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IFS Sign Colocation Deal with Digiweb

August 26, 2010 – 2:07 pm

IFS are delighted to announce the extension of its current colocation deal with Digiweb, Ireland. This will see IFS expand its current colocation capacity and allow the company to further develop its products and services capability. IFS COO, Kieran Beggan, “We are delighted to have extended and consolidated our existing hosting infrastructure at Digiweb’s Network Operation Centre; we have already greatly enhanced our product and service capability through the implementation of scalable and secure technologies. This will further enable us to offer our clients scalable and robust solutions in both domestic and export markets”.

Part of the deal will also see IFS enhance its broadband capacity through the utilisation of Digiweb’s Metro offering; this will extend the company’s data protection capability into the future.

Digiweb’s hosting solutions are appealing to expanding companies such as IFS because of the security, redundancy and scalability they provide. “The company chose Digiweb because it is a trusted partner that can ensure the delivery of scalable, world class, always-on data management applications. The solution is designed to support their steady growth and meet future data centre requirements as needed.” said Dan King, Hosting and Managed Services Manager at Digiweb.

About IFS

IFS are leading providers of Digital Construction Documentation Management solutions to the Architectural Engineering and Construction Sectors. The company’s award winning products and services support both project and end-users throughout the design, construction and as-built Asset lifecycle. Our on-line applications, IFS Projects Live™ and IFS Digital Project Manual™ – PRO are supporting an increasing user base across multiple clients and projects in the Irish and UK markets. The company plans to scale its business in the UK and targeted international markets in the short to medium term.

About Digiweb

Digiweb is a leading independent telecommunications company, headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. The company is a full-service national communications and managed services provider, offering a range of business solutions including nationwide broadband access, enterprise data networks, data centre and web hosting services, managed services and telephony to residential, business and public sector customers.  Digiweb is a leader in high-availability; high-density data center solutions delivered through its state of the art data centre facilities.

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Digiweb acquires TalkTalk Ireland

April 30, 2010 – 9:29 am

Digiweb Group has acquired the TalkTalk telephony and broadband subsidiary of the TalkTalk Telecom Group PLC in Ireland and Belgium, adding to the Groups growing customer base.

TalkTalk customers will soon benefit from additional savings to their telephony and broadband accounts in addition to upgraded and expanded services as Digiweb are committed to reinvigorating the TalkTalk product range. Already delivering value on bundles and international calls, the upgraded services will introduce savings of up to 40% compared to Eircom, Vodafone and other operators for national, UK, and mobile calls.

Up to 20 additional staff will be hired to support the new offerings and services to customers. The company has begun recruitment in the areas of customer care, systems development, and finance.

Colm Piercy, Group CEO, commented “We are excited by the opportunity to serve TalkTalk customers and further enhance the services and savings they receive from us. We will continue to seek selective consolidation opportunities in the telecoms market to extract synergies and deliver value for our customers and the Digiweb Group”.

Three acquisitions have now been successfully completed by Digiweb Group in recent months, having acquired Smart Telecom in December and Internet Ireland in January. The company has moved swiftly to assimilate prior acquisitions, with all material integration, restructuring and efficiency stages now completed. Both Smart Telecom and Internet Ireland are now stable and cash-positive contributors to the Group. The TalkTalk brand will be retained through 2010.

While the terms of the transaction cannot be released, the Group now services 102,000 broadband and telephony customers in Ireland, UK and Belgium, with consolidated annual revenues in excess of €50m and in excess of €10m net operating profits.

About TalkTalk Ireland

The Carphone Warehouse Group PLC acquired Vartec in 2004 and Tele2 Ireland in 2005 and merged the two businesses to form TalkTalk Ireland. The Carphone Warehouse Group PLC subsequently demerged and the TalkTalk Ireland business was a subsidiary of the TalkTalk Telecom Group PLC.

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Digiweb Acquires Internet Ireland

January 13, 2010 – 6:23 pm
  • Digiweb acquires experienced hosting and telecoms provider Internet Ireland.
  • Services and operations will continue to be delivered by Internet Ireland personnel.
  • Illustrates Digiweb’s commitment to consolidation within the hosting and telecoms markets to deliver increased value, quality products and leading infrastructure to its clients.

Digiweb, one of Ireland’s leading providers of broadband, web hosting and telecoms, today announced the acquisition of established telecoms provider Internet Ireland.

