STP.L Regulatory News (STP)

7 Nov 2005 07:00

Spiritel PLC07 November 2005 For immediate release 7 November 2005 SPIRITEL PLC ("Spiritel" or "the Company") Signs VoIP and termination agreement with Swift Internet Signs further contract with PNC Telecom Services Limited Spiritel plc (AIM: STP), the telecommunications services business, is pleased toannounce that it has signed an agreement to provide bundled broadband telephonyservices to Swift Internet, a provider of broadband and hosting services tosmall and medium sized businesses. Spiritel will also provide Swift Internetwith mobile and fixed line call termination services as part of the agreement. Swift Internet has an installed base of around 2000 SME business customers butits customer base also includes British Gas, Interbrew and DEFRA. The broadbandtelephony services supplied under this agreement make available to SwiftInternet's customers enterprise telephony applications at an SME price point. Further to Spiritel's announcement on 10 October 2005 on its agreement with PNCTelecom Services Limited (PNC TSL), the Company is pleased to announce that PNCTSL has signed a contract under which Spiritel will exclusively provide VoIPservices to a minimum of 2000 existing personal number customers. It is expected that the contract value will exceed £1 million over three years. Alastair Mills, Spiritel's Chief Executive, said: "I am delighted that SwiftInternet has selected Spiritel as its supplier of VoIP services. ISPs are wellplaced to exploit the broadband telephony opportunity and we look forward toproviding Swift with extensive VoIP applications and competitive, high qualityvoice termination. In addition, I am delighted by the speed at which our initialagreement with PNC Telecom Services Limited has developed into a substantialcommitted contract." ENDS For further information: Spiritel plc 020 7160 0100Alastair Mills, Chief ExecutiveJohn Vergopoulos, Deputy Chairman Teather & Greenwood 020 7426 9000Jeff Keating Buchanan Communications 020 7466 5000Mark CourtMary-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 Swift Internet Swift Internet was established in 1998 to provide Internet services to business,specialising in the needs of small to medium sized companies. Swift alsoprovides services to some larger organisations. A selection of our moreprestigious clients is listed below. * British Gas * DEFRA * Interbrew (Boddingtons Beer) * E-Mu Systems (Soundblaster Sound Cards) * Royal Artillery * Houses of Parliament * Kensington & Chelsea Conservative Association * Lattice Energy Services * Warwickshire Education Services About PNC Telecom PNC Telecom has been a major independent player in the UK telecom servicesmarket for over a decade and became a licensed network operator in 2001. PNCserves businesses with quality mobile and fixed-line telecoms products andservices. This includes core business telephony services such as non-geographicnumbers with advanced call handling and routing functionality as well as fullyinclusive revenue generating media products with integrated premium content andbilling. Following a number of recent acquisitions and the internalrestructuring of the business in early 2005, PNC has rapidly expanded anddiversified its portfolio across the various complementary media channels, frombroadcast TV to print press. Major PNC clients include O2 On line, ATPInternational, Ticketmaster, Insure & Go, ITV, BBC, The White Company, M&SFinancial Services, and Slimming World. For further information please visit www.pnctele.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange