United Clearing plc
11 January 2006


                  United Clearing Plc ("UCL" or "the Company")

CellularONE signs up with United Clearing for its ACTiNET TDMA and GSM Financial
                               Clearing Service.


United Clearing Plc, the provider of outsourcing support services to the global
cellular industry, announces it has won a contract with CellularONE of East
Texas ("Cellular One") to provide financial clearing and settlement services for
both GSM and TDMA roaming traffic. The contract, for an undisclosed amount,
commenced recently.

CellularONE is one of America's most enduring and recognized brands in wireless
telephony. As a leader in the industry's growth and development since the
beginning of wireless telephone service, CellularONE has a reputation for
quality, value and trust among wireless customers nationwide. CellularONE
continues to rank as the leading brand for the independent carrier, providing
service for more than 32 million customers across the United States.

CellularONE of East Texas, headquartered in Lufkin, Texas, USA is committed to
being an integral part of the communities in eight county areas. It is a network
of wireless providers committed to bring customers communication services that
keep them connected to the people important to them.

"We are pleased to have selected United Clearing's financial clearing and
settlement service. United Clearing has shown its professionalism and ability to
deliver a quality service to meet our expectations" says Ranna Patten-Carter
Director of Customer Operations at CellularONE.

Michael van Klink, Finance Director at UCL added "we are delighted to start a
partnership with CellularONE and look forward to building a strong relationship
for the future. This contract gain adds to our established business for GSM
financial clearing and provides clear evidence that our newly launched ACTiNET
product is gaining momentum and credibility in the market place".

For more information, contact:

United Clearing Plc
press@unitedclearing.com              020 7608 8000

Binns & Co PR Ltd
Peter Binns                           020 7786 9600

Seymour Pierce Limited
Mark Percy                            0207 107 8000

Editor's Notes:

United Clearing Plc provides the following services:

   * Determining the net cash positions between network operations
   * Transacting the foreign exchange
   * Effecting international payments in the desired currency of a receiving
    operator
   * Effecting collection of incoming receivable funds to the mobile network
    operator

CDMA / TDMA is the cellular technology used predominantly in the United States,
Central and South America and parts of Asia.

United Clearing Plc's customers include, Dobson Communications, Cincinnati Bell,
Cable & Wireless, Edge Wireless and Wilkes Cellular. Other customers are in the
UK, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Namibia, Slovenia, Bermuda, Antigua,
Trinidad & Tobago, Brazil, Spain and Mozambique.

United Clearing Plc also has an established service for the GSM market. The
major advantage of GSM technology is that it allows consumers to use their GSM
phone when travelling outside their own country or region. This is known as
roaming. International roaming accounts for over 10% of a UK operator's average
revenue per user.






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