Licence contract

Amino Technologies PLC 19 January 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 19 January 2007 AMINO TECHNOLOGIES PLC LICENCE AGREEMENT AND ENTRY TO INDIAN MARKET Amino Technologies plc ('Amino'; stock code: AMO), the Cambridge based broadband network software and systems company, has signed an agreement with Dimensions Broadband UK Ltd. ('Dimensions Broadband'), on behalf of its sister company Time Broadband Services Pvt. Ltd. ('Time Broadband'), which takes Amino into the Indian subcontinent and provides access to Indian tier 1 telcos. Amino has been paid for a significant licensing contract and for an initial supply of AmiNet125 set top boxes ('STBs'). Dimensions Broadband plans to establish local manufacturing of STBs for Time Broadband Services, an IPTV service provider headquartered in Mumbai. The agreement provides for the licensing of the AmiNet125 STB design and Amino's IntAct(TM) IPTV software stack for the manufacture and sale of STBs in the Indian sub-continent and Middle-Eastern markets. Amino will receive royalties on locally manufactured STBs and software in addition to the initial licence fee. Time Broadband plans to offer its advanced IPTV services to customers across the Indian subcontinent, the Middle East and parts of East Africa. Sujata Dev, Managing Director of Time Broadband commented: 'In launching landmark deployments with telecom operators with a very large combined consumer base, the objective is to maximise IPTV penetration in consumer homes. We have chosen Amino as our STB technology partner to give us flexibility for manufacturing our own products, the latest technology at an economical cost and a reduced lead time for entering the Indian market.' Bob Giddy, Amino's Chief Executive said: 'This agreement provides us access to the tier 1 telcos in India, a country with a population of over 1 billion. This deal is part of our existing business plan and, we believe, validates our licensing model, enabling us to sell into large markets where local volume manufacturing of STBs is critical to success.' About Time Broadband Time Broadband Services Pvt. Ltd. is a closely held company incorporated in India which will provide convergent systems and underlying services to enable telecom carriers to offer rich-media Video basic and interactive television based value-added services to their broadband customers. Accordingly, the company has three distinct segments but complementary vertical business units to target all domains of future expansion activities envisaged: a) IPTV CDN services management of customer inter-phase on behalf of telecom operators; b) technology deployment and manpower support with inputs from top techno-providers; c) content aggregation and digital re-purposing for content-providers for market expansion. TBSL has entered into agreement with several telecom providers in India including India's largest telephone service provider with a target to reach over a million homes by 2010. About Dimensions Broadband UK Dimensions Broadband UK is part of the Dimensions Group (www.dimensionsgroup.com ), a global group of companies offering dedicated expertise and services in the areas of Human Resources, Banking Automation, Business Process Outsourcing, IT Engineering and Design, Education and Healthcare. The Group manages it's various vertical services to provide their clients with agility, focus and a quality of standardization as well as a global reach and the financial strength necessary to properly service large customers. About Amino Amino Technologies plc (www.aminocom.com) designs and supplies Electronic systems, software and consultancy for IPTV (telco triple-play applications), on-demand video and in-home multimedia distribution delivered through three operating divisions. Amino Communications supplies the AmiNET(TM) series of high performance IPTV set-top boxes and gateways for deployment in the telecommunications, broadcast and hospitality markets. Generally, AmiNET products are supplied with the IntAct(TM) IPTV software stack pre-loaded. IntAct licenses hardware designs and the IntAct(TM) IPTV software stack for customer premises solutions to OEMs enabling them to supply IPTV set-top boxes and gateways for larger scale deployments and the hospitality sector. Modelo provides systems consultancy services. Amino is partnered with world-leading companies in systems integration, middleware, conditional access, silicon, head-end systems and browser technologies. CONTACTS Amino Technologies: 01954-234100 Keith Todd, Chairman www.aminocom.com Bob Giddy, Chief Executive Stuart Darling, Finance Director Bankside: 020-7367-8888 Steve Liebmann or Simon Bloomfield This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange D

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