Convergys übernimmt Telesens Tochter - 500 Beiträge pro Seite

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Die amerikanische Convergys, ein Unternehmen, das im Bereich Telekommunikationsdienstleistungen und Customer Care tätig ist, hat gestern die TelesensKSCL Ltd. übernommen.

Der Preis für die Übernahme des insolventen Unternehmens wurden nicht bekannt.

Convergys wird rund 230 Mitarbeiter in England und Frankreich übernehmen. Insgesamt beschäftigt das Unternehmen jetzt 45.000 Menschen in mehreren Ländern weltweit.

Wertpapiere des Artikels:
TELESENSKSCL AG NA
CONVERGYS CORP.


Autor: (© wallstreet:online AG / SmartHouse Media GmbH),08:33 04.07.2002

[mzbx]

Warum will denn die deutsche TELESENSKSCL AG NA keiner?

[Aromat]

Freitag könnte die Hammer-Adhoc kommen, Kursziel 0,25 Euro

[Lassemann]

Oh Mann, Aromat, höre bitte auf mit Deinen stumpfen gepusche. Warum soll eine Hammer-Adhoc kommen? Die Kunden, das wichtigste Asset, ist zum einen per Dumpingpreis (um jedenfalls die Mitarbeiter in UK noch unter zu bringen, hat der Insolvenz-Verwalter diesen Schritt gemacht, an Convergy`s gegangen. Zum anderen wird sich DTE aus der Konkursmasse bedienen. Geht das langsam in Deine Birne!!!!??? Oder bist Du ein Auftragspuscher für die Grossaktionäre?

[hewing]

Die Insolvenz wurde doch eigentlich von einer Forderung der Telesens AG an die schottische Tochter ausgelöst die diese nicht mehr zahlen konnte. Die Forderung kann sich doch nicht in Luft aufgelöst haben. Ihre Höhe kann nicht gering sein und ist wahrscheinlich in einem der Geschäftsberichte festzustellen.

Durch die Übernahme ist oder wird diese Tochter wieder zahlungsfähig.

Weiß einer was da passiert?

[crashfire]

Die schottischen Firmenteile wurde von den Recievern
(vergleichbar deutschen Insolvenzverwaltern) schuldenfrei
verkauft.

Ob der Kaufpreis höher war als die Verbindlichkeiten
gegenüber der Royal Bank of Scotland ist pure Spekulation.
Die Umstände sprechen eher dagegen, daß sich TelesensKSCL
über einen nennenswerten Betrag aus Schottland freuen
kann.

Die Website ist ja schon seit letzter Woche down, geht
wenigstens noch jemand an das Telefon ?

[hewing]

http://www.billingworld.com/dailybriefout.cfm?ID=1

Convergys Snaps Up TelesensKSCL

July 3

-Convergys has recently announced it has bought billing software vendor TelesensKSCL for approximately $12.5 million. TelesensKSCL, based in Cologne, had filed for insolvency in June after proving unable to recover from rapid growth during an unstable market. With this move, Convergys has added the company’s voice and data billing systems for mobile networks to its portfolio and looks to increase its European presence—starting with the support of two Tier 1 TelesensKSCL clients: mmO2 and Orange France. Convergys expects to receive $25 million over the next 12 months.

[mrs.whiteknight]

Competitor buys TelesensKSCL out of receivership

IAN McCONNELL

EDINBURGH-based software developer TelesensKSCL was yesterday bought out of receivership by US
competitor Convergys for a price believed to run into tens of millions of pounds.

Convergys last night attempted to reassure the remaining 230 employees at TelesensKSCL, which produces
billing systems software for mobile phone companies. The Scottish business ran into financial trouble mainly
because of a cash crunch at German parent TelesensKSCL AG.

A spokesman for Ohio-based Convergys said last night: "There are no planned staff cuts at all at this time."

Asked if Convergys would retain a reasonable scale of operation in Edinburgh, the spokesman replied: "Yes."

On whether this would still involve software development, as well as a sales operation, he replied: "That is the
current plan, yes, because we found Edinburgh to be a very wonderful place to do business."

Receiver Deloitte & Touche axed 220 staff at TelesensKSCL last Friday, leaving 150 mainly technical staff in
Edinburgh. The other 80 remaining employees are in France.

One former employee questioned why TelesensKSCL had been put into receivership last week when a deal was
only days away. He said the 220 lay-offs would save Convergys from making redundancy payments.

But John Reid at Deloitte & Touche, said: "That wasn`t the reason for doing it. There had been interest in the
business prior to the business going into receivership. It did require considerable sums of money to continue
trading. Given the shareholders did not wish to introduce further cash at that stage, the view was the secured
lenders (Royal Bank of Scotland) were not interested either."

The former employee feared for jobs, claiming Convergys wanted only the customer base.

KSCL was bought by German group Telesens for £135m two years ago. Convergys, said by the former
employee to have been a potential buyer of the business two years ago, was said by Reid to have paid a
"considerable" price with which he was "quite satisfied".

Reid said there had been talks with three separate parties.

The former employee said one was ADC Saville.

- July 4th


Quelle:The Herald UK

[mrs.whiteknight]

Nachrichten-Splitter:

"This acquisition is an important development for Convergys as well as for
TelesensKSCL`s many international communications clients," said Steve
Robertson, President of Convergys International. "First of all, this acquisition
builds on our publicly stated strategy to accelerate revenue growth and market
coverage in billing and customer care internationally. Second, Convergys is a
financially stable company and a world leader in billing and customer care. This
acquisition brings financial stability and deep operational resources to support
TelesensKSCL`s clients who faced critical uncertainty about the future of their
billing systems with the announcement of TelesensKSCL`s insolvency."