Tipped by the independent 2/01/2004

........."And so to our traditional "wild card". Pipex Communications, formerly known as GX Networks, is a telecoms company created by one of the entrepreneurs behind Ukbetting, Peter Dubens. It has been assembled from six smaller players. The ambitious company is generating cash for the first time but is still not widely followed in the City. It could be an undiscovered gem".

Welcome onboard Tokyo. Hope you will not be in as long as the rest of us.

RNS Number:0323G
Pipex Communications PLC
06 December 2004

6 December 2004

PIPEX Communications plc

Launch of VoIP to Business Customers

PIPEX Communications plc, the telecoms network operator and provider of business
and residential broadband solutions, announces today the launch of a fully
managed voice product that enables businesses to save money on telephone line
rental and call charges, and to access securely the Internet via the PIPEX
broadband network.

Voice over Internet Protocol ("VoIP") for Business combines a high speed
Internet connection and IP telephony with in-built security and extensive PBX
(Private Branch Exchange) functionality. This enables users to access the
Internet and make telephone calls simultaneously, without losing voice quality
or being exposed to hackers targeting their network.

This service will be promoted to the existing PIPEX business customer base and
allows customers to make intra-office calls free of charge and calls to 01 and
02 numbers for less than 1p per minute. They can also benefit from highly
competitive rates to UK mobiles, non-geographic and international destinations.
Centrally managed PBX functionality provides extensive services such as
destination blocking, three-way conferencing, caller line identify and remote
voicemail functionality. The PBX will be 'network based' hence saving customers
the cost, plus maintenance charges currently experienced by many businesses.

Mike Read, Chief Executive of PIPEX, commented,

"PIPEX sees VoIP as an important offering to our SME customer base and a natural
evolution of the voice business. PIPEX will now be able to provide a bundled
broadband, security and voice product at very competitive prices. This product
is perfect for the SME market because it reduces the capital expenditure for the
customer and the monthly operating costs for voice calls, as well as providing
additional functionality. It is our intention to follow today's announcement
with the launch of a bundled voice and broadband service to the residential
market early next year."

Peter Dubens, Chairman of PIPEX, added,

"PIPEX has achieved strong organic growth through 2004, especially within
broadband, shared hosting and domain name registration. The launch of VoIP is
consistent with our strategy to sell multiple products to our customer base,
which has now exceeded 400,000 customers from just under 150,000 at the
beginning of 2004. To this end we also continue to explore the opportunities
for a wireless broadband offering using our national 3.6 - 4.2Ghz wireless
spectrum. Like many others we are following with interest the growing number of
successful examples of wireless broadband deployment outside the UK, such as
those in Australia."

-Ends-


For further information:
PIPEX Communications plc Tel: +44 (0) 20 7766 6909
Peter Dubens, Chairman

Financial Dynamics Tel: +44 (0) 20 7831 3113
Edward Bridges
Juliet Clarke
Ben Way




This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
END

thanks Troys - the above RNS is not showing on my stockwatch where did you find it grevis2?

A nice increase in customer the base over 400,000 now . up a 1/3 rd since last time. It can only be good news from now on !!!

still can not see the above RNS on moneyam or anywhere else

Tokyo:
It is showing on ADVFN.
The RNS was issued at 7.01AM:

06/12/04 07:01 UKREG Launch of VoIP

thanks grevis2 - just seen it, a little strange that moneyam are not showing it, is there another problem with the news icon?

Tokyo: Can't understand that as they have picked it up on 'Monday's Leaders & Laggards'

MonAM

Pipex Communications added 8.3% to 8.125p after announcing the launch of their Voice Over IP service.

Anybody know who the 'suppliers' of raw material are?

Cheers

I still don't know wether to stick with this one or sell. As I've got my money back very tempted to go else where.

MS

from the Daily Express

Pipex takes on BT in Net-calls price war
07 December 2004

BROADBAND firm Pipex Communications yesterday said it was gearing up for an Internet-call price war with BT in the new y ear. .

The fast-growing company, which has more than 400,000 broadband customers, yesterday launched a cut-price voiceover-Internet service for small businesses and said it would be offering a similar service for households "early next year".

Calls on the Internet are far cheaper than those made over the traditional wires controlled by BT.

BT already offers calls on the Net but customers must plug a BT Communicator device into their PC and pay the full BT rate if they call someone on a normal phone. Calls are free only between PCs.

Pipex will offer much cheaper prices than BT and will launch in the UK around the same time as US rival Vonage, which has aggressive expansion plans for the UK.

Customers must have broadband connections to make reasonable quality Internet calls but with the number of UK broadband homes soaring above 5million, Pipex and Vonage believe there is now a big enough market to go for.

This is good news. I would like the share price to reflect this !!!

Hi, Just had a look at Pipex's VOIP offering for my day job. Seems to have call charges to fixed lines about half the cost of our current fixed line supplier. Not to mention free minutes in a line rental bundle. Will have to compare calls to mobiles tho. Can see that being very appealing to small / medium cos.

BT do offer a simular service, but it seems to me its aimed at larger companies (BT Starts at 10 users Pipex starts at one.) Will be looking round today to see if theres any other competitors.

Details and pricing here http://www.pipex.net/products/voip/

Some excellent posts on ADV last night re Wimax well worth a read.

Interesting to see where Pipex is in the European league !!

http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2004/12/14/tects_11_million_sites_bought_by_freenet.html

This has gone quiet. I'd like to know would anyone still invest in this stock? I'm sure it will be tipped for 2005 but this board seems mostly negative. Would any holders advise newbies to try this share?

Got tired of waiting myself but suspect these will pay off in the end for those who are happy to hold long term. I sold and invested in EVS similar share narrowing losses and 2.5p so hopefully potential to make some good gains in 2005. DYOR and happy new year investing.

Thanks MP.I'm in NSB and that seems a similar share. Shareholders have had a long wait, fundamentals seem sound and is cash generative but the sp isn't budging. With NSB though there should be an update in Jan at least, so it will either be a feast or a famine!

someone seems happy to buy. seeing 5,000,000 of buys. Would like to see these move now

Is it the wind of change after a winter of discontent