Fall Von 05 News: September 2005 Archives

Monmouth Junction, NJ - September 21, 2005—NIKSUN, a global leader in network security and performance monitoring solutions announced a new initiative enabling corporations to monitor and secure Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) networks. The initiative leverages NIKSUN?s Proactive Security Forensics Team?s expertise in addressing security vulnerabilities using signature, anomaly and expert analytics to remediate both VoIP security threats while ensuring high levels of service quality at the same time. Corporations deploying these advanced analytic solutions from NIKSUN can now leverage NIKSUN analytics and automation to significantly reduce operational costs while ensuring high levels of security and customer satisfaction.

"As VoIP deployments become more prevalent, attacks on VoIP networks will increase," said Darryle
Merlette, Lead Security Expert of NIKSUN?s Proactive Security Forensics Team. "Some of these IP
network attacks, such as denial-of-service, viruses and worms present unique challenges in VoIP
networks."

NIKSUN's award-winning solutions have protected its customers from traditionally IP network threats.

NIKSUN VoIP security detection and analytics module provides an integrated and scalable solution in a converged network. NIKSUN?s integrated solutions offer an enterprise with the complete range of solutions from network performance to security management.

"We evaluated NIKSUN's VoIP solution recently. It far exceeded our expectations in performance,
reliability and value" says Richard Andrews, CEO PiSystems, Inc. Mr. Andrews added "It helped us
identify exactly where a bottleneck existed so we could fix the quality of service issue, providing us
visibility and transparency like no other company".

PiSystems is an leading banking solution supplier that provides cutting edge 3DES solutions for community banks to the largest banks in the world. They secure ATM networks all around the globe. A key feature of the VoIP module is its ability to reconstruct and replay streams of VoIP data. Furthermore, new rules and automated expert modules developed by the NIKSUN Proactive Security Forensics Team add up to create a powerful solution. NIKSUN's solutions thus uniquely resolve both VoIP security and network performance issues at the same time.

"At NIKSUN, we have always understood that security and network performance are intimately
related. Now, it is more relevant on VoIP networks," said Dr. Parag Pruthi, Chairman and CEO of
NIKSUN. "With our solutions, customers benefit from greater return on investment and lower total cost of ownership. And they get peace of mind from an integrated solution. Our VoIP initiatives
demonstrate our commitment to push forward our mission in providing customers with scalable
solutions that secure IP infrastructures."

About NIKSUN
NIKSUN Incorporated is the recognized global leader in providing award-winning security, compliance and network performance management solutions. The company's powerful, flexible and scalable solutions deliver unprecedented insight in real time. Patented real-time analysis and recording technology enable enterprises, service providers and governments to reliably and confidently secure network infrastructure and services. NIKSUN, headquartered in New Jersey, has sales offices in major cities throughout the US, Europe and Asia Pacific. For more information, please visit www.NIKSUN.com.

NIKSUN, NetDetector and NetVCR are either registered trademarks or trademarks of NIKSUN, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

Media Contact:
Nagraj Seshadri
+1-732-821-5000 Ext. 3357

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Meru Networks CTO Addresses the Future of Wireless Voice over IP at CTIA I.T. Conference

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sept. 21 /PRNewswire/ --

WHO:
Meru Networks, the global leader in wireless VoIP infrastructure.

WHAT:
Dr. Vaduvar Bhargavan, Meru's Chief Technology Officer and Founder, will speak at the CTIA Wireless I.T. and Entertainment 2005 conference to be held September 26-29 in San Francisco,
California. Dr. Bhargavan is participating on a panel that is part of the pulvermedia-sponsored Wi-Fi VoIP Watch that takes place on days two and three of the CTIA conference. Dr. Bhargavan will speak on a panel entitled "VoWiFi Network Operators' Perspective." The panel will discuss the issues in deploying WiFi and will provide users with insights on where to access hot spots and the deployment of support services for roaming. Carl Ford, Community Developer and Vice President, Content for pulvermedia will moderate the panel. Representatives from Skype and Boingo will also participate in the panel session.

WHEN:
Wednesday, September 28th
11:00 am - 12:30 pm

WHERE:
Moscone West
San Francisco, California

CONTACT:

For more information, contact Sarah Kim at 617-549-3687 or skim@merunetworks.com OR Lori Hultin (LSH Communications for Meru) at 818-879-4651 or lhultin@sbcglobal.net.

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Amrivox Chooses Legerity's VE880 VoicePort(TM) Products for Next Generation VoIP UTAs; Integration and Worldwide Programmability Enable Single Design for Global Retail Channel

Fall VON 2005, Booth #1139—AUSTIN, Texas & BOSTON—Sept. 21, 2005—Legerity, Inc., the "V" in VoIP!(TM), today announced at Fall 2005 VON that Amrivox, Ltd. -- an innovative leader of VoIP products for the consumer and small and medium sized Enterprise sectors -- selected its VE880 VoicePort(TM) Series of single chip, integrated codec and SLIC functionality devices for their new line of Unified Telephone Adaptors (UTAs). The VoicePort product, combined with Amrivox's unique embedded network auto discovery and auto configuration software, allow Amrivox to offer a single hardware/software design that enables the world's first mass-market deployment of VoIP equipment via the retail channel. Legerity's VE880 VoicePort products are the only fully programmable telephone line interface solutions that implement complete BORSCHT functionality in single devices. Amrivox leverages the programmability of the Le88311 on their UTA product design to correctly configure the equipment to ensure complete compliance with local wireline telephone standards for any country in which it is deployed.

"The Legerity VoicePort products provided our designers with the ability to develop one solution for any market worldwide," said David Moorhouse, vice president of marketing for Amrivox. "Because their products enable a cost effective, low power and dense design, Amrivox was able to achieve aggressive retail channel price points."

"Amrivox offers an innovative product that significantly reduces operator support costs, and we are pleased that they have chosen our VoicePort products for their new UTA design," said Mike Stibila, vice president of marketing and applications for Legerity. "By marrying the VoicePort product's worldwide software programmability to the UTA's auto discovery software, Amrivox was able to implement a true 'plug and go' product for worldwide applications."

"Amrivox is continually seeking advanced silicon solutions that complement our networking and VoIP system knowledge to enable world class solutions for the mass market deployment of VoIP" said David Moorhouse, vice president of marketing for Amrivox, "Selecting Legerity underlines our commitment to bring innovative solutions to customers with the simplicity, reliability and value they expect."

About Amrivox Ltd.
Amrivox is a designer, developer and manufacturer of leading edge Voice over IP (VoIP) solutions for the home and small and medium sized Enterprises. Highly innovative features target problems experienced by operators and end users today, reducing operator support burden and facilitating increased revenues.

For more information about Amrivox Ltd. and its products, visit the company's website at www.amrivox.com.

About Legerity, Inc.
Legerity is the world's most trusted name in voice integrated circuits (ICs) for high-voltage, analog/mixed signal semiconductor and software technologies. We have years of demonstrated expertise in multiple voice technologies, world-class factory and field engineering support with a "high touch" customer philosophy, and consistent, reliable, high volume supply of premium quality IC components. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Legerity supports the needs of a global customer base through proprietary semiconductor technologies, superior manufacturing processes, and more than 650 U.S. and international patents. Visit Legerity on the Web at www.legerity.com.

Legerity, the Legerity logo, and combinations thereof, and VoicePort and 'the "V" in VoIP' are trademarks of Legerity, Inc. All other brand and product names are used for identification only and may be trademarks of their respective companies.

Contacts
Legerity, Austin
Christina Carey, 512-228-5759
christina.carey@legerity.com
or
Ketchum
Nicolia Wiles, 512-477-7373 or 512-698-7373 (Mobile)
nicolia.wiles@ketchum.com

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Legerity Offers VOIP Line Testing

AUSTIN, Texas and BOSTON -- SEPTEMBER 21, 2005—Legerity, Inc., the "V" in VoIP!(TM), today announced at Fall 2005 VON its new VeriVoice(TM) Test Suite software for the VE880 VoicePort(TM) Series of devices. In combination with the VE880 VoicePort products, Legerity's new VeriVoice Test Suite -- a subscriber line test software package for VoIP equipment -- provides the market's most cost effective and reliable solution for VoIP line test and self test, minimizing the cost of ownership for service providers.

VoIP service providers are expected to provide traditional carrier class voice quality and reliability to consumer equipment in a wide geographical distribution. The automated, remote testing capability of the VeriVoice Test Suite eliminates the need for costly truck rolls, which minimizes maintenance costs, improves reliability of service, and decreases the mean time to repairs. In addition, VeriVoice software removes any requirement to include expensive test equipment inside the low line count VoIP equipment itself.

The VeriVoice Test Suite software currently consists of two distinct test packages corresponding to two different levels of coverage. The first test package consists of outward looking line tests, while the second test package consists of both outward looking line tests and inward looking self tests. The outward looking tests, or drop tests, are intended to check the customer equipment and copper pair leading to it while the inward looking self tests check the VoIP equipment itself.

