07-Jun-2006 - Evolving Systems and Wireless Trade Nigeria Announce Partnership for African Market

ENGLEWOOD, Colorado Evolving Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ-EVOL), a leading provider of software solutions and services to the wireless, wireline and IP carrier markets, and Wireless Trade Nigeria Limited (WTL), a systems integrator and distributor of wireless solutions and related consulting and support services, have entered into a partnership agreement to pursue the growing wireless market in Africa. Under the agreement WTL will provide sales support and first-line support and maintenance for Evolving Systems' customers in Africa.

Africa's telecom markets continue to be the fastest growing in the world as formerly state-run monopoly markets develop into competitive markets and new wireless networks are rolled out. Subscriber growth is being fuelled by increasing coverage, more affordable handsets and tariffs, new distribution channels and the rollout of wireless data and content services.

"The wireless market in Africa has seen exponential growth, but has one of the lowest penetration levels, so there is still huge potential for further development," commented Lukman Akanbi, CEO of Wireless Trade Nigeria. "Competition is now driving these fast growing markets to evolve into a more mature stage where operators need to improve their performance, speed up the introduction of a wider portfolio of services and reduce the cost of their operations. Evolving Systems already has a strong track record of delivering solutions to these challenges to fast growing, competitive wireless operators in this region and we look forward to working in partnership with them."

Evolving Systems' Tertio™ service activation solution enables operators to replace legacy and custom built service activation solutions with a solution that can be cheaper and easier to operate. The solution helps operators to manage growth by reducing the time to activate services, decreasing the number of errors, and lowering the cost of operations. The Tertio solution, which supports Linux as well as various commercial UNIX products, offers operators a cost-effective and scalable choice of hardware architectures. It also provides graphical tools to enable rapid service modelling, service assembly and service integration to speed up service rollout and reduce the dependency on vendors or systems integrators.

"Wireless Trade Nigeria has strong experience with leading African operators and is well placed to help Evolving Systems grow its presence in the region," said Stephen Gartside, CEO and President of Evolving Systems. "This new partnership demonstrates our commitment to our three current customers in the region as well as to new opportunities, complementing the investments that we have already made in the emerging markets of Central and South America and the Asia Pacific regions."

About Evolving Systems®
Evolving Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ-EVOL) is a provider of software and services to more than 50 network operators in over 40 countries worldwide. Its portfolio includes market-leading products for Activation, Number Portability, Number Inventory and Mediation. Founded in 1985, the Company has headquarters in Englewood, Colorado, with offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, India and Malaysia. Further information at www.evolving.com

About Wireless Trade Nigeria Limited (WTL)
Wireless Trade Group focuses on providing global wireless products and solutions to enable carriers, manufacturers, and airtime resellers to reach and increase their distribution network in developing markets. Wireless Trade Group is a rapidly expanding global distributor of wireless handsets, accessories, videophones, fixed wireless terminals and wireless payphones. Established in 1995, Wireless Trade Group's head office resides in Mississauga Ontario, Canada. Wireless Trade Group success has lead to international expansion with offices located in the U.S.A, Nigeria and Korea. Further information at www.wirelesstradegroup.com

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT
This news release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the United States' Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, based on current expectations, estimates and projections that are subject to risk. Specifically, Evolving Systems' statements about the ability of Evolving Systems' Tertio solution to handle future needs of its customers and the impact of the partnership described in this press release on the Company's business in Africa are forward-looking statements. Readers should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, and Evolving Systems may not undertake to update these forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially because of many factors, such as carriers' abilities to roll out new services, the impact of competition and the general state of the communications industry. For a more extensive discussion of Evolving Systems' business, please refer to the Company's Form 10-K filed with the U.S. SEC on March 24, 2006 and subsequently filed Form 10Qs, 8Ks and press releases.

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