Kabira® and Bull® Jointly Target the Fast-Growing African Telecommunications Market

Bull and Kabira Join Forces at 3G AfricaCom in Cape Town to Demonstrate Newest Collective Offerings

GSM > 3G AfricaCom 2007

Booth A13C

Kabira Technologies Inc., a leader in high-performance transaction processing software for global enterprises and Bull, IT supplier and innovative Telco integrator, will jointly present their latest solutions for mobile operators who require real-time provisioning, mediation of GSM voice and data services, as well as mobile payments solutions at 3G AfricaCom. The 3G AfricaCom conference and exhibition will be held on November 21st and 22nd in Cape Town, South Africa.

The companies will show their key telecommunications offerings, including Bull NovaScale® servers, Kabira provisioning, mediation, convergent charging and mobile payment solutions, coupled with Bull integration, sales and support services. These offerings deliver:
Innovation for mobile operators with real-time provisioning and mediation
Intensive computing with robustness and standard technologies
Support of dedicated Telecoms expert centers worldwide

This joint exhibition follows Kabira and Bull’s announcement in September 2007 of the signing of an expanded strategic alliance agreement to provide Kabira applications on Bull NovaScale servers, running Linux 64-bit operating systems. This strategic alliance both significantly increases the availability of Kabira’s market-leading transaction processing solutions and leverages Bull’s world-class sales, service and support teams throughout Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa.

Kabira’s real-time transaction platform and provisioning, mediation and mobile payment solutions are currently utilized by global operators worldwide. Kabira technology is widely deployed in the Pan African market since it is ideally suited to the unique needs of African mobile operators who are managing booming demand for new and advanced offerings, such as services for un-banked populations or value added services for prepaid subscribers. Kabira already provides solutions to African mobile operators based in Ivory Coast, Botswana, Mali, the Republic of Cameroon, Madagascar, Senegal, Egypt and Morocco.

Bull has developed a real expertise in helping operators in emerging markets to offer new services and control costs, while preserving their existing environment. For example, Bull has provided innovative solutions to accommodate today’s operators’ requirements like Triple and Quadruple Play services offerings involving Internet, fixed – mobile telephony, messaging voice and data, IPTV etc. In addition, Bull has developed the necessary IT components and/or ensured the integration of new offerings in the existing information systems of the operator, i.e. billing, mediation, provisioning and customer relationship management, portals and self-care.

“We believe our products will enable Africa’s operators to address the complex competitive and market challenges now present throughout the region,” said Philippe Lavigne, EMEA Alliance and Business Development Director for Kabira Technologies. “Kabira provides a highly reliable, scalable real-time platform designed to enable operators to quickly roll out new services, such as convergent charging and mobile payment offerings. We feel that, Kabira and Bull deliver the advanced software, hardware, and support services needed by African operators that is unmatched by any other providers.”

“Every time we implement Kabira solutions we find that their capabilities meet the requirements of today’s Telecom market such as cost reduction for integrated operators, rapid integration of new services and shortened time to revenue,” said Christian Giusti, Director of Business Operations for Bull’s Telecommunications and Media Business Unit. ”The on-going expansion of our partnership is supported by Bull’s strong business dynamics towards emerging markets, as well as by Bull’s worldwide sales presence.”

Kabira and Bull will be exhibiting at stand A13C.

About Kabira Technologies Inc.

Kabira Technologies, Inc. (“Kabira”) provides high performance transaction processing software for global enterprises in Financial Services and Telecommunications. Kabira products are designed to meet the needs of highly available systems performing mission-critical business services. Kabira products can be implemented more quickly, with significantly higher performance and at substantially less cost than legacy transaction processing systems. Kabira has been adopted by 70 organizations in 30 countries. Companies such as VISA, AT&T, France Telecom, Bank of America, Vodafone and Alcatel rely on Kabira high-performance transaction processing to support real-time product and service offerings. The company is privately held. More information can be found at www.kabira.com.

Kabira and certain other trade names, trademarks and logos are trademarks which may be registered in the United States, Australia and Europe and are owned by Kabira Technologies, Inc. or its affiliates. These marks may not be used in connection with any product or service that does not belong to Kabira (except as expressly permitted by a license with Kabira), in any manner that is likely to cause confusion among customers, or in any manner that disparages or discredits Kabira, its licensor, its subsidiaries or affiliates.

All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Kabira EMEAR PR Contact
Veronique Marquet
Marketing Communications Director, EMEAR
Kabira Technologies
Phone: +33(0)1 44 51 78 9230 80 32 52

E-mail: veronique.marquet {at} kabira(.)com

Kabira show contact:
Philippe Lavigne
Director Alliances, EMEAR
Kabira Technologies
3G AfricaCom Booth N#. A13C
Mobile: +33 (0) 6 07476770

About Bull, Architect of an Open World

As one of the leading European IT companies, Bull delivers open, flexible and secure information systems. The group helps public and private sector customers transform their information systems, applying its know-how and expertise in three main areas:

-Capitalizing on its extensive mainframe experience, Bull designs and produces robust, innovative and open servers, based on industry-standard technologies;

-Building on its alliances with leading ISVs, Bull develops and implements flexible and interoperable application infrastructures which give business processes the freedom to evolve;

-Bringing together recognized expertise in end-to-end IT security, Bull secures data and exchanges that are so critical in preserving customers’ business integrity.

Bull has a particularly strong presence in the public, healthcare, finance, telecommunications, manufacturing and defense sectors. Its distribution network and business partners cover more than 60 countries worldwide.

For more information visit: http://www.bull.com. Bull PR Contact
Anne-Marie Jourdain
Bull
Rue Jean Jaures – 78340 Les Clayes sous Bois – France
Phone: +33(0)1 30 80 32 52

E-mail: anne-marie.jourdain {at} bull(.)net

Bull show contact:
Malika Lamrani
International Business Development
Bull
3G Africacom Booth N# A13C
Mobile: +33 (0) 6 82593561

Contacts

Kabira Technologies
Kabira EMEAR PR:
Véronique Marquet, +33(0)1 44 51 78 9230 80 32 52
Marketing Communications Director, EMEAR
veronique.marquet {at} kabira(.)com
Kabira Show:
Philippe Lavigne, +33 (0) 6 07476770
Director Alliances, EMEAR
or
Bull
Bull PR:
Anne-Marie Jourdain, +33(0)1 30 80 32 52
anne-marie.jourdain {at} bull(.)net
Bull Show:
Malika Lamrani, +33 (0) 6 82593561 (Mobile)
International Business Development