"Legerity is leading the VoIP market in line testing," said Mike Stibila, vice president of marketing and applications for Legerity. "Service providers recognize the need for line testing and look to Legerity to help them deploy it. Due to our 25-year proven track record in the voice business, OEMs simply trust us to deliver reliable, high performance line test solutions for voice applications. With the addition of the VeriVoice Test Suite software to our VE880 VoicePort products, service providers can not only reduce their cost of ownership but also improve the reliability of their network."
Legerity Inc.

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Digeo™ and Integra5 Work Together to Expand Availability of Advanced Telephony and Messaging Services to Cable Subscribers

Moxi™ Media Center and UniTV Interoperability Opens Door to Delivering Moxi Telephone Services on Networks with Circuit-Switched or Hybrid Voice Architectures

KIRKLAND, Wash., and BURLINGTON, Mass. – September 21, 2005 – Digeo, Inc., a leading provider of media center software and services, and Integra5 Communications, the pioneer in converged quad-play messaging and communications technology, today announced completion of interoperability between the Moxi™ Media Center and Integra5’s UniTV converged services platform.

The Moxi Media Center was developed by Digeo and includes Moxi Telephone, an on-screen TV interface to popular features such as caller ID, call logging and message control. Adding these telephone features to the TV enhances the viewer experience, helps generate incremental revenue and complements cable telephony services.

Designed to work with both traditional and advanced set-top boxes, Integra5’s UniTV converged services platform provides real-time delivery of signaling information and content across four different kinds of networks – television (cable, satellite and IPTV), data, telephony (VoIP and public-switched telephone) and cellular networks. Interoperability with Integra5’s UniTV converged services platform will allow cable operators with circuit-switched or hybrid voice networks to offer advanced telephony and messaging services to Moxi Media Center customers, easing the transition to IP-based voice networks.

“Interoperability with UniTV allows deployment of Moxi Telephone on a much wider scale,” said Bert Kolde, senior vice president of sales and marketing for Digeo, Inc. “Now operators can provide Moxi Telephone over both VoIP and traditional voice networks, allowing them to offer attractive bundling packages and potentially increase average revenue per user.”

In networks with circuit-switched or hybrid voice architectures, UniTV receives call signaling and control information and then forwards it to the Moxi Media Center, which then displays caller ID and message information on the subscriber’s television.

“This work with Digeo underscores our firm commitment to multi-vendor interoperability, particularly with both traditional and advanced set-top boxes,” said Eyal Bartfeld, president and CEO of Integra5. “The platform-agnostic, standards-based nature of UniTV levels the competitive playing field, allowing any broadband operator to capitalize on profitable quad-play converged services opportunities, regardless of the type of set-top box, telephony or other devices in their network.”

The Moxi Media Center is a television media center with an Emmy® award-winning user interface that delivers a full range of digital entertainment capabilities, generating greater revenue and reducing customer churn for cable operators. The Moxi Media Center includes a dual-tuner HDTV digital video recorder (DVR), enabling the user to watch one channel while recording another, as well as pause and replay live TV. Viewers can quickly search for and select On Demand video content and access instant weather, sports and news via an interactive information ticker. In addition to Moxi Telephone, the Moxi Media Center enables cable operators to offer subscribers other services including a wide selection of games and management of digital photos and music.
Integra5’s UniTV converged services platform combines signal and media delivery from multiple networks (telephone, data, cellular and cable TV), back office communications and a flexible service creation environment to enable high-demand products, such as caller ID, voicemail messaging and other advanced communications services to new devices, such as TVs and PCs. The UniTV platform supports Integra5’s three product suites, UniTV Visual Telephony, UniTV Visual Messaging and UniComposer™, and has been commercially deployed by service providers since mid 2004.

About Digeo, Inc.
Digeo serves North American cable operators by providing media center platforms that deliver superior economic performance and higher subscriber satisfaction over an extended useful lifespan. Combining industry-leading innovations in user-interface design, multi-room architecture, and media center chipsets Digeo is uniquely positioned to reinforce and extend cable's inherent advantages over competing distributors.

Moving beyond the simple DVR and digital set-top box, the Moxi™ Media Center supports and enhances key cable initiatives such as On Demand, HDTV, VoIP and OCAP while extending cable services to encompass the full range of consumer digital media such as music and photography. As the most widely deployed cable media center in North America, the Moxi Media Center has delivered proven economic value and subscriber appeal.

Backed primarily by Paul Allen 's Vulcan, Inc., Digeo has offices in Kirkland, Wash.; Palo Alto, Calif. and Longmont, Colo. For more information, please visit www.digeo.com.

About Integra5
Integra5 Communications is a pioneer in converged quad play messaging and communications technology for telco and cable service providers, utilities, and other broadband providers. The company was founded in January 2000 by experts in unified messaging and image processing and is backed by leading venture capitalists, including Benchmark Capital and Lauder Partners. The company’s UniTV converged services platform features patented and patent-pending technology and has been commercially deployed in service provider networks since 2004. Integra5 is based in Burlington, Mass., USA, and has a research and development office in Rehovot, Israel. For more information, visit www.integra5.com.

Digeo™ and Moxi™ are the trademarks of Digeo, Inc.
Use of the trademarks and service marks of the National Television Academy (“NTA”), including the mark EMMY®, requires the prior express written permission of National Television Academy.
All other marks are the property of their respective owners.

For further information, contact:

For Integra5
Mariah Torpey
SparkSource, Inc.
(781) 274-6061 ext. 204
mtorpey@sparksource.com

For Digeo, Inc.
Robin Rees
Digeo, Inc.
(425) 896-6086
robin.rees@digeo.com

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InfoVista Updates VOIP OSS

PARIS and HERNDON, Va. -- SEPTEMBER 21, 2005—InfoVista (NASDAQ: IVTA - message board; Compartment C of Eurolist by Euronext – ISIN Code: FR0004031649), the leading service-centric performance management software company, announced today the launch of VistaInsight™ for IP Telephony 2.0. VistaInsight for IP Telephony 2.0 is the latest version of InfoVista’s performance management solution for assuring delivery of Internet protocol (IP) telephony services across the enterprise.

InfoVista will demonstrate the new solution at the VON Conference and Expo, held Sept. 19-22, at the Boston Convention Center, at booth #145 and will discuss IP Telephony in a 2-part webinar series this month.

The new version is the result of InfoVista’s ongoing research and development initiative to improve the quality of IP telephony services, whether managed internally by medium to large enterprises or through managed service providers. New features and enhancements were pioneered based on customer input and pain points.

In a recent survey conducted by InfoVista, 45 percent of end users polled cited managing the demanding quality of service (QoS) requirements of a converged network as the biggest challenge in IP telephony deployments. VistaInsight for IP Telephony 2.0 was developed to address this need and focuses on troubleshooting at the user level and greater support for Cisco-centric network environments.

“The emergence of enterprise voice over IP (VoIP) and IP telephony services exposed the shortcoming of existing network management tools,” said George Hamilton, enterprise computing and networking senior analyst, Yankee Group. “As larger enterprises migrate to IP telephony they need a trusted vendor to manage quality. InfoVista’s efforts to improve service quality at the user level establish the company as an IP telephony specialist.”

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Earthlink Joins VoIP Parade

Light Reading, September 21, 2005

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Excel Aids in Ntera Promotion, Wins Televersal Business, Embraces VXML

New Telephony, September 21, 2005

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VON: EarthLink to Sonus—We want your VoBB

Telephony, September 21, 2005

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Katrina, User Rights Take Center Stage at VON

IT World, September 21, 2005

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Konfer Sees Value in sentitO’s ONX

New Telephony, September 21, 2005

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Verso Appliance Lets Enterprises Block Skype

Information Week, September 21, 2005

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Spirent Tests Confines of VON with IPTV Solution

New Telephony, September 21, 2005

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Qwest, Microsoft team for VOIP Service

Associated Press, September 21, 2005

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Veraz Goes Wireless, Adds Unified Messaging

New Telephony, September 21, 2005

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VON: EarthLink Bets Future Growth on Voice Services

Telephony, September 21, 2005

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Earthlink Launches TrueVoice a National Broadband VoIP Service

VoIP Blog, September 21, 2005

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VON: Net2Phone Offers SIP-based Enterprise Service

Telephony, September 21, 2005

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Reporter's Notebook: Seen and heard at the Fall VON 2005 Conference & Expo

Network World, September 21, 2005

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MCI unveils managed IP PBX offering

Network World, September 21, 2005

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VON: EarthLink to use Level 3 for VoIP

Telephony, September 21, 2005

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September 20, 2005

SIP AV SDK Built on a Foundation of Unrivaled Technology From Pingtel, GIPS and On2 Technologies to Bring Superior Video and Voice to Next-Generation IP Apps

New Solution Puts the Power of Superior Voice and Video Capabilities Into the Hands of Developers of Multimedia VoIP Applications

BOSTON, MA--Sep 20, 2005 -- (Fall VON) -- Pingtel, the industry leader in SIP communications technology, Global IP Sound (GIPS), the leading provider of embedded voice-processing solutions for the Voice over IP (VoIP) market, and On2 Technologies (AMEX:ONT - News), the leading provider of state of the art video codecs, today announced the launch of a combined product, the SIP AV Software Development Kit (SIP AV SDK). The SIP AV SDK provides a complete Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) audio and video solution for developers who want to quickly build high-quality, feature-rich, multimedia VoIP applications. The companies will demonstrate the SIP AV SDK at the Fall 2005 VON tradeshow being held from September 19 to 22 at the Boston Convention Center (GIPS #735, Level3 Partner Pavilion #1009, Pingtel #936).

