Pareteum Awarded $1.4 Million Contract in Asia-Based Digital Online Marketplace

NEW YORK, Feb. 23, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Pareteum Corporation (NYSE American: TEUM), the rapidly growing Cloud Communications Platform company, today announced it has been awarded a 3-year contract to provide its Global Cloud Platform to an online retail marketplace company. Pareteum will enable this online retailer, which has experienced exponential growth in Asia, to launch a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) focused on providing service throughout Asia and their expanding global customer base. The contract is scheduled to add over $1,400,000 to Pareteum's 36-month contractual revenue backlog based on the initial schedule of connections and active users.

Under the terms of the agreement, the customer, which services retailers of all sizes and consumers worldwide, will leverage their growing subscriber base, which has experienced compound annual growth of 85% over the last 3 years, by providing mobile services powered by Pareteum's Global Cloud Platform. These services include voice, messaging and data, which will be accessed through their online marketplace portal, and, will be integrated directly to the Pareteum Cloud Platform for automated provisioning and distribution. Pareteum will receive monthly fees for subscribers' connections to the platform and mobile airtime fees on an ongoing basis. The current Asian markets, served by our newest customer, have millions of addressable and potential users. Our Asia based Digital On-Line Marketplace service operator expects to launch its new MVNO services fully powered by Pareteum in the third quarter of 2018, with initial subscribers that are currently regular users of their marketplace portal opting in and numbering in the tens of thousands.

Vic Bozzo, Chief Executive Officer of Pareteum, stated, "We are delighted to have been chosen for this opportunity and look forward to further expanding our customer base into the Asia Pacific Region. Our platform capability to be connected anywhere along with our ability to provide a turnkey solution, which can be directly integrated with online communities, is beginning to transform the speed at which connections and subscribers can be onboarded."

Hal Turner, Executive Chairman and Principal Executive Officer of Pareteum, stated, "At Pareteum, our mission is to create an easily accessible open mobility system for the world to connect 'every person and everything.' Providing an intuitive onramp for our customers who desire a single solution to solve their multi-faceted, geographically dispersed connection needs, drives this mission. Our software developments, which have created a powerful cloud platform, with open API's and access to the latest technology enhancements in the software and services market, resonate with companies seeking to create brands and services, or extend their current brands. This is how our customers better serve their customers, how they can now offer services for the mobility needs of their subscribers without costly infrastructure and simplify the creation of new revenue." 

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. Our platform services partners (technologies integrated into our Cloud) include: HPE, IBM, Sonus, Oracle, Microsoft, and other world class technology providers. All of the relevant customer acquired value is derived from Pareteum's award winning software, developed and enhanced for many years. 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 Contacts:
Ted O'Donnell
Chief Financial Officer
(212) 984-1096
InvestorRelations@pareteum.com

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