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Allied Irish Bank Group complete country-wide rollout of SmartNumbers

London, England. March 2005

Allied Irish Bank Group (AIB Group) today announced the completion of a country-wide deployment of SmartNumbers for Premier Customer Care across 42 branches in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, both through its AIB and First Trust Bank divisions. The service is being used to provide an a high-quality customer service capability to staff operating from these branches.

“We are pleased that SmartNumbers is able to play an important role in facilitating the high-standard of customer service within AIB,” says Geoffrey Paterson, CEO of SmartNumbers. “Banking and financial services is an important market for SmartNumbers, and we are seeing strong demand across customers such as RBS, Barclays, Lloyds TSB and Prudential for advanced telephony services that focus on improving customer service.”

About AIB Group

AIB Group is Ireland's leading banking and financial services organisation. It operates principally in Ireland, Britain, the USA and Poland.