"In the SIP AV SDK, we've collaborated with GIPS and On2 to create a solution that is greater than the sum of its parts," said Bill Rich, CEO of Pingtel. "Now vendors and service providers creating VoIP solutions, such as softphones and IM clients, and integrating real-time voice and video into enterprise applications, will have one-stop shopping for a high-quality, multimedia SDK. This combination of an industry-leading SIP stack and call processing, best-in-class media processing, and superior video, with a simple, rich API, will help our customers develop and rollout new products quickly and cost effectively."

The SDK simplifies the intricate details of building multimedia VoIP applications by providing all of the necessary building blocks to quickly and easily implement peerless voice and video capabilities. Built on the sipXtapi framework from SIPfoundry, the SDK provides a simple to implement interface that can quickly and easily be integrated into existing network infrastructures, or serve as the foundation for a full-scale VoIP migration.

The SDK takes advantage of Pingtel's proven SIP User Agent (SIPxua) to provide a generalized telephony interface on top of SIP and real-time transport protocol (RTP) signaling and media transport, and includes complete "tuning" capabilities for audio and video processing. In addition, the SDK includes Global IP Sound's VoiceEngine Multimedia, which is a complete voice and video processing module for IP communications that incorporates GIPS' unmatched jitter buffer and error concealment capabilities, high-quality codecs, echo cancellation and noise suppression technology to empower VoIP multimedia solutions. The SIP AV SDK's high quality video processing is handled by On2's Truemotion VP7 codec, which provides unmatched video compression quality optimized for multiple data rates -- from dial up to broadband -- while only using only a fraction of the system's CPU cycles.

"This technology alliance allows companies to rapidly bring to market products that offer the best voice and video capabilities available on the market today," said Gary P. Hermansen, President and CEO of Global IP Sound. "By providing the full breadth of functionality in an integrated solution, the SIP AV SDK empowers companies to focus on their core competencies to offer a fully-functional, feature-rich solution suited for carrier-class or enterprise-grade telephony systems."

The SIP AV SDK also includes many of the other protocols and standards implementations necessary for voice and video communications, as well as a full set of features. Some of the key features include support for simultaneous, multi-party calls, volume control, caller ID, full-featured call transfer, integrated STUN, TURN and ICE support.

"While innovation is a key ingredient to any new IP application in the market, quality is the single most important attribute to ensure its success," said Douglas McIntyre, chairman, president and chief executive officer of On2 Technologies. "For video-enabled VoIP applications to succeed, you must combine unparalleled video image quality with bullet proof voice processing and call management capabilities. This unique partnership exceeds in all three categories."
The SIP AV SDK, supports the WIN32 Operating System.

About Global IP Sound
Founded in 1999, Global IP Sound develops embedded voice processing technologies for real-time communications over packet networks. GIPS SoundWare(TM) provides better than PSTN voice quality and fidelity in end-to-end IP communications with robustness against packet loss. Global IP Sound's world-renowned speech processing and IP telephony experts deliver these solutions to applications developers, gateway and chip manufacturers. Companies using GIPS SoundWare(TM) products include Nortel Networks, Skype, WebEx, Marratech, and other key players in the VoIP market. Global IP Sound is a member of the Intel® PCA Developer Network, the Motorola Design Alliance, and Texas Instruments' third party developer network. Global IP Sound has headquarters in Stockholm and San Francisco. More information is available at www.globalipsound.com.

About On2 Technologies
On2 Technologies (AMEX:ONT - News) has been a leader in the design of software-based media compression algorithms and related products since 1992. As the world's premier codec developer, On2 creates advanced full-motion, full-screen video compression technology that has revolutionized the industry. With our TrueMotion VPx family of codecs, broadcast quality video (DVD) can be compressed at 600 kilobits (.073 megabytes) per second or less, drastically reducing the cost of streaming video over IP networks. For more information on On2 or any of its products, visit the company's Web site at www.on2.com.

About Pingtel Corporation
Pingtel is reshaping the communications market by delivering the first enterprise class SIP PBXs, SIP call managers/routers and SIP softphones based on 100% SIP, 100% open source software. Offering enterprise-class communications applications under Linux-style subscription licenses, Pingtel combines the best attributes of open source development -- low cost, adaptability and flexibility -- with the reliable solutions and support enterprises require for voice applications. Pingtel's open source SIP PBX is the linchpin technology that will catalyze the movement of enterprise communications into the data center and away from purpose-built hardware. Like enterprise-grade Linux, this approach will drive commoditization of traditional telephony hardware and software and eliminate vendor lock-ins that keep prices high and limit innovation. For more information, visit www.pingtel.com.

Product and service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners.

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Owera Named to the 2005 Pulver 100

Owera's xAPS Provisioning System for VoIp Endpoints Answers Clear Market Needs and Sets Stage for Ranking on the Pulver 100

BOSTON--Sept. 20, 2005--Owera, an innovative IP telephony software development company, today announced that it has been named to the 2005 "pulver 100" - the VoIP industry's premiere listing of privately held growth companies that represent the future of the communications ecosystem. Owera has been named to the list due to its ability to help carriers efficiently and cost-effectively manage remote end points from a central location, as they roll out VoIP services. .

Owera's xAPS platform is attractive to carriers because it enables them to inject OAM functionality into the residential VoIP services. With xAPS, Owera's customers are able to centralize the management and maintenance of VoIP end points, a tremendous value as they expand deployment. By enabling fully automatic install, provisioning and maintenance of entry-level VoIP equipment, Owera helps ISPs gain a competitive advantage and offer PSTN-like VoIP services as they aggressively roll out IP telephony services.

"The pulver 100 captures the best and brightest technology providers in the VoIP market and showcases companies that are making a real difference in how the market is shaped," said Jeff Pulver, Founder and Chairman of pulvermedia. "We're proud to name Owera to this year's pulver 100 and we look forward to watching them grow as the market unfolds."

"We are thrilled to be recognized by the Pulver organization for the impact our products have had on the market in terms of streamlining the management and maintenance of VoIP services," says Finn Backer, president and CEO of Owera. "Owera enables carriers to deploy residential and business VoIP services free from the management headaches normally associated with remote end point management that previously required labor and cost intensive truck rolls."

For carriers that want to see how Owera's products can deliver an immediate impact on how they manage and maintain VoIP service end points, Owera will be exhibiting at Fall VON 2005 Conference & Expo in Boston, Mass., Sept. 19-22 at Booth 347.

About the pulver 100:
Originally introduced in 2002, the pulver 100 features private companies in the communications sector that have substantial real-world deployments and enjoy significant growth rates. The value chain characterized by pulver 100 differs from the vertically integrated telecom model of the last century, focusing more on a networking-industry model that espouses open interfaces, connectivity decoupled from services, and software decoupled from hardware. For additional details on the 2005 pulver 100, please visit www.pulvermedia.com

About Owera
Owera, formerly SX Design, is an Oslo, Norway-based company with U.S. headquarters in Cambridge, Mass. Founded in 2000, Owera's core business is based on providing small footprint, flexible software solutions for the VoIP industry. Owera develops client / server provisioning software called xAPS that enables VoIP service providers to roll out high-quality services in a timely and cost-efficient manner. Owera also develops SDK (Software Development Kits) and reference designs for developers and manufacturer's of SIP based IP Phones, Terminals, Integrated Access Devices with a focus on Quality of Service (QoS) and cost. Owera solutions enable PSTN-quality voice services, improve time-to-market, and provide key benefits in provisioning, call control and cost-effectiveness. For more information, visit www.owera.com.

Note to Editors: Owera is a trademark of Owera AS. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Contact:
Connect2 Communications
Richard M. Williams, 919-554-3532
rmwilliams@connect2comm.com

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Nero Launches SIPPS and SIPPSTAR in the US

Nero Offers Consumers and Businesses a Complete End-to-End VoIP Software Solution with SIPPS(TM) and SIPPSTAR

BOSTON--Sept. 20, 2005--Nero, leaders in digital media technology, will be demonstrating SIPPS(TM), the VolP telephony software solution, at VON Fall 2005 in Booth #545 at the Boston Convention & Exhibit Center from September 20 through September 22.

