Spectrum Interactive Share Discussion Threads

[battlebus] 27/6/2008 15:46

More buying strange in this market.I'd say most of todays trades are buys.Thinking about selling a few stocks as i expect to see further falls in the coming months, might even sell a few of these as the budgets tighten hotels and spending on internet wifi etc could also come under pressure. Are you still holding Outsider.

[outsider] 27/6/2008 14:49

No not me bb.

[battlebus] 27/6/2008 14:23

Outsider have you been buying again?

[battlebus] 27/6/2008 14:22

Lots of buying today are we due a trading update soon or has a tipsheet given these the nod.

[battlebus] 15/6/2008 22:29

Broomsticks been looking into Aptilo Networks and it seems there services will save a lot of time and money. Steve Ellis head of I.T. said the one provider will mean lower maintenance and support costs and will also free up internal resources significantly to allow us to focus on new service development. It all looks very positive. The turnaround should take no more than three months so hopefully the saving are already being seen.

[battlebus] 28/5/2008 19:12

Yes i'm sure your right .

[broomsticks] 28/5/2008 14:41

"all eggs in the one basket"

Yes, but Aptilo Networks isn't a 'basket case', it is the global leader in its field.

Spectrum Interactive's CEO Mark Lewarns says "With Aptilo, we can offer our customers stability and rich features that are second to none."

Having one service management system has to be better than four different ones that combined didn't fully meet Spectrum's needs.

aimo,dyor

[battlebus] 28/5/2008 08:25

Yes good find but all eggs in the one basket.

[outsider] 28/5/2008 06:51

ah good find Jem, also looks like Spectrum will save money & give a better service with the change.

[broomsticks] 27/5/2008 23:19

Just found this news about Aptilo Networks,

I wonder what Spectrum Interactive's game plan is with this migration? More market opportunities?

May 22, 2008 09:51 ET
Spectrum Interactive plc to Migrate All WiFi Services to Aptilo Networks' Service Management Platform
Managing WiFi Access, Service to More Than 950 Wireless-Enabled Locations
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Aptilo Networks

Spectrum Interactive
LONDON--(Marketwire - May 22, 2008) - WIRELESS '08 -- Aptilo Networks, the global leader in integrated solutions for Service Management and Access Control for wireless networks including WiMAX™, wireless mesh and WiFi hotspots, announces today that Spectrum Interactive, the leading independent public access Internet kiosk operator in the United Kingdom, will migrate its entire WiFi network infrastructure -- which includes wireless hotspots in some of the UK's busiest airports, as well as Premium Inn, Travelodge and Radisson Edwardian hotels throughout the country -- to the Aptilo Service Management Platform™, a solution that enables and manages WiFi access and provides service control. The move will unify Spectrum's back-end WiFi systems, standardizing on the Aptilo platform.

Spectrum's network currently encompasses more than 1,700 Internet kiosks and desks in travel and hotel venues, as well as 950 WiFi hotspots mainly in hospitality and airport locations.
The migration starts immediately and will be completed by the third quarter of 2008.

"After several rounds of acquisitions we found ourselves working with four different wireless service management systems, none of which fully met our needs. Aptilo's Service Management Platform suited us perfectly and best of all, it worked seamlessly with the wide variety of services we offer at many different types of properties," said Mark Lewarne, Chief Executive Officer, Spectrum Interactive. "Aptilo's scalable solution supports our growing network now and in the future. With Aptilo, we can offer our customers stability and rich features that are second to none."

"Aptilo is leading the industry in field-proven, carrier-grade broadband access and service management solutions. Our products offer the flexibility to support customer growth and expansion, a feature critical for Spectrum Interactive," said Paul Mikkelsen, Vice President, Sales, Europe/Africa, Aptilo Networks. "Aptilo is proud to be working with Spectrum, which has grown to become one of the largest operators of Internet access terminals in the UK."

As part of the migration, Spectrum will keep existing Colubris Access Gateways and point them to the Aptilo Service Management Platform, phasing out the four wireless service management systems. The Aptilo Access Controller™, which securely communicates with the service platform and oversees access and Quality of Service control, will be used at Spectrum's largest WiFi hotspots sitting at the edge of the network infrastructure.

"Spectrum has seen significantly lower maintenance and support costs on installations powered by the Aptilo Service Management platform," said Steve Ellis, Head of IT, Spectrum Interactive. "This migration will free internal resources significantly so we can focus on developing new services." Daniel Gray, Head of Marketing for Spectrum, added, "With Aptilo's systems we will have much better control of the user experience and features that we can offer to the site owners."

