Group NBT Offers CM4all WebsiteCreator

London, United Kingdom - (Website Hosting Directory) - December 18, 2006 - Website hosting services and specialist domain name management company, Group NBT plc, has unveiled the CM4all WebsiteCreator as a Value Added Service for customers of its Easily.co.uk brand.

Group NBT plc, headquartered in London, UK, provides web hosting and domain management services to a broad customer base in the UK and Continental Europe, including companies such as British Airways, the Royal Bank of Scotland and Centrica. Through its three operating brands, NetNames, NetBenefit and Easily.co.uk, the company is responsible for managing and protecting online brands and domain names for international companies and hosting websites for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs).

The company also has offices in New York, Nice, Frankfurt and Madrid. The UK Web Hosting market is the third largest Hosting market worldwide with over 2.9 million customers. Group NBT are the 4th leading hosting company in this market with a combined market share of 5.6% from its three operating brands. CM-AG adapted the user interface of the CM4all WebsiteCreator to Group NBT’s corporate design, producing a carefully branded version for the Easily.co.uk brand and installed the software in their data center. The Agreement between the parties also includes additional products that will be introduced to the market in the near future. The Easily Website Creator product, which retails from an annual fee of £29.99 (ex. VAT), includes features such as an impressive Media Archive which allows users to store digital movies, music, and photos to websites, a blogging tool and the easy-to-use WYSIWG editor.

It is anticipated that these benefits, facilitated by CM4all, enable Group NBT to satisfy their customers’ website creation needs by empowering them to design and maintain professional-looking personal and business websites quickly and easily without any technical knowledge.

Jonathan Robinson, Chief Operating Officer for Group NBT explained, ‘’In order for Group NBT plc to remain leaders in the European Web Hosting Industry we need to be able to offer our customers new services that create added value using the latest cutting-edge technology. Selecting the CM4all WebsiteCreator enables us to provide our customers with the most user-friendly, scalable, feature-rich, website creation tool on the market.'’

Robert Schovenberg, CEO of CM-AG added, ‘’Group NBT is one of the UK’s market leaders, they offer a broad range of services and are a trusted brand name in the marketplace. We will bring to the partnership what we are best at and provide them with multiple state-of-the-art VAS. We are delighted that Group NBT has chosen our award-winning software to satisfy their customers’ website creation needs and we look forward to a successful long term co-operation.'’

With over 1.5 million paying users in 12 different languages, the CM4all WebsiteCreator is the world’s most successful online solution for creating and updating professional Web sites. Powered by fully scalable CM4all Technology, our premium, AJAX-based software is the proven choice for web hosts, domain registrars, cable providers and telcos worldwide.

With over 1.5 million paying customers worldwide, CM4all software is currently being distributed via leading telcos, MSOs, ISPs and web hosting companies in Europe, Canada, the USA, South America and Japan. Customers include T-Online, 1 and 1 Internet AG, Terra Networks S.A., Swisscom Fixnet AG, Verio Inc. and NTT Communications. Headquartered in Cologne, Germany, Robert Schovenberg and Cornel Schnietz founded Content Management AG (CM-AG) in 1999. CM-AG develops and distributes software and infrastructure solutions based on CM4all’s scalable software, which allows for the creation, maintenance and easy-updating of Web sites and mobile devices.

NBT plc (LSE: NBT) is a provider of domain names and internet-related services. Established in 1995, Group NBT has registered hundreds of thousands of domain names and hosts thousands of websites. Group NBT provides a range of services to a broad customer base which includes companies such as British Airways, the Royal Bank of Scotland and Centrica. Group NBT has 120 employees and is based in London with offices in London, New York, Nice, Frankfurt and Madrid. See www.groupnbt.com for more details.

Easily.co.uk is a top UK provider of cost-effective internet services. Since 1999 Easily has provided businesses and consumers with services at affordable prices, backed by first-class customer support. Easily is now part of London-listed Group NBT plc.

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Group NBT plc, please visit: www.groupnbt.com.