SIPPS(TM), the ultimate telephony software, offers enterprises and everyday users a VoIP software solution that transforms the PC into a, well organized communication tool. It provides a complete communications solution that integrates amazing features such as instant messaging clients and combines contact management, video telephony, outlook synchronization, TAPI-Interface, TFTP-Configuration and feature management.

"SIPPS provides a complete personal and business VoIP software solution," said Udo Eberlein, President of Nero Inc. "Now consumers and business owners can communicate via their PCs to friends and clients through our safe, comprehensive and user-friendly software."

The SIPPSTAR is an ideal solution for businesses that want to combine dynamic growth with a scalable, innovative and reliable communication solution. It is geared towards satisfying the needs of medium-sized and small businesses with up to 200 employees and can be easily expanded with additional licenses. SIPPSTAR provides the perfect secure VoIP solution as its server authenticates communication between users.

SIPPS will be available for carriers, hardware OEMs and also general consumers through www.sippstar.com. Users can also download a 30-day trial version.

About Nero
Nero provides state-of-the-art software solutions for the global digital media market. Since the company was founded in 1995, its products have established a loyal clientele of more than 180 million users throughout the world.

Nero offers the industry's most reliable CD/DVD-software applications. Its award-winning flagship product, Nero 6, includes all the applications and functionalities needed in the digital media field. Other Nero products include the MPEG 4 based audio/video technology - Nero Digital(TM), the simple and complete photo solution - Nero PhotoShow Elite, and SIPPS(TM) and SIPPSTAR PBX, which provide voice-over IP solutions for private and business customers.

Nero products are globally distributed by leading hardware manufacturers, international distribution partners and online portals, as well as directly via www.nero.com. Nero Inc. in Glendale, California, USA and Nero K.K. in Yokohama, Japan are subsidiaries of Nero AG, based in Karlsbad, Germany.

Nero®, Nero Digital(TM) and SIPPS(TM) are trademarks of Nero AG and its subsidiaries. Any other product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

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Qwest and Microsoft to Deliver VoIP Services via the Desktop to Small and Medium-Sized Businesses

Business Customers to Benefit From Combined Voice, E-Mail, Collaboration, Instant Messaging and Desktop Services

BOSTON, Sept. 20—Today at Fall 2005 VON, Qwest Communications International Inc. (NYSE:Q) and Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) announced that they are working together to provide small and medium-sized business (SMB) customers with a converged communications solution. By integrating the Microsoft(R) Solution for Enhanced VoIP services with Qwest's OneFlex(TM) Voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) services, Qwest will offer SMB subscribers a comprehensive managed suite of services that combines VoIP, e-mail, Internet access, collaboration, presence, instant messaging and desktop services.

Qwest and Microsoft expect the service will be available in 2006. Qwest is the first service provider to integrate the Microsoft Solution for Enhanced VoIP Services.

"Small and medium-sized businesses want access to the same types of communications services that large enterprises enjoy today, but the investment and resources required to manage those services have traditionally been out of their reach," said Tom Richards, executive vice president of the business markets group at Qwest. "With Microsoft, we can make this a reality for our customers. We'll be able to provide SMBs with powerful, yet easy-to-use telephony and desktop capabilities."

"Although pricing has certainly been a key factor in the early development of the VoIP industry, we believe that it's the richness of the customer experience that will ultimately drive mainstream adoption of VoIP," said Michael O'Hara, general manager of marketing for the Communications Sector at Microsoft. "Qwest is focused on delivering greater value to its SMB customers, and we're pleased to be working with Qwest to offer integrated communications services that enhance their customers' productivity."

The Microsoft Solution for Enhanced VoIP Services combines hosted versions of Microsoft server products including Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 and Windows(R) SharePoint(R) Services with Sylantro Systems' Application Feature Server. This solution, in concert with the Qwest OneFlex Hosted VoIP services, offers a multiservice platform through which Qwest can deliver a rich set of services and telephony capabilities to SMBs, as well as enterprises and consumers.

About Qwest
Qwest Communications International Inc. is a leading provider of high-speed Internet, data, video and voice services. With approximately 40,000 employees, Qwest is committed to the "Spirit of Service" and providing world-class services that exceed customers' expectations for quality, value and reliability. For more information, please visit the Qwest Web site at www.qwest.com.

About Microsoft
Founded in 1975, Microsoft is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.

NOTE: Microsoft, Windows and SharePoint are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corp. in the United States and/or other countries.

The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

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MCI Unveils Next-Generation VoIP Portfolio for Business

New Expanded Suite Gives Customers Unprecedented Choice and Greater Simplicity in Moving to Converged Environment

Enables Corporate End-Users to Benefit from IP-enabled Features

BOSTON, Sept. 20—FALL 2005 VON—Helping companies simplify the move to IP Telephony, MCI, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCIP) today announced it has expanded its Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) suite of services to include two new solutions-Managed IP PBX and IP Trunking Services. With MCI's newly-extended Advantage portfolio, companies can now choose the VoIP solution that best matches their business and technical needs, while taking advantage of their existing voice and data infrastructure. Solutions can be hosted within MCI's network, located at the customer's premise or a hybrid of the two, giving customers far greater flexibility.

MCI's next-generation VoIP portfolio consists of four enterprise solutions and includes its newest additions-Managed IP PBX and IP Trunking - to its flagship Hosted IP Centrex and IP Integrated Access offerings. The new solutions are ideal for a broad range of companies and MCI Advantage customers, such as Officescape, already are experiencing the same reliability, quality and calling features they have come to expect from traditional business telephone services, with the cost savings opportunities and multimedia applications that VoIP makes possible.

"MCI is helping customers transition to a converged IP environment at their own pace and path," said Nancy Gofus, MCI senior vice president of IP Services. "We know that one-size-doesn't-fit-all and with our new portfolio MCI is well-positioned to help customers simplify the complexity of deploying and operating VoIP services, while eliminating the traditional constraints of migrating to a converged IP environment."

According to industry experts, the adoption of VoIP is now just beginning to gain critical mass. Infonetics Research forecasts the North American market for business VoIP services will grow from $1.8 billion in 2005 to $11.4 billion in 2009. With savings opportunities in cost and resources, voice over IP enables companies to realize more value from their current infrastructure while deriving new functionality. With IP convergence, enterprises can expect to pay for less bandwidth overall, reduce management complexity, procurement issues and billing headaches, all of which translate into lower costs and better utilization of resources for enterprise customers.

As MCI's latest addition to its portfolio, Managed IP PBX Services allow customers such as Danka to offload the management of their premise-based IP telephony systems. From WAN to LAN, MCI is extending its networking capabilities and combining its global networking, voice and security offerings to deliver a comprehensive managed IP telephony solution with high levels of performance, reliability and restoration. MCI's new offering is based on Cisco's cost efficient and highly scalable CallManager platform with assistance in the design and implementation from NEC Unified Solutions, a leader in converged voice and data solutions. MCI will provide the ongoing management and continuous optimization of the IP PBX solution, as well as aid in the planning, designing, and implementation phases of the service, delivering a true end-to-end solution for enterprise customers.

"At Danka, we partnered with MCI to run our critical communications infrastructure," said Michael Wedge, CIO of Danka. "With MCI's Private IP infrastructure and IP PBX management, we are able to achieve high levels of performance yet gain additional functionality through the use of IP, all while significantly reducing our communications costs."

MCI's other new addition to its portfolio is its Advantage IP Trunking Service which uniquely enables customers to use converged access to carry local, long distance and data traffic, eliminating the need for multiple access facilities for each separate service, greatly simplifying the deployment and management of enterprise VoIP services. MCI's new service also performs the conversion and termination of VoIP calls via its network-based IP gateways. As a result, customers no longer need to purchase and manage costly premise-based IP to PSTN gateways, traditionally used to terminate calls to non-VoIP locations. MCI's IP Trunking offering is initially available with Cisco CallManager with plans to roll-out additional IP PBX platforms in 2006. This service is the perfect complement to MCI's new Managed IP PBX offering.

With MCI's VoIP portfolio, benefits to customers are many. With all of its offerings, customers can tap into enhanced voice and data applications, helping to increase employee productivity both in and out of the office with an array of Web-based features. With the expansion of its IP Telephony capabilities, MCI offers customers integrated functionality, including call screening, simultaneous ring, auto attendant, third-party conferencing, and Web-based receptionist services. This enables MCI to offer large enterprise customers and their teleworkers the voice features they demand in a consolidated package, while delivering cost-effective new communications capabilities to smaller organizations.
MCI's Advantage Services also are available with the company's MPLS-based offering and fastest growing service, Private IP. MCI's Private IP delivers an ideal VPN environment for high-priority applications like voice while enabling customers to achieve greater functionality and efficiencies from their current network operations and streamlined network management. Private IP's advanced MPLS platform allows businesses to gain better control over their networks and enhance efficiency by leveraging the inherent security and traffic management capabilities of MPLS along with Quality of Service (QoS) to deliver an ideal surround for carrying voice traffic.

