Dutch Provide Kenya With Number Portability

DELFT, The Netherlands and NAIROBI, Kenya, May 10, 2010 - Within a couple of months 30 million mobile users in Kenya are able to
keep their mobile phone number when changing providers. The Communications
Commission of Kenya (CCK)) has chosen the Dutch company PortingXS to provide
number portability to the East-African country.

Until now, changing providers in Africa without losing your mobile phone
number was only possible in Morocco, Egypt and South-Africa. Kenya is one of
the leading African countries when it comes to mobile technology, even
allowing its 38 million inhabitants to make financial transactions through
their mobile phones, but it lacked the service of number portability.

To offer mobile users more freedom of choice and enhance competition and
consumer convenience, Kenya started a tender for number portability in
October last year. Of the six firms that made a bid - some African, some
European - PortingXS came out as best. According to CEO Ronald Vlasman,
PortingXS not only due to economical reasons, but also because his company
will provide services from a local office in Nairobi and will train local
students to employ them.

Kenya has 30 million mobile users. The main providers are Safaricom (78
percent), Zain Kenya (17 percent), Orange (4 percent) and Yu (1 percent).
Changing providers is difficult for clients, because they lose their number
in the process.

PortingXS will start number portability services in a few months,
depending on the consultations with national providers and the CCK. "It's
our first giant step into the African continent, but definitely not our
last," CEO Ronald Vlasman states. "There are talks with surrounding and
other African countries to implement number portability as we speak and we
hope we can provide our services there as well."

In the Netherlands, PortingXS provides services to two third of the
operators. Two years ago the company stepped into the international market
and it handles number portability on the isles of Guernsey, Jersey and The
Isle of Man.

Note for the press: For further information please contact Ronald Vlasman, CEO of PortingXS,
tel: +31-152516969 or mob: +316-28200199