Flint Telecom to Acquire Second VoIP Service Provider as Part of Telecommunications Growth

The company being acquired is profitable with annual earnings in excess of $1.5 million. When consolidated with the other pending acquisitions, operating costs will be reduced due to shared common services and network cost reductions that are expected to improve the acquired company's net income by about a third.

Fierce VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) magazine quotes the recent Federal Communications Commission study showing VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) usage by businesses and consumers increased 21 percent between 2009 and 2010. The FCC's Local Telephone Competition report indicates that IP communications is on the rise with 21 million end-users taking advantage of VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) subscriptions from cable, traditional telcos or VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) providers. The report noted that there were 162 million wireline retail local telephone service connections as of the end of 2008. Of that figure, 21 million were VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) subscribers. With the FCC's plans for the all-IP network, these numbers may be shifting more in the coming years.

Bernie Fried, President and COO of Flint Telecom Group, commented, "This is the second in a line of acquisitions we are actively pursuing to achieve our target of ten acquisitions this year, creating a highly profitable business unit delivering integrated voice, data and wireless services to small and medium sized enterprises with expected annual earnings in excess of $20 million. These two acquisitions already account for roughly $5 million of that target. By consolidating multiple operations in accordance with one roof, operating costs are unified and reduced to deliver higher profits from these existing revenue streams."

Vincent Browne, Chairman and Chief Executive of Flint Telecom Group, said "This is another step in our goal to become operationally profitable this year and to build on our vision of increasing shareholder value in the most cost effective way. Our focus is on creating profitable business segments each addressing high growth markets both domestically and internationally. We are focused on two major market areas, telecommunication services and mobile money transfer and payments. Our operating companies address segments of these areas that provide existing clients for the services offered by the others, thereby reducing our market entry and sales costs. The market for these services continues to grow rapidly as the use of smartphones becomes commonplace allowing us to offer exciting integrated telecom products both fixed and wireless and to as well integrate mobile payments to the same customer groups. We look forward to completing these transactions in our current financial year so that the benefits can be felt early in the then and there financial year."

Flint Telecom Group Inc. is an international Telecoms Innovation Organization with a portfolio of companies that deliver VoIP and wireless communications and prepaid financial products and services globally. Headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas with offices throughout the US, India and Ireland, Flint Telecom Group is a fully reporting company trading on the OTC Bulletin Board® pursuant to this agreement the ticker symbol: FLTT.OB. Flint Telecom ranked number 72 in the 2010 Deloitte Research Fast 500?, Deloitte's ranking of 500 of the fastest growing innovation, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology companies in North America. Flint Telecom was founded by a team of telecom and technology experts with a proven track in building and maintaining international technology companies. Additional information may be found at www.flinttelecomgroup.com

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