MCI's new dedicated team of IP Telephony experts work closely with each customer to understand their individual business and technical requirements to design, develop and implement a solution tailored to their specific communications environment. Available immediately, MCI's Advantage portfolio is backed by industry-leading service level guarantees. MCI will demonstrate its Advantage suite at Fall 2005 VON in Boston, Booth #1315.

About MCI, Inc.
MCI, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCIP) is a leading global communications provider, delivering innovative, cost-effective, advanced communications connectivity to businesses, governments and consumers. With the industry's most expansive global IP backbone, based on the number of company-owned points of presence, and wholly-owned data networks, MCI develops the converged communications products and services that are the foundation for commerce and communications in today's market. For more information, go to www.mci.com.

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LignUp Corporation Named to Prestigious Pulver 100 List

pulver.com Recognizes LignUp as Provider of Unique Telephony Platform for Developing and Deploying Hosted IP Telephony Applications and Services

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA—Sept. 20, 2005—LignUp Corporation, a provider of Web services based converged communications solutions, today announced that it has been named to the 2005 Pulver 100 list. The Pulver 100 represents private companies in the communications sector that have substantial real-world deployments, enjoy significant growth rates, and represent the future of IP communications.

"LignUp is one of the players in an industry value chain that increasingly differs from the vertically integrated telecom model of the last century," said Jeff Pulver, founder and chairman of pulvermedia. "By exhibiting a focus on a networking industry model, open interfaces, open standards, and an innovative Web services based architecture, LignUp has joined a circle of companies that represent the future of IP communications."

The LignUp Communications Solution is a Web services based solution that includes the LignUp Communications Platform (LignUp Call Director, LignUp Media Server, and LignUp SDK), and hosted IP-PBX, voice mail, unified messaging, and auto attendant applications. LignUp's Web services capabilities allow service providers to develop and deploy an ongoing flow of new hosted applications for their service offerings, increasing their competitiveness and avoiding the threat of commoditization. More than 110 organizations in the U.S. and Japan are currently leveraging the LignUp Communications Solution.

"We are proud to be counted among the Pulver 100," said Kevin Nethercott, president and COO of LignUp Corporation. "As service providers rely on this list to identify leading solutions, we appreciate Jeff Pulver's recognition and look forward to continuing our work to ease development, enhancement, and differentiation of VoIP services."

LignUp will demonstrate the LignUp Communications Solution at Fall 2005 VON in Boston at booth #1038.

About LignUp Corporation
LignUp Corporation delivers a powerful Web services based VoIP communications platform deployed with hosted telephony, voice mail, unified messaging, auto attendant and other innovative Web applications. The proven LignUp Communications Platform is powered by VoiceXML, LignUp Media Control XML (MCTRL) and LignUp Call Control XML (CCTRL), and enables the fast and easy creation of unique, high margin VoIP solutions and services. The 100% software, SIP-based, future-ready LignUp Communications Solution enables existing and emerging service providers to create recurring revenue streams by quickly developing enhanced services for their customer base or community. A privately held company, LignUp is based in Silicon Valley, CA and has offices in Salt Lake City, Shanghai and Tokyo. More information on LignUp can be found at www.LignUp.com.

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LignUp FastLign Alliance to Speed Innovative IP Telephony Services to Market

Level3 Joins LignUp, NexTone, Rodopi, VoIP Logic, CentricVoice, and tekVizion to Reduce Deployment Time and Implementation Costs by Delivering Managed Telephony Services to Service Provider Customers

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA—September 20, 2005—LignUp Corporation, a provider of Web services-based voice over IP (VoIP) converged communications solutions, today announced the formation of FastLign, an industry alliance working to accelerate the adoption of IP telephony services. In addition to LignUp, core members of the FastLign Alliance include Level3, NexTone, Rodopi Software, tekVizion, CentricVoice and VoIP Logic. Through the FastLign Alliance, the companies will enable service providers to rapidly and cost effectively deliver hosted telephony services, which previously have been prohibitively time consuming and expensive to build, deploy, and manage.

"The FastLign approach to selling licenses and its managed services model is a unique approach to helping VoIP service providers get to market," said William Stofega, senior research analyst, VoIP Services, IDC. "By providing a reference architecture that is already hooked up to the network and ready for business, FastLign solves the age old problem of interoperability by jump-starting the service provider with a turnkey business solution that gets them to market faster. Between the advantages of a proven interoperable platform and the cost advantage of buying over renting, FastLign could significantly lower the current barriers to VoIP service market entry."

Until now, service providers have been required to build IP telephony services from the ground up, integrating often disparate technology and services in order to provide a complete solution. This has created a significant barrier to entry for service providers. With FastLign, service providers can take advantage of best-in-class services and software, which have been integrated, certified, and implemented by a managed services provider. FastLign allows service providers to buy licenses that are pre-integrated and certified that are available in a managed serviced environment that will allow service providers to launch services in weeks instead of months. Key components of the FastLign Alliance include:

The jointly developed FastLign reference architecture
FastLign certification and testing to ensure interoperability
Advantage of buying product licenses from participating technology vendors and their channel partners
FastLign-powered service - hosted, supported and managed by FastLign Operator partners
Ability to connect directly to the Level3 worldwide network via FastLign Aggregator partners.
"FastLign's structured approach to outsourcing of hosted primary line IP telephony services provides Level3 master resellers with a significan new VoIP services market opportunity," said Craig Schlagbaum, Vice-President of Channel Development for Level3. "This program will give our reseller partners the ability to focus on their sales and marketing efforts while allowing FastLign Operators to run a telco-grade IP telephony service. We are pleased to work with FastLign's best-of-breed, managed services model to create these new opportunities for our master resellers."

The FastLign Alliance
The FastLign Alliance will lead the effort to provide cost-effective services to VoIP providers by providing the network backbone and datacenter capacity for the FastLign-powered services. The alliance will do this through aggregator partners performing the critical function of providing mediated access to Level3's network. FastLign Operators will provide the managed telephony service support and maintenance to FastLign customers.

Together, these aggregators, operators, and Level3 will make it possible for FastLign customers to access word-class network capabilities that smaller service providers would ordinarily rarely be able to afford. The availability of services through aggregator and operator partners is complemented by the jointly developed FastLign reference architecture, providing the essential components for quickly building and delivering hosted telephony services. FastLign Alliance members will promote the
reference architecture and will offer FastLign platform components, which will be tested and

"FastLign Certified" for interoperability, allowing customers to reduce development cycles and eliminate the interoperability phase of service deployment - essentially reducing the time to market for these services.The LignUp Communications Solution will provide the Web services building blocks for developing and delivering hosted telephony applications. By providing a communications solution that includes the LignUp Communications Platform (LignUp Call Director, LignUp Media
Server, and LignUp SDK), and hosted PBX, voice mail, unified messaging, and auto attendant applications, LignUp allows service providers to provide an ongoing flow of new hosted applications for their service offerings, increasing their competitiveness and avoiding the threat of
commoditization.

NexTone's Multiprotocol Session Controller (MSC) enables the normalization of VoIP traffic and the security of network interconnects for the FastLign architecture. The solution extends the service reach of advanced VoIP applications by overcoming internetworking obstacles such as SIP-to-H.323 internetworking, session border control, far end NAT traversal, VoIP peering and other VoIP connectivity issues.

Rodopi Software's fully Web based and configurable software solutions are designed to automate time-consuming customer acquisition, service activation, billing, and ongoing operations and management processes, enabling FastLign service provider customers to achieve higher service
levels and greater profitability by lowering overhead costs and reducing the errors inherent in manual processes.

FastLign Alliance members will jointly promote the FastLign architecture and related services, which will become generally available by January 2006.

"Other industry programs only attempt to certify interoperability of some hardware and software solutions involved with call control and call flow," said Ralph Widmar, vice president for FastLign at LignUp Corporation. "FastLign promotes interoperability between all key solutions, certifying network interoperability with Level3, and provisioning and back office functions from Rodopi. In essence, as the FastLign service provider customer, you are almost immediately ready-to-run."

FastLign Alliance Members Cite Strategic Value to Service Providers
" Today's service providers are looking for a ready-to-run architecture service delivery model that allows them to aggregate the Level3 network, and avoid the complexities and costs normally associated with these capabilities," said Jeff Rothell, CEO of CentricVoice. "Service providers usually hurriedly cobble together multiple networks and various solutions from multiple vendors to quickly enter the VoIP services space. The expensive end result—after months of hard work—is that have they have left out key components that are imperative for delivery of a complete solution.

FastLign provides the technology and business platform to address these concerns. CentricVoice is proud to join a group of proven VoIP industry players to provide the applications, infrastructure, network access, and datacenter capabilities for service providers."

