EDB - Trafikanten selects Avenir for its new publishing solution
(Thomson Reuters ONE) - (Oslo, 8. September 2009) EDB's subsidiary company Avenir has enteredinto an agreement with Trafikanten to develop a new publishingsolution that will provide 1.5 million Norwegians with up-to-dateinformation on public transport through a range of channels includingthe Internet, mobile telephones and a customer centre.Trafikanten AS invited proposals for a new publishing system inspring 2009. Vendors from Norway and Sweden competed for thecontract, and Trafikanten selected EDB's subsidiary Avenir as thewinner. The agreement represents total contract value of NOK 3million. Work on implementation will start in September, with thelaunch of the new solution planned for the first half of 2010."The technology that Trafikanten currently uses for its publishingsolution has become outdated, with limited flexibility, and isexpensive to maintain. We have every confidence that Avenir willprovide us with a modern portal platform that will make it eveneasier for our users to communicate with us over the internet andfrom mobile phones", explains Jarl P. Eliassen, Managing Director ofTrafikanten AS."Trafikanten is an exciting customer, and we warmly welcome theconfidence in us that Trafikanten has shown by selecting Avenir tosupply its new publishing solution. Trafikanten.no is the most highlyvisible portal in Norway, and with the new solution it will offer astate-of-the-art service with better facilities for mobile solutions(WAP, mobile telephone), travel cards and real-time information,"comments Lars-Erik Johannessen, managing director of Avenir.The agreement with Avenir provides for the delivery of a newtrafikanten.no portal and new mobile telephone pages, with improvedroute planning and intranet functionality. The new publishingsolution will be based on EPiServer 5.0 using a Windows platform.For further information, please contact:Lars-Erik Johannessen, Managing Director, Avenir. Tel: + 47 970 36256Geir Remman, Executive Vice President - Corporate Communications,EDB. Tel: + 47 970 55 017About TrafikantenTrafikanten.no is one of the most heavily used portals in Norway,with 1.5 million unique users every month. Trafikanten providesservices for the general public and a number of transportationcompanies covering six counties, and provides information through arange of delivery channels. www.trafikanten.noAbout EDBEDB Business Partner is one of the leading IT groups in the Nordicregion. The company offers solutions for the full range ofbusiness-critical IT services. EDB aims to be a close and attentivepartner that leverages its deep industry knowledge and internationalcapabilities to help its customers realise the full potential of IT.The company has local presence in 13 countries, 6,200 employees andan annual turnover of approximately NOK 8 billion. EDB BusinessPartner is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. www.edb.comThis announcement was originally distributed by Hugin. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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