Transaction in Own Shares

Maintel Holdings PLC
13 June 2006


                      Maintel Holdings Plc (the 'Company')

                           Acquisition of own shares

The Company announces that, pursuant to its general authority granted by
shareholders of the Company on 20 April 2006 to make market purchases of its own
shares, the Company made on market purchases of 80,000 ordinary shares of 1
pence each ('Ordinary Shares') at 141 pence per Ordinary Share on 12 June 2006
(to be cancelled).

The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue following the purchase and
cancellation of such Ordinary Shares is 12,856,800 Ordinary Shares.


13 June 2006


Enquiries:

Tim Mason - Chief Executive            020 7401 4601
Dale Todd - Finance Director           020 7401 0562




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