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Zimo Communications Gets Sales Director

Zimo Communications, the NGN Communications Provider and owner of Numberstore, has appointed Richard Forde-Johnston as Sales Director. Forde-Johnston joins drive sales of new products and services, increase contact rates and help establish and consolidate new and existing sales channels via an overall sales strategy as Zimo continues to develop and grow at an impressive rate in an increasingly competitive market.

"I'm absolutely delighted to be part of this exciting, class-leading company. I love the quality of thinking behind Zimo's proposition and our marked emphasis on service and value, so it was always going to be a place to aspire to" says Richard, who brings a broad cross-section of telecoms experience with him, having worked in customer operations, consultancy, fibre optics and cellular in the past."

Zimo is best known for its popular Numberstore site which provides non-geographic numbers and powerful online call management tools. Numberstore offers a range of call tariffs and service plans for every organisation, regardless of size and now also provides bespoke telecoms services to a number of large organisations through its Enterprise division. These include custom IP telephony application development, XML integration with third party systems - and infrastructure optimisation to incorporate fallback routes which ensure the highest levels of resilience and network availability. Zimo are members of the Federation of Communication Services where CEO, Kieron James, currently chairs the FCS Numbering Group. Asked about the appointment, Kieron commented:

"We're thrilled to welcome Richard on board. His breadth of experience in the telecommunications industry adds tremendous value to an already highly-talented team. His drive and enthusiasm so infectious and we're expecting great things over the next few months. Wtih major new product releases scheduled for Q3 and Q4, Richard certainly has a busy time ahead!"