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RNS Number:3619R
Intec Telecom Systems PLC
28 October 2003


                Nigeria's M-Tel Selects Sentori, Intec and GPNW


  * Best-of-breed vendors selected to provide interconnect and billing &
    customer care for next-generation GSM network build-out

Laurel, Maryland, USA/ London, England - October 28, 2003 - Sentori, Inc., Intec
Telecom Systems, and GPNW Consulting (UK) Ltd. are pleased to announce that
Nigeria Mobile Telecommunications Limited (M-Tel), a leading mobile carrier in
Nigeria, has selected them to provide mission-critical interconnect, billing and
customer care solutions for M-Tel's next-generation national GSM mobile network.
With Sentori acting as the prime contractor these vendors have teamed up to
provide M-Tel with a state-of-the-art solution that will help to increase
M-Tel's revenue, lower administrative costs, and enhance the quality of M-Tel's
customer support.

"We are delighted that M-Tel has opted for the solution set offered by Sentori,
Intec and GPNW," said John Bennett, Sentori's President and CEO.  "M-Tel serves
the largest market in Africa. Our combined solution will allow it to have a
sustainable competitive edge as it continues to acquire customers in the
highly-competitive Nigerian environment."

With the largest population in Africa and one of the lowest telephone service
penetrations in the world, Nigeria offers massive growth potential for the GSM
industry. "Nigeria's fast-developing mobile market, combined with its large
population, makes it one of the most attractive telecoms markets in Africa,"
said Dave Baker, Intec's regional Director for Africa. "Not surprisingly,
competition for this billing project was extremely tough. After an extensive
evaluation process that involved some of world's leading OSS vendors, M-Tel
selected the Sentori and Intec solutions on the basis of the companies' proven,
flexible technology and on their experience in Africa and other emerging
markets. Intec will work closely with Sentori and GPNW to ensure the seamless
delivery of M-Tel's solutions. "

Nigeria's mobile market is developing faster than any other sector with the rise
of wireless communications and the government's decision to award mobile
licenses to several international carriers. As a result, Nigeria's mobile
subscriber base is expected to reach 30 million out of a population of 120
million by 2006, compared to only 2 million today. As M-Tel responds to this
explosive demand for mobile services, Sentori and Intec will support its
increasingly complex retail billing and intercarrier billing environments.

"Intec is pleased to partner up with Sentori and GPNW to support M-Tel's
strategic expansion into GSM," said Kevin Adams, Intec's Chief Executive
Officer. "With a growing market presence and widely varying challenges and
opportunities, M-Tel will quickly recognise the value provided by the Intec and
Sentori solutions to achieve greater cost savings and profitability through
complete, accurate billing."

Sentori will supply M-Tel with its Sentori(R) Billing and Customer Care system,
an award-winning multi-service customer management software solution.  Intec
will supply M-Tel with its InterconnecTTM billing solution - the market leading
software application that enables telecommunications companies to charge other
carriers for using its network to carry traffic and support services.

"We chose Sentori to lead this effort based on the flexibility and scalability
of Sentori's billing and customer care platform, as well as on Sentori's
outstanding record of on-schedule delivery, said Aad Loois, M-Tel's Chief
Executive Officer.  "Furthermore, we are delighted by Sentori's selection of
Intec and GPNW to round out the solution. This first-rate team will guarantee a
swift and successful implementation as well as a fast return on investment."


Sentori, Inc     Sean Mallon        [phone], ext. 268   [e-mail]
GPNW             Jason Andrews      [phone]             [e-mail]
Intec Corp.      Andrew Rodaway     [phone]           [e-mail]
Intec EMEA/A-P   Georgia Hanias     [phone]          [e-mail]
Intec US/CALA    Rosemary Mount     [phone]               [e-mail]
Intec US/CALA    Kelly Herring      [phone]               [e-mail]



About M-Tel

Nigerian Mobile Telecommunications Limited (M-Tel) provides mobile service
throughout Nigeria.  M-Tel is one of Nigeria's leading mobile providers, and is
100%-owned by NITEL, Nigeria's incumbent provider of landline telecommunications
services.  M-Tel currently has approximately 125,000 subscribers and will launch
a major national roll-out of a next-generation GSM network by the end of 2003.


About Sentori, Inc.

A privately-held, Maryland, USA-based company founded in 1994, Sentori Inc.,
provides multi-service customer management software solutions to communications
service providers worldwide. Led by its flagship product - the Sentori(R)
Billing and Customer Care system - this rapidly growing company is helping
evolving 3G wireless carriers, mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) and
other communications service providers acquire and retain high value customers,
by giving them control of the entire customer management process. Sentori has a
track record of in-budget and on-time product implementations combined with
world-class client support services. For information about Sentori's products,
services and employment opportunities visit http://www.sentori.com or call Sean
Mallon, VP of Marketing and Business Development, at [e-mail] or at
[phone], ext. 268.


About Intec Telecom Systems

Intec Telecom Systems is an award-winning worldwide Operations Support Systems
("OSS") vendor for fixed, mobile and next-generation networks (ie. WLAN, 3G and
IP), with more than 500 installations of its products worldwide.  Founded in
1997, Intec was listed on the London Stock Exchange (Code: ITL.L) in June 2000.
Intec is the market leader in intercarrier billing systems and convergent
mediation software, and a recent winner of the 2003 Global Billing Award - Best
Overall Contribution, and Telestrategies '2003 Mediation Excellence Award'.




Intec's portfolio includes:

        *   Inter-mediatETM - convergent mediation solution

        *   InterconnecTTM - intercarrier billing including US CABS and ITU

        *   Inter-activatETM - flow-through provisioning and activation

        *   Inter-contenTTM - end-to-end content revenue management

        *   Intec Dynamic Charging PlatformTM - a real-time pre/post-paid 
            charging interface between the network and the back office

        *   Intec DigiquantTM  - end-to-end management for advanced 
            data services

Intec's customer base includes, among others, BellSouth, BellSouth Peru, Brazil
Telecom, Cable & Wireless, Cesky Telecom (Czech Republic), China Unicom, COLT
Telecommunications, EBT (Taiwan), Eircom (Ireland), France Telecom, Hutchison
3G, Maxis (Malaysia), Singtel Optus (Australia), Orange, Telecom Argentina,
Telecom Egypt, Telecom Italia, Tiscali, TPSA (Poland), Swisscom, T-Mobile
International, Telia (Sweden), Telefonica, Telkom South Africa, Telstra, US
Cellular, Westel (Hungary), Vodafone, VimpelCom (Russia) and Verizon. For more
information on Intec Telecom Systems, visit the website at http://
www.intec-telecom-systems.com

About GPNW

GPNW Consulting is an international telecommunications consultancy and systems
integration group uniquely specializing in carriers' wholesale settlement
operations.  GPNW's primary focus is on helping carriers to understand their
interconnect and partner settlement requirements, to design and deliver quality
settlement solutions and to train resources in the systems and financial
management of their inter-carrier business operations. GPNW has extensive
experience with both wireline and wireless inter-carrier operations in Europe,
North America, Latin America and Africa. For more information on GPNW, visit the
website at http://www.gpnw.ca..

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