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Fonix Telecom Now Certified in North Carolina to Provide Local Exchange and Long Distance Services

Posted on: Monday, 6 March 2006, 09:00 CST

Fonix Telecom, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Fonix(R) Corporation (OTCBB:FNIX), an integrated communications carrier providing telecommunications services and value-added speech technologies, received its Interexchange Company (IXC) and Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC) Certification from North Carolina Public Service Commission (NCPSC) to provide local exchange and interexchange services, specifically intrastate long distance and associated access services.

Fonix Telecom will begin providing facilities-based local telephone service and interconnection services in North Carolina. As a facilities-based network provider, Fonix Telecom is able to offer traditional telephony services in addition to already available broadband IP-based services, such as residential and business Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP).

"This approval expands our strategy to deliver multiple high-quality end-to-end telephony services," says Dale Smith, Senior VP and GM, Fonix Telecom. "This license further strengthens Fonix Telecom's role as a leading provider of traditional and advanced products and services to residential and business customers."

About Fonix Telecom

Fonix Telecom, Inc. is a facilities-based provider of retail and wholesale VoIP, Broadband and BPL communications services. Fonix Telecom is wholly owned subsidiary of Fonix Corporation and is based in Atlanta, GA. Visit www.fonixtelecom.com for more information, or call 866-486-4733.

About Fonix

Based in Salt Lake City, UT, Fonix Corporation is an innovative communications and technology company that provides integrated telecommunications services and value-added speech technologies through Fonix Telecom, Inc., LecStar Telecom, Inc. and Fonix Speech, Inc. The combination of interactive speech technology and integrated telecommunications services allows Fonix to provide customers with comprehensive cost-effective solutions to enhance and expand their communications needs. Visit www.fonix.com for more information, or call 801-553-6600 and say "Sales."

Statements released by Fonix that are not purely historical are forward-looking within the meaning of the "Safe Harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding the Company's expectations, hopes, intentions and strategies for the future. Investors are cautioned that forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainties that may affect the Company's business prospects and performance. The Company's actual results could differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. Risk factors include general economic, competitive, governmental and technological factors as discussed in the Company's filings with the SEC on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K. The Company does not undertake any responsibility to update the forward-looking statements contained in this release.

Source: Business Wire

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