ARCHIVE 2004

AdEPT Acquisition number 7 - Virgin HomePhone, London Energy and SWEB Energy

Tunbridge Wells based AdEPT Telecom today announced the acquisition of the c20,000 fixed line telephone customers of Virgin HomePhone, London Energy and SWEB Energy. The customers will continue to receive the same quality of service at the same prices.

This is AdEPT Telecom's 7th acquisition in 14 months. AdEPT Telecom are one of the UK's fastest growing telephone companies having grown from nothing to c70,000 customers in just over a year.

Ian Fishwick, AdEPT Telecom Managing Director added, "We are delighted that our simple philosophy of `we are ... faces not numbers ... and so are you' is being increasingly recognised as a way of creating the exact opposite of the faceless corporation"

Peter Hofman, Managing Director Retail and Marketing EDF Energy said,
"We chose to transfer the customers to AdEPT Telecom because of their absolute focus on customer service and outstanding back office systems."