Helse Midt-Norge signs IT operations contract with EDB

(Oslo, 17 December 2004) Helse Midt-Norge RHF (the Central Norway Regional Health Authority) has entered into an agreement with EDB to purchase IT operating services for 2005. The agreement makes EDB responsible for operating the network between all the hospitals and trusts in the region, and represents business volume of NOK 12 million.

Helse Midt-Norge RHF has overall responsibility for specialist health services in the counties of Nord and Sør-Trøndelag and Møre og Romsdal. This new agreement represents a continuation of the long-term collaboration between Helse Midt-Norge RHF and EDB. The collaboration makes EDB responsible for the operation of a high-capacity network between all the health authority undertakings in central Norway, and provides broadband solutions for 200 doctors' practices.
 
"We are satisfied with the performance, quality and pricing we receive from EDB, and this has encouraged us to choose EDB for this contract", explains Bård Helge Hofstad, Managing Director of Helse Midt-Norge IT.
 
"This contract for Helse Midt-Norge RHF demonstrates that EDB is very competitive for operating complex communication solutions", comments John-Arne Haugerud, Executive Vice President, IT Operations at EDB. "Moreover this development confirms our position in the public sector market", adds John-Arne Haugerud.
 
Further enquiries:
Reidar Gjærum, Executive Vice President, Corporate Communications, Tel: +47 908 55 101

Helse Midt-Norge RHF (the Central Norway Regional Health Authority) has overall responsibility for specialist health services in the counties of Nord & Sør Trøndelag and Møre & Romsdal. "Specialist health services " includes public hospitals, psychiatric institutions, the ambulance service, emergency call services, hospital pharmacies, laboratories and some institutions involved in drug and alcohol treatment.
 
EDB Business Partner is one of the leading suppliers of IT operations and software in the Nordic region. We provide industry-leading total solutions in the areas of banking and finance, telecommunications and IT operations. Our objective is to contribute to our customers' value creation by offering productivity-enhancing IT solutions combined with flexible and reliable operating solutions with unique economies of scale. EDB Business Partner has some 2,500 employees and reported turnover of NOK 4.3 billion in 2003. EDB is represented in Norway, Sweden, the USA, England, France, Spain and Switzerland. EDB Business Partner ASA is listed on Oslo Børs with the ticker code EDBASA. More information on EDB can be found at: www.edb.com