"NexTone's interoperability with FastLign means that carriers and service providers have a turn-key solution that speeds the development and deployment of robust telephony services," said Dan Dearing, vice president of marketing at NexTone. "NexTone plays a critical role in addressing the interoperability and internetworking challenges that must be resolved in order to deploy these solutions, and tekVizion's certification for interoperability with FastLign solutions from LignUp and Rodopi allows service providers to confidently move beyond the technical and service delivery challenges in order to focus on the business logic and productivity potential of their hosted applications."

"We are pleased to provide the testing and certification services that ensure overall platform interoperability - along with CPEs and media gateways - for service providers building hosted VoIP solutions with FastLign," said Terri Griffin, president of tekVizion PVS. "By teaming with Level3, LignUp, and the other FastLign members, we are allowing service providers to streamline and accelerate testing, development, and deployment of high value hosted IP telephony solutions."

"Rodopi's automation and billing solutions provide an ideal solution for the FastLign architecture," said Todd Benjamin, president and CEO of Rodopi Software. "FastLign's certification and testing ensure an interoperable architecture of components. Rodopi's pre-configured service templates and back office applications ensure that FastLign customers will have the provisioning, billing, and automated customer care solutions they need. We are pleased to join with Level3, LignUp and others to bring our collective technologies and business benefits to a growing VoIP service provider market."

"FastLign helps us to further expand on our history of providing a unique set of on demand service offerings, allowing service providers to build and monitor VoIP networks with little upfront capital expenditure or in-house expertise," said Micah Singer, CEO for VoIP Logic. "From infrastructure to applications, VoIP Logic provides a robust set of services for managing and maximizing the effectiveness of complex, multi-vendor networks. We are pleased to join with the FastLign partners to deliver a comprehensive set of managed services that would be economically out of reach for most aspiring service providers."

"Hosted VoIP service providers must have solutions to the challenges of infrastructure investments, related integration and interoperability struggles, and hosted application development costs," said Kevin Nethercott, president at LignUp Corporation. "Furthermore, once services are up and running, providers need flexible platforms for developing services that differentiate them in the marketplace. FastLign addresses these issues and allows customers to leverage the network capabilities of Level3, the billing and management services of Rodopi, the testing capabilities of tekVizion, and the solutions and industry expertise of other FastLign partners. We are proud to work within this field of industry leaders and to extend the adoption of LignUp's Web services based solution as a platform for easy development, enhancement, and differentiation of VoIP services."

About LignUp Corporation
LignUp Corporation delivers a powerful web services based VoIP communications platform deployed with hosted telephony, voice mail, unified messaging, auto attendant and other Web applications. The 100% software, native-SIP platform is powered by LignUp Call Control XML (CCTRL) and LignUp Media Control XML (MCTRL) and enables solution integrators and service providers to quickly and easily create unique, high margin VoIP applications and services. The proven LignUp Communications Platform is deployed today in over 100 enterprises and 10 service providers around the world and is distributed in Japan by SkyWave and SkyWave partners Hitachi IT, NEC-SI and Net One Systems.

LignUp has been named to the Pulver 100 list of leading private VoIP companies, and has been recognized for innovation with the TMC Labs Innovation Award and the EuroStart Channel Excellence Award. LignUp is also a founding member of FastLign, an industry alliance formed to reduce interoperability risks and increase speed to market for VoIP service providers. FastLign alliance partners include Level3, TekVizion, Nextone, Rodopi, VoIPLogic, CentricVoice and LignUp.

Headquartered in Silicon Valley, LignUp has offices in Salt Lake City, Shanghai, London and Tokyo. Visit www.LignUp.com for more information.

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Legerity Introduces its VeriVoice Test Suite Software for VoIP Line Testing

New Line Testing Software Significantly Reduces Cost of Ownership and Ensures Carrier Class Voice Service

AUSTIN, Texas & BOSTON--Sept. 20, 2005--Legerity, Inc., the "V" in VoIP!(TM), today announced at Fall 2005 VON its new VeriVoice(TM) Test Suite software for the VE880 VoicePort(TM) Series of devices. In combination with the VE880 VoicePort products, Legerity's new VeriVoice Test Suite -- a subscriber line test software package for VoIP equipment -- provides the market's most cost effective and reliable solution for VoIP line test and self test, minimizing the cost of ownership for service providers.

The VeriVoice Test Suite software for the VE880 VoicePort Series is targeted toward VoIP applications such as voice enabled cable modems, DSL modems, gateways, and fiber to the premise (FTTP) equipment that require line test and self test capabilities. Both VeriVoice test packages will be available for production orders in Q4'05. For more information, please contact a Legerity sales representative or visit Legerity on the Web at www.legerity.com. For a demonstration of the VeriVoice Test Suite and the VE880 VoicePort Series, visit Legerity at Fall 2005 VON in booth #1139.

Legerity, the Legerity logo, and combinations thereof, VoicePort "the 'V' in VoIP!", and VeriVoice are trademarks of Legerity, Inc. All other brand and product names are used for identification only and may be trademarks of their respective companies.

Contact:
Legerity, Austin
Christina Carey, 512-228-5759
christina.carey@legerity.com
or
Ketchum
Nicolia Wiles, 512-477-7373 or 512-698-7373 (Mobile)
nicolia.wiles@ketchum.com

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Legerity Sets Industry Milestone by Surpassing the 14 Million Mark in VoIP Lines Shipped

Explosive Growth and Unrivaled Demand Secures Market Leadership

AUSTIN, Texas & BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 20, 2005--Legerity, Inc., the "V" in VoIP!(TM), today announced at Fall 2005 VON that from the beginning of 2004 to the present, the company has shipped more than 14 million lines worldwide in Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) applications, such as voice enabled cable modems, DSL modems, broadband gateways and Terminal Adapters (TA). With Legerity's VE790, VE950 and VoicePort(TM) VE880 products on designs at the top manufactures, 14 million lines shipped truly reflects a new industry milestone -- one contributing to more than 65% growth year-to-date for Legerity over 2004.

"It is very exciting to witness the increase in demand for high quality voice products and see the implementation of Internet voice technology take off," said Mike Stibila, vice president of marketing and applications for Legerity. "With the only solution on the market that integrates the entire voice interface into a single device, software that makes it simple for equipment vendors to add voice, and the unique ability to meet worldwide performance requirements from a single design, Legerity is well positioned as the market leader in this space."

The VE790, VE950 and VE880 VoicePort products are targeted toward CPE applications such as voice enabled cable modems, DSL modems, broadband gateways, and Terminal Adapters (TA). In addition, these devices are ideal for FTTx, WLL, PBX, and other SME applications.

Contact:
Legerity, Austin
Christina Carey, 512-228-5759
christina.carey@legerity.com
or
Ketchum
Nicolia Wiles, 512-477-7373 or 512-698-7373 (Mobile)
nicolia.wiles@ketchum.com

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Pulver: Internet Should Follow Ham Radio's Lead

Advanced IP Pipeline, September 20, 2005

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Kayote Networks Launches FronTier - Advanced Hosted VoIP Traffic Management Solution for Carriers at Fall VON 2005

VoIP Interoperability Emerging as the Most Significant Challenge to Carriers and ITSPs Deploying VoIP Networks

FALL VON 2005, Boston, MA – September 20, 2005 — Kayote Networks, Inc., experts in Voice over IP (VoIP) interconnectivity technology and developer of advanced IP communication services, announced today the launch of its flagship hosted VoIP traffic management solution – FronTier – to enable carriers and internet telephony service providers (ITSPs) to deploy mission-critical VoIP networks quickly, efficiently and securely with complete technical support and comprehensive provisioning and monitoring functionality. Kayote Networks’ will be demonstrating its solutions at Fall VON 2005, Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, 19-22 September, Stand #1147. The solution will be commercially available in Q4 2005.

VoIP poses considerable challenges due to the current status of the technology as well as its inherent complexity. Companies spend small fortunes setting up their own VoIP operations which require elaborate Session Border Controllers (SBCs) and routing engine hardware, software licensing agreements, and expensive support contracts. However, this still leaves VoIP networks with extensive interoperability challenges. Kayote’s FronTier combines the features of an SBC and routing engine with robust management and reporting tools, all within a secure environment, providing carriers and ITSPs with the most advanced, field-proven interconnectivity solution currently available. As a comprehensive hosted solution, FronTier helps companies achieve fast time to market and provides a cost effective alternative to complex installations and dedicated resources.

“Large telcos are increasingly discovering the difficulties in creating organic VoIP networks within their organizations that can overcome the key interoperability hurdles and ensure successful commercial deployment,” explained Dr. Baruch Sterman, CEO of Kayote Networks. “We have seen that the market is looking for a fully interconnected VoIP solution that offers effective routing and peering in a secure manner. Our FronTier hosted solution addresses these challenges head on, to provide carriers and ITSPs with field-proven, solid VoIP infrastructure at a fraction of the cost of a proprietary network.”

