CMG Croma Grp

RNS Number:4824J
CMG PLC
25 April 2000


Libertel in The Netherlands to implement CMG WAP Service
Broker under Vodafone umbrella agreement.

CMG, the European Information and Communications
Technology (ICT) services group, today announces that
Libertel is to be the first Vodafone AirTouch subsidiary
outside the UK to implement WAP services.

Utrecht, The Netherlands, 25 April 2000. Libertel is to be
the first non-UKforeign subsidiary of the Vodafone
AirTouch Group to benefit from the global agreement with
CMG Telecommunications, announced in February at the GSM
Congress in Cannes. The agreement covered the supply of
WAP Service Broker solutions for its mobile operator
member companies around the world. The CMG WAP Service
Broker is already operational at Libertel for testing
purposes and will be capable of handling high throughput.
WAP gives mobile phone users direct access to a personal
selection of Internet content. It combines the simplicity
of Internet surfing with the convenience of making a
telephone call. CMG's WAP Service Broker offers operators
the opportunity to make available only those Internet
services that are tuned to the mobile environment and to
develop secure, well-manageable services.

Libertel is the second largest mobile provider in Tthe
Netherlands and has around two and a half million
subscribers. The Vodafone AirTouch Group, the largest
mobile operator in the world, owns 70% of Libertel shares
and has more than 49 million proportionate customers in 25
countries.

"We are pleased that Libertel is the first company in the
Vodafone AirTouch group outside the UK who will implement
our WAP Service Broker, as it will allow them to maintain
the competitive edge that they have established," said
Peter Maathuis, Vice President Global Sales & Marketing of
CMG.


Kees Pannekoek, Chief Technical Officer of Libertel added,
"CMG's unique service broker architecture and legacy phone
support will allow Libertel to create portfolios of
services and offer them to targeted groups of users ".

The WAP Service Broker is fully WAP 1.1 compliant and runs
on high performing UNIX platforms. The solution is fully
scaleable and can also be provided on resilient
configurations for achieving highest availability in the
WAP gateway market.


For more information please contact:

Jan Massier                             
CMG plc                  
Communications
Tel: 020 7592 4000   

Toby Mountford
Citigate Dewe Rogerson
Tel: 020 7638 9571

Marise Blom
First Financial Communications
Tel: +31 20 575 4010



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