Board Appointments

DAT Group PLC
25 July 2005


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25 July 2005


                                 DAT Group plc

                             ('DAT or 'the Group')

                               Board Appointments


London, 25 July 2005 - DAT Group plc today announced that Carsten Brinkschulte,
currently Chief Technical Officer of DAT and Terry Page, currently Director,
Commercial Delivery have joined the Board as executive directors with immediate
effect.

Following the resignation of David Hayes, also announced today, the Board of DAT
Group plc now comprises: John Gunn, Chairman (non-executive), Stephen Sadler
(non-executive), Allan Jonnes, Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Financial Officer, Carsten Brinkschulte, Chief Technical Officer and Terry Page,
Director, Commercial Delivery.

Carsten Brinkschulte, aged 38, was the founder of Synchronica GmbH, which was
acquired by DAT in April 2005. He was appointed Chief Technical Officer in May
2005. Carsten has spent his entire career developing and bringing to market
innovative software solutions for telecommunications and web applications. His
experience includes time spent with very large companies such as SAP as well as
spells with technology based start-ups.

Terry Page, aged 36, began his career in IT in the finance sector before moving
into consulting and project management for a number of large, blue chip
organizations. Terry joined DAT in 1997 and has been responsible for the project
delivery team controlling large-scale systems implementations for some of the
Group's largest customers.

Commenting on the appointments, John Gunn, Chairman, said: 'We have taken the
opportunity to significantly strengthen our Board. Carsten's background of
developing and delivering mobile technologies combined with his undoubted
entrepreneurial and sales skills make him a valuable addition. Terry's
background in implementation and delivery, with DAT and others, will help us to
focus more effectively on sales opportunities, conversion and execution. I'm
delighted to welcome both Carsten and Terry to the Board.'

No other details are required to be disclosed under schedule 2 of the AIM Rules
with respect to both Carsten Brinkschulte and Terry Page.

Enquiries:
Nicole Meissner, CMO             Simon Hudson/Christian Taylor-Wilkinson
DAT Group plc                    Tavistock Communications
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About DAT Group plc

DAT Group plc focuses on management solutions for mobile operators, device
manufacturers, retailers and corporations. The company offers a varied product
portfolio ranging from data synchronization (DS) to device management (DM),
firmware updates over-the-air (FOTA) and mobile device management (Enterprise
Assistant). DAT has unique expertise in smart devices across all platforms based
on its market-leading over-the-air (OTA) delivery platform. Based in the UK, the
company also has offices in Germany and the U.S. DAT is a public company listed
on the London Stock Exchange. More information about DAT is available at
www.datgroup.com


About Synchronica

Synchronica focuses on SyncML synchronization and device management solutions
for mobile operators, device manufacturers, and corporations. The company offers
a complete SyncML product portfolio ranging from data synchronization (DS) to
device management (DM) and firmware update over-the-air (FOTA). Synchronica has
a strong track record in the SyncML space, including the launch of the world's
first SyncML DM FOTA server with a leading European device manufacturer. The
Synchronica SyncML Gateway provides over-the-air synchronization of
SyncML-enabled mobile phones with corporate Microsoft Exchange servers. More
information is available at www.synchronica.com







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