ESPOO, Finland, March 25, 2002 (PRIMEZONE) -- TietoEnator:
Suoramarkkinointipalvelut, the Direct Marketing Services business group of TietoEnator, has acquired the Telephone Numbers Updating business from Elisa Com Oy. With the transaction, Elisa's computerised, i.e. batch run -based number updating services are transferred to TietoEnator.
TietoEnator provides its customers with a comprehensive range of services related to direct marketing and CRM. The acquisition of the Telephone Numbers Updating business is a part of this process of services development and strategy of growth.
Telephone Numbers Updating covers the updating of both domestic and mobile telephone numbers, conveniently combined with other address services. It is an excellent supplement to TietoEnator's range of services to customers to whom up-to-date address and number data is of importance, both with respect to maintaining the customer register and the sales campaign address databases.
Elisa's service is in a leading position in its field. It has been developed during several years in co-operation with key customers to provide professional-level support for customer and campaign address database updating.
With 11,000 employees and annual net sales of EUR 1.1 billion, TietoEnator is a leading supplier of high value-added IT services in Europe. TietoEnator specialises in consulting, building and hosting its customers' business operations in the digital economy. The Group's services are based on a combination of deep industry-specific expertise and latest information technology.
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