Truphone Raises Pounds Sterling 16.5m ($32.7m) in Series B Round

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, Apr 17 (MARKET WIRE) --
Mobile internet network operator Truphone has raised Pounds Sterling
16.5m ($32.7m) of Series B venture capital funding.

The round was led by private investors, with all of Truphone's existing
backers - Burda Digital Ventures, Eden Ventures, Independent News & Media
and Wellington Partners - also participating.

Truphone is a global, mobile operator that enables free and low-cost
mobile phone calls via the internet, offering dramatic value to
customers. Through the recent purchase of SIM4travel, Truphone has also
completed its GSM core network, which will enable it to offer low-cost
GSM calls worldwide via a travel SIM.

With the additional funding available from the new round, Truphone plans
to deliver on its vision of providing a killer combination of mobile cost
and mobile convenience: a single, global SIM card that offers not only
low call charges both domestically and abroad, but also internet calls at
free and ultra-low prices.

"We aim to provide ultimate price and convenience, wherever you are. One
world, one SIM," commented James Tagg, Truphone's CEO. "Beyond that, as a
'Voice 2.0' company we can start to develop and introduce new
internet-based features and applications that give customers a richer
mobile experience."

"The additional funding reflects the investors' belief in and
understanding of this vision. The capital will enable us to structure and
focus our business to ensure that everything we do contributes towards
the achievement of our aims," he said.

John McMonigall, chairman of Truphone's Board of Directors, said: "As we
enter the next phase of the Truphone revolution, the success of this
financing round makes it clear that our investors recognise the business
opportunity from convergence and disruption in the mobile space."

In December 2006, Truphone raised Pounds Sterling 12.5m ($24.5m) in
Series A funding, believed to be the European technology sector's largest
Series A venture funding of 2006.

The company has developed a carrier-grade, global operator infrastructure
including a global network of SIP gateways, a Nokia Siemens Networks
mobile network Home Location Register (HLR) and a GSM identifier. The
infrastructure is capable of supporting 40 million customers worldwide.

This is all enabled by a series of global agreements with PSTN (Public
Switched Telephone Network) and SIP (Session Initiation Protocol)
providers.

For additional information, visit www.truphonepressoffice.com.

About Truphone

The first true Mobile Internet Network Operator (MINO), Truphone allows
users of Wi-Fi-enabled mobile phones to make and receive regular
telephone calls and to send, and to receive SMS text messages, using only
a Wi-Fi connection and the internet. Although still in beta, it has
already attracted tens of thousands of users in 149 countries. For more
information, visit www.truphone.com and www.truphonepressoffice.com.

Truphone is the trading name of Software Cellular Network Limited.

About Truphone's (named) investors (in alphabetical order):

- Burda Digital Ventures: visit www.burdadigital.de

- Eden Ventures: visit www.edenventures.co.uk

- Independent News & Media: visit www.inmplc.com

- Wellington Partners: visit www.wellington-partners.com

Contacts:
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Tim Donnelly Smith
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Email: timds@bbcomms.co.uk

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Jim Byrnes
(610) 248-5053
Email: jbyrnes@comunicano.com

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