Released on: February 12, 2008, 9:17 am

Press Release Author: Brian Blank / FutureWorks, Inc.

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Press Release Summary: Leading Technology VAR / Integrator to distribute CommuniGate
Systems Award-Winning Mobile Unified Communications Solutions to Both the Carrier
and Enterprise Segments

Press Release Body: Mill Valley, Calif. - February 12, 2008 - CommuniGate Systems,
the leader in carrier-class Rich Media Internet Communications, today announced a
partnership with leading system integrator Goldfield Telecom to distribute its
award-winning unified communications solutions with both companies having a joint
presence at the 13th Annual National Telecommunications Cooperative Association
(NTCA) EXPO in New Orleans from February 12-13.
"When you are in the business of providing the independent carrier with the leading
technologies to keep them ahead of the competition, it is great to work with a
company like CommuniGate Systems," said Darrell Seaba, president of Goldfield
Telecom. "In the last 15 years we\'ve built a reputation for offering reliable
top-notch products coupled with world-class service and support. CommuniGate Systems
fits right into that model of bringing the best technologies to the carrier,
increasing customer satisfaction and retention with SaaS (Software as a Service) and
VAS (value add services), and improving the bottom line."
"We are quite pleased to develop this relationship with Goldfield Telecom as it will
help us to address the growing demand for our solutions within the CLEC/ILEC
market," said Jon R. Doyle, vice president of Business Development at CommuniGate
Systems. "Not only do they provide a great channel for bringing CommuniGate Systems'
cutting-edge products to the independent carrier, but their level of customer
service and support are some of the best in the industry. Goldfield is highly
regarded in the industry and it is an honor to showcase our products together at the
NTCA EXPO."
Goldfield Telecom welcomes CommuniGate Systems to their booth (Booth No.'s 611 and
613) at the NTCA EXPO '08 held at the Marriott New Orleans to showcase CommuniGate
Systems latest product line including CommuniGate Pro server and the newly released
Pronto! version 1.5, CommuniGate Systems' flash based client for Unified
Communications with anywhere, anytime access.
CommuniGate Pro offers a scalable Unified Communications platform that enables
enterprise organizations and service providers to seamlessly expand from five to 50
million subscribers in virtual domains with a modular feature set, powerful class of
service provisioning, and a live rolling updates change management capability not
found in legacy enterprise class messaging products. The platform's exclusive
Dynamic Clustering architecture provides 99.999% uptime in a multi-tenant
architecture with no single point of failure, and allows SaaS providers to add
front-end or back-end nodes as needed without any downtime or service interruption.
Pronto! version 1.5 is available as part of the CommuniGate Web 2.0 Suite. In
addition, the CommuniGate Pro platform can provide powerful value added services for
consumer and business subscribers through the Messaging Suite, VoIP Suite, Mobility
Suite or custom applications can be developed for Pronto! or for the server side in
CG/PL.
Pronto! is available today as an open and free service at www.TalktoIP.com where
users can take Pronto! for a test drive. Additionally, an installable \"Community\"
version is located at www.communigate.com/community which allows free use of the
CommuniGate Pro Server and Pronto! for five accounts or less, making it an ideal
choice for small businesses or the home office network. For installations over five
users, the CommuniGate Pro full featured unified communication server is priced
starting at US$899 for 25 users. ISPs, broadband and mobile operators can contact
sales@communigate.com for pricing information.
About Goldfield Telecom
Established in 1992, Goldfield Telecom procures, warehouses and delivers voice and
data communications equipment. Goldfield stocks and sells hundreds of products from
\"best-of-breed\" communication vendors. By specializing in emerging IP (Internet
Protocol) based products, the company is able to leverage the benefits of IP into
voice, video and data applications. More information is available at
www.goldtelecom.com.
About CommuniGate Systems
Founded in 1991 and based in Mill Valley, California, CommuniGate Systems develops
carrier-class Internet Communications software for broadband & mobile service
providers, enterprises, and OEM partners worldwide. Over 130 million subscribers
including 47 million voice customers rely upon CommuniGate Systems products for
their voice and data communication today. CommuniGate Systems is the most trusted
and financially stable vendor which maintains the highest customer satisfaction
levels in the Rich Media Internet Communications industry. CommuniGate Systems
provides flexibility, performance, scalability, with the benchmark proven
architecture that remains unchallenged in the industry. Our open development
environment with simple APIs delivers extensible flexibility with a unique
clustering technology for 99.999% uptime for the most demanding application
environments. CommuniGate Systems has over 175 members in its partner network
worldwide.
Download CommuniGate Pro today and join the initiative to drive interoperability of
Unified Communications and convert nearly two billion e-mail accounts to a single
identity for all forms of Internet Communications. For more information, go to
www.communigate.com.

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Brian Blank
FutureWorks, Inc.
(408) 720-8228 Ext 114
brianb@future-works.com

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Contact Details: Brian Blank
FutureWorks, Inc.
(408) 720-8228 Ext 114
brianb@future-works.com