Released: 01/11/2005
RNS Number:4154T
Spiritel PLC
01 November 2005
For immediate release 1 November 2005
SPIRITEL PLC
("Spiritel" or "the Company")
Signs Voice Agreement with Affiniti
Spiritel plc (AIM: STP), the telecommunications services business, is pleased to
announce that, through its Expo Communications division, it has signed a
reciprocal voice call agreement with Affiniti, the Kingston Communications
company that provides IT and telecoms solutions.
This new agreement underlines Spiritel's position as a key partner to Europe's
top telcos and extends the Company's existing domestic and international voice
relationships.
Expo Communications will provide Affiniti, which specialises in converged
communications services, with cost-effective international call termination and
under a reciprocal agreement Affiniti will provide UK fixed line termination to
Expo Communications.
Alastair Mills, Spiritel's Chief Executive, said: "I am delighted to welcome
Affiniti to our network and look forward to providing them with the high
standard of call quality on which our reputation in the industry is built. This
addition of a further leading European telecoms operator will also increase the
competitiveness of the voice products offered to our customers. "
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For further information:
Spiritel plc 020 7160 0100
Alastair Mills, Chief Executive
John Vergopoulos, Deputy Chairman
Teather & Greenwood 020 7426 9000
Jeff Keating
Buchanan Communications 020 7466 5000
Mark Court
Mary-Jane Johnson
Notes for Editors:
About Spiritel plc
Spiritel (AIM: STP) is the holding company for a growing group of companies
whose focus is telecommunications services and products. Spiritel's initial
trading division, Expo Communications, was founded in 2000 and is one of
Europe's leading call termination businesses focussing on calls from fixed lines
to mobiles. Expo's client base includes Level (3), Colt, One.Tel and Your
Communications among others. Spiritel has also launched VoIP, or broadband
telephony, services through its Spiritel Technologies division, which has signed
reseller agreements with companies including Entacall Communications and
Jabbertalk. These VoIP services, aimed at the SME market, are highly
complementary to Expo's termination services as most phone calls made via VoIP
require termination in the same way as calls from traditional fixed line phones.
Spiritel joined the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange in July 2004.
For further information please visit www.spiritelplc.com
About Affiniti
Affiniti is a communications integrator - a new kind of partner created from the
coming together of Kingston Communications' Business Services division, Omnetica
and Technica in 2005.
Affiniti is a Kingston Communications business with offices throughout the UK
and in New York, USA. The business employs 1,400 people with a high quality blue
chip customer base in a number of key verticals, including the public sector,
financial services, manufacturing and retail, distribution & transport. Some of
those businesses include: Experian, IVAX, Sage UK, Ford, BMW, Admiral Insurance,
the Food Standards Agency, Toyota, British Airways, Total, NHS Greater Glasgow,
GlaxoSmithKline, Deutsche Bank, Scottish Parliament, BMI and TNT.
Affiniti specialises in converged communications, combining carrier services,
enterprise voice, data, video, mobile, wireless and storage skills, together
with network expertise and managed services, providing and enhancing the service
capability.
The business has its own 2,200km national broadband network that forms the
backbone of the Wide Area services and has partnerships with market-leading
technology providers to provide end-to-end solutions and award winning, proven,
service delivery.
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