Released: 20/03/2006
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Spiritel PLC
20 March 2006
For immediate release 20 March 2006
SPIRITEL PLC
("Spiritel" or "the Company")
Signs first Managed Services contract
Spiritel plc (AIM: STP), the telecommunications services business, is pleased to
announce that it has signed its first managed services contract, marking an
important milestone for the Company. The contract has been signed with PNC
Telecom Services Ltd, the UK numbering services company that specialises in
premium rate services and network based media delivery solutions.
Managed services is a new line of business for Spiritel, which is providing the
service in association with Affiniti, part of the Kingston Communications group,
that provides IT and telecoms solutions. The managed services product builds on
the Company's position as one of the leading alternative carriers of UK fixed to
mobile traffic.
The managed services product has been developed for switchless resellers
offering fixed line services to residential, SME and corporate customers.
Resellers are able to benefit from the cost savings achieved through Spiritel's
competitive international and mobile termination charges and from Affiniti's
national network.
This contract builds on the Company's existing relationship with PNC Telecom
Services Ltd. In October 2005 Spiritel entered a supply agreement with PNC
Telecom Services Ltd under which the Company provides PNC Telecom Services Ltd
with a range of VoIP products.
Alastair Mills, Spiritel's Chief Executive, commented: "The signing of our first
managed services contract is a milestone for the Company and highlights the
increasing breadth of our services and the effectiveness of providing services
to resellers as a route to market. These services leverage our core skills in
the provision of high quality, cost effective fixed line and mobile call
termination."
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For further information:
Spiritel plc 020 7160 0100
Alastair Mills, Chief Executive
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, through its
Spiritel Technologies division, has developed a suite of leading-edge VoIP
products, positioning the Company to benefit from the migration from traditional
telephony to VoIP services. Spiritel Technologies' route to market is via
reseller partners. 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
Telewest, Level (3), One.Tel and Your Communications among others. Spiritel
Technologies' VoIP products 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 - Partner Services
Affiniti is the communications integrator, created from the coming together of
Kingston Communications' Business and Partner Services divisions, Omnetica and
Technica in 2005.
Affiniti's Partner Services team provides flexible, end-to-end solutions to
resellers, ISPs, media service providers and carriers, including connectivity
and bandwidth services like carrier pre-selection, leaselines, number
translation and premium rate services and VoIP. It utilitises Affiniti's
2,200km national network to provide the backbone of these services and gives
channel partners dedicated sales, marketing and technical support.
Affiniti is a Kingston Communications business with offices throughout the UK
and employing 1,400 people.
See www.affiniti.com
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