STP.L Regulatory News (STP)

1 Nov 2005 07:00

Spiritel PLC01 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 toannounce that, through its Expo Communications division, it has signed areciprocal voice call agreement with Affiniti, the Kingston Communicationscompany that provides IT and telecoms solutions. This new agreement underlines Spiritel's position as a key partner to Europe'stop telcos and extends the Company's existing domestic and international voicerelationships. Expo Communications will provide Affiniti, which specialises in convergedcommunications services, with cost-effective international call termination andunder a reciprocal agreement Affiniti will provide UK fixed line termination toExpo Communications. Alastair Mills, Spiritel's Chief Executive, said: "I am delighted to welcomeAffiniti to our network and look forward to providing them with the highstandard of call quality on which our reputation in the industry is built. Thisaddition of a further leading European telecoms operator will also increase thecompetitiveness of the voice products offered to our customers. " ENDS 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 companieswhose focus is telecommunications services and products. Spiritel's initialtrading division, Expo Communications, was founded in 2000 and is one ofEurope's leading call termination businesses focussing on calls from fixed linesto mobiles. Expo's client base includes Level (3), Colt, One.Tel and YourCommunications among others. Spiritel has also launched VoIP, or broadbandtelephony, services through its Spiritel Technologies division, which has signedreseller agreements with companies including Entacall Communications andJabbertalk. These VoIP services, aimed at the SME market, are highlycomplementary to Expo's termination services as most phone calls made via VoIPrequire 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 thecoming together of Kingston Communications' Business Services division, Omneticaand Technica in 2005. Affiniti is a Kingston Communications business with offices throughout the UKand in New York, USA. The business employs 1,400 people with a high quality bluechip customer base in a number of key verticals, including the public sector,financial services, manufacturing and retail, distribution & transport. Some ofthose 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, togetherwith network expertise and managed services, providing and enhancing the servicecapability. The business has its own 2,200km national broadband network that forms thebackbone of the Wide Area services and has partnerships with market-leadingtechnology providers to provide end-to-end solutions and award winning, proven,service delivery. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange