One of the World's Leading Telecommunications Operators Chooses NetCracker for the Industry's Most Innovative and Ambitious OSS Initiative

Top-Five global carrier will implement the NetCracker service and resource management solution across more than 100 companies in more than 200 countries

Dallas – TeleManagement World – Booth no. 112 – November 09, 2005 – NetCracker Technology, the global solution leader enabling service providers to deliver and manage converged services, today announced a multimillion dollar historic deal with one of the world's leading telecommunications operators, which serves more than 125 million subscribers on five continents and had consolidated sales of almost 50 billion euros in 2004. NetCracker will become the inventory and services management platform for all of the operator's holding companies globally. The project started with NetCracker establishing a competency center at the holding company and beginning implementations at several subsidiaries.

With this roll-out, NetCracker will provide the platform for all of the operator's convergent services, under a consolidation program that is underway. The operator has undertaken the aggressive program to unite its companies under one platform and deliver convergent services to all customers by 2008.

Increasingly, service providers are shifting their focus to top-line growth and converged services. This operator plans to generate a meaningful percentage of group revenues from convergent offerings by 2008. The challenge for service providers is to initiate, deploy and manage these services. NetCracker provides the comprehensive platform that allows this level of service deployment and management.

This deal is the result of an extremely detailed due-diligence process performed by the holding company on behalf of its subsidiaries. The process consisted of various divisions and operating companies within the carrier validating the candidates' ability to support the operator's unique requirements. At the end of the review, NetCracker was chosen unanimously.

"At NetCracker, we look to be more than a solution and services provider. Our goal is to become a strategic business partner to our customers," said Andrew Feinberg, president and CEO of NetCracker. "We are excited to help this global carrier drive this next phase of the organization's evolution. By partnering with NetCracker, this operator ensures that it will remain a global leader."

About NetCracker Technology

NetCracker Technology, a subsidiary of NEC Corporation, is the leading provider of Telecom Operations and Management Systems to Communications Service Providers worldwide. www.NetCracker.com.

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About NEC Corporation

NEC Corporation is one of the world's leading providers of Internet, broadband network and enterprise business solutions dedicated to meeting the specialized needs of a diversified global base of customers. NEC delivers tailored solutions in the key fields of computer, networking and electron devices, by integrating its technical strengths in IT and Networks, and by providing advanced semiconductor solutions through NEC Electronics Corporation. The NEC Group employs more than 140,000 people worldwide. For additional information, please visit the NEC website at: http://www.nec.com.