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VoIP, Inc. Receives 'Product of the Year' Award From INTERNET TELEPHONY(R) Magazine; VoiceOne V911 Service Honored for Outstanding Innovation

Posted on: Wednesday, 18 January 2006, 09:00 CST

VoIP, Inc., (OTCBB:VOII), a leading provider of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) communications solutions for service providers, resellers and consumers worldwide, announced today that Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC(R))'s INTERNET TELEPHONY(R) magazine (www.itmag.com) has named VoIP, Inc. as a recipient of a 2005 Product of the Year Award. INTERNET TELEPHONY has been the VoIP Authority Since 1998(TM).

VoiceOne's v911(TM) service is the industry's first private network 911 service for broadband and packet communications. The private network 911 service is provided by VoIP, Inc.'s wholly owned subsidiary VoiceOne Communications LLC.

"Each year INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine bestows its Product of the Year awards on companies that have demonstrated excellence in technological advancement and application refinements. VoIP, Inc. has demonstrated to the editors of INTERNET TELEPHONY that its products or services are committed to quality and innovation while addressing the real needs in the marketplace," said Rich Tehrani, Group Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of INTERNET TELEPHONY.

VoIP, Inc. CEO Michael Adler said, "We're pleased that one of our many premier VoIP products is being recognized by an industry leading organization for its breakthrough technology and service offering. Our primary focus in designing the VoiceOne v911 service was to offer it with the quality of service and reliability levels carriers and consumers demand and deserve, and to make the service affordable and available to all with a simplified interface. We did all that, and more."

The VoiceOne v911 service provides five redundant entry points for IP 911 calls to enter the VoiceOne Network(TM) through the Internet or private peering. These entry points are strategically placed geographically to provide the shortest path for a phone call originating anywhere in the U.S. These first levels of redundancy, and the strategic geographic locations, provide the best practical implementation to achieving the best-possible quality of service (QoS) connection to the VoiceOne network from Internet voice subscribers.

VoIP, Inc. CTO Shawn Lewis explained, "Once the 911 call is received on the VoiceOne network, the call is analyzed for the proper delivery to a Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP), call center, or other emergency location. Based on the destination of the location required to deliver the call, it is maintained on the private VoiceOne MPLS backbone, ensuring the best-possible quality and redundancy for transport, compared to other solutions utilizing the Internet for call delivery."

Carriers, service providers, cable operators, and others can manage the entire 911 service feature set through the VoiceOne web portal or XML provisioning system in near real-time fashion - - another feature not offered by solution providers in the 911 industry today.

VoiceOne is working with TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS) for the maintenance of critical data required for the delivery of E911 calls. "Coupled with our private, high quality-of-service network and direct connections to Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs), we are able to provide successful delivery of critical E911 calls from VoIP subscribers," Lewis said.

Some of the compelling features of the V911 service offering from VoiceOne include:

-- Private transport of the emergency call on the VoiceOne MPLS network

-- Redundant and geographically dispersed entry points for 911 calls

-- Ability to provide 911 service to numbers not owned/serviced by VoiceOne

-- Full web portal for the management of all 911 features

-- XML provisioning interface for electronic management

-- SMS notification when a 911 call is made, chosen by subscriber

-- Email notification list when a 911 call is made, chosen by subscriber

-- 24x7 NOC monitoring of all 911 calls made through VoiceOne

-- VoiceOne NOC can intercept, bridge into 911 calls to provide assistance

-- 911 calls can be recorded as an option of the Service Provider

-- 911 Verification Service, subscriber can dial 555-9191 and receive verbal confirmation of provided service

-- Online interface for subscriber to modify address, or mark nomadic

The Product of the Year Award winners for 2005 will be highlighted in the January and February 2006 issues of INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine.

About the VoiceOne Network

The VoiceOne(TM) network with its 22 points of presence in the U.S. and over 5,000 local access points reaches approximately 90 percent of the U.S. population. VoiceOne is a protocol agnostic network, supporting virtually any protocol including SS7, PRI, H.323, SIP, MGCP, etc. and utilizes both circuit and packet switched technology.

About TMC(R)

Celebrating more than 30 years as a leading publisher, Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC(R)) publishes Customer Inter@ction Solutions(R) and INTERNET TELEPHONY(R) magazines, Web portal TMCnet.com, and the online publications SIP(TM), Speech-World(TM), VoIP Developer(TM), WiFI Telephony(TM), WiMAX(TM), Alternative Power(TM) and BiometriTech(TM). TMC(R) is also the first publisher to test new products in its own on-site laboratories, TMC(R) Labs. TMC(R) produces INTERNET TELEPHONY(R) Conference & EXPO, VoIP Developer Conference(TM) and Global Call Center Outsourcing Summit(TM). TMC offers live and online certification programs through TMC University. TMCnet.com publishes more than 14 online newsletters. Visit www.tmcnet.com for details.

About VoIP, Inc.

VoIP, Inc. is a leading provider of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) communications solutions for service providers, resellers and consumers worldwide. Through its subsidiaries, the company is a certified Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLEC) and Inter Exchange Carriers (IXC), and provides a comprehensive portfolio of advanced telecommunications technologies, enhanced services, broadband products, and fulfillment services to the VoIP industry. Customers include IXCs, CLECs, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Cable Operators and VoIP Service Providers in the United States and countries around the world. Leveraging its nationwide Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) VoiceOne network, and the continued deployment of advanced communications services, the company is enabling its customers worldwide to gain entry into this emerging space with products including voice termination/origination, e911, CALEA, Broadband Voice, IP Centrex, and more. For more information on VoIP, Inc., please visit the company's web site: http://www.voipinc.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

Statements about the VoIP, Inc.'s future expectations and all other statements in this press release other than historical facts, are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The Company intends that such forward-looking statements be subject to the safe harbors created thereby.

The above information contains information relating to the Company that is based on the beliefs of the Company and/or its management as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to the Company or its management. When used in this document, the words "anticipate,""estimate,""expect,""intend,""plans,""projects," and similar expressions, as they relate to the Company or its management, are intended to identify forward- looking statements. Such statements reflect the current view of the Company regarding future events and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including the risks and uncertainties noted. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove to be incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described herein as anticipated, believed, estimated, expected, intended or projected. In each instance, forward-looking information should be considered in light of the accompanying meaningful cautionary statements herein. Factors that could cause results to differ include, but are not limited to, successful performance of internal plans, the impact of competitive services and pricing and general economic risks and uncertainties.

In this press release, our use of the words "outlook,""expect,""anticipate,""estimate,""forecast,""project,""likely,""objective,""plan,""designed,""goal,""target," and similar expressions is intended to identify forward-looking statements. While these statements represent our current judgment on what the future may hold, and we believe these judgments are reasonable, actual results may differ materially due to numerous important risk factors that are described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2004, as filed with the SEC on March 30, 2005, which may be revised or supplemented in subsequent reports filed by us with the SEC. Such risk factors include, but are not limited to: our level of indebtedness; an inability to generate sufficient cash to service our indebtedness; regulatory and legal uncertainty with respect to intercarrier compensation payments received by us; the inability to expand our business as a result of the unavailability of funds to do so; the migration to broadband Internet access affecting dial-up Internet access; the loss of key executive officers could negatively impact our business prospects; an increase in our network expenses which could result if the migration of our enterprise customer base to U.S. TelePacific Corp. occurs sooner or later than contemplated; and our principal competitors for local services and potential additional competitors have advantages that may adversely affect our ability to compete with them.

Source: Business Wire

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