TSB International Wins Northern Telecom Software Contract

Business Wire, Dec 15, 1995

TORONTO, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 15, 1995--TSB INTERNATIONAL INC.(TSE:TSB) TSB International NV/SA, the Belgian subsidiary of TSB International Inc., has been awarded a contract with Northern Telecom's Network Services Management division. The contract is based on an existing distribution agreement which allows Northern Telecom (Nortel) to distribute TSB's ORBi-TEL family of software applications under the Meridian Network Control Centre (NCC) name. Through this arrangement Nortel will integrate Meridian NCC with its network management systems to provide a total management solution.

Meridian NCC is a family of fault-tolerant software applications for managing network alarms, configuration and traffic. Based on TSB's ORBi-TEL family of products, Meridian NCC is distributed by Nortel for use with its Meridian 1 family of telecommunications switches.

Nortel is one of the world's most broadly diversified developers of communications products, systems and networks in three key market segments - Enterprise Networks, Wireless Networks and Carrier Networks (switching, broadband and network applications solutions). Nortel provides equipment, services and network solutions for information, entertainment and communications networks operated by telephone companies, personal and mobile telecommunications companies, cable TV companies, corporations, governments, universities and other institutions worldwide.

Nortel had 1994 revenues of $US 8.9 billion and has approximately 60,000 employees worldwide.

TSB is a telecommunications management company. Its products and services are used to manage network planning, performance and costs, ensuring that customers get the best value for their telecom expenditures. TSB has offices in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Belgium and Australia, and customers in more than 30 countries.

TSB's products and services are sold directly to end users in North America, Europe and Australia, and distributed worldwide through telephone companies and telephone switch manufacturers.

TSB International is a Toronto-based company traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol - TSB.

CONTACT: Stuart Robins

Senior Vice-President, Products

TSB International Inc.

416/622-7010 Ext. 205 REPEATS: New York 212-575-8822 or 800-221-2462; Boston 617-236-4266 or

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