FronTier handles the technical intricacies associated with VoIP networks, eliminating the need for carriers and ITSPs to train and maintain complete VoIP network technical teams. FronTier's holistic architecture includes:

Advanced interoperability, SBC functionality, and NAT handling
Adaptive and quality-based least-cost-routing (LCR), including traffic shaping and route throttling
Online analytical processing, providing route statistics of aggregate and averaged traffic parameters, cost analysis, and quality
Robust and fully redundant, globally distributed VoIP network providing carrier grade call quality and high availability
Multi-layered VoIP security, including VoIP firewall capabilities and intruder prevention, SPIT (Spam for Internet Telephony) control, and secure ENUM functionality
VoIP Interconnectivity Security
As VoIP technology is more widely deployed, securing both the overall network and the VoIP call flow within it becomes more difficult. Businesses trying to manage their own infrastructure normally don’t have the detailed level of understanding or time required to choose and configure security parameters for each aspect of their VoIP network, and the threat of Spam over Internet Telephony – SPIT – is emerging as the most serious concern facing service providers. Maintaining compatibility between multiple security components presents a further headache. As they are faced with new challenges, operators are unable to fully guarantee that all data entering and leaving their networks is threat-free.

Kayote Networks is an expert in VoIP interconnectivity technology and a developer of advanced IP communication services. FronTier’s carrier grade and field proven architecture provides the most comprehensive VoIP security strategy currently available. Kayote’s security solutions simultaneously address security threats in different domains and on many levels to ensure a safe and sound VoIP call flow. For more information, please visit www.spitprevention.net.

About Kayote Networks:
Kayote Networks is a leading provider of VoIP products and services, dedicated to solving interconnectivity issues, with an emphasis on interoperability, security, and routing and peering. The company offers a hosted service platform enabling rapid, risk-free deployment for VoIP providers. Kayote offers advanced services and functionality for carriers, ITSPs and enterprises. For more information, visit www.kayote.com.

Contacts
Kayote Networks
Marc Tobin, 973-944-4607 (Corporate Contact)
marc@kayote.com
or
summit advantage
Daniel Epstein, +972-547-222-319 (Media Contact)
daniel@summit.co.il

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Microsoft Partners With Qwest On VoIP

InformationWeek, September 20, 2005

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Vonage's Citron Calls For 'Broadband Bill Of Rights'

Networking Pipeline, September 20, 2005

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Open Source Telephony Makes Money, Vendors Say

Developer Pipeline, September 20, 2005

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Switch & Data Connects New York to Become the Largest Interconnection Provider In Metropolitan Area

Access To 330 Distinct Networks; Greatly Surpasses All Other Providers

Tampa, Florida—September 20, 2005—By expanding its presence in carrier hotels at 60 Hudson and 111 8th Avenue in New York City, Switch and Data, a leading exchange and neutral colocation provider, has become the largest and most proficient interconnection provider to telecom carriers, content providers, ISPs, VoIP providers and enterprises in the market. Switch and Data will provide interconnection to more than 330 distinct networks – making it the largest neutral marketplace for networks in New York City.

In addition to being the largest interconnection provider, Switch and Data is also the first neutral interconnection provider to provide Layer 1 and Layer 2 connectivity between the most important carrier hotels on the East Coast, 60 Hudson Street and 111 8th Avenue. According to Switch and Data, the Metro CrossConnects offering allows carriers, ISPs, content providers and service providers immediate savings – up to 50 percent -- by eliminating the need to colocate in both sites as well as the need to connect via local loop to each building.

“Switch and Data continues to invest in key markets such as New York to provide our customers the best options for their own expansion and growth,” says Keith Olsen, Chief Executive Officer, Switch and Data. “Companies providing VoIP, media/entertainment, online gaming and electronic exchange services complement the carriers and service providers who utilize us as a vital business exchange point. We now offer the greatest density of networks with 330 available in our interconnected facilities, which ensures our customers have the broadest selection of networks in a neutral marketplace for their business.

The expansion of its operations at 60 Hudson gives Switch and Data 60,000 sq. ft. in Manhattan, representing one of the largest colocation footprints of any neutral provider in the New York market. The true difference is the access to 330 distinct networks in one market. Switch and Data already boasts the largest footprint of neutral colocation and interconnection facilities in North America with 34 sites in 23 markets.

About Switch and Data
Recently named to the 2004 Inc. 500 list of fastest growing, privately held companies, Switch and Data is a leading provider of Internet exchange and colocation services. Based in Tampa, Florida, Switch and Data operates the largest footprint of neutral Internet exchange and managed infrastructure facilities in North America supporting more than 800 customers. Switch and Data’s PAIX is recognized worldwide as the premier name in peering and Internet exchange services. For more information, please visit www.switchanddata.com.

Michael Fischer – 212-279-5843
Michael.fischer@publcis-usa.comwww.interoute.com

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Infovista Bolsters Performance Of Enterprise Ip Telephony R&D Effort Culminates in Launch of VistaInsight for IP Telephony 2.0, Addresses Users’ Most Vexing Internet Telephony Challenges

Paris, France and Herndon, VA (United States), Sept. 20, 2005 – InfoVista (NASDAQ: IVTA; Compartment C of Eurolist by Euronext – ISIN Code: FR0004031649), the leading service-centric performance management software company, announced today the launch of VistaInsight™ for IP Telephony 2.0. VistaInsight for IP Telephony 2.0 is the latest version of InfoVista’s performance management solution for assuring delivery of Internet protocol (IP) telephony services across the enterprise.

IP telephony is a complex network-centric service that involves and impacts myriad IT resources in the enterprise, spanning networks, systems and applications. The service-centric approach focuses on the quality of the end user experience as the objective measurements of service quality. Automated discovery and asset relationships across the IT infrastructure facilitate both top-down service management and bottom-up impact analysis.

InfoVista pioneered the following new features and functionality in 2.0 to further reduce the complexity of managing IP telephony systems:

Advanced management solution for Cisco Call Manager (CCM) IP PBX platforms – Version 2.0 debuts advanced server-management capabilities such as the ability to control services running on the CCM when performance is at risk. The solution also facilitates tight integration between CCM management capabilities and the VistaInsight for IP Telephony portal. Specific CCM alarms or notification will be available directly from the InfoVista portal, offering a one-stop management interface for CCM customers.
New customer-centric troubleshooting innovations – At the core of the solution’s advancements are new troubleshooting features providing extensive depth of diagnostics allowing enterprises to preempt service disruption not only at the business-unit level but also down to the individual user. Enterprises can resolve performance degradation issues on a network, application, system or user basis.
Advanced service-level reporting capabilities – VistaInsight for IP Telephony 2.0 brings to market a more advanced set of reporting capabilities that are focused on ensuring performance of telephony applications. These include site-to-site and user level quality measurements.
Expanded Cisco support – InfoVista increases its overall product support, offering a comprehensive out-of-the-box solution for Cisco Call Manager Express, Cisco voice gateways and Cisco SRST. The VistaInsight for IP Telephony solution has passed Cisco IP Communications testing for CCM v4.1.3. Concurrently, InfoVista’s core VistaFoundation technology platform, on which the VistaInsight for IP Telephony solution is based, has also passed all Cisco Technology Development Partner Program requirements and offers one of the most comprehensive out-of-box offerings for Cisco equipment.
“With VistaInsight for IP Telephony 2.0 enterprises have a one-stop shop for service-centric performance management,” said Manuel Stopnicki, chief technology officer, InfoVista. “The enhancements represent a major R&D investment and are indicative of InfoVista’s commitment to enabling converged IP services today and into the future.”

About InfoVista
InfoVista is the Service-Centric Performance Management Software Company that assures the optimal delivery of business-critical IT services. Driven by a uniquely adaptive and real-time technology foundation, InfoVista solutions improve business effectiveness, reduce operating risk, lower cost of operations, increase agility and create competitive advantage. Eighty percent of the world's largest service providers as ranked by Fortune®, as well as leading Global 2000 enterprises, rely on InfoVista to enhance the business value of their technology assets. Representative customers include ABN AMRO, Allstream, Banques Populaires, AXA, Banque de France, Bell Canada, British Telecom, Broadwing Communications, Cable & Wireless, Com Hem, Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), Deloitte & Touche, Deutsche Telecom, France Telecom, Savvis Corporation, SingTel, Telefonica, and US Cellular. InfoVista stock is traded on the NASDAQ (IVTA) and on Eurolist by Euronext (FR0004031649). For more information about the company, please visit www.infovista.com.

Press Contact
Christina Stenson
Articulate Communications Inc. for InfoVista
212.255.0080 ext.12
cstenson@articulatepr.com

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Infineon Achieves a 300 Percent Growth Rate in the VoIP Market in 2004 and Underlines Technology Leadership with New Products at the Fall 2005 VON Tradeshow

MUNICH, Germany & BOSTON—Sept. 20, 2005--Infineon Technologies AG (NYSE:IFX - News; GER:IFX), a leading supplier of communication ICs (Integrated Circuit), today announced that its revenues in VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) products grew at the rate of 300 percent from 2003 to 2004, much higher than the 70.2 percent average for the total market of 102 million US-Dollars (source: iSuppli 2005). The worldwide number of residential VoIP-users is expected to be approximately 5 million in 2004 and to increase to 200 million subscribers in 2010. Building upon its extensive experience in POTS (Plain Old Telephone System) applications, Infineon offers carriers and system manufacturers a single source for state-of-the-art VoIP products, accompanied by a complete xDSL (Digital Subscriber Line) portfolio. Consequently Infineon ranked as the world's fifth largest supplier of VoIP ICs in 2004, up from number 10 position in the previous year.

