Matáv -- Fornax Joint Success: IT Solution from Hungary Wins Award

Fornax has been awarded the Silver prize in the international competition for the '2003 Global Excellence in Workflow Awards, for innovation and excellence in its workflow management IT solution WFMS, deployed at Matáv, Hungarys largest telecommunications service provider.

The awards, sponsored by the Workflow Management Coalition (WfMC), Giga Information Group and Workflow and Reengineering International Association (WARIA), the most acknowledged associations in the global workflow industry, were presented yesterday, on 8 April 2003 in New York.

Fornaxs workflow system drives all technical business processes at Matáv, internally and toward sub-contractors, managing the daily work of nearly 5,000 employees. The system is based on an integrated view of workflow and workforce management, and it offers advanced features from both areas. It provides full support from high level business process management down to every single detail of task execution.

A major advantage of the system is that it has been specifically designed for the telecommunications industry. The systems special features, such as its interfaces toward other core applications (billing, technical inventories, network management, etc.), mobile extensions for handheld terminals, the unique service designer module for graphically designing unlimited telecom services, have all contributed to this international success.

Over the years of our cooperation, Fornax and Matáv have worked together in a very professional way. Our working relationship is a very good example of how customer and technology provider can help each other achieve their goals," says Mr Bulcsú Balásy, CEO of Fornax.

Mr Attila Szász, Matávs Director Network Management commented: The process and service requirements designed by Matáv have been considered and implemented with maximum flexibility in solutions proposed by Fornax so that customer and supplier have jointly created an excellent system."

Fornaxs award-winning system is also deployed at Hrvatski Telekom, the Croatian affiliate of Deutsche Telekom AG.

Contact:

Fornax: Katalin Rácz, PR Manager, phone: (+36 1) 457 3000, e-mail: katalin.racz@fornax.hu

Matáv: Attila Szász, Director Network Management, phone: (+36 1) 457 4228

About Fornax Co.

Fornax Co. (www.fornax.hu), a member of the international Intracom Group, specializes in corporate IT solutions. The companys dedicated workflow division has multiple references of large-scale workflow implementations in the Central European region. Its award-winning workflow system is now marketed worldwide as a comprehensive workflow and workforce management suite, Eventusâ (www.fornax.hu/eventus).

About Matáv (www.matav.hu)

Matáv (NYSE: MTA:N and BSE: MTAV:BU) is the principal provider of telecom services in Hungary. Matáv provides a broad range of services including telephony, data transmission, value-added services, and through its subsidiaries is Hungarys largest mobile telecom and Internet service provider. Matáv also holds a controlling stake in MakTel, the sole fixed line and the leading mobile operator in Macedonia. Matávs majority owner is Deutsche Telekom AG.

About the Workflow Management Coalition (www.wfmc.org)

The WfMC, founded in August 1993, is a non-profit, international organization of workflow vendors, users, analysts and university/research groups. The Coalition's mission is to promote and develop the use of workflow through the establishment of standards for software terminology, interoperability and connectivity between workflow products. Consisting of over 200 members, spread throughout the world, the Coalition has quickly become established as the primary standards body for this rapidly expanding software market.

About Giga Information Group (www.gigaweb.com)

Giga Information Group (NASDAQ: GIGX) provides objective research, advice and continuous coaching on technology for e-Business. Giga's integrated suite of offerings helps clients make strategic decisions about the technologies, people and processes needed to excel in the new digital economy. Emphasizing close interaction between analysts and clients, Giga delivers support with the speed and scope necessary for e-Business. Giga began providing services in April 1996 and now has a global client base encompassing more than 1,100 organizations and over 120,000 licensed users, making it the fastest growing company in the IT advisory industry's history. Its enterprise clients include companies that use, sell and invest in technology.

About WARIA (www.waria.com)

The charter of the Workflow And Reengineering International Association is to identify and clarify issues that are common to all users of workflow and those who are in the process of reengineering their organizations. WARIA's mission is to make sense of what's happening at the intersection of Business Process Reengineering, Workflow, Knowledge Management and Electronic Commerce and reach clarity through sharing experiences, product evaluations, networking between users and vendors, education and training.