BT Enables Seven Telecom's International Lines

BT Wholesale today announced that it is providing Seven Telecom, the international connectivity provider, with International Direct Dial (IDD) traffic termination. The expected contract value is £1 million per quarter.

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Oct 31- One of the major factors in placing the business with BT Wholesale is the quality of termination BT offers customers via its Digital Main Switching Units (DMSU) interconnects.

Seven provides resellers with IDD traffic to anywhere in the world, distinguished by higher quality-of-service. Seven's main customers are calling card companies providing connectivity to areas such as Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nigeria and Ghana.

BT Wholesale has worked closely with Seven to understand their business and customers' requirements and has focused on its top IDD routes. The lines allow Seven Telecom to offer high-quality IDD at market competitive pricing to their customers.

Stuart Horwood, BT Wholesale Markets Managing Director, said: "We are proud to be working with Seven as one of the first operators to sell a high-quality product in the historically low-quality calling card market. Seven are relying on the best quality routes, such as those from BT, in order to ensure longer term customer retention."

Steve Evans, Seven Managing Director, said: "Our business model has always relied upon providing high quality call termination that in turn minimises our operating costs. BT Wholesale has worked hard to understand our business ethics and has consistently offered a combination of quality, pricing and proactive account management. It's good to have BT powering our business into the future."

About BT Wholesale:

BT Wholesale is the part of BT Group which provides comprehensive network services and solutions within the UK. Its customers number more than 500 communication companies, fixed and mobile network operators and service providers, including the two other principal BT businesses: BT Retail and BT Global Services.

It offers connectivity to every corner of the UK and its strategy is to continue upgrading its network for next generation services, including broadband, and the converging multi-media future. Its assets in the UK include BT's fibre and copper networks, the core telecommunications network and local exchanges.

The BT Wholesale portfolio includes a comprehensive range of wholesale and service provider products. These include ADSL, convergence, transit, bulk delivery of private circuits, frame relay and ISDN connections, as well as added value services.

About Seven Telecom:

Seven Telecom ("Seven"), the international connectivity provider, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Envesta plc, the specialist alternative telephony provider. Seven Telecom provides the infrastructure and capability to deliver cost effective, quality international telephone connections to: wholesale telephony resellers; calling card companies and to personal callers throughout the United Kingdom. Seven specialises in the provision of call services to the high value, specialist Asian and African markets. It has achieved impressive revenue growth, remaining profitable and cash
generative.

For further media information on BT Wholesale contact

Matt Cartmell at Band & Brown Communications on Tel: 020 7419 7000 or email: mcartmell@bbpr.com