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Spiritel PLC
06 June 2008
For release 6 June 2008
SPIRITEL PLC
("Spiritel" or "the Company")
SPIRITEL RECEIVES DOUBLE INDUSTRY RECOGNITION
Spiritel wins 2008 Enterprise Convergence Award for Voice over IP Implementation
at Regent Inns
Alastair Mills, CEO nominated for Ernst & Young's 2008 Entrepreneur of the Year
Award
Spiritel plc, (AIM:STP), the business communications service provider, is
delighted to announce that the Company's significant recent progress has
received double recognition from industry sources in June. The Company has been
awarded the National Comms Business 2008 Enterprise Convergence prize for their
implementation of a VoIP solution for Regent Inns plc, whilst Chief Executive
Alistair Mills has been nominated for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year
2008 award.
The nominations mark a transformational year for Spiritel, which has grown
considerably through five acquisitions and moved to operating profitability.
The Enterprise Convergence award recognises innovation in the supply of
communications solutions and was awarded to Spiritel for the implementation of a
unique converged offering to Regent Inns plc. The five year deal, signed in
conjunction with strategic partner Mitel, includes VPN management, hosted VoIP
and customer Wi-Fi to 100 Regent Inns sites across the UK, and is the largest of
its kind in the UK, and Mitel's largest in Europe.
In addition, Spiritel CEO Alastair Mills has received personal recognition for
the Company's progress with a nomination as finalist for the for the 2008 Ernst
& Young Entrepreneur of the Year award. The award is recognised globally and
marks entrepreneurial spirit, innovation and outstanding leadership and drive.
Alastair is one of the youngest CEOs of a listed company and since being
appointed in 2005 has been instrumental in raising new capital from individuals
and institutions to support an expansive restructuring strategy.
Commenting on the news, Alastair Mills, CEO of Spiritel said: "Spiritel has made
fantastic strides over the past year and we are delighted to receive the
Enterprise Convergence Award which recognises our position as a leading provider
of IP based services for corporate customers. I am proud to be nominated as one
of Ernst and Young's Entrepreneur of the Year finalists, and I would like to
take this opportunity to thank the whole Spiritel team for their efforts in the
past year. The awards and nominations are a testament to the Company's year of
hard work which is now bearing fruit."
For further information please visit www.spiritelplc.com or contact:
Spiritel plc Tavistock Communications Daniel Stewart & Co.
Alastair Mills Simon Hudson Simon Leathers
Chief Executive Clemmie Carr Stewart Dick
Tel: +44 20 7160 0100 Tel: +44 20 7920 3150 Tel: 020 7776 6550
Notes to Editors
Spiritel is a fully integrated business communications group which enables its
customers to take advantage of the opportunities created by rapidly changing
telecoms markets as the migration to Internet Protocol (IP) based services
accelerates. The Group is a consolidator of the highly fragmented UK telecoms
reseller market and is building a substantial customer base and scale through
selective acquisitions. We are organised into two divisions, Spiritel
Technologies - focused on networking and IP products and services - and Spiritel
Business, which provides services directly to our Business customers.
Spiritel offers fixed and mobile voice and data communications solutions
including Voice over IP (VoIP), data networking, telephone systems and ISP
services to a rapidly expanding customer base. We are a leader in the provision
of new, but proven, Voice over IP (VoIP) solutions that are firmly based on the
old-fashioned service values which run throughout the Group.
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