Comms Group secures VoIP Reseller licence in the Philippines with the Philippines National Telecommunications Commission

Comms Group Limited (ASX:CCG) (“Comms Group”) is pleased to announce that it has been granted a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Reseller licence from the Philippines National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) enabling Comms Group Global to procure and resell key Voice over IP services. These services include SIP Trunks and Unified Communications (UC) and will be provided to wholesale, enterprise and multi-national customers based in the Philippines and globally.

KEY HIGHLIGHTS

• Comms Group has secured a licence via certification of registration with the NTC to resell wholesale and business VoIP (IP telephony) based telecommunications services in the Philippines using Comms Group’s global network and local partners.
• Services to be provided include Unified Communications (Microsoft Teams Calling, Cloud/Hosted PBX) SIP trunking, call termination services (CTS) and the resale of geographic telephone numbers (DIDs).

Peter McGrath, Comms Group’s CEO and Managing Director said, “We are delighted to have been issued with a telecommunications licence from the Philippines NTC. We look forward to delivering the very best telecommunications experience to domestic and global wholesale customers and domestic and global businesses.

It is our intention to use this licence to provide the latest generation unified communications and VoIP services for the betterment of businesses and economy in the Philippines and to assist the Philippines business process outsourcing (BPO) market to remain globally competitive. We are particularly thankful to the Philippines Government and the various regulatory and administrative organisations including the NTC who have worked with Comms Group in awarding this licence.”

The VoIP licence has been granted to Comms Group, via its wholly owned Philippines subsidiary, Comms Group Philippines Inc., by the Philippines National Telecommunications Commission.

Australian Ambassador to the Philippines, HK Yu PSM said, “I’m very pleased to see Australian firms actively pursuing the huge opportunities in the Philippines’ digital economy. This investment of Comms Group aligns with the Philippines-Australia Strategic Partnership and Invested: Australia’s Southeast Asia Economic Strategy to promote more robust two-way trade and investment between our countries.

I laud the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) for working with Comms Group on this process. This certainly sends the right signal to investors and I’m glad an Australian company is at the forefront of this major initiative of the Philippines government.”

Comms Group Philippines Inc. will leverage Comms Group’s extensive global network coverage and capabilities and work closely with local Philippines-based partners for the provision of these services. Services may be delivered with the Comms Group brand or re-sold globally by wholesale customers under their own brands.

The Philippines is a key market for Comms Group as it expands its network of licences across the Asia-Pacific region. In addition to the Philippines, Comms Group continues its expansion of capabilities across the Asia Pacific region and is licenced to provide local voice (VoIP) services in the following countries: Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia and Taiwan (in progress). The Company also has partnership arrangements in place for China, Thailand, Vietnam and South Korea where Comms Group has partnered with local providers to integrate VoIP services seamlessly into its global offerings.

ABOUT COMMS GROUP

Comms Group Limited (ASX:CCG) provides a full range of IT and Communications services from the Cloud including IT managed services, cloud hosting, cloud communications, UCaaS and CPaaS services.

Comms Group Global uses its cloud based global business phone platform and its global Microsoft Teams telephony calling platform to provide fully managed key UCaaS and CPaaS services for customers in multiple regions internationally. We cover 65 countries for full PSTN replacement and another 30+ countries via on premises solutions/carrier partners. We service our customers via our extensive global state-of-the-art SIP-based network which includes key points of presence (PoPs) in key regions: Sydney, London, Frankfurt, USA East, USA West, Singapore, Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, Hong Kong, China and South Korea. We have recently stood up further PoPs in Brazil and South Africa. Comms Group offers key wholesale voice and UC services and leverages our international network to deliver services to key wholesale and partner customers globally who provide these services to their end users.