Kingston Communications to offer pageone's connect desktop business texting solution; Partnership to offer integrated business messaging.

M2 PRESSWIRE-17 May 2006-KINGSTON COMMUNICATIONS: Kingston Communications to offer pageone's connect desktop business texting solution; Partnership to offer integrated business messaging(C)1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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London - Advanced web-based desktop SMS text messaging is to be made available to business customers of Kingston Communications, thanks to a partnership announced today with PageOne. PageOne's industry leading Connect product will be re-branded and integrated by Kingston Communications to allow its customers to send and receive text messages to clients and colleagues directly from their Kingston Communications account.

PageOne's Connect is a desktop, web-based SMS messaging system capable of connecting with all paging, mobile and e-mail networks. It enables users to send text messages straight from their computers through familiar programmes such as Microsoft's Outlook or Excel. As well as being able to send individual text messages, broadcast groups can be set up using Excel databases. Each message can be tracked with status and delivery information from the mobile phone networks.

Chris Jones, Managing Director of PageOne said, "The partnership with Kingston Communications will help to open up new markets and business for us, while enabling Kingston Communications to extend its services to its customers."

Mark Conway, Head of Business Marketing, Kingston Communications said, "PageOne is an ideal partner to help us expand our extensive offering of communications solutions to our customers. Connect gives businesses a powerful tool to communicate both internally and externally in a cost effective and flexible way. We looked at other suppliers' products, but we found that PageOne offers the best support and value for money."

Kingston Communications offers a comprehensive communications portfolio of voice, data, internet and mobile solutions to businesses and the public sector. Established in East Yorkshire with national reach, the Kingston Group also includes Eclipse Internet, an established and growing broadband ISP that delivers internet connectivity and services to businesses and consumers throughout the UK.

About PageOne. www.pageone.co.uk

PageOne has been providing award winning wireless messaging solutions for nearly 20 years and has established a track record of leading the field in the introduction of innovative products and services. PageOne owns and operates a UK-wide paging network and provides business SMS messaging solutions; PageOne Paging and PageOne Connect respectively.

All PageOne systems are powered by the company's own flexible platform Oventus, developed to enable the seamless integration of mobile messaging across different networks and technologies. These services have consistently been designed to meet and exceed the demands of an increasingly mobile environment, providing reliable and cost effective communications to thousands of organisations across the government, NHS and major corporate sectors.

About Kingston Communications: Kingston Communications is a leading provider of communications solutions to businesses and public sector organisations throughout the UK.

The Kingston Group includes Affiniti, the communications integrator created from the coming together of Kingston Communications' Business Services division, Omnetica and Technica in 2005. Affiniti provides secure voice, data, video, mobile, wireless and storage solutions that enable businesses to exploit the opportunities that come with converged communications.

Kingston's national capabilities have been built on its strong foundations within East Yorkshire, where the company has been providing leading edge services to residential and business customers for over 100 years and where it has been a pioneer in the use of ADSL technology.

The Kingston Group also includes Eclipse Internet, an established and growing broadband ISP that delivers internet connectivity and services to businesses and consumers throughout the UK.

Note to editors The PageOne name is written as one word with a capital 'P' and capital 'O'.

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