Pareteum Adds $12,000,000 to its Revenue Backlog by Expanding Into African Market with Mobile Virtual Network Enabler Agreement

NEW YORK, Nov. 1, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Pareteum Corporation (NYSE American: TEUM), ("Pareteum" or the "Company"), the rapidly growing mobile Cloud Communications Platform company, today announced that it has signed a 5-year agreement with a leading telecommunications company in Sub-Saharan Africa to provide Pareteum's Managed Services Platform. During the first 3 years of the contract, Pareteum is scheduled to generate approximately $12,000,000 in revenue from this agreement. The Company anticipates the annual value of the contract to increase, and at a faster rate, in its 4^th and 5^th years, as customer enrollment accelerates, adding more monthly recurring revenues.

Pareteum's Managed Services Platform will enable this African telco to provide wireless services to existing and new Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs) in its geographic market, serving the needs of consumer mobile, Internet of Things (IoT), and wireless broadband services in the region. The initial on-boarding of subscribers is expected to commence in the second quarter of 2018.

"We are aggressively pursuing new geographic markets, particularly those in which wireless leapfrogs traditional systems including landline phone connections, as is the case in Africa. Sub-Saharan Africa is the second-largest mobile technology market after Asia and the fastest growing one, with the GSMA forecasting the region's mobile users will reach 346 million by 2017. With this one contract, we expect to capture 750,000 subscribers, establishing a foothold in a market that offers us enormous expansion opportunities," said Hal Turner, Executive Chairman of Pareteum.

Vic Bozzo, Chief Executive Officer of Pareteum, added, "We continue to expand our global footprint, as our recent successes in other markets including Europe, the Middle East, and South America serve as customer success examples for prospective partners and customers in new markets. By creating and serving cloud-based mobile solutions at the speed of need, Pareteum is able to enter into long-term, high-margin. recurring revenue contracts with visionary players in the telco space. These are the players who look to work with Pareteum to offer their customers mobile connectivity to access information, communications in all forms, IoT, and entertainment, anytime and anywhere."

About Pareteum Corporation
The mission of Pareteum Corporation (NYSE American: TEUM) is to connect "every person and everything". Organizations use Pareteum to energize their growth and profitability through cloud communication services and complete turnkey solutions featuring relevant content, applications, and connectivity worldwide. By harnessing the value of communications, Pareteum serves retail, enterprise and IoT customers. Pareteum currently has offices in New York, Sao Paulo, Madrid, Barcelona, Bahrain and the Netherlands. For more information please visit: www.pareteum.com.

Forward Looking Statements:
Certain statements contained herein constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements may include, without limitation, statements with respect to Pareteum's plans and objectives, projections, expectations and intentions. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about Pareteum's industry, management's beliefs and certain assumptions made by management. Readers are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Because such statements involve risks and uncertainties, the actual results and performance of Pareteum may differ materially from the results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Given these uncertainties, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. Unless otherwise required by law, Pareteum also disclaims any obligation to update its view of any such risks or uncertainties or to announce publicly the result of any revisions to the forward-looking statements made here. Additional information concerning certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or suggested in Pareteum's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, copies of which are available from the SEC or may be obtained upon request from Pareteum Corporation.  

Contractual Revenue Backlog Definition
Contractual revenue backlog is measured on a forward looking 36 month snapshot view monthly, and, is generated by each of the Company's Managed Services, Global Mobility Cloud, and Application Exchange & Developer's Platform customers. The Pareteum multi-year Software-as-a-Service agreements include service establishment and implementation fees, guaranteed minimum monthly recurring fees, as well as contractually scheduled subscribers, in some cases including subscriber usage, during the term of the agreement, and, their resulting monthly recurring revenue.

Pareteum Investor Relations Contact:
Ted O'Donnell
Chief Financial Officer
(212) 984-1096
InvestorRelations@pareteum.com

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