9th Jan 2006 10:18
Tescom Software Systems Testing Ltd09 January 2006 Tescom Software Systems Testing Ltd. TESCOM SELECTED AS PRINCIPAL SUPPLIER FOR TESTING BY BSKYB 9 January 2006: Tescom Software Systems Testing Ltd. (Tescom or "the Company"),the leading quality assurance ("QA") and software testing provider, announcesthat it has won a contract with BSkyB to become their principal supplier fortesting across the UK. The contract will initially run through to September 2006. Tescom will use itsknowledge and expertise working alongside BSkyB's existing team to augment andenhance its testing services across the board. The team will ensure that theentertainment company is able to meet its ambitious project plans in the comingmonths. Tescom will provide services that are in alignment with current capability andtherefore allowing them more scope for new systems to be developed. Tescom willprovide a flexible resource model in order to expand BSkyB testing capabilityand have already started work on some of the companies critical projects. Neil Goodall, Managing Director of Tescom UK said: "We are delighted to havebeen selected to work with BSkyB and we look forward to a long-termrelationship. This embodies our plans to work with our clients as an integraland trusted partner." Enquiries Tescom Ofer Albeck, CEO and Chairman +97 2 52 233 3352 Neil Goodall, MD, UK +44 (0)20 7022 6700 Corfin Communications Harry Chathli, Clare Irvine +44 (0)20 7929 8989 About Tescom Software Systems Testing Ltd. Founded in 1990, Tescom is a public company (LSE: TSCM) that maintainsoperations in Australia, France, Israel, Singapore, Spain, the United Kingdomand the United States. Tescom is a global leader in independent software qualityassurance and testing. They have 650 professionals around the world dedicatedto helping companies mitigate the technological risks inherent to thedevelopment, implementation and integration of software and informationtechnology applications. For more information, please visit www.tescom-intl.com. About BSkyB British Sky Broadcasting Group (Sky) is changing the face of entertainment. Morethan 17 million viewers in seven million households enjoy an unprecedentedchoice of movies, news, entertainment and sports channels and interactiveservices on Sky digital, the UK's first and most popular digital televisionplatform. In addition to offering almost 400 channels, Sky digital, offers a range ofinnovative interactive services that allow viewers to send emails, shop onscreen, play games, select camera angles, vote, place bets and manage theirfinances - all via their TV. Sky again demonstrated flair for innovation withthe introduction in 2001 of the next-generation integrated digital satelliteset-top box and personal video hard disk recorder, Sky+. Sky's own channels, such as Sky News and Sky Sports, are available in a further5.4 million cable and digital terrestrial homes in the UK and Ireland. The company is moving across channels with services planned for delivery throughbroadband for existing customers, allowing current subscribers to access ondemand movies and sports, together with such initiatives as the ability to senda text message to tell your Sky+ box to record programs for you. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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