Another Clever Acquisition by Coms - Smarter Mobile UK Joins Portfolio

LONDON, March 13, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --

Residential and business users will benefit from Coms' announcement this week. The company is delighted to announce the purchase of Smarter Mobile UK to consolidate its mobile offering.

Smarter Mobile UK, trading under the brand name Family Mobile offers a great value mobile phone service that is simple to use. Many of its thousands of loyal customers have been using the service since 2008 when it was launched in partnership with Ikea Family, the loyalty scheme created by Swedish retail giant. It's shared 'family accounts' under which any number of individual phones can be managed have continued to prove to be innovative and cost effective to this day. 

This cash acquisition means all Smarter Mobile UK's services and SIM stock will be branded as Coms Mobile, and allows Coms to strengthen its already powerful offering. This acquisition offers Coms cross and up-selling opportunities through its broadband, calls and lines services to home and corporate customers.

Additionally, customers will benefit from extremely cost-effective services including competition-beating national and international roaming services, whilst corporate customers who rely on converged telephony solutions and machine to machine will be offered enhanced services and applications. Customers will begin to see the enhancements over the coming months.

Dave Breith, CEO for Coms commented: "This strategic purchase allows us to consolidate our mobile phone solution and offer current and future Coms customers in B2B and B2C added functionality, services, but also importantly, cost effectiveness. Smarter Mobile has a strong heritage working with one of the world's leading brands - Ikea - and their experience is going to be essential as our business grows further."

About Coms

Established in 2005, Coms is an end-to-end provider of telecommunications and IT services to business and industry. From hosted VoIP telephony to smart buildings to broadband to business infrastructure, Coms offers an unrivalled service built on innovation, passion and dedication. Unlike most VoIP providers, Coms does not rely on third party providers and we own and operate a UK based Carrier Class telephony platform. For more information, please visit http://www.coms.com