Internet Ireland has successfully provided hosting and telecoms solutions to Irish businesses for over 15 years. Services offered include web hosting, data centre colocation, managed email solutions, broadband and leased lines.  Personnel with Internet Ireland will transition to Digiweb’s Dublin offices and data centre over coming weeks, and continue to deliver the high service standards which Internet Ireland and Digiweb customers enjoy.

This deal follows the recent announcement of Smart Telecom’s addition to the Digiweb Group, and further strengthens Digiweb’s position within the hosting market where it has gained significant market share in recent years.

Clients of Internet Ireland will also benefit through access to the wider portfolio of services and national Next Generation network infrastructure of Digiweb Group, including fibre and wireless broadband, leased lines, high speed DSL, telephony and VOIP, and private networks.

“We are looking forward to welcoming Internet Ireland’s customers and staff to Digiweb and integrating these long established Irish telecoms businesses. Building on the skills, expertise and resources of both companies we will provide our customers greater value, choice, and a single one-stop provider for all business IT and connectivity requirements” said Dan King, Hosting and Managed Services manager with Digiweb.

Marc Lynch, Sales Director with Internet Ireland welcomed the new development for his customers and staff, saying “Digiweb have an established track record and like ourselves are long-term players in the Irish hosting and telecoms industry and we feel our customers will benefit from our combined experience and expertise. Together, we look forward to playing a greater part in Ireland’s telecoms and hosting environment.”

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Smart Telecom joins Digiweb Group and exits Examinership Process

December 8, 2009 – 2:39 pm

Investment from Digiweb secures future of Smart and creates the leading independent Irish owned telecommunications company

Dublin, Ireland, 8 December, 2009 – Smart Telecom (“Smart”), an Irish provider of voice, data and media communications services, today announces that the Irish High Court (the “Court”) has approved a range of proposals which will enable Smart to exit the Examinership process as a viable member of the Digiweb Group. Smart will continue to provide telecommunications services to Irish residential, business and public sector customers. The effective date of the exit is Friday, 11 December 2009.

Smart entered the Examinership process on 31 August, 2009 in order to restructure its balance sheet and to secure a strategic investment.  The proposals approved by the Court include a restructuring of Smart’s balance sheet and the acquisition of the entire business and residential customer base and assets of Smart by Digiweb, the national telecommunications and managed services provider.

The transaction brings together two EBITDA positive businesses with annual revenue approaching €40 million and over 150 employees. The enlarged Digiweb Group becomes the leading, independent Irish telecommunications company and significantly enhances the scale and scope of the combined Digiweb-Smart service offering. Smart Telecom employees will move during December to Digiweb’s Blanchardstown head office.

Brendan Hunt, CFO, Smart Telecom said:

“We are delighted to have achieved this restructuring combined with an investment from Digiweb which has resulted in our successful exit from Examinership. Smart emerges with a substantially stronger balance sheet and operating profile. The business will be EBITDA positive and profitable and has no debt maturities for a number of years. The prospect of combining our existing business with Digiweb is exciting and we look forward to the opportunities this presents. We would like to thank all of our employees, suppliers and customers who have remained dedicated and supportive of the Company during this process.”

Colm Piercy, CEO, Digiweb:

“We welcome the Smart employees to our team and, together with them, look forward to extending our combined market leading services to a growing customer base across each of the residential, corporate and Government sectors of the market.”

He added:

“The combination of the Digiweb and Smart businesses makes the enlarged Digiweb Group a truly national telecommunications company, with the network, people and managed services capability to provide real choice in the Irish telecoms market. There are many advantages for our customers who will benefit from an increased range of telecoms, IT and hosting services, and a single solution provider for all their needs. We look forward to making an enhanced contribution to the competitive communications landscape in Ireland and to growing strongly together in business, consumer and public sector markets.”

Transaction Overview

  • The investment by Digiweb in Smart creates the leading independent Irish owned telecommunications company.
  • Consolidates the telecoms market creating a stronger service provider with a broader range of services for existing and prospective customers.
  • Combines Smart’s leading fibre, high speed DSL infrastructure and Next Generation IP network with Digiweb’s national wireless infrastructure and leading datacenter and hosting facilities.
  • Total subscriber base of 46,500 business, residential, corporate and government customers for broadband, data and telephony, along with over 48,000 webhosting, domain and data centre clients.
  • Digiweb and Smart’s multi-platform and wholly owned infrastructure uniquely positions the combined entity to provide digital communications services to 100% of the Irish business and consumer population.
  • Smart will form part of the Digiweb Group, will retain the ‘Smart’ brand and will continue to build on its position as a leading provider of voice, data and managed communications services in Ireland.

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