BBC Contract Win

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Pinnacle Telecom Group PLC

24 September 2010

 



Pinnacle Telecom Group plc

("Pinnacle" or the "Company")

Contract Win and Successful Completion of Contracts

24 September 2010

Contract win - BBC Radio 1Xtra Live

Pinnacle Telecom Group plc, (AIM: PINN) the AIM listed provider of integrated telecommunications solutions, is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the contract to provide temporary voice and data networks, which will be used to broadcast the sound, for BBC Radio 1Xtra Live from Wembley Arena on Saturday 25 September 2010.

The BBC, using Pinnacle's circuits, will broadcast the event via BBC TV, BBC Radio and online. 2010 marks the third year of BBC Radio 1Xtra Live, which is the UK's biggest free urban music event featuring RnB and Hip Hop artists. This year the line up includes Tinchy Stryder, N-Dubz, Jason Derulo, Tinie Tempah, B.o.B., Roll Deep, Gyptian and Katy B, Devlin and Labrinth.

Contracts completed - TUC Conference, Liberal Democrat Conference and The Great North Run

The Company is also pleased to announce that it has successfully completed contracts for an additional three high-profile events for the BBC. The contracts, which were to provide the connectivity circuits used to broadcast BBC TV and BBC Radio coverage of the TUC Conference in Manchester, the Liberal Democrat Conference in Liverpool and The Great North Run in Newcastle.

For further information please contact:
Pinnacle Telecom Group plc
Alan J Bonner, Chief Executive	0845 119 2100
Zeus Capital Limited
Ross Andrews	0161 831 1512
Rivington Street Corporate Finance Limited
Jon Levinson & Peter Greensmith	0207 562 3389

All Company announcements & news can be found at: http://www.pinnacletelecomgroup.co.uk

About Pinnacle

Pinnacle Telecom Group plc (AIM: PINN) is a value added, solutions based provider of integrated telecommunications services including IP solutions. It focuses on the SME market across the UK, where it provides a wide range of communications solutions including telecommunications calls, access and consultancy, IT support, mobile solutions - both voice and data and hosted broadband voice services.

Pinnacle is a fully licensed Public Telephone Operator, has its own telephone network and interconnects with BT, Virgin Media and THUS. It has its own hosted voice (VoIP) platforms and engineers and owns Scotland's oldest ISP (and a founder member of Nominet), operating from its data centres in Glasgow, London and Brighton.

Pinnacle's strategy is to be a SME focused, value added, solutions based provider of converged communications services, driven by leveraging organic opportunities as well as through targeted acquisitions. 

 

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