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Coms plc appoints voice and messaging entrepreneur Richard Bennett to the board

Coms plc (Coms or the Company), the broadband internet phone service, today announced the appointment of Richard Bennett as Corporate Development Director. Richard's primary responsibility will be to manage admission of the company to the London AIM stock market and deliver complementary mergers and acquisitions (M&A) that will accelerate the growth of the Company in terms of customers, revenues and gross profit.

Richard started his career with General Electric and has 17 years management, marketing, product development, sales and corporate development experience in the technology sector, which he now applies to position innovative technology and clean-tech companies for funding and rapid growth.

Amongst his numerous successes, Richard was a co-founder of the Internet unified messaging service JFAX (www.j2.com) which achieved more than 3 million global telephony customers and an $850M IPO (NASDAQ:JCOM). Mr. Bennett also served as director of the domain name, online brand protection and web hosting company, Virtual Internet plc.

"Richard Bennett's experience and expertise are expected to accelerate our technical and marketing rollout of the Coms service and deliver customer acquisitions", said Jason Drummond, Chairman, "enabling us to take a leadership role in the VoIP and Internet telephony market."

More recently, Richard has built a portfolio of technology and clean-tech companies including Green Riband Capital, First Media International and PZERO. Further information about Richard Bennett and detailed biography.

About Coms plc

Coms plc is a leading provider of VoIP (Voice over IP) telephony products and services for the global residential and SME market. Coms routes calls across callers' broadband Internet connections; this creates significant savings over conventional telephony and the ability to deliver innovative 21st century communications products and services. Coms was established in London during 2000 and has built an international VoIP network, developed unique switching technology and recruited an experienced management team to develop the business.

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For press information, please contact: Lucy Hansworth, Director of Communications, Coms plc press@coms.com