Telefónica de Argentina takes the lead with XandMail innovative

Paris, Buenos Aires –- XandMail SA, the global provider of carrier-scale Empowered Messaging™ software to fixed and wireless Telcos, xSPs and Portals, announced today that Telefónica de Argentina, the country's leading Internet access provider has selected its Empowered Messaging Suite of messaging solutions to launch its new broad-band multi-access messaging service.

The request for information (RFI) Telefónica de Argentina sent to the industry drew responses from nearly a dozen candidates, including many IT industry leaders. Several of them had included XandMail's solution as the technology of choice for the value-added front-end applications required by Telefónica de Argentina.

"XandMail provided us the solution with the lowest TCO while meeting Telefónica de Argentina's stringent requirements, particularly in terms of robustness and availability of value-added services.' says Jose-Luis Caresani, Telefónica de Argentina's Technical Manager of Broad-Band Services. "XandMail's Empowered Messaging Suite, also allows us to take the lead on the market with a unique messaging platform with unique services.' he added.

XandMail provides Telefónica de Argentina with its Empowered Messaging Suite of messaging applications including Web mail interface, personal address book, calendar and virtual disk. All applications are integrated under the same consistent user interface and can be accessed by Web and by other enabled devices such as phones, PDAs and TVs.

"We are proud to be working with Telefónica de Argentina. They will be able to derive the full business-benefits of our multi-channel Empowered Messaging Suite' says Ky-Ming Jen, XandMail's COO.

About XandMail SA
Founded in 1990, XandMail is a global provider of carrier-scale Empowered Messaging™ software to fixed and wireless Telcos, xSPs and Portals. XandMail develops and markets the Empowered Messaging Suite™, a solution that allows the implementation of consumer-oriented and income-generating messaging services for fixed and wireless access.. With its integrated product range and support services, XandMail allows Telcos, xSPs, Portals and UM Providers to generate additional revenue by offering new value-added services to their subscribers. XandMail currently has deployed licenses for 65 million mailboxes throughout the world. Please see www.xandmail.com for more information.

About Telefónica de Argentina
Telefónica de Argentina is part of Grupo Telefónica, which operates in almost 50 countries and has more than 80 million customers around the world. In Argentina, Telefónica de Argentina is the leading telecommunications company providing a range of telephone services, Internet residential access and directories. It operates four million phone lines in the country.

You can reach XandMail, SA by contacting Jerôme Lament at 33 (0) 148-368-903 or lament@xandmail.com

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