PageOne sees increased demand for paging ahead of the London 2012 Olympic Games

London, 31 May, 2012 - PageOne Communications, the UK’s leading provider of

mobile messaging solutions to the public and enterprise sectors, has seen an

increase in demand for paging and messaging services among key organisations

involved in the Games, including The London Organising Committee of the Olympic

and Paralympic Games (LOCOG), who have selected PageOne and its 2-way

Responder pagers to help diversify their communications offering for added resilience

and security.

Running from 19 May to 9 September 2012, the Olympic and Paralympic games will

present huge operational and logistical challenges for the Emergency Services,

transport operators and businesses operating in the affected areas. Forward

planning, resilient communications systems and the efficient coordination of people

and resources will be crucial to successfully managing these additional pressures.

The speed, vast coverage and convenience of paging as a channel to broadcast

updates and instructions to key staff are just some of the technology’s most alluring

benefits. PageOne’s Responder pager combines these strengths with two-way

messaging capability and further enhancements such as GPS location tracking and an

SOS alert button, provides organisations with the tools to better manage and

coordinate field-resource, whilst improving staff safety. With PageOne’s network

being wholly independent of the mobile networks, paging adds diversity and an even

greater level of resilience into the communications mix of any organisation.

“We’ve seen a number of organisations express concerns over the availability of the

mobile networks in the event of a major incident during the Olympics” says Chris

Jones, CEO of PageOne. “Wholly independent, the paging network is not at risk

from incident-driven traffic overload that typically affects mobile networks, as was

proven during the 7/7 terrorist incidents. Therefore, paging gives our customers the

confidence and peace of mind, that they can maintain communications, without risk,

throughout the Olympic Games.”

With an award winning network and pedigree in critical messaging, PageOne has a

trusted reputation within the messaging industry. Having recently invested in two

new geographically diverse data-centres located outside of the M25, PageOne have

increased resilience and capacity to its services, a further declaration of commitment

to its customers.

In preparation for the London 2012 Olympics, PageOne has also undertaken a review

of its operations and support requirements and issued an Olympics Preparedness

Statement to confirm that the business foresees no operational impact or extraneous

challenges associated with the Games. The Olympics Preparedness Statement

continues to highlight PageOne as an approved messaging provider under the Office

of Government Commerce CATALIST Mobile Solutions (II) framework, having been

subjected to an extensive commercial, technical and security vetting and approvals

process. “Security, resilience and preparedness for planned and unplanned events,

are key criteria in being selected as an approved provider,” says Nigel Gray, Sales

Director of PageOne. “Our messaging services have played an important and integral

role in helping clients manage their own operations and resource effectively, and will

continue to do so during London 2012 Olympics and beyond”.

The full statement can be downloaded at http://www.pageone.co.uk/olympic-games

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About PageOne. www.pageone.co.uk PageOne Communications is celebrating 25 years of innovation in mobile messaging solutions. The company has proven expertise in helping clients drive operational and cost efficiencies, deliver effective results and have a real business edge in a competitive market. With a rich heritage in all aspects of messaging - from paging and SMS through to voice, email and location based services - it places its customers at the heart of its product development to help thousands of organisations across the public and major corporate sectors with reliable, cost-effective and award-winning solutions. Note to editors The PageOne name is written as one word with a capital 'P' and capital 'O'.

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