BT Conferencing Joins with Ring2 for Smartphone Audio Conferencing Control

Global relationship integrates BT Conferencing’s MeetMe with Ring2′s Mobile Conference Management

QUINCY, Mass., May 5 /PRNewswire/ — BT today announced a global licensing agreement with Ring2 to enable its MeetMe users to manage and control audio conferences from their smartphones.

Ring2′s Mobile Conference Management (MCM) solution will be integrated into BT’s global MeetMe infrastructure. The chairperson of a MeetMe call will be able to use their BlackBerry or Windows Mobile smartphone to manage all aspects of their call, leading to a smoother, more efficient conferencing experience.

Aaron McCormack, CEO of BT Conferencing, said: “In today’s economic climate, audio conferencing continues to grow in popularity and mobile unified communications are playing an increasing role in personal and business life. Working with Ring2, we are empowering our customers to stay ahead of the curve by providing highly flexible means of managing their day-to-day conference calls with optimum visibility, security and control over their calls.”

Steve Flavell, co-CEO of Ring2, said: “BT is a leader in the provision of world class conferencing and collaboration services and we’re delighted they’ve chosen to introduce our technology as part of their core customer offering. By integrating our MCM and MeetMe we can help businesses make the most of their collaborative services.

BT MeetMe mobile controller will be piloted in June and available to customers from September 2009.

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About BT

BT is one of the world’s leading providers of communications solutions and services operating in 170 countries. Its principal activities include the provision of networked IT services globally; local, national and international telecommunications services to our customers for use at home, at work and on the move; broadband and internet products and services and converged fixed/mobile products and services. BT consists principally of four lines of business: BT Global Services, Openreach, BT Retail and BT Wholesale.

In the year ended 31 March 2008, BT Group’s revenue was 20,704 million pounds Sterling with profit before taxation and specific items of 2,506 million pounds.

British Telecommunications plc (BT) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BT Group plc and encompasses virtually all businesses and assets of the BT Group. BT Group plc is listed on stock exchanges in London and New York.

For more information, visit www.bt.com/aboutbt

About BT Conferencing

BT Conferencing was established more than 20 years ago and is now a leading global provider of audio, video and web conferencing and collaboration services.

BT Conferencing is based in the USA, EMEA and Asia Pacific and specialises in the delivery of reliable, robust and innovative conferencing and collaborative solutions and product hardware to some of the largest companies in the world. The company offers tailor-made solutions to customers, whether they are major global businesses or small enterprises.

With businesses now juggling to increase productivity, being more environmentally aware and at the same time looking to improve the work-life balance of its employees, conferencing and collaboration services provide a cost effective and time saving solution.

For more information visit www.bt.com/conferencing

About Ring2 Communications

Ring2 Communications is a business conferencing software and services company, with offices in London and San Francisco. Ring2′s award-winning technology offers problem-solving remote control of conference calls from a mobile device, enabling simple and powerful visibility, security and control for the call host. Ring2 is a member of the BlackBerry Independent Software Vendor Alliance Program and is a technology partner of Alcatel-Lucent and Avaya.

For more information visit www.ring2.com

SOURCE BT