Securicor Telesciences and Integris-Groupe Bull Form Strategic Alliance for Billing Solutions

Business Wire, June 10, 1996

MOORESTOWN, N.J. and PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 10, 1996-- Securicor Telesciences Inc. (STI), a leading supplier of billing and traffic solutions for the telecommunications industry, has signed an agreement with Integris, Groupe Bull (Paris) to provide billing, rating and network management solutions in Central and Eastern Europe, South America and the Asia-Pacific regions.

Integris is the worldwide brand name for Groupe Bull's Systems Integration & Professional Services and Systems Operations business.

STI views Bull as key alliance

"Integris is recognized globally as a leading systems integrator, with a dedicated business unit in telecommunications. We are confident that, as a strategic partner, this new alliance will further strengthen our position in the international marketplace," said STI President, Andrew Maunder.

He continued, "We share a common vision which gets to the heart of the carriers' need to add services to increase revenue, through the integration of network management functionality, call collection and billing."

"STI is a leading worldwide supplier of billing data collection products," said Jack Basi, STI's VP of marketing. He continued, "This alliance will strengthen both companies strategic objectives and has created many new opportunities for further international expansion. We've already identified several initial projects in Germany, Brazil, China and Eastern Europe."

"We chose to partner with Securicor Telesciences and their Sterling line because they have the most complete range of call collection systems, based on open standards, in the marketplace.

"Together, we will provide operators worldwide with the most comprehensive and integrated applications for better control of the network, with more flexibility to introduce new servers, and speed to generate accurate information for revenue generation," said Patric Olenczak, vice president of Integris Telecommunications.

He continued, "We are convinced that the integration of call collection, billing, customer care and network management using Bull's ISM/TMN OpenMaster network management platform, will provide operators with more efficiency and speed in dealing with their customers."

STI's Sterling line provides real-time billing data collection

Securicor Telesciences' Sterling product line offers real-time billing network capabilities including a shortening of the billing cycle, fraud detection, a caller profile or qualification of new callers, and more.

Sterling billing systems collect, analyze, audit, verify, store and report detailed billing information from all generations of switching technology, concurrently supporting Automatic Message Accounting Teleprocessing Systems (AMATPS) and Data Networking Systems (AMADNS), the Bellcore specification released in the United States.

"The Sterling product line provides real-time data capture, processing, transport and distribution that encompass all aspects of the biling data network environment," said Basi, "and result in revenue opportunities for operating telephone companies."

Securicor Telesciences Inc.

Securicor Telesciences Inc., located in Moorestown, is a leading supplier of billing data collection, network analysis, call completion and traffic measurement systems to operating telephone companies in the US and internationally.

The company has been serving the telecommunication industry for over 25 years and is recognized around the world as a leader in the design and manufacture of communications solutions. The company can be contacted on the Internet at info@telesciences.com and http://www.telesciences.com.

Integris, Groupe Bull

The Integris Telecommunications Business Unit is dedicated to supplying systems integration solutions to the telecommunications industry, building on Bull's customer base which includes major telecommunications operators, such as France Telecom, Deutsche Telekom, SITA and Telia (Swedish Telecom).

Operating under the Integris worldwide brand name, Groupe Bull provides Systems Integration & Professional Services Operations (Outsourcing) services to public sector and commercial customers. Integris recorded worldwide revenues of $1.08 billion in 1995 and contributed 20% of the overall Groupe Bull revenues.

With over 250 major references across the world, more than 5,000 highly qualified professionals, and 17 multi-platform datacenters, Integris provides worldwide resources and expertise to deliver business value to customers.

CONTACT: Securicor Telesciences Inc.

Jack S. Basi, 609/866-1000, ext. 500

Fax: 609/866-2439

j.basi@telesciences.com

or

Integris Groupe Bull

Pamela Lang, 33-1-39-66-6733

Fax: 33-1-39-66-6737