Transaction in Own Shares

Maintel Holdings PLC
17 January 2008


                      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 2007 to make market purchases of its own
shares, the Company made market purchases of 240,000 ordinary Shares of 1 pence
each ('Ordinary shares') at 161.5 pence per Ordinary Share on 16 January 2008
(to be cancelled).


The total number of Ordinary Shares in issue following the purchase and
cancellation of such Ordinary Shares is 12,146,800 Ordinary Shares.


17 January 2008


Enquiries:


Tim Mason - Chief Executive              020 7401 4601

Dale Todd - Finance Director             020 7401 0562


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