Business Services Industry

Unisys Wins $55 Million Systems Integration Contract for Brazilian Postal Service

Business Wire, Sept 9, 1999

BLUE BELL, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 9, 1999--

Unisys Corporation today announced that its Brazilian subsidiary, Unisys Brasil Ltda., has received a systems integration contract valued at approximately $55 million from Empresa Brasileira de Correios e Telegrafos (ECT), the Brazilian Postal Service.

Unisys was selected over Hewlett Packard, IBM, SID, Procomp, Novadata and Itautec.

Through this initiative, ECT will integrate information technology in branch offices into its corporate information network and enhance the levels of service it provides its customers. This systems integration project is the first step toward ECT's implementation of an electronic business environment.

Planned next steps include customer self-service through branches and public sites, introduction of Internet e-mail (hybrid mail services), digital identification and authentication and full-scale electronic business.

Under the contract, Unisys will manage the automation, in 12 to 18 months, of 1,436 post office branches throughout Brazil, as well as 28 operational units, 38 training facilities and a development center. Unisys will provide a full range of systems integration, networking and support services, as well as information technology.

As the prime contractor, Unisys will not only integrate all applications and networking products, but also develop new solutions for ECT. Unisys will also provide services such as maintenance, training, logistics and management for ECT's branch automation system.

Unisys partners in the ECT project include Metron, Filizola, PitneyBowes, Elgin, Zebra/Seal, Gertec/OEM, BK and Olivetti.

About ECT

ECT has provided postal services in Brazil for nearly 30 years. It delivers an average of 16.7 million items per day, including letters, telegrams and express boxes. ECT has approximately 85,000 employees, with 6,923 branches -- 1,584 of them franchised -- throughout Brazil.

About Unisys

Unisys is 34,000 employees helping customers in 100 countries apply information technology to solve their business problems.

Unisys solutions are based on a broad portfolio of global information services including electronic business, systems integration including custom and "repeatable" application solutions, outsourcing, Microsoft Windows NT services, network services, and multivendor maintenance and support, coupled with enterprise-class servers and associated middleware, software and storage.

Repeatable solutions are focused on key vertical markets including financial services, transportation, telecommunications, government, publishing, and other commercial markets. The company is headquartered in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, in the Greater Philadelphia area. For more information on the company, access the Unisys home page on the World Wide Web at www.unisys.com.

Investor information can be found at www.unisys.com/investor.> Unisys is a registered trademark of Unisys Corporation. All other brands and products referenced herein are acknowledged to be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.