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Technology Marketing Corporation Launches TMCnet Services; New Section Adds Service Provider Directory, Directory Assistance and Online Storefront to World's Leading Communications & Technology Web Site
[March 28, 2006]

Technology Marketing Corporation Launches TMCnet Services; New Section Adds Service Provider Directory, Directory Assistance and Online Storefront to World's Leading Communications & Technology Web Site


NORWALK, Conn. --(Business Wire)-- March 28, 2006 -- Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) today unveiled a new suite of Web-based, user-centric services collectively dubbed "TMCnet Services."

TMCnet Services is a new online resource providing TMCnet's nearly one million monthly unique visitors with the best-of-breed tools to find solutions to their most vexing communications challenges. The new section will include:

-- Comprehensive Directory of Service Providers

-- Search by geography, rates and plans to find the provider that best suits your needs

-- www.tmcnet.com/271.1

-- TMCnet Store

-- Launched in conjunction with MobilePlanet, this section helps you find great deals on VoIP phones, cell phones, PDAs, mobile accessories, MP3 players, GPS devices and more.

-- www.tmcnet.com/272.1

-- Online Directory Assistance (411) service

-- Supported by InfoUSA's Directory Assistance Plus service, this section lets users search yellow and white pages listings anywhere in the United States

-- www.tmcnet.com/273.1

According to TMC President and TMCnet Editor-in-Chief Rich Tehrani, these new services are a natural extension for TMCnet to grow to become the one-stop destination for our sophisticated readers seeking value-added information to solve their communications-related challenges.



"As the number of visitors to TMCnet grows month after month, our editorial and development teams are constantly creating content-rich new areas of the site to serve them. The new service provider directory, MobilePlanet store and InfoUSA directory assistance feature are the first of several new features planned as part of TMCnet Services," said Tehrani.

Tehrani continued, "Working with other partners, new TMCnet Services features will be announced throughout 2006. Each will add value for the service providers, enterprise users, developers, resellers and consumers who rely on TMCnet as their leading source of information on VoIP, IP Communications, contact center, CRM and information technology markets."


Alexa.com, an Amazon.com company that monitors and ranks sites by their daily traffic levels, currently ranks TMCnet as the 1,540th most visited site on the Web. According to Alexa's own Web site, they rank over 16,000,000 sites in total, placing TMCnet in the top 0.01% of all sites on the World Wide Web.

"Based on our own tracking of Alexa rankings over the past several months, it's clear that TMCnet is the most visited communications and technology Web site in the world. We're very proud of the loyal following the site has attracted. This new TMCnet Services section will serve the needs of our current visitors, as well as provide a Web destination for IT professionals looking for the most up-to-date news and analysis," added Tehrani.

Unique visitors on TMCnet have more than tripled in the past year to an average of nearly 850,000 every month. At the same time, monthly page views now top 13.8 million, up an astounding 2500% in the past 18 months.

For more information about TMC or TMCnet, please visit www.tmcnet.com.

About MobilePlanet

MobilePlanet is part of the Mobile and Wireless Group (MWG) Ltd, a leading worldwide specialist distributor of mobile technology. MWG assets also include eXpansys, Nomatica and Portix brands. With operations in the UK, Europe, US and Asia the groups companies served approximately 7,000 different product lines to half a million customers in over 140 different countries last year. For more information visit www.mwg.com.

About infoUSA

infoUSA (www.infoUSA.com), founded in 1972, is the leading provider of business and consumer information products, database marketing services, data processing services and sales and marketing solutions. Content is the essential ingredient in every marketing program, and infoUSA has the most comprehensive data in the industry, and is the only company to own a proprietary database of 250 million consumers and 14 million businesses under one roof. The infoUSA database powers the directory services of the top Internet traffic-generating sites. Nearly 3 million customers use infoUSA's products and services to find new customers, grow their sales, and for other direct marketing, telemarketing, customer analysis and credit reference purposes. infoUSA headquarters are located at 5711 S. 86th Circle, Omaha, NE 68127 and can be contacted at (402) 593-4500. To know more about Sales Leads, click www.infousa.com. To get a 7-day free trial and 100 free sales leads, click www.salesgenie.com.

About TMCnet

TMCnet is one of leading business technology sites on the Internet focusing on the communications sector. Ranked as one of the top 2,000 Web destinations by Alexa* and used by nearly one million unique visitors monthly, TMCnet provides innovative tools (RSS/news alerts, directories, etc.), vibrant global online communities and best-of-breed content offerings featuring breaking news, comprehensive analysis, thoughtful Web log (blog) commentaries and the latest developments on the most relevant information to the communications sector: VoIP, IP communications, CRM, contact center and information technology. TMCnet is proud to be widely recognized for its thought leadership by notable luminaries including the legendary Warren E. Buffett (see http://voip-blog.tmcnet.com/blog/rich-tehrani/voip/warren-buffet-sends -a-letter-to-tmcs-tracey-schelmetic.html). (Due to its length, this URL may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if one exists.)

About TMC(R)

Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) publishes four print magazines: Customer Interaction Solutions, Internet Telephony, SIP Magazine and IMS Magazine; as well as the digital publications, Speech-World, WiFi Telephony Magazine, VoIP Developer, IPTV Magazine and WiMAX Magazine. TMC also produces TMCnet, the world's leading communications and technology Web site. TMC is also the first publisher to test new products in its own on-site laboratories, TMC Labs. TMC produces INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO, The VoIP Developer Conference, VoIP Demo, IMS Expo, and Contact Center 2.0 Conference. TMCnet, ranked among the top 1,650 Web sites in the World by Alexa.com, publishes more than 20 topical online newsletters. For more information about TMC, visit http://www.tmcnet.com.

TMC and TMCnet are not affiliated with nor endorsed by Alexa.com or Amazon.com.

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