Invitation to World Premiere / Materna press conference at the GSM World Congress in Cannes

Dortmund/Germany 19. ledna (PROTEXT) - The MATERNA Group, one of the leading German software vendors in the information and communications technology, would like to invite you to the GSM World Congress in Cannes. MATERNA presents a new international brand for mobile solutions and unified messaging. MATERNA is already the leading key-player of SMS dispatch in the world with 200 million short messages per month. Our service portfolio comprises complete one-stop-shopping solutions for WAP, SMS and Cell Broadcast services. The MATERNA WAP gateway is used by e.g. international renowned network operators and companies. MATERNA offers complete value added service platforms for the mobile communication from one hand. Please get to know an attractive new brand involving everything of the communications technologies of today and tomorrow at our world premiere in Cannes. At the same time our new brand represents our way to present and accompany user- oriented services. We would be pleased to welcome you at our press conference on 2 February 2000 - 2:30 pm, at the GSM 2000 World Congress in Cannes, France, Palais des Festivals, Press Office, Auditorium 1. Please fax us on (+49) 231 5599-168 or send us an e-mail for your registration. MATERNA Information & Communications The Materna Group is one of the leading German software vendors in the field of information and communications technology. Materna currently has a staff of more than 900 people throughout Europe. In addition to its headquarters in Dortmund, the company has branch offices and subsidiaries throughout the Federal Republic of Germany and is present in France, Austria, Belgium, The Netherlands and Ireland. The company portfolio includes products, solutions and services for E-Solutions and E- Services, Customer Relationship Management incl. Service Management, Mobile Solutions (mobile value-added data services and solutions) and Unified Messaging. ots Original Text Service: MATERNA Information & Communications Internet: http://www.newsaktuell.de For further information, contact: MATERNA Information & Communications Press Office Christine Siepe Voßkuhle 37 44141 Dortmund Germany Tel. (+49) 231/55 99-1 68 Fax (+49) 231/55 99-1 65 E-mail: Christine.Siepe@Materna.de http://www.materna.de/presse Subscribers please note that material bearing the slug "PROTEXT" is not part of CTK's news service and is not to be published under the "CTK" slug. Protext is a commercial service providing distribution of press releases from clients, who are identified in the text of Protext reports and who bear full responsibility for their contents. PROTEXT