Cap Gemini Ernst & Young First to Implement Portal’s Next-Generation Voice and Data Billing Solution at Deutsche LANDTEL

Cap Gemini Ernst & Young implementation sets telecom start up on fast track to success

Paris, 31 January, 2001-Deutsche LANDTEL, German subsidiary of European telecommunications provider LANDTEL N.V., has accelerated its entry to the German broadband market with the implementation of Portal Software’s best of breed voice- and data-enabled customer management and billing software platform to offer a wide range of innovative voice and data services. The convergent solution is based on Portal’s Infranet® platform and circuit-switched voice products Portal acquired last year from SOLUTION42.

The convergent software platform enables Deutsche LANDTEL to bill both voice and data records from a single platform and to process up to 45 million call data records an hour, rating voice services from mobile, fixed and Web sources in parallel. With Portal’s real-time technology, Deutsche LANDTEL can quickly bring the new services to market, generate new sources of revenue, improving customer satisfaction and reduce costs.

The Deutsche LANDTEL solution is the first fully implemented next-generation solution which brings together the real time capabilities of Infranet® and the new product sets resulting from the Portal acquisition of SOLUTION42. The entire system implementation was executed in just a few weeks by Cap Gemini Ernst & Young’s Telecom Media Networks.

"There is little doubt that the pace of the telecommunications market is quickening and that our ability to get such a comprehensive customer management system up and running so quickly has provided us with a distinct market advantage," said Berend Koerber, CEO of Deutsche LANDTEL. "We have an aggressive growth strategy in this market and have selected the best convergent customer management system which was flexible enough to adapt to evolving product offerings and yet could scale as necessary to address significant growth."

Alexander Haeffner, CEO TMN said: "Portal Software and TMN have been partners since 1996 and we have completed over 50 successful projects together for the world’s leading communications providers. Converged teams are continuing to work together on a range of projects in various international markets."

Steve Sommer, Vice-President Marketing and Business Development of Portal Software, states: "In joining forces with a company that is at the forefront in the telecommunications marketplace as well, our customers benefit from our joint knowledge expertise, and complementary capabilities."

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About Deutsche LANDTEL

Deutsche LANDTEL GmbH is a full service provider of broadband telecommunication services. The company holds a total of 16 WLL licenses, among them the licenses for the five largest cities in Germany. Based in Potsdam, LANDTEL is a 100% subsidiary of LANDTEL N.V. in Rotterdam. LANDTEL’s telecommunications services are also offered via additional transmission methods, i.e. DSL.

LANDTEL offers its customers voice-, Internet-, and access-services, solutions for E-commerce, application services, value added services and carrier services.

LANDTEL N.V. has subsidiaries in Switzerland and France, where it was very successful in acquiring WLL licenses in seven large regions, including those for the Greater Paris region. Subsidiaries in the Czech Republic and in Poland are in the process of being founded. Information about LANDTEL and its products can be found at http://www.landtel.de.

About Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Telecom Media Networks (TMN)

Cap Gemini Ernst & Young is one of the largest management and IT consulting firms in the world. The company offers management and IT consulting services, systems integration, and technology development, design and outsourcing capabilities on a global scale to help traditional businesses and "dot companies" continue to implement growth strategies and leverage technology in the new economy. The organization employs more than 59,000 people worldwide and reports global provisional revenues of about 8.5 billion euros (2000 pro forma).

Cap Gemini Ernst & Young is one of the global leaders in management consulting and IT services and is active in Europe, the United States and Asia Pacific. TMN offers over 30 years consulting expertise to major players in the Telecom, Media and Network arena. For more information, visit www.cgey.com

About Portal Software, Inc.

Portal Software, Inc., is building business infrastructure for the Internet.

Based in Cupertino, Calif., Portal is the leading provider of customer management and billing software for Internet and emerging, next-generation communications services. The company's real-time solution enables service providers to manage customers, support services and collect money. Portal's customers include Qwest Communications, Inktomi, Covad, Deutsche Telekom's T-Online, Telenor Mobil AS, Juno Online and France Telecom. Information about Portal and its products can be found at http://www.portal.com.