Infineon is demonstrating its state-of-the art portfolio of VoIP products at the Voice Over the Net (VON) tradeshow (booth# 1227), which is currently being held at Boston's Convention & Exhibition Center (Sep. 19-22, 2005). Product highlights include:

a new highly integrated Dual-Channel SLIC SoC (system-on-chip) solution
an INCA-IP SoC solution selected by Midas for its fixed-wireless voice/data broadband solution targeting remote areas in India
Dual-Channel SLIC System-on-Chip Solution that Simplifies the Design of Advanced VoIP Devices
DuSLIC-SP (Dual-Channel Subscriber Line Interface Controller-Single Package), a new member of the Infineon DuSLIC product family, integrates a dual-channel telephone line interface and the CODEC (coding-decoding) in a single package. Fully programmable and featuring two integrated DC/DC converters, DuSLIC-SP is a complete SLIC/CODEC SoC for POTS and advanced VoIP applications, such as wired and wireless VoIP routers and gateways, VoIP-enabled DSL and cable modems or small PBXs (Private Branch Exchanges) for private telephone networks within an enterprise. Its size of only 256mm2 reduces the line interface unit's footprint by up to 40 percent compared to multi-chip solutions, and makes the design of VoIP-enabled devices much simpler, requiring less development time and efforts. It also reduces the overall BOM (bill of material). DuSLIC-SP incorporates a unique 170V process technology to withstand higher voltages than any other available solution. This makes it more robust and immune to line surge, caused, for example, when telephone lines deployed in the open air are hit by lightning, and result in a short-circuit that can destroy the broadband access device. Engineering samples of DuSLIC-SP will be available starting October 2005. Mass production is planned to begin in the first quarter of Calendar Year 2006. Further information is available at www.infineon.com/duslic.

Midas Selects the Infineon INCA-IP SoC Solution for its Fixed-Wireless Voice/Data Broadband Solution Targeting Remote Areas in India
Midas Communications, an innovative network access provider in India, has selected Infineon's INCA-IP SoC solution for its new Broadband corDECT fixed-wireless access indoor unit. Taking advantage of Infineon's INCA-IP, Midas enhanced its DECT (Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications) indoor unit to fully support VoIP: voice and data is sent from a base station to the corDECT indoor unit using simple and fast to deploy DECT-technology. Through corDECT, service providers will be capable of offering simultaneous voice and internet services within a 10 to 35km radius at data rates from 35/70 Kbps to 256 Kbps, which is two and a half times higher than data rates served by competing platforms. Midas' corDECT solution is targeting remote areas where a copper- or fiber-based broadband access is not available. According to market research firm Gartner/Dataquest (2005), IT spending for telecommunications amounts to 80 percent of all IT spending in India with an expected annual growth rate of around 20 percent between 2003 and 2008. Further information is available at www.infineon.com/inca-ip and www.midascomm.com.

About Infineon
Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, Germany, offers semiconductor and system solutions for automotive, industrial and multimarket sectors, for applications in communi-cation, as well as memory products. With a global presence, Infineon operates through its subsidiaries in the US from San Jose, CA, in the Asia-Pacific region from Singapore and in Japan from Tokyo. In fiscal year 2004 (ending September), the company achieved sales of Euro 7.19 billion with about 35,600 employees worldwide. Infineon is listed on the DAX index of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: IFX). Further information is available at www.infineon.com.
This news alert is available online at http://www.infineon.com/news/.

Contact:
Infineon Technologies AG
Worldwide Headquarters:
Karin Braeckle, +49 89 234 28011 / 28482
karin.braeckle@infineon.com
or
U.S.A.:
Saswato Das, +1 212 529 1789 / 1902
saswato.das@infineon.com
or
Asia:
Kaye Lim, +65 6840 0689 / 0073
kaye.lim@infineon.com
or
Japan:
Hirotaka Shiroguchi, +81 3 5449 6795 / 6401
hirotaka.shiroguchi@infineon.com
or
Investor Relations:
EU/APAC, +49 89 234 26655
USA/CAN +1 408 501 6800
investor.relations@infineon.com

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Hop-On to Exhibit $39 Wi-Fi Cell Phone at VON Expo

Industry's Premier VoIP Trade Show Begins in Boston Today

IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 20—Hop-On, Inc. announced today that it will exhibit its recently introduced Wi-Fi handset in Booth #1334 at the 9th annual Fall VON Conference and Expo being held at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center from September 20th to 22nd. The VON Expo is the VoIP industry trade show featuring all of the leading vendors in the IP communications industry. For more information on the Fall VON Conference, visit www.pulver.com/von or www.von.com.

Hop-on will showcase its HOP1515 Wi-Fi IP phone and software solution that unchains users from their fixed phone lines, allowing them to make secure calls from anywhere there is a Wi-Fi hot spot - at home, at work, around town; in airports, coffee shops, & hotels and even internationally. The HOP1515 handset provides all the features and functionality of a VoIP terminal adapter but has the advantage of enabling users to talk from any available public or private Wi-Fi access point with complete security, authentication and roaming capability.

Hop-on and its industry leading security partners, has developed a total solution package for carriers and hotspot owners, which enables seamless authentication and billing enablement for the carrier. Utilizing the Virtual SIM (VSIM) patented software technology, which replicates the same benefits of GSM/CDMA security and authentication in Wi-Fi phones, Hop-on has now substantially reduced the security and billing challenges faced by carriers.

Solution highlights:

Handset Identification: The VSIM solution enables, as its primary value, non-ambiguous identification of a "handset", protecting it against impersonation, anti-replay and fraud. The unbreakable VSIM scheme allows Service Providers to address the more challenging and
demanding security needs related to mobile VoIP terminals to operate on a public infrastructure.

Managing user access rights: VSIM exchanges allow for the transport of dynamically updated information regarding user access rights. This feature, which does not require a tight synchronization with billing systems, provides a complementary security level regarding subscriber consumption.

Usage monitoring: VSIM billing ticket management monitors access and services usage. It provides an additional level of information derived from connection monitoring that can serve to crosscheck or increase existing billing system accuracy.

Encryption: VSIM provides an encryption mechanism for the media flow itself, applicable to voice, data or video streams on the handset.

Dan Gannon, Chief Executive Officer of Hop-on commented, "Wi-Fi phones have not yet been deployed in quantity by carriers due to security challenges such as fraud, theft of call information, passwords and the lack of 911 Emergency Service. However, Hop-on's VoIP solution enables these providers to offer both a low cost handset as well as billing and security enablement which we believe will help overcome these challenges. As evidenced by the recent agreement by EBay to purchase VoIP provider Skype for $4.1 billion, the market is recognizing the potential for VoIP as a dynamic growth industry that will have an increased appetite for Hop-on's Wi-Fi handsets. While the product we are showcasing at this trade show is a single mode (Wi-Fi only) handset, we are also developing dual mode handsets (GSM/Wi-Fi and CDMA/Wi-Fi) that will provide customers with the flexibility of accessing both a traditional wireless carrier's network and a Wi-Fi hot spot."

About Hop-on, Inc.
HOP-ON develops and markets wireless phones and accessories as well as wireless surveillance systems. Its product line includes the next generation CDMA2000 handsets designed by its Dallas R&D team as well as GSM/WIFI handsets. Hop-on targets its phones to both emerging market carriers and other domestic carriers and resellers needing an entry level priced phone. In addition, Hop-on offers a line of innovative and attractively priced wireless accessories for both Hop-on phones and other leading manufacturers as well as affordable, wireless surveillance systems. Hop-on is also known for developing the world's first disposable cell phone. It was an IS-95 CDMA phone that was sold to consumers with prepaid airtime and included the capability to add on additional minutes. For more information, visit www.hop-on.com.

CONTACTS:
David Pasquale, 646-536-7006 or Abbas Qasim, 646-536-7014
Both with The Ruth Group, www.TheRuthGroup.com

This news release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, regarding, among other things, the Company's business and financial plans, strategies and prospects. Although the Company believes that its plans, intentions and expectations reflected in or suggested by these forward-looking statements are reasonable, it cannot provide assurance that it will achieve or realize these plans, intentions or expectations. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Many of the forward-looking statements contained in this news release may be identified by the use of forward-looking words such as: believe, expect, anticipate, should, planned, will, may, intend, estimated, and potential, among others. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements made in this news release include market conditions and those set forth in any reports or documents that the Company may file from time to time with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements attributable to the company or a person acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary language.

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