Citel plc Appoints New Chairman and New Head of Sales and Marketing

SEATTLE - January 12, 2007 - Citel, the VoIP Migration CompanyTM (LSE AIM: CITE.L), today announced the appointment of Clyde Heintzelman as chairman of the board. Heintzelman replaces Jonathan Watts, who is stepping down from the board. In addition, Citel announced the appointment of Michael Burke as senior vice president of sales and marketing, a new position at Citel.

Heintzelman brings to Citel more than 35 years of active board and management experience in the telecommunications industry. He spent five years as a board member for Optelecom, a fiber optics component manufacturer. Prior to this, Heintzelman held board and senior management positions with Bell Atlantic, SAVVIS, and DIGEX. Clyde currently serves on the board of three publicly traded companies: TeleCommunication Systems, Inc.; SAVVIS, Inc.; and Deltacom, Inc.

"Given the scope of the market opportunity Citel has in working with the U.S. telecom carriers, the board unanimously agreed that the company's interest would be served best by having a chairman in the U.S. with strong ties into the carrier industry. Clyde is a well-known figure in the U.S. telecoms industry and we are very pleased to have secured his services. We expect he will be instrumental in our efforts to further strengthen our relationships with the major carriers as he is well connected with many of the management teams running these companies and has extensive operating experience in this arena. We thank Jonathan for his service and wish him well with his future endeavors," said Michael Robinson, CEO of Citel. "We are also extremely delighted with the addition of Michael Burke to head up our sales efforts. Michael has a proven track record of success in delivering rapid sales growth in the enterprise telecom market. He will be a significant asset to the team as we expand and grow our sales channels."

As senior vice president of sales and marketing, Michael Burke is responsible for developing Citel's global sales and marketing efforts, as well as strategic partnerships. Burke brings to Citel more than 20 years experience in successfully developing new direct and indirect international sales organizations globally for telecom products and services. He has held executive sales management positions at major telecommunications companies such as Equant Network Services Inc., Rolm, China Telecom, Bell Canada/Teleglobe, and Sprint International Corp.

"I am very pleased to be joining the team," said Michael Burke. "Citel's proven technology in the rapidly expanding VoIP services marketplace offers clear business value to its customers. I look forward to contributing to the rapid growth and expansion of Citel as it continues to prove the effectiveness and value of its offering."

About Citel plc.

Citel enables SMBs, large enterprises and service providers to realize the cost and productivity benefits of IP telephony while at the same time leveraging their existing PBX infrastructure. Businesses with single or distributed locations and PBX vendors can now deploy next-generation IP applications and services at their own pace, with little business disruption. Service providers can deploy Hosted IP telephony services quickly, without having to "rip and replace" existing enterprise PBX handsets. Citel is a publicly traded company with corporate headquarters in Seattle, and development offices in Calgary, Alberta (Canada) and Nottingham, England (UK). For more information, visit www.citel.com.

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