Avnet Enterprise Solutions Strengthens IP Telephony Solutions with MTS Alliance

Business Wire, Sept 14, 2004

TEMPE, Ariz. -- Avnet Enterprise Solutions, a division of Avnet Inc. (NYSE: AVT), announced today that it signed a reseller agreement with MTS - Mer Telemanagement Solutions Ltd. (NASDAQ SmallCap: MTSL), a leader in the enterprise communications management market. Continuing to build its value as a secure convergence solutions provider, Avnet Enterprise Solutions will now offer MTS' Telecommunications Management Solutions. MTS Telecommunications Management Solutions are built on an Application Suite (AS) platform and are used by enterprises, organizations and service providers to improve the efficiency, performance and accountability of all telecommunication and information technology operations, from basic call accounting to full IT service management.

The alliance with MTS further strengthens Avnet Enterprise Solutions' capabilities to provide full lifecycle solutions in the explosive IP communications market. Avnet Enterprise Solutions recently announced a new Managed Services offering that includes Avnet Managed IP Telephony, which can significantly reduce an organization's support and maintenance costs. By monitoring and managing a customer's network and server infrastructure, a customer is able to focus on core competencies and benefit from increased performance and uptime. Avnet Enterprise Solutions' approach of providing complete assess, design, implement and manage services offers "network lifecycle management" solutions for a customer's network infrastructure.

The MTS Application Suite is a comprehensive, fully scalable solution that enables enterprises, organizations and service providers to be more productive by significantly reducing the cost and complexity associated with managing and monitoring internal and external communications. By maximizing these resources, universities, government agencies, airports, utilities and other enterprises can achieve greater operational cost efficiencies, comprehensive activity analysis, more effective performance and utilization monitoring, enhanced facility management, and improved management services.

MTS' Call Management solution collects and processes communications usage data to provide benefits that enable customers to control usage and abuse; allocate or bill back costs to departments and divisions; monitor employee productivity; resell equipment and services to customers or internal departments; optimize internal networks; and verify phone bills.

"Customers tell us they want comprehensive solutions, which is what this strategic alliance offers," said Jim Teter, president, Avnet Enterprise Solutions. "MTS is a great addition to our IP telephony solution portfolio providing customers with a communication infrastructure that helps them efficiently collect and process communications usage data."

"We are pleased to partner with Avnet, which is a leader in the IPT market, and to offer products that extend their telecommunication management solutions," said Eytan Bar, president & CEO of MTS. "Combined with Avnet's strong expertise in the commercial and public sectors and value-added converged network services, MTS will assist in providing complete network lifecycle management solutions. Avnet's strategic implementation and customer orientation are well suited to our service philosophy."

About Avnet Enterprise Solutions

Avnet Enterprise Solutions specializes in Network Lifecycle Management solutions for IP communications, security, wireless and LAN/WAN. The company leverages its unique suite of technical and financial professional services to optimize a company's network performance and security posture. Avnet Enterprise Solutions integrates hardware, software and services from industry leaders including Cisco, MTS, NetScout, NetSolve, Tandberg and Websense, utilizing its assess, design, implement and manage methodology for full lifecycle solutions. Headquartered in Tempe, Ariz., Avnet Enterprise Solutions (www.es.avnet.com) is a division of Avnet Inc. Avnet generated more than $10 billion in revenue in fiscal 2004 (year ended July 3, 2004) through sales in 68 countries.

About MTS

Mer Telemanagement Solutions Ltd. is a global provider of operations support systems (OSS) for comprehensive telecommunication management and customer care & billing solutions. Its telecommunications enterprise resource planning (ERP) application suite is used by corporations and organizations to improve the efficiency and performance of all telecommunication and information technology (IT) operations, and to significantly reduce associated costs. Headquartered in Israel, MTS markets through wholly owned subsidiaries in the United States, Hong Kong, Holland and Brazil, and through OEM partnerships with Siemens, Phillips and other PABX vendors. Its legacy call accounting solutions have been installed by more than 60,000 customers in 60 countries. MTS' shares are traded on the NASDAQ stock exchange. For more information, please visit the MTS Web site (www.mtsint.com).

Certain matters discussed in this news release are forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, risks in product development plans and schedules, rapid technological change, changes and delays in product approval and introduction, customer acceptance of new products, the impact of competitive products and pricing, market acceptance, the lengthy sales cycle, proprietary rights of the company and its competitors, risk of operations in Israel, government regulations, dependence on third parties to manufacture products, general economic conditions and other risk factors detailed in the company's filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.