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Dublin - October 13th, 2005 - WBT Systems, one of the leading providers of enterprise e-learning solutions, has been selected for the pilot to manage, track and deliver training to Celtel employees in thirteen African countries. Celtel, a major mobile network operator with more than seven million customers, is expanding rapidly on the African continent. The TopClass e-Learning Suite^TM will provide the platform for the newly established Celtel Academy.

Since its inception in 1998, Celtel has invested over $800 million in its network infrastructure in Africa and has increased its workforce to more than 3,000 professionals. Since the company has grown organically and through acquisition, each operation in Africa had its own training and development department. Celtel was faced with the challenge of training a highly dispersed workforce located up to 6,000km from its headquarters in the Netherlands.

According to CEO Marten Pieters, "We had invested so much in our network infrastructure. Now we needed to invest more in our people". The company selected a local Dutch consultancy firm Berg & Van der Meer to set up Celtel Academy as a virtual academy to support employee development within Celtel. A range of training programmes was developed and a Learning Management System (LMS) was acquired to drive the Celtel Academy initiative. "We had two key criteria in selecting an LMS; we wanted to work with a company that had all the technical expertise to drive the project and who could come up with practical solutions to meet our organisational requirements. Secondly, we were looking for a system with strong reporting functionality" says Willemijn Berg of Berg & Van der Meer. "WBT Systems met all those requirements. In addition, we particularly liked TopClass Publisher which allows us to easily compile Celtel specific courses from existing material".

Celtel will now offer a range of training programmes to its employees in English and French. The courses for Celtel’s Senior and Middle Management have been developed in collaboration with London Business School and Wits Business School in South Africa. "Celtel Academy is part of our strategy to operate as one company. This solution is helping us develop a single company culture across the Group ensuring equal access to training and education opportunities for all our employees", said Celtel CEO, Marten Pieters.

According to Declan Kelly, CEO WBT Systems, "This is an exciting project for the WBT team. We are delighted to work with Celtel to deliver this mission-critical function. Once again, we see how WBT Systems is firmly at the forefront in delivering solutions to global organisations to solve critical business issues and deliver real value".

About Celtel International

Celtel is one of the premier pan African mobile operators with more than seven million customers. Celtel is one of the best-known brand businesses in sub-Saharan Africa with mobile licenses covering approximately 30% of Africa's population, some 250 million people. Under the brand promise of ‘Making Life Better’ the company is committed to achieve sustainable development of telecommunications in Africa. Celtel operates mobile cellular operations in 13 countries: Burkina Faso; Chad; Democratic Republic of Congo; Gabon; Kenya; Malawi; Niger; Republic of Congo; Sierra Leone; Tanzania; Uganda; Zambia and Sudan. In Sudan, Celtel is the strategic investor and manager of Mobitel, Sudan’s leading mobile network and it manages the major fixed-line operator in Tanzania. In May 2005, Celtel was acquired by MTC of Kuwait for $3.4 billion. The MTC Group is a leading provider of mobile telecommunications services in the Middle East. In addition to its operations in Kuwait, MTC has controlling stakes in MTC-Vodafone Bahrain and Fastlink in Jordan; management control and a significant equity stake in Atheer Telecommunications in Iraq; and a management contract with the Government of Lebanon for MTC Touch (formerly Libancell). The MTC Group is listed on the Kuwait Stock Exchange. For more information see http://www.celtel.com/

About WBT Systems

WBT Systems is one of the leading providers of intelligent learning solutions across the globe. Its solutions help organizations to address the business issues that are imperative to success in an increasingly competitive world. Best of breed solutions include mitigating risk and reducing costs by implementing advanced, robust compliance tracking solutions and driving top-line performance through enabling sales and customer services channels. WBT’s implementation experience spans a variety of industries, including financial services, healthcare, government, and pharmaceuticals in blue-chip companies such as ABB, AHIMA, Alexander Forbes, Basler Insurance, Belgacom, Clinphone, Credit Suisse, Diageo, Dow Chemical, Eurocontrol, Husqvarna, Innovatia, Liberty Group, Ryanair, Standard Life, Smith & Nephew, Valero, Volvo CE, World Bank and Zurich Group. WBT Systems is recognized as a leader in both the e-Learning Suite and LMS Magic Quadrant Reports by the Gartner Group. Established in 1995, WBT Systems is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland with offices in the US, Canada, UK, Germany and the Netherlands.

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