Pareteum Successfully Completes Sale of Business to Circles Global and Channel Ventures Group; Buyers to Operate Business Outside of Chapter 11

Business will continue to empower enterprises, communications service providers, early-stage innovators, developers, Internet-of-Things (IoT) and telecommunications infrastructure providers under new ownership.

NEW YORK, July 12, 2022 — Pareteum Corporation (OTC: TEUM) and certain affiliates (collectively, “Pareteum” or the “Debtors”), a global cloud Communications Platform company, announced the successful completion of the sale of the business, which was approved by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (the “Bankruptcy Court”) on June 30, 2022.

Now following the consummation of the transaction, Pareteum’s Mobile Virtual Network Enabler (“MVNE”) business and associated contracts will operate under Circles MVNE Pte. Ltd. (“Circles Global”) and Pareteum’s Mobile Virtual Network Operator (“MVNO”), IDM, iPass, and Small and Medium Business Enterprise (“SMB”) businesses and associated contracts will operate under Channel Ventures Group, LLC (“CVG”).

Bart Weijermars, Pareteum’s former interim Chief Executive Officer, commented, “We are pleased with this outcome and the opportunity this provides for the business, our employees and customers to move forward with new owners. Though the Pareteum business has now been sold, the mission to connect every person and everything will still guide the businesses as they continue delivering top-tier products and services to a global customer base. Positioning the business for sustained future success under new ownership was our stated goal at the beginning of our restructuring process and we could not have achieved this result without the hard work and support of our employees, as well as the dedicated partnership of Circles Global and CVG and our customers and suppliers throughout this process.”

Abhishek Gupta, Circles Global’s Co-founder, commented, “Pareteum was founded on similar principles to Circles Global: ‘Bringing power back to customers globally.’ Pareteum has been able to engineer an impressive suite of telecommunications software products, as well as build strong relationships with telecommunications players globally. This acquisition reinforces Circles Global’s position as a leading global telecommunications SaaS provider, enabling us to serve a broader set of customers across Europe, Africa and Latin America. As part of this acquisition, we will work together to bridge the transition and work on a unified path forward. Circles Global will work hard with Pareteum’s communications service provider partners to deliver on their objectives to move fast and compete effectively.”

Markwin Maring, Channel Holding’s Chairman of the Board of Directors, the parent company of CVG, commented, “We recognized the tremendous quality of the people and the potential of the software platforms of Pareteum. This strategic sales transaction is the best opportunity for the customers, the team and the businesses. We are decisive and confident in supporting the experienced and highly skilled team to continue the businesses and make them successful to their full potential. Channel Holding would like to thank the clients, vendors and everyone on the Pareteum team who worked hard to deliver top-tier products and services throughout this process.”

Effective sale closing on July 11, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, Pareteum leadership Bart Weijermars and Laura Thomas and Pareteum independent directors Mary Beth Vitale, Luis Jimenez-Tuñon and Robert L. Lippert have resigned from their respective officer and director positions. These leaders have been instrumental in guiding Pareteum through a robust marketing and sale process, which has been successfully completed through the consummation of Pareteum’s asset sale to Circles and CVG. Upon the sale closing, Mary Beth Vitale, Pareteum’s former Chair of the Board, commented, “The former independent directors and I are grateful for the incredible efforts of Pareteum’s management, employees and advisors that have culminated in the sale closing to two buyers who are committed to continuing to grow and expand the business.” Additionally, Anthony Saccullo has been elected an independent director and appointed Wind Down Officer of the Debtors to wind down the Debtors’ bankruptcy estates following the asset sale.

About Pareteum Corporation

Pareteum was a cloud software communications platform company with a mission – to Connect Every Person and Every(Thing)TM. As a global provider of Communications Platform-as-a-Service (CPaaS) solutions with operations in North America, Latin America, Europe, Middle East and Africa, and Asia-Pacific regions, Pareteum empowered enterprises, communications service providers, early-stage innovators, developers, Internet-of-Things (IoT), and telecommunications infrastructure providers with the freedom and control to create, deliver and scale innovative communications experiences. The Pareteum platform connected people and devices around the world using the secure, ubiquitous, and highly scalable solution to deliver data, voice, video, SMS/text messaging, media, and content enablement. For more information, please visit www.pareteum.com and follow the company on LinkedIn.

For more information about the Company’s Chapter 11 cases, including claims information, please visit www.kccllc.net/pareteum or contact KCC, the Company’s noticing and claims agent, at 888-201-2205 (for toll-free U.S. and Canada calls) or 310-751-1839 (for tolled international calls).

About Circles Global

Headquartered in Singapore with operations across the globe, Circles Global is the world’s leading SaaS Operating System for telcos. Circles is leading the digitalization of the telco industry with an internet like SaaS platform.

Circles’ proprietary platform Circles-X is the world’s first cloud native, full stack end-to end telco operating system. Global telcos in markets such as Japan and Indonesia have leveraged Circles-X to provide a best-in-class experience and launch an ecosystem of digital services to their customers beyond telco. Helping customers launch new digital telcos, grow revenue streams, acquire customers, and increase profitability. Circles-X started originally by powering Circles’ own consumer operations (under Circles.Life brand) across Singapore, Australia and Taiwan, where the company directly operates digital telcos and is the region’s fastest growing telco

Circles is backed by blue-chip global investors such as Sequoia Capital, Warburg Pincus and EDBI.

About Channel Ventures Group

CVG (www.channelventuresgroup.com) is a subsidiary of Channel Holding B.V., a Dutch investment group. Channel Holding regroups the worldwide MVNO and IoT business known as Pareteum and the Wifi (iPass) business in SYNTEGRA, which is headquartered in the Netherlands and has USA offices in Dallas and Miami. Syntegra is offering an integrated communications platform for MVNO, Wifi and IoT services. Besides USA, Syntegra aims to expands its services to South America, Europe, Middle-East and Africa.

Besides Syntegra, Channel Holding is building a portfolio of communications services companies which starts with the acquisition of Interactive Digital Media GmbH, a specialized text messaging service company located in Germany, United Telecom an independent telecom operator in Belgium and Livecom, a Dutch based contact center services company.

Forward Looking Statements

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Pareteum Inquiries:
PareteumCommunications@fticonsulting.com

Circles Global Inquiries:
raj.shastri@circles.asia

CVG Inquiries:
clemens@hscomms.nl