BAA Contract Win

Eckoh Technologies PLC 28 November 2006 Immediate Release 28.11.2006 Eckoh Technologies PLC ECKOH BUILDS ON TRAVEL SECTOR EXPERTISE TO DELIVER AUTOMATED FLIGHT INFORMATION SERVICE FOR BAA Eckoh, one of Europe's leading providers of outsourced automated solutions, and its partner, BT, have secured a three year contract to provide an automated flight information service to BAA. The service, which will provide flight status information for all flights into and out of Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted, is expected to handle more than 18,000 calls a day from members of the public. The flight information service, which went live at Heathrow airport on 13th September and Gatwick on 14th November 2006, is expected to go live at Stansted in early 2007. Using advanced self-service technology to automate calls, the service will be available 24-hours a day, 365 days of the year. Because it is linked directly to BAA's own back end systems, which monitor the status of all flights into UK airports, information given to callers will be consistent, accurate and up-to-the-minute. "With more than 11 million travellers passing through BAA Airports each month it is vital that we're able to provide timely, accurate flight information at any time of the day or night," says Tom Voice, director of BAA Retail IT. "As Eckoh and BT's track record in the travel sector has proven, the introduction of this automated service means we will have the capability to dramatically improve information availability whilst reducing the cost of providing this vital customer service." Hosted on Eckoh's call processing platform, capable of handling up to 650,000 calls per hour and 8,000 calls simultaneously, callers will get direct access to flight information on a no-queue basis, even during busy periods or when unpredicted service disruptions and airport closures give rise to high call volumes. Nik Philpot, CEO of Eckoh, says; "This prestigious deal with BAA further strengthens Eckoh's position within the UK's travel and transport sector, where the market for automated information services is currently growing at around 25% per annum. Providing the travelling public with reliable information on a timely basis is a pre-requisite for all transport operators, and one which, we believe, is best met by the use of cost effective automation technology." Eckoh's clients in the travel and transport sector include Parcelforce Worldwide and National Rail Enquiries, for which it operates the award winning TrainTrackerTM service, the UK's most advanced mass market telephone information line using speech recognition technology. -ends- For further enquiries, please contact Eckoh plc Tel: 08701 100 700 Nik Philpot, Chief Executive Officer Jin Hennigan, Managing Director Buchanan Communications Tel: 020 7466 5000 Mark Edwards/Jeremy Garcia Notes to editor About Eckoh Eckoh sets the standard for outsourced automated solutions across Europe, specialising in advanced speech recognition and interactive services. Eckoh enables its clients to communicate more effectively and to enhance their profitability, while making life better for the people who use their services. Eckoh provides automated services for clients in virtually every industry sector including Vue Cinemas, Empire Cinemas, William Hill, 02, Virgin Mobile, Ideal Shopping Direct, The London Stock Exchange, National Rail Enquiries, Parcelforce Worldwide, Barclays Stockbrokers, TD Waterhouse, NIE (Northern Ireland Electricity), Enterprise Rent-A-Car and Three Valleys Water. In 2003, Eckoh formed a strategic alliance with BT to capitalise on the growing opportunity for speech recognition services in the corporate marketplace. The alliance has supplied speech solutions services to over 20 clients generating more than 40 million minutes of self-service speech transactions and was extended in July 2005 until 2010. The combined strengths of both parties have created an unrivalled and value-added speech proposition and clients of the alliance include: National Rail Enquiries, Parcelforce Worldwide, Barclays Stockbrokers, TD Waterhouse, NIE, Enterprise Rent-A-Car and Three Valleys Water. Eckoh has a call processing platform of 10,000 lines (capable of handling over 650,000 calls an hour) of which over 8,000 lines incorporate speech recognition technology making it the largest speech enabled call processing platform in Europe. In the year to 31 March 2006 Eckoh plc generated a turnover of £127 million and had a cash balance of £12.7m. Further information can be found at www.eckoh.com. Leading the world in travel retail. Through its seven UK airports and further operations at 11 other airports across the world, BAA is the world leader in airport retail. Reaching over 140 million passengers per year at its UK airports, BAA's customer-focussed approach has won it over 28% of the total European market, with Heathrow alone accounting for over half of the UK market, the largest by far in Europe (source: Mintel). BAA Retail activity covers every aspect of commercial development and management, including; retailing, car parking, catering, financial services, travel services, marketing, advertising and sponsorship. BAA's wholly owned subsidiary World Duty Free (WDF) operates more than 60 stores with 15,000 m2 (180,000 sq ft) of retail space - including award winning specialist beauty and whisky stores. BAA's seven UK airports - Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Southampton, Aberdeen, Glasgow and Edinburgh now have over 105,000 m2 (over 1 million sq ft) of retail space, housing 800 retail outlets and catering sites. BAA's international operations include equity shares and management agreement at airports in America, Australia, Italy and Budapest in Hungary. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange NTBLBDBLUDGGLR

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