African Pilot Agreement

    RNS Number : 7469Z
  Broca Plc
  24 July 2008
   

    Embargoed until: 0700hrs, 24 July 2008

    Broca plc 

    ("Broca")

    African Banking and Payments Pilot 
      
    Broca, the provider of secure advanced messaging technology, announced today that it has signed a pilot agreement with Telnet Nigeria
Limited ("Telnet Nigeria"), a major IT solutions provider to the banking sector in Nigeria.

    Under the terms of the partnership, Broca will provide a pilot service based on its flagship service Secure Advanced Messaging Service
("SAMS") to Telnet Nigeria, which will then be offered to Telnet's banking clients across Nigeria. Broca's innovative SAMS system offers an
SMS messaging service which is totally secure, whether the message is in the handset or during transmission, allowing sensitive banking
details to be sent across the network, verified and stored safely. The technology provides the end user with the comfort and convenience of
secure mobile banking transactions.

    Since SAMS, uniquely among advanced mobile banking applications, uses SMS as its bearer, it is ideal for rapidly developing economies in
parts of the world such as Africa where SMS is universal and where availability of other technologies such as GPRS can be more limited.  

    Telnet Nigeria, founded in 1985, will trial the technology with a number of its banking and payment clients in Nigeria, with
applications including airtime vending, cash transfers and satellite TV payments.

    Commenting on the pilot partnership, Ian Price, Managing Director of Broca, said: "We are excited to sign a pilot agreement of this
nature with a significant partner in Nigeria, offering us an important foothold in the African continent, where mobile commerce is growing
at an impressive rate and which already has over 250m mobile subscribers. We are delighted to showcase the capability of our SAMS technology
and look forward to developing a strong relationship with Telnet Nigeria and bringing new and improved services to the continent."


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    For further information contact:


 Ian Price              Lulu Bridges
 Managing Director      Andrew Dunn
 Broca Plc              Tavistock Communications
 Tel: 0845 0066661      Tel: 020 7920 3150


 Fiona Owen             David Poutney/Stuart Skinner
 Grant Thornton UK LLP  Numis Securities Limited
 Nominated Adviser      Broker
 Tel: 020 7383 5100     Tel: 020 7260 1000

    About Broca plc
    Broca plc (AIM: BROC) completed its demerger from 2ergo plc (AIM: RGO) and successfully listed on AIM on 6th March 2007. The Broca
Business is the development and exploitation of technology with the intention of enabling M-commerce to be carried out securely via digital
services, principally by extending conventional SMS messaging from existing mobile telecommunications equipment. The technology is based
upon Broca's innovative, patented Protocol. In addition to the security benefit mentioned above, the Protocol is intended to deliver
confirmation of message receipt by the recipient, something which the Company believes is not currently available to mobile device users in
connection with M-payments. Whilst the initial technology has been optimised for use with SMS, the Company believes the Protocol should
ultimately be applicable to other forms of digital messaging and also E-commerce.

    For further information please visit: www.brocaplc.com.  


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