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Debt Help By Alan Fein - Senior Staff Reporter

An estimated 2.4 million people in the UK have yet to pay off debts incurred last Christmas, according to new research by debt counselling firm One Advice.

Counseling Debt The Canadian wireless telecommunications provider was backed by Craig McCaw as a C$50 million standby purchaser in Microcell's C$100 million offering announced Friday.

> News Millions fail life insurance debt cover test Thu, 12 Apr 2007 According to recent report, millions of adults in the UK do not have adequate life insurance to even pay off their debt, despite the low relative financial cost of doing so. Many people in the UK should be asking themselves whether their life insurance covers their debt, and if not, what they should be doing about it.

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People file for bankruptcy because they're in debt. The more debt there is, the more bankruptcies there are. Well, duh! It really is that simple. When compared to the level of borrowing, the rate of bankruptcy has remained fairly steady. In 1977, 74 bankruptcies were filed for every $100 million of consumer debt. In 1997, 73 bankruptcies were filed for every $100 million of consumer debt. Bankruptcy isn't the cause of debt but rather is the result. And it isn't the disease but rather is one of the cures. Restricting access to bankruptcy court won't solve the problem of debt any more than closing the hospitals will cure a plague.

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New research has revealed that millions of Brits could profit by consolidating all their credit card debts onto one card.

Debt Free February 27, 2003 (AXcess News) Montreal Quebec - Microcell Telecommunications Inc. (TSX: MT.A, MT.B) today announced that it has filed a preliminary prospectus for a rights offering to holders of its Class A Restricted Voting Shares, Class B Non-Voting Shares, First Preferred Voting and Nonvoting Shares, and Second Preferred Voting and Nonvoting Shares for minimum gross proceeds to Microcell of approximately C$100 million (US$75 million).

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Consolidation Debt Service Through COM Canada, LLC, a private holding company of Craig O. McCaw, the Company may receive up to an additional C$50 million (US$35 million). COM Canada LLC will also provide a standby commitment to purchase any rights not bought by investors.

Company Consolidation Debt McCaw built the first wireless network in the US, which he later sold to AT&T (NYSE: T) in the mid-1990s for US$11.5 billion.

Consolidation Debt Online With McCaw backing the no. 4 Canadian wireless company's recovery, bankers were lined up to commit C$450 in financing for its wholly owned subsidiary, Microcell Solutions Inc. The financing was announced February 20th. Microcell said the proceeds would go to pay down debt and fund capital expenditures.

Consolidation Debt Free Aiding that financing were narrower losses thanks to more subscribers and a drop in interest costs after restructuring.

Debt Problem Part of the growth came from its new City Fido service launched in Vancouver, which gives customers unlimited local calls for a fixed price of C$40 per month.The Company is banking heavily on its Fido services and put in place a loyalty program to fend off competitors. With McCaw involved, Microcell's chances of gain through the underwriting announced Friday should prove beneficial.

Credit Debt The stock has gained 70 percent since it began trading in May, a jump similar to its only other publicly traded rival, Rogers Wireless Communications Inc. (TSX: RCMb). Its other competitors are BCE Inc.'s (TSX: BCE) Bell Mobility and Telus Corp.'s (TSX: T) Telus Mobility.Standard & Poor's Ratings Services assigned its 'B-' senior secured debt ratings to the first priority debt of Microcell Telecommunications Inc.'s (TSX: MTb) proposed bank facility February 20th. Standard & Poor's also assigned its 'B-' senior secured debt rating to the C$50 million revolver and tranche A (C$200 million equivalent) portions of Microcell Solutions Inc.'s credit facility and its 'CCC-' senior secured debt ratings to the tranche B (C$200 million equivalent) portion of the facility.

Advice Debt At the same time, the 'CCC+' long-term corporate credit ratings on Microcell Solutions and its parent Microcell Telecommunications (collectively Microcell) were affirmed. Should the transaction close as planned, the new ratings will be assigned and existing ratings on the current bank facility will be withdrawn. The outlook is developing, said Standard & Poor's.

Card Credit Debt Eliminate The ratings on national wireless operator Microcell reflect the company's high degree of business risk within the Canadian wireless industry as compared with the three other national operators (Bell Mobility, Rogers Wireless Inc., and Telus Mobility). The ratings also reflect a weak financial risk profile, given the company's limited liquidity and ability to generate cash from operations. "Although Microcell's leverage is moderate, even with the incremental debt, the company's EBITDA base is small, and available liquidity is limited, which will restrict future growth," said Standard & Poor's credit analyst Joe Morin. "With the new bank facility, Microcell will add approximately C$65 million in debt to its balance sheet, with proceeds to be used for capital expenditures and working capital," Mr. Morin added.

Debt Recovery Just three days after S&P announced its ratings change Microcell filed a law suit against Telus Corp. , Rogers Wireless Communications and Bell Canada over trademark infringement of its Fido brand.

Counseling Credit Debt Microcell said Telus, Rogers and Bell are exclusively targeting its customers through unauthorized use of the Fido trademarks and brand.

Consolidation Debt Uk The company said the defendants used dogs and other "Fido-related images" in their advertisements.With its bank financing secured and S&P's ratings in place Microcell is on course to file a final prospectus in March and to close the offering in April.Following the completion of the offering, Microcell will have 27.1 million shares outstanding, an increase of 4.5 million shares.

Debt Reduce Microcell said that under the rights offering, shareholders will receive one right for each share held and every five rights will allow the purchase of one class B non-voting share at C$22.

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