EPR-fi57/08
Fujitsu Services

Nice acquires RTT Solutions’ testing business

Helsinki, 19th June 2008 — Software service company Nice-business Solutions Finland Oy (Nice) strengthens its testing offering by acquiring software and mobile terminal testing business from Oulu based RTT Solutions Oy. Ownership will transfer to Nice August 1st, 2008.

Nice is a joint venture of Fujitsu Finland and Nokia.

Along the deal, 23 persons will transfer to Nice as old employees. As a head of the team will continue RTT’s acting Managing Director Toni Mettovaara.

Nice’s strengths have been in server applications and -technologies. Nice has become over the past two years also a strong actor in embedded software and mobile systems. RTT is known best for its know-how in software testing and testing of mobile terminals.

”By combining our companies’ areas of expertise we are able to expand our service portfolio and to serve our customers more comprehensively”, says Nice’s Managing Director Jouko Seppä.

”Nice is known for its reliability as software supplier. Strong basis for this has become from long history of process know-how through Fujitsu ownership. We have been able to respond to our customers’ high level quality- and efficiency challenges by being among the first in Finland to use agile software development in many of our project deliveries. In addition we follow ITIL-practises in our continuous service deliveries”, Seppä continues.

”As a part of Nice we can take our development projects further more efficiently and we can develop our project working. In addition we strengthen our position as the testing supplier of our main customer”, states Toni Mettovaara.

Through this acquisition Nice’s revenue for the on-going fiscal year is expected to exceed 65 M€ and the headcount will rise to 365.

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About Fujitsu Services

Fujitsu Services Oy is the leading Finnish supplier of ICT services to enterprises and organisations. The company’s cutting edge ICT operating models Patja and Sohva facilitate the day-to-day operations of its customers in Finland and abroad by assuming the overall responsibility for the support services, operation and development of the customers' IT infrastructure and operative applications. Fujitsu’s other strengths include mobile work services, electronic services and Microsoft- and SAP-based solutions.

The ICT services company Fujitsu's net sales in Finland for the financial year that ended in March 2007 amounted to 318 million euros. The company employs 2,300 people in Finland and the Baltic countries. Fujitsu Finland is part of the global Fujitsu Group, one of the largest ICT services providers on a global scale. Our specialist network comprises 160,000 employees in 70 countries. Patja and Sohva are Fujitsu Services Oy's registered trademarks. Read more at: fi.fujitsu.com, www.net-lehti.com.

About Nice-business Solutions Finland Ltd

Nice-business Solutions Finland Ltd is software services and -solutions providing company. Our services cover the whole life cycle of software development from requirements specification through software development and testing to deployment- and support services. As a Fujitsu and Nokia owned company we have strong experience on collaboration with leading international customers. We provide services utilizing leading technologies and software solutions. www.nice.fi

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