IDT
Corporation Completes Sale of U.K.-Based Toucan Consumer Phone Services Business
to Pipex Communications plc
Newark,
N.J., October 12, 2006
- IDT
Corporation (NYSE: IDT, IDT.C) today announced that it has closed its previously
announced sale of IDT’s U.K.-based Toucan consumer phone services business to
Pipex Communications plc (AIM: PXC.L) for £20m in cash and £4m in Pipex stock.
About
IDT
IDT
Corporation is an innovative and opportunistic multinational holding company
with operations that span various industries. Through its Telecom subsidiary,
IDT provides telecommunications services worldwide to the retail and wholesale
markets. IDT's Capital division incubates newer businesses, and the company's
Spectrum subsidiary holds its spectrum license assets. IDT Telecom provides
retail and wholesale telecommunications services and products, including
pre-paid and rechargeable calling cards, consumer local, long distance, and
wireless phone services, and wholesale carrier services. Through Net2Phone,
the
company also provides a range of voice over Internet protocol (VoIP)
communications services. IDT Capital's operations include an Energy Services
Company (ESCO) in New York State, ethnic food distribution, brochure
distribution and other initiatives. IDT Corporation's Class B Common Stock
and
Common Stock trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbols
IDT
and IDT.C, respectively.
About
Pipex
Pipex
is
a multiple award-winning provider of integrated telecommunications and Internet
services. With a broad customer base including small/home-offices and blue
chip
companies, Pipex provides a comprehensive range of consumer, business and
corporate voice, broadband, security domain name registration and shared and
dedicated hosting solutions. Pipex’s focus is simple: enabling businesses and
consumers to achieve their aspirations through proven communications services
and emerging technologies. This is achieved through an extensive portfolio
of
high-speed Internet connectivity, managed services and hosting, security and
voice products - combining exceptional performance, innovation and a commitment
to customer service.
Owning
one of the UK’s most extensive communication networks, Pipex boasts more than
100 Points of Presence (PoPs) nationwide. In addition, state-of-the-art data
centres, which are manned and monitored 24x7, ensure the security of Pipex’s
customers’ business critical applications. Its commitment to investing in its
technology infrastructure ensures that Pipex continues to deliver the most
scalable, resilient, secure and reliable services.
| Contact: |
|
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| IDT Corporation: |
Investor Relations |
|
| Gil Nielsen |
Yossi Cohn |
|
| 973-438-3553 |
973-438-3858 |
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Pipex
Communications plc:
Chairman
Peter
Dubens
+44
20
7766-6909
Financial
Dynamics (financial PR)
Juliet
Clarke / Edward Bridges / Hannah Sloane
+44
20
7831 3113