In a period of economic crisis good news are twice good. And twice important. They give hope and courage. The success of Kapsch CarrierCom within the last 18 months is such good news. In Belarus, FEVelcom, amember of the mobilkom austria group, has placed an order with KCC for designing and implementing itsMPLS IP backbone network. After the first successful implementation of theMPLS backbone forMobiltel in Bulgaria, this is the second MPLS network within the mobilkom austria group which KCC has implemented. KCC received the first DWDM order from the alternative provider, Optima Telecom in Croatia. They will build their fibre network with ECI’s DWDM switches and have placed the order for implementation of the first link betweenZagreb and Botova with us. This order strengthens the competence of our Croatian branch in the transmission sector. April 2008 mobilkom austria’s “Next Generation IN“ project was successfully completed on April, 24th after achieving the “Final Acceptance“ milestone. Also in April, the first UMTS base station in Linz was reconnected fromthe existing “legacy R99” system to the new “3GPP Release 4” system. With this, the pilot phase, where the systemis tested under live conditions, began.There are 35 000 mobile end-users on the network as of the end of April. FIT (Future IVR Technology) Framework and Service Lines for the mobilkom austria group KCC received the order for the implementation of the new IVR infrastructure for the FIT(Future IVR technology) project from the mobilkomaustria group. With thewin of two tenders (RFP FIT Framework and RFP FIT Services Lines between April and October 2008), KCC together with its partners SemanticEdge and VoiceBusiness will implement a call center pre-selection solution with DTMF dialogues, directed dialogues and natural language understanding. This pilot project will go live at mobilkom austria by end of 2009. In the following you can find a summary of the milestones of success since January 2008. January 2008 After weeks of acceptance testing by Telekom Austria and an intensive verification office (VO) phase, the last node of Telekom Austria’s network was successfully migrated to the new OES software release AR51. We received an excellent grading for the maintenance in 2007 by Telekom Austria. The analysis of the supplier survey resulted in a perfect 100% score in the following categories: technical timeliness and completeness, technical flexibility, technical documentation, technical willingness to provide information, technical administrative correctness, adherence to security requirements and quality processes. We also received a 100% score for the quality of the final product. For the project assessment of the host installation and installation of two NVSt Klagenfurt Liu7s, we received a perfect 100% score in all categories. February 2008 In February, Kapsch CarrierCom established a subsidiary in Serbia. With this office in Serbia, the company can strengthen its activities on the regionalmarket. The new presence in Beograd is a further location in addition to Sofia and Zagreb, which was recently established by Kapsch. Autor 1 Kapsch CarrierComAG A great success story Kapsch CarrierCom 2008 and 2009 vices GmbH has awarded Kapsch CarrierCom AG the implementation of a 3GPP Release 4 Network solution. March 2009 The award for the third GSM-R expansion step with a value of Euro 13Million (Kapsch Prague), specifically Euro 2.7 Million (KCC) was made on March 11th, 2009. ÖBB has awarded Kapsch Carrier- Com AG the “Unterinntaltunnel“ wireless communication system tender. The order value is Euro 1.9 Million. The main KCC partners are Alpine Energie (cable assembly), as well as Axel Wireless. The system handover will take place in September 2009. Kapsch CarrierCom and Starent Networks implement aMultimedia Core Solution for the mobilkom austria group Themobilkomaustria group is taking the next technological step. Kapsch CarrierCom, the implementation partner, together with Starent Networks will equip the mobilkom austria group’s European- wide networkwith 3G/UMTS and 4G/LTEmobile broadband services. The high transmission rates of these new technologies enable a multitude of innovativemultimedia services. Kapsch CarrierCom continues to expand in Eastern Europe: Kapsch opens a subsidiary in Belarus. Kapsch CarrierCom AG continues to expand in 2009 despite the difficult economic climate. The company extends its reach in the Eastern European growth markets. Si.mobil:HLRmigration successful Si.mobil subscribermigration to the new KCC / Nortel HLR took place at the end of March and was successfully completed. KapschCarrierComwas selected as supplier forTA´s advancedVoIP solution (AIPS) This major order is based on Nortel’s Communication Server (CS) 2000 and allows Telekom Austria to seamlessly migrate end-users’ voice services to IP. The local KCC May 2008 The Siemens HLR at Si.mobil will be replaced. The Slovenian mobilkom subsidiary Si.mobil