson, the leading telecom supplier, by offering competitively priced, feature-rich solutions combined with delivery of bespoke development and rapid deployment timeframes.

The agreement for Panama includes provision of an SMSC, a Real-Time Charging Gateway with Diameter prepaid interface and a Message Router. Technology support for GSM and TDMA, project management, and training are also included.

The deal signed for the Caribbean includes a fully redundant SMSC platform, and meets Cable & Wireless’s diverse requirements such as real-time charging of pre-paid subscribers, content management, and detailed reporting for each of the 13 business units covered by the solution.

These contracts further develop Jinny’s presence in the region. Both deals, which were won together with Ericsson in Panama is evidence of the growing and dynamic Jinny/Ericsson business relationship servicing Central America and the Caribbean. This partnership has already successfully delivered messaging solutions to a number of operators across the Caribbean and Latin America. The winning solution offers a single messaging platform that supports all key technologies in use across the region, including GSM, CDMA, TDMA and iDEN. It is expected that further fruits of the Jinny and Ericsson partnership will be seen in the near future, as both companies are engaged in numerous other opportunities across the region.

In a further commitment to the Latin American and Caribbean market, Jinny has expanded its sales and support presence in the region through its parent company, the Acotel Group, by hiring a team based at the Group’s existing offices in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

“The Jinny/Ericsson partnership won our business because of their aggressive commercial proposition as a leading provider of personal messaging and media processing solutions,” said Chris Hetherington, chief executive officer, Cable & Wireless Americas & Caribbean. “This implementation will ensure rapid delivery and reliability for our multimedia products. Messaging is increasingly popular amongst our customers, and is a key area of innovation and growth for Cable & Wireless across the region.”

“Partnering with Jinny to secure this deal has been extremely effective and Ericsson looks forward to a growing and fruitful business relationship, which will hopefully result in more wins in the future.” said Helene Tosterud Ujueta, General Manager, Ericsson de Panama.

Commenting on the win and the company’s commitment to the region, Fintan Supple, Americas Sales Manager, Jinny Software, said, “Our recent win in the Caribbean and Panama is a crucial step in our overall strategy for Central and Latin America, a key region in our future growth plans. Our progress in the region in the past two years has been steady and I am delighted that we now have a team on the ground to not only look after our existing customers in Central/Latin America and the Caribbean, but also to continue to build our profile in the region.”


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Notes to Editors


About Jinny Software - www.jinny.ie
Jinny enables network operators to deliver compelling personalised messaging and media processing platforms to subscribers that add value and increase operator revenues. The Jinny product range, built to open standards, is designed to drive converged messaging revenues. Together our Messaging, Media Processing, Filtering & Routing and Rating & Charging platforms give operators the opportunity to create innovative solutions tailored to the personal needs of their customers.

Jinny Software operates from its headquarters in Dublin, Ireland, and regional headquarters in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, with sales offices in Rome, Rio de Janeiro and Kuala Lumpur. Jinny Software is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Acotel Group S.p.A, headquartered in Rome, Italy and traded on the Milan stock market (ACO.MI).

About Cable & Wireless -- www.cw.com

Cable & Wireless is the premier full service telecommunications company in the Americas & Caribbean, and one of the leading international communications companies. It provides fixed and mobile voice, data, IP (Internet Protocol) and broadband services to business and residential customers, as well as services to other telecoms carriers, mobile operators and providers of content, applications and internet services. Cable & Wireless’ principal operations are in the United Kingdom, the Caribbean, Panama, Macau and Monaco. For more information about Cable & Wireless, go to www.cw.com

For further information, please contact:
Ana Mollinedo Mims
Chief Corporate Communication Officer
Cable & Wireless Americas & Caribbean
Office: +1 246 292 1284
Mobile: +1 345 925 5247
Ana.mollinedo-mims@cw.com

About Ericsson
Ericsson is shaping the future of Mobile and Broadband Internet communications through its continuous technology leadership. Providing innovative solutions in more than 140 countries, Ericsson is helping to create the most powerful communication companies in the world.

Read more at www.ericsson.com

For further information, please contact:
Ericsson Media Relations
Phone: +46 8 719 6992
E-mail: press.relations@ericsson.com

Gilberto Mata
Director Market Communications
Ericsson Central America & Caribbean
Phone: +506 519 0834
E-mail: gilberto.mata@ericsson.com



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