Press Release - 05 August 2005

Dublin, Ireland, Friday, 12 August 2005…. Complete Telecom today announced its capacity to deliver gigabyte (Gb) speed, reliable and cost effective networks to its business customers within Cork City.

Central to this new service is a partnership agreement between Complete Telecom and e-net, the company charged with the concession to manage, maintain and operate fibre Metropolitan Area Networks throughout Ireland on behalf of the Irish government.

According to Kevin Murphy, managing director of Complete Telecom, “Through this agreement we can significantly improve the connectivity and speed of our client networks nationwide. Offering them connectivity speeds to rival any business in Dublin at a lower cost than they are currently paying”.

Users will benefit from the availability of gigabyte ethernet capacity bandwidth, significantly lower prices, better quality and increased functionality via advanced services in application hosting, IP Telephony and high-speed inter-site connections.

Additionally Complete Telecom has developed a MAN interconnect with backhaul speeds from 10 Megabytes (Mb) to 100 MB and even Gb to improve interconnectivity between multiple business site locations.

The leasing arrangement between Complete Telecom and e-net also extends from Cork to other regions such as Kilkenny, Waterford, Limerick, Wexford, Carlow, Athlone, Sligo and Galway.

Speaking on this partnership, Michael Tiernan, ceo of e-net commented, “e-net is committed to network development in all Ireland’s counties and encourages the open delivery of affordable, state of the art broadband services such as those delivered by Complete Telecom ’.

Tiernan continued:, “Turn-key, professional and experienced network services from companies like Complete Telecom are exactly what regional companies need to increase their competitiveness, eradicating any geographical communications boundaries that might exist”.

The Regional Broadband MAN programme that is managed by e-net was initiated by the Government in 2004 to roll out carrier neutral broadband networks to all towns in Ireland with populations in excess of 1,500 people. Funded up to 90% by the Government, the objective of these networks is to provide affordable broadband internet access in towns that would otherwise not receive broadband within a reasonable timeframe.

According to Murphy, “Complete Telecom initiated a partnership agreement like this back in 2004 with Aurora in Dublin and found it worked extremely well. We’ve extended this business model to partner with e-net in Cork and other regions throughout Ireland and we have no doubt it will be just as successful”.