Lebara Mobile Advised by Piran Partners On UK MVNO Agreement



    Piran Partners LLP advised Lebara Mobile on the acquisition of its
    Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) agreement in the UK. Lebara
    Mobile launched its service in the UK earlier today and is Europe´s
    leading MVNO addressing the needs of new immigrants to a country.

    "Today marks a major milestone for both new immigrants across the
    European Union and also for the pan-European Telecommunications
    business", said Andrew White, Executive Partner at Piran Partners,
    "From today new immigrants can purchase a real value for money mobile
    phone service allowing them to stay in touch with loved ones back
    home. Lebara Mobile´s launch in the UK, together with its existing
    operations across Europe supported by the world´s largest mobile
    operators, signals clear support for the Virtual Mobile Operator
    (MVNO) model."

    Piran Partners used its Virtual Partner Programme (VPP(TM)) to
    assist Lebara Mobile in gaining a Mobile Virtual Network Operator
    agreement in the UK. Commenting, Lebara Mobile CEO, Yoganathan
    Ratheesan said, "Piran Partners played an important role in helping us
    establish a sound commercial partnership with our preferred mobile
    operator".

    "We created the VPP from our experience negotiating over 10 MVNO
    agreements across Europe and Lebara Mobile is yet another proof point
    of our VPP´s effectiveness. Often our clients don´t actually notice
    that we were using a tried and tested process. We think this indicates
    that the VPP strikes that difficult balance between structure and
    creativity; both essential to negotiating a successful MVNO
    agreement." said Erick O´Connor, Executive Partner at Piran Partners.

    About Piran Partners (www.piranpartners.com)

    Piran Partners is a professional consulting services company
    positioned at the heart of the mobile telecommunications industry
    providing a wide array of strategic, practical and operational
    expertise to organisations in the mobile value chain from retailers
    through distributors, mobile operators and equipment vendors. We have
    been instrumental in negotiating a large number of MVNO contracts on
    behalf of clients in the last five years. Piran Partners LLP is based
    in London and operates globally.

    Piran and VPP are registered trademarks of Piran Partners LLP.

    About Lebara Mobile (www.lebaramobile.com)

    Lebara Mobile offers tailored innovative telecommunications
    solutions so that families, friends and colleagues can keep in touch,
    both at home and abroad. Lebara Mobile was founded in 2001 as part of
    the Lebara Group and now operates in seven European countries: the
    Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Switzerland, Spain, Sweden and now the
    UK. The Group´s headquarters are in London. Lebara Mobile has some
    600,000 customers and generates annual sales in excess of EUR 162
    million. The ´Fast Track 100 listing´, produced by the Sunday Times in
    2006, ranked Lebara Mobile the fourth fastest-growing private company
    in Great Britain.