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Press Release


Monday, February 21, 2005

SENTECH launches DOVADO VoIP test in South Africa


SENTECH a leading ICT company in South Africa has decided to test, on a selected basis DOVADO VoIP offering at its premises in Gauteng, making use of the well-branded MyWireless services based on the 3G/UMTS-TDD standards. As an operator, the reach, freedom and speed of MyWireless has been used to market the message for the wireless internet access. To complement that offering, SENTECH has the aim to add the power of voice and fax communication as a second group of services. In a commercial phase, SENTECH subscribers will be able to gain many advantages in a more deregulated telecom environment; those being competitive pricing as well as extra value-added services.

With a simple Plug-and-Play approach to the subscriber, the DOVADO Residential Gateway (RG) offers Ethernet and Analog Telephony interfaces, now a globally-deployed standard; to connect their devices and be part of a Wireless Broadband Access and Telephony network in mere seconds.

The DOVADO Portfolio offers operators to deploy voice in a more managed and cost-efficient manner in order to maintain a large network without complications in commissioning, provisioning and supporting the deployed lines.

About SENTECH
"Sentech is a broadband network business accommodating narrowband functionality on a common platform, supplying communication solutions and services to wholesale and retail customers in chosen markets in South Africa and the rest of the continent."

About DOVADO
DOVADO is an innovative supplier of unique products and solutions for operators in order to introduce telecom services in new broadband wireless networks. DOVADO recognizes communication as a basic human right, and should be available across all boundaries of society and geography.

For further information, please contact


SENTECH
Dr Pranill Ramchander
Portfolio Manager : Public Relations & External Communications
pranill@sentech.co.za
Phone: +27116917256
www.sentech.co.za

DOVADO
Samir Madani
Director, Sales & Marketing
samir.madani@dovado.com
Phone: +46 709 45 63 96
www.dovado.com