decided to migrate their mobile subscribers onto the existing mobilkom austria aTCA HLRs. With the establishment of a new subsidiary in Ljubljana in May, Kapsch has successfully pursued its SEE expansion strategy. Following themarket entry into Serbia, the activities in Slovenia will be intensified using the subsidiary in Slovenia. June 2008 KCCsuccessfully completed the implementation of theNGINsolution for the Macedonian operator “Vip operator“ in the beginning of June. In cooperation with Mobiltel Bulgaria, the first NGIN hosting solution in the mobilkom austria group went live on their jNetX platform. July 2008 Wels-Passau: this is digital communication on the railway. Kapsch CarrierCom implemented the first GSM-R route in Austria for the ÖBB in July 2008. Kapsch Carrier- ComAG completed the first part of the approximately Euro 40Million and 3500km order on time. September 2008 KapschCarrierComwon a large order in Hungary. In co-operation with jNetX, an innovative Service Delivery Platform (SDP) was implemented for Magyar Telekom (MT). This platform enables Hungarian’s largest fixed network provider to develop their ownNext Generation (NG) applications in the future. R4 Final Acceptance was achieved. After a successful verification phase of the R4 pilot system, the final acceptance was achieved on September 29th, 2008 A further jNetX IN system in the mobilkom austria group at Si.mobil goes live! In a common project with mobilkom austria and Si.mobil, KCC succeeded in replacing the existing Siemens IN system in SLOVENIA and to replace it with a jNetX system. October 2008 Kapsch CarrierComawarded a further order fromÖBB:ÖBB Bau AG placed an order with Kapsch CarrierCom AG for the implementation of digital systems in the Lainz tunnel and in the Purkersdorf switch hall. The order volume is Euro 1.3 Million. November 2008 A project team consisting of research, industry and media revolutionizes the search for videos on mobile phones. By using voice recognition technology, it is possible to immediately find all available on-demand ORF programs in which a desired term is mentioned. As part of a K net program, a solution calledMamtamwas developed under the leadership of the Technical University ofGraz. Kapsch CarrierCom as the general contractor, together with the ORF Online Directorate and mobilkom austria will implement this trial. December 2008 With the “Awareness of GSM-R international wireless train communications” project, Kapsch Carrier- Com AG was nominated for the prestigious “European Excellence Awards 2008” PR prize. mobilkom austria group extends Kapsch CarrierCom and jNetX technology footprint The mobilkom austria group delivers new telecommunication applications and migrates Si.mobil Slovenia’s legacy IN systems into a future proof NGIN/Telecom SDP environment. January 2009 Kapsch CarrierCom and Nortel introduce a new generation in technology for the mobilkom austria group: IP technology increases costefficiency and regional flexibility. The mobilkom austria group ser- 2 Kapsch CarrierComAG Mag. Ingolf Planer, MBA, Member of the Board, Kapsch CarrierCom AG Ing. Mag. Thomas Schöpf, Member of the Board, Kapsch CarrierCom AG This success is based on the fantastic commitment of all employees of Kapsch CarrierCom. In Austria and abroad. Kapsch CarrierCom AG expands its competencies in Southeastern Europe and will maintain a majority stake (68%) in the Croatian company Kapsch TIS d.o.o. while TIS Grupa d.o.o. will have a 32% stake in the company. After the Purkersdorf switch hall project in Vienna, KCC-RI won the tender for the wireless communication network (GSM-R, analogue wireless communication system and TETRA) for the nearly 13km Innsbruck by-pass tunnel against local and international competitors on April 2nd. ... and much more to come development team implements Austrian specific features on the Nortel call server (CS 2000) and givesTAthe possibility to offer their customers the existing service portfolio with the additional advantages of SIP. This project is a tremendous success for KCC and will roll out during the next 3 years. April 2009 The social Web goes mobile: Kapsch CarrierCom closes the gap between Telecommunications and the Internet with Telco 2.0. Social networking is booming with Xing, Facebook and Twitter. In contrast to the “old” internet, the Web 2.0 enables its users to interlink different services simply and quickly. Kapsch continues expansion in Southeastern Europe: Kapsch CarrierCom acquires TIS.Kis, the leading Croatian supplier of mobile software solutions. 3 Kapsch CarrierComAG Equal if it is mobilkom austria group or ÖBB: Kapsch CarrierCom ist the leading supplier of extensive and customized solutions for Carriers, Service Providers and Corporate Network Operators in Austria and in CEE. f.l.t.r.:Hrvoje Omejec (owner TIS Grupa), Richard Neussl (Kapsch TIS), Thomas Schöpf (KCC), Ivo Zavrski (Kapsch TIS), Kari Kapsch (Owner Kapsch Group), Ingolf Planer (KCC)