[December 19, 2003]

Norwalk, CT, December 19, 2003 — The editors of Technology Marketing Corporation’s (TMC™) INTERNET TELEPHONY^® magazine announced today this year’s winners of the magazine’s prestigious Product of the Year Awards.  INTERNET TELEPHONY^® is the premier publication in the rapidly growing IP telephony industry.

INTERNET TELEPHONY^® editors selected the companies which in their view demonstrate the vision, leadership and attention to detail that are the hallmarks of Product of the Year award winners.

“The companies selected to receive INTERNET TELEPHONY^® Product of the Year Awards for 2003 have been instrumental in the explosive growth of the IP telephony industry this year. We’re proud to reward their hard work and innovation,” said Rich Tehrani, TMC President and Editor-in-Chief of INTERNET TELEPHONY^® magazine.

According to Editorial Director Greg Galitzine, "The Product of the Year awards exemplify the best that this industry has to offer. The companies earning this distinction have demonstrated a commitment to quality, and a commitment to the further development of the IP telephony industry through their contributions. All winners deserve this great honor, and I look forward to seeing other innovative solutions from them as they continue to contribute to the future of IP telephony.”

A full list of Product of the Year winners will appears below and will be published in the January, 2004 issue of INTERNET TELEPHONY^® magazine.

3Com Corporation..................................................... 3Com VCX V7000

Airespace................................................................. Airespace Wireless Enterprise Platform

AltiGen Communications, Inc..................................... AltiServIP PBX

American Portwell Technology.................................. ROBO-8820VG2

American Power Conversion..................................... InfraStruXure

Aspect Communications............................................ Aspect Iphinity Call Center

AudioCodes.............................................................. TrunkPack TP-6310 STM-1/OC-3 cPCI VoP Board

Avaya...................................................................... Avaya IP Office

Brix Networks.......................................................... Brix VoIP Assessment

Catapult Communications Corporation........................ m5000

Catena Networks...................................................... Catena Networks CN1000FX Fiber-to-the-X

solution

Centillium Communications........................................ Entropia III

Ceragon Networks Ltd.............................................. FibeAir 3128

Citel Technologies..................................................... CITELlink IP & SIP Handset Gateways

CoManage Corporation.............................................. CoManage TrueSource 4.0

Comdial Corporation.................................................. Converged Telephony Platform (V3.0)

Convedia Corporation................................................ Convedia IP Media Servers

Empirix..................................................................... Hammer Call Analyzer

ESI (Estech Systems, Inc.)........................................ E-Class systems (IP/IVX)

Excel Switching Corporation...................................... Excel Converged Services Platform (CSP)

FacetCorp................................................................. FacetPhone

Fortinet..................................................................... FortiGate Antivirus Firewall

Forum Communications International.......................... Confer ECS

GL Communications, Inc............................................ Automated Wireless Voice Quality Testing

Grandstream Networks, Inc. ..................................... HandyTone 286

Ingate Systems.......................................................... Ingate SIParator 20

Intel Corporation....................................................... Intel NetStructure Host Media Processing 1.1

Interactive Intelligence Inc......................................... Enterprise Interaction Center (EIC)

Interstar Technologies............................................... XMediusFAX 4.0

Inter-Tel Inc............................................................. Unified Communicator 2.0 Software

Intertex..................................................................... SIP Switch

IP Unity.................................................................... Harmony6000, Release 2.0

iPine Networks......................................................... VoIP Service Management System

ITXC Corp............................................................... ITXC.net - VoIP Internetworking

Kagoor Networks...................................................... VoiceFlow 3000 Series

Level 3 Communications, L.L.C................................. (3)Tone  

Luminous Networks.................................................. Luminous PacketStream ES 500

Mediatrix Telecom.................................................... Mediatrix 2531 IP Router

MERA Networks, Inc............................................... MERA VoIP Transit Softswitch

Meru Networks......................................................... Meru Wireless LAN System

MetaSwitch.............................................................. MetaSwitch VP3500

Micromuse................................................................ Netcool® for Voice over IP

Motorola Computer Group......................................... WTRB500

Natural Convergence................................................. silhouette

NEC America, Inc. - Corporate Networks Group........ NEAX IPS-DMR

Net6, Inc.................................................................. Net6 Application Gateway

Netrake.................................................................... nCite SE

NexTone Communications Inc................................... NexTone Multiprotocol Session Controller (MSC)

Nortel Networks....................................................... Business Communications Manager 3.5

Qovia, Inc................................................................. Qovia Ion

RADVISION........................................................... RADVISION IP Phone Toolkit

Raindance Communications....................................... K2

Rockwell FirstPoint Contact....................................... FirstPoint Business Edition v4.0

Shoreline Communications, Inc................................... Shoreline Converged Conference Solution

Siemens Information & Communication Networks....... HiPath CorporateConnect 2.0

Sonexis, Inc.............................................................. Sonexis ConferenceManager 4.0

STARBAK Communications, Inc............................... Create, Manage and Deliver Solution

Technoland Inc......................................................... TL-SBC 9000 Intel Xeon 533Mhz Based All-In-One SBC

Telephony@Work..................................................... CallCenter@nywhere

Texas Instruments - VoIP Group................................ TNETV1050 IP Phone Solution

Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc................. Strata CTX100-S

Trinity Convergence.................................................. VeriCall Edge

Veraz Networks........................................................ I-Gate 4000 Pro

Versatel Networks.................................................... Versatel Networks SCS 4000 and SCS 1500

VIACK Corporation.................................................. VIA3 E-Meeting Solution

Viola Networks......................................................... NetAlly VoIP

Visual Networks....................................................... Visual UpTime Select

Voiceboard Corporation............................................. BridgeWay

Webley Systems........................................................ CommuniKate Conferencing

Witness Systems....................................................... eQuality ContactStore for IP

Xten Networks, Inc................................................... X-PRO SIP SoftphoneMX250

Zultys Technologies....................... MX250

About INTERNET TELPHONY magazine
The convergence of voice, video, fax, and data has revolutionized the world of telecommunications. Internet telephony has been proven to drastically reduce long-distance costs and continues to provide unprecedented opportunities for service providers, resellers, developers, and end users alike. INTERNET TELEPHONY^® is the only magazine that focuses on providing the information that will help you take advantage of this exciting technology. Launched as a quarterly publication in January 1998, INTERNET TELEPHONY^® magazine has been published monthly since October 1998. Still the only BPA-audited publication dedicated solely to coverage of next-generation, IP-based telecommunications, INTERNET TELEPHONY^® provides readers with the best information necessary to learn about and purchase the equipment, software, and services they need to take advantage of Internet telephony.

About TMC
Since its inception in 1972, Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) has produced industry-leading trade magazines and events focused on technology and telecommunications. TMC publishes Customer Inter@ction Solutions and INTERNET TELEPHONY^® magazines, as well as the online publications, Planet PDA Magazine, BiometriTech™ and TMCnet.com™. TMC is also the first publisher to test new products in its own on-site laboratories, TMC Labs, and provide factual and unbiased product reviews.  TMC also produces INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & Expo; Planet PDA™: The Enterprise PDA Event; BiometriTech™ Conference; and The Global Call Center Outsourcing Summit™. TMCnet.com publishes 25 topical online newsletters. For more information about TMC, visit its Web site at www.tmcnet.com.

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