TNS Enters Romanian Market with Acquisition of Connet-Ro

The TNS Romanian office will be based in Bucharest and will beheaded up by Angelo Secchi, TNS' Country Manager for Italy andRomania, reporting to the Senior Vice President of TNS' Europeanoperation Robert Trehin, with local assistance from Connet-Ro'sco-founder Paolo Tamburelli. Established in 2000, Connet-Ro is anauthorised provider of telecommunications services with license issuedby the Romanian National Regulatory Authority for Communications andprovides a credible alternative to the national Romanian telecomservice by offering voice, data and Internet services to Europeanbusinesses looking for a presence in Romania.

Commenting on the acquisition, Robert Trehin, says, "AcquiringConnet-Ro is an excellent move for TNS and provides us with a strongfoundation to rapidly launch our services into the Romanian market.There is enormous potential, particularly with those organisationsthat are looking to make the move to Internet Protocol (IP) to achievecost savings and to securely exchange data globally."

About Transaction Network Services

Transaction Network Services (TNS) is one of the leading providersof business-critical, cost-effective data communications services fortransaction-oriented applications. TNS provides rapid, reliable andsecure transaction delivery across multiple vertical markets andtrading communities.

Since its inception in 1990, TNS has designed and implementedmultiple data networks, each designed specifically for the transportof transaction-oriented data. TNS' networks support a variety ofwidely accepted communications protocols and are designed to bescalable and accessible by multiple methods. TNS' network technologieshave been deployed in the United States and internationally, and TNS'networks have become preferred networks servicing the tradingcommunity, wireless and wireline carriers, and the card processing anddial-up automated teller machine markets. For further informationabout TNS' transaction solutions, please refer to www.tnsi.com.

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