IBM Alliance

RTS NetWorks Group PLC
28 February 2001


Embargoed until 7.00 am                                        28 February 2001


                            RTS Networks Group PLC

                           ('RTSe' or ' the Group')

      IBM selects RTSe as one of 13 European mobile e-commerce partners

                 Alliance to drive European mobile e-business

RTS Networks Group PLC, which trades as RTSe, the provider of next-generation
e- and m- business solutions, is pleased to announce that it has been selected
by IBM as one of 13 global leaders in Internet services to drive e-business in
Europe.

IBM identified RTSe as part of an alliance of the industry's top Internet
Professional Services firms to drive the European development of m-commerce
architectures and mobile e-business applications. Other members of the
alliance include Agency.com, Cross Systems, Digia, Icon Medialab and
MarchFIRST. The selection of these partners is part of IBM's worldwide Web
Integrator Initiative.

The development is part of IBM's strategy to work with leading companies in
Europe, helping them to use IBM technology to capture new business in specific
market segments. The focus of the alliance has been RTSe Finland, where many
of RTSe's leading edge wireless solutions originate. RTSe Finland has been
working with IBM since 1999.

As part of this alliance, the benefits for RTSe will include:


      + jointly enabling customers for mobile business;

      + access to IBM investment in specialist support programmes tailored
        to the Group's consulting, web design and integration services;

      + mobile training;

      + joint marketing and business development programmes;

      + access to IBM research;

      + access to IBM customer relationships and software including
        Websphere Everyplace Suite, Websphere Transcoding Publisher and Data
        Sychronisation Software.

Adrian Kohn, IBM's European Manager, said:

'These thirteen companies will have tremendous influence over which platforms
businesses use to create content and services for these devices, and we're
committed to providing them with the support they need to develop and deploy
wireless solutions using IBM hardware and software.

'In a few years, more than 60 per cent of all Web transactions will be
triggered by mobile devices, making mobile e-commerce a tremendous opportunity
for businesses to provide new personalised, location-based services over the
Internet.'



Bernard Fisher, RTSe Chairman said,

'IBM is proving to be an ideal partner in the development of our advanced
wireless components and solutions. Thanks to IBM's global reach, we can make
our technology and competence known to an ever-wider audience, in this growing
marketplace.'

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For further information please contact:
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Bernard Fisher, Chairman
Shivaun Meehan, Corporate Communications Manager

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Nigel Henzell-Thomas

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Nick Oborne/Sally Lewis

Notes to Editors:

About RTSe

RTSe develops and delivers solutions for next generation e-business. The
Group's special skills are in the integration of advanced Internet and
wireless technology into tested business solutions. References include
successful WAP portal sites such as Distractions (http://dlive.co.uk/) and
Upmystreet.com (http://wap.upmystreet.com/), which demonstrate RTSe's skills
in management of content and wireless interactivity. The Distractions site was
the winner of the WAP Awards 2000 in the 'Best Use of WAP in a Consumer
Application' category. RTSe has also undertaken mobile commerce projects for
leading industry brands such as Tesco in the UK, and entertainment
applications, as for the Pori Jazz Festival. The company has offices in the
UK, Finland, France and the United States, and employs around 200 people
worldwide. www.rtse.com



About IBM

IBM is the world's leading e-business company offering a wide range of
services, solutions and technologies that help businesses take full advantage
of emerging innovations in e-business. IBM's pervasive computing and mobile
Internet strategy is to extend e-business applications to the new class of
connected client devices. IBM's Web Integrator Initiative helps Internet
professional services firms develop mission critical, scaleable e-business
solutions for their clients through access to IBM hardware, software,
services, technical training, certification and support. IBM can be found on
the Web at www.ibm.com



IBM's Web Integrator Initiative

IBM has teamed with AGENCY.COM, AU Systems, Cross Systems, Digia, GFT
Technologies, GoPinocchio, Icon Medialab, marchFIRST, Organic, Rare Medium,
Rosenet, RTSe and The Reference to expand its Mobile Alliance into Europe. For
more information visit: www.ibm.com/software/webintegrators.