Citel Technologies Acquires Assets of MCK Communications from Verso

Seattle WA - January 24, 2005 - Citel Technologies, a global provider of IP telephony and communications solutions, announced that it has acquired the assets of MCK Communications, Inc. (MCK), a leading provider of distributed voice solutions for the extended enterprise, from Verso Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRSO), an integrated communications solutions company.

Citel issued Verso a $3.5 million secured interest-bearing note, payable over three years and has assumed certain obligations associated with the MCK business. In addition, most of the Verso employees working in the MCK business will become employees of Citel or its subsidiaries.

"As we discussed in our mid-quarter update call and as we have stated over the last several months, Verso intends to focus on next generation carrier solutions," said Steve Odom, Verso's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "To that end, we believe that the disposition of the MCK business makes sense at this time. Verso has benefited from the relationship with MCK with regard to our carrier strategy, specifically in gaining a better understanding of the opportunity of handset technologies that can be sold through carriers. Furthermore, we believe that the MCK business will be better positioned for growth as part of a company that focuses on the enterprise segment. We wish all the MCK employees the best."

"We are delighted to add MCK to our product portfolio," stated Michael Robinson, Citel's Chief Executive Officer. "The MCK products are an excellent fit for Citel in terms of technology and platforms, and acquiring access to MCK's distribution channels will expand the market reach of our award winning CitelLink Portico TVA product line. Citel welcomes MCK's talented employees to our team. Together we will accelerate our mission to deliver advanced telephony applications to a broad range of enterprises in a very practical and cost-effective manner. Given the synergies between MCK and Citel, we expect this to have a positive impact on Citel's earnings from day one."

About Verso Technologies

Verso is a leading provider of next generation communication solutions for carriers and service providers that want to lower their communication infrastructure costs and enhance service capabilities without sacrificing reliability, scalability and quality of service. With an extensive solutions portfolio that extends from the core to the edge of a network, Verso enables customers to leverage legacy technology investments towards converged networks that are faster and more cost-effective to deploy and easier and more flexible to manage. Verso solutions are currently deployed in thousands of customer networks in over 120 countries around the world. For more information, contact Verso at www.verso.com or call 678.589.3500.

About Citel Technologies

Citel Technologies is the VoIP Migration Company™. Citel enables SMBs, large enterprises and service providers to realize the