Kingston Communications Launches Affiniti Communications Integrator





-/21 April, 2005 - Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- Kingston Communications (HULL) PLC, announced the launch of Affiniti, a communications integrator. Affiniti brings together Kingston Communications? Business Services division, Omnetica and Technica to create a powerful force of network and storage expertise, telecoms knowledge and business experience. Kingston acquired Omnetica in December 2004 and Technica in March 2005.

The new business provides secure voice, data, video, mobile, wireless and storage solutions that enable businesses to exploit the opportunities that come with converged communications. The experience customers receive from Affiniti is fundamental to the way the business is run. Peter Halls, director of Affiniti, said: ?By getting involved with our customers, learning about how they work, what their goals are and how we can help achieve them, we believe we can add more value and help them harness the power of a converged communications infrastructure.?

Affiniti brings together more than just expertise. The business has its own 2,200km national broadband network that forms the backbone of the Wide Area services and has partnerships with market-leading technology providers such as Cisco, Nortel, Siemens, Nokia and Check Point to provide end-to-end solutions and award winning, proven, service delivery.

Halls said: ?Affiniti can help businesses exploit the opportunities that come with converged communications. We want to work with businesses to build truly connected enterprises to increase business workforce effectiveness and enhance customer experience, while ensuring the network?s reliability at all times.?


About Affiniti

Affiniti is a communications integrator - a new kind of partner created from the coming together of Kingston Communications? Business Services division, Omnetica and Technica in 2005.

Affiniti is a Kingston Communications business with offices throughout the UK and in New York, USA. The business employs 1,400 people with a high quality blue chip customer base in a number of key verticals, including the public sector, financial services, manufacturing and retail, distribution & transport. Some of those businesses include: Experian, IVAX, Sage UK, Ford, BMW, Admiral Insurance, the Food Standards Agency, Toyota, British Airways, Total, NHS Greater Glasgow, GlaxoSmithKline, Deutsche Bank, Scottish Parliament, BMI and TNT.

Affiniti specialises in converged communications, combining carrier services, enterprise voice, data, video, mobile, wireless and storage skills, together with network expertise and managed services, providing and enhancing the service capability.

The business has its own 2,200km national broadband network that forms the backbone of the Wide Area services and has partnerships with market-leading technology providers to provide end-to-end solutions and award winning, proven, service delivery.

Web site: http://www.affiniti.com