The increased importance of foreseeable total cost of ownership was echoed by Zakaria Bennani, Key Account Manager, Aptilo, who was responsible for the Spectrum account: "The Aptilo platform's extremely high and proven stability increasingly have become the most important key success factors among many of our larger customers."

The Aptilo Service Management Platform is a highly scalable carrier-grade wireless service management solution that effectively handles data and voice service delivery across multiple devices while enabling creation of new revenue-generating value-added services and supporting future network scalability in a unified platform. Aptilo's feature-rich, comprehensive WiFi service management solution encompasses authentication, authorization, accounting (AAA), portal management, service monitoring, security, statistics and customer care options.
Working with the Aptilo Service Management Platform, the Aptilo Service Portal™ is the main tool for the automatic processing and display of data output from the provided service, including storage of usage information and events, aggregating statistics and monitoring data.
About Spectrum Interactive plc

Spectrum provides Internet desks, WiFi (hotspots and fully cabled solutions), payphones and other related services to customers across the UK & Germany. The company is a market leader in the provision of public internet desks in the UK with a total of 1,900 units in service (many of these at 25 UK airports that Spectrum operates at) and, with the recently announced agreement with Travelodge, Spectrum currently operates around 900 WiFi hotspots, mostly in hotels and airports. Spectrum also owns and manages around 7,000 payphones.
Spectrum's customers are spread across a wide range of market sectors encompassing locations as diverse as airports, hotels, hostels, military camps, universities, hospitals and other key travel locations, and its millions of regular end users benefit from a high quality, affordable and reliable services.

For more information, please visit www.spectruminteractive.co.uk.
About Aptilo Networks
Aptilo Networks offers a comprehensive wireless service management platform designed for service providers, enterprises and municipalities needing a rapidly deployable, scalable multiservice solution to easily manage data and voice services over WiMAX, wireless mesh and WiFi networks.
From smaller initial installations up to large carrier networks, Aptilo's cost-efficient solution for wireless service management and delivery provides a rapid time to market while flexibly supporting future network and service expansion.
Selected by premier technology partners such as Nortel, Cisco and HP, Aptilo has become a global leader and the provider of choice enabling service providers, businesses and governments to rapidly manage and deliver highly secure voice and data services in public, semi-public and private wireless access zones in more than 40 countries worldwide. Aptilo Networks is headquartered in Stockholm, with regional offices in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Plano, Texas. For more information, please visit www.aptilo.com.
"WiMAX Forum" is a registered trademark of the WiMAX Forum. "WiMAX," the WiMAX Forum logo, "WiMAX Forum Certified," and the WiMAX Forum Certified logo are trademarks of the WiMAX Forum. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners.
For further information please contact:

Hillary Call
Public Relations Manager
Aptilo Networks AB
c/o Call Communications
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Johan Terve
Vice President Marketing
Aptilo Networks AB
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Daniel Gray
Head of Marketing & Product
Spectrum Interactive plc
P: [phone]

[battlebus] 27/5/2008 19:26

Wrong again next leg back to 12p

[battlebus] 15/5/2008 21:04

Next leg up to 16p i reckon.

[outsider] 15/5/2008 19:42

yup surpised it was 13p after today's trades.

[battlebus] 15/5/2008 19:34

Just as predicted lots of sells maybe thats goodbye to whoever lets hope. Anyway Outsider you have the 13p bid you wanted.

[battlebus] 14/5/2008 18:47

They wouldn't even quote me online this afternoon not many shares around.

[outsider] 14/5/2008 13:51

can you buy another 10k and push it upto 13p bid ;-) :p

[battlebus] 14/5/2008 13:43

Someone just mopped up another 10000.

[outsider] 14/5/2008 09:38

2 good buys today and bid upto 12p

[battlebus] 13/5/2008 23:34

Still a seller around.

[outsider] 13/5/2008 14:35

Wise to sit & wait sometimes....AIM index continung improvement but not fed thro' to Spectrum yet.

[battlebus] 09/5/2008 15:45

Possibly more purchases coming here shortly.

[outsider] 09/5/2008 15:40

Well I think you will be telling Spectrum about the 3% threshold before me now then battlebus!! ;-)

[battlebus] 09/5/2008 15:12

Are those two buys this am

[rbcrbc] 09/5/2008 13:14

Let us hope so.

[outsider] 09/5/2008 12:55

You may be right but if hard hit AIM recovers (as it is doing) it should drag up many AIM shares with it, from very low valuations including Spectrum.