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CAL Communications Deploys VoIP Service Using New Global Telecom's 6DegreesIP Product Suite

Posted on: Monday, 21 June 2004, 06:00 CDT

CHICAGO and GOLDEN, Colo., June 21 /PRNewswire/ -- CAL Communications, Inc. (CAL Comm), a reseller of telephone systems and long-distance services as well as a provider of Voice, Data and Fiber Optics Systems integration, announced today that it will be delivering VoIP services to the business market using a turnkey IP product solution from New Global Telecom (NGT), the leading U.S. provider of outsourced switching and network operations services.

Carlos A. Lopez, CAL Comm's President, said, "Our search for the right approach to VoIP market entry and expansion led us to New Global Telecom's wholesale solution. As a Hispanic-owned Certified Minority Business Enterprise, we will be marketing Hosted IP solutions to governmental agencies as well as to the Hispanic business community and other businesses, leveraging a very strong sales proposition."

CAL Communications' sales proposition to target customers includes significant systems and long-distance cost savings, a dramatic increase in functionality as well as greater simplicity derived from the convergence of voice and data traffic.

NGT's 6DegreesIP product suite will provide CAL Comm with advanced telephony application packages and associated network and business support elements. Integration with CAL Comm's gateway switch in Chicago will enable delivery of national and international telecommunications services. CAL Comm will focus initially on sales to Chicago area small- and mid-size businesses (SMBs), including the company's 2,500 end-user customer base, as well as new prospects within this market. Expansion is planned to additional cities in the 2005-06 timeframe.

"We are delighted to be working with CAL Communications to penetrate their target markets with a feature-rich and price-competitive VoIP service," said Tim Bradley, NGT's SVP of VoIP Services. "With 6DegreesIP, we are providing CAL Comm with an effective turnkey solution, fast speed-to-market and the scalability they will need to facilitate future growth."

About CAL Communications

CAL Communications, Inc. is a total communications company - from Voice, Data and Fiber Optics Systems integration to sales, service and installation of Avaya telecommunications systems to electrical contracting services. The company is a Minority Business Enterprise certified by the City of Chicago, State of Illinois and the Chicago Minority Business Council among others. It now offers unlimited local telephone service as a CLEC in the Chicago (358) LATA. More information is available at http://www.calcomm.com/.

About New Global Telecom

New Global Telecom, Inc. provides telephony solutions to service providers worldwide. Through its New Global Telecom and General Telecom brands, the company delivers outsourced network management, network operations and VoIP services. The company's network includes international gateway switches in New York, Los Angeles and Miami, a 24x7 voice and data Network Operations Center, software application servers as well as comprehensive tools and systems to monitor/manage TDM and IP telephony networks. For more information, please visit http://www.ngt.com/ or http://www.gentel.net/.

Media Contacts:

CAL Communications

Gabriel Morgan

Tel: (847) 537-2425

gmorgan@calcomm.com

New Global Telecom

Julie Buchanan

Tel: (303) 239-1021

julie.buchanan@ngt.com

This release was issued through eReleases(TM). For more information, visit http://www.ereleases.com/.

CAL Communications, Inc.

CONTACT: CAL Communications: Gabriel Morgan, +1-847-537-2425,gmorgan@calcomm.com; or New Global Telecom: Julie Buchanan, +1-303-239-1021,julie.buchanan@ngt.com

Web site: http://www.ngt.com/

Web site: http://www.gentel.net/

Web site: http://www.calcomm.com/

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