Contract Win

Eckoh Technologies PLC
28 February 2006


For Immediate Release                                    28 February 2006



                               Eckoh Technologies



   BRITAIN'S NEWEST CINEMA CHAIN "EMPIRE" SIGNS 3-YEAR SPEECH DEAL WITH ECKOH
                                  TECHNOLOGIES



- Contract to provide Empire Cinemas with automated cinema information
and booking service, from March 2006 until 2009

- Rollout to 17 cinemas across the UK, including London's landmark
"Empire Cinema" in Leicester Square


Eckoh Technologies, one of Europe's leading speech application service
providers, today announced a 3-year contract to supply Empire Cinemas (Britain's
newest cinema chain), with an end-to-end automated cinema information and
booking solution.

Empire Cinemas was established by Irish investor Thomas Anderson, following the
takeover of 17 cinemas from the Odeon and Cineworld cinema chains. The
acquisition includes, as the new group's flagship site, the prestigious Empire,
Leicester Square, host to numerous film premieres and special events.


The automated information and booking service (tel: [phone]), will be
rolled out to all 17 cinema outlets from March 2006, providing Empire cinema
customers with a 24/7, one-number solution for accessing local cinema and film
information as well as the ability to book tickets and specify seating
preference. In addition to the automated speech service, live agents will be on
hand to address callers with special requirements.


The entire service will be powered by advanced speech-recognition technology,
giving customers a faster, more convenient and personalised means of accessing
cinema and film information versus more traditional touch-tone systems. All
calls will be managed and hosted on Eckoh's highly scaleable call processing
platform, which is capable of handling up to 8,000 calls concurrently.


Justin Ribbons - CEO, Empire Cinemas, commented:

"Eckoh's reputation for providing best of breed speech technology, combined with
their proactive approach and proven track record of operating high volume speech
applications for other leading cinema providers, made them the natural provider
of choice. By partnering with Eckoh, we looking forward to leading the way in
the provision of highly sophisticated and innovative cinema services to our
customer base."


Nik Philpot, Chief Operating Officer - Eckoh Technologies, added:

"We are delighted to be given the opportunity to partner with Britain's newest
major cinema chain and we're excited about the innovative approach that Empire
Cinemas are taking with us in designing the new service. The Empire owners and
management team have extensive experience in the industry so it is immensely
rewarding that they have selected Eckoh as their partner of choice. We look
forward to raising the self-service bar even higher through the delivery of a
leading-edge, customer centric solution for the cinema market."


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For further information about Eckoh Technologies
Martin Turner, Chief Executive      Tel: [phone]
Officer
Nik Philpot, Chief Operating
Officer

Buchanan Communications             Tel: [phone]
Mark Edwards/Jeremy Garcia


Notes to Editors


About Eckoh Technologies:

Eckoh Technologies plc designs, builds, hosts and manages Speech Solutions for
large corporations and organisations using ASR (Advanced Speech Recognition) and
IVR (Interactive Voice Response) technologies. It is a leading UK service
provider and infrastructure owner/operator, and intends to exploit the
anticipated growth in demand for Speech Solutions across Europe.


In 2003, Eckoh formed a strategic alliance with BT to capitalise on the growing
opportunity for speech technology in the corporate marketplace. The combined
strengths of both parties have created an unrivalled and value-added speech
proposition and clients of the alliance include: Barclays Stockbrokers, TD
Waterhouse, NIE, UGC Cinemas, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National Rail Enquiries and
Three Valleys Water.


In addition to those above, Eckoh has direct contracts to supply hosted Speech
Solutions to clients including Vue Cinemas, William Hill, 02, Virgin Mobile,
Ideal Shopping Direct, Tote and The London Stock Exchange.


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.


Eckoh also operates the following businesses:


   •IVR - Eckoh is one of the largest providers of managed IVR and SMS
    services in the UK to media clients including ITV, BBC, Trinity Mirror,
    Channel 4, Endemol, IPC and EMAP.


   •Network Services - under the "Symphony" and "Anglia" brands, Eckoh
    supplies fixed line and mobile telephony products and services, to SMEs in
    the UK and Ireland. Network Services has an SME customer base of
    approximately 8,000.


In the year to 31 March 2005 Eckoh Technologies plc generated a turnover of
£79.7 million and had a cash balance of £13.3m. Further information can be found
at www.eckoh.com.







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