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24 July 2009

BGLOBAL PLC

('Bglobal' or 'the Company' or 'the Group')

BGLOBAL HELPS VODAFONE SAVE OVER £2m A YEAR ON ENERGY BILLS

Bglobal plc (AIM: BGBL), the market-leading provider of smart metering services to the UK energy market, is helping Vodafone cut carbon emissions and reduce energy costs by at least £2m a year through the installation of smart meters at base station sites in the UK.

The figures have been revealed in a new 'Carbon Connections' report issued by Vodafone, in collaboration with Accenture, which seeks to quantify mobile's role in tackling climate change. The report looks at the measures Vodafone has put in place to cut costs and save energy, and concludes that by installing Bglobal's smart meters, the telecoms company is saving 10% a year on an electricity bill of roughly £20 million for running its 12,000 UK base stations.

These significant savings have enabled Vodafone UK to recoup its initial investment in smart meter installations in less than a year as well as eliminating the need for staff to access base stations at a cost of between £50 and £100 per visit. 

The full Carbon Connections report of July 2009 can be found at http://www.vodafone.com/responsibility.

Nicki Woodhead, Head of Corporate Responsibility, Vodafone UK said: 'Real-time data from Bglobal's smart meters enables us to monitor and put in place measures to reduce energy consumption, cut costs and carbon emissions as well as identify and prioritise sites with higher energy usage for energy-saving measures.'

 

Tony Barnes, Chief Executive Officer of Bglobal commented:  'We are delighted to have had the opportunity to help Vodafone realise the huge benefits of using smart meters to measure and record energy consumption. Bglobal is now focused on replicating this success by installing meters for a significant proportion of the 200,000 medium and large UK business sites that have been mandated by the Government for smart by 2014 and wider still to the 2.2million public sector and SME business who can also achieve the kind of savings clearly being demonstrated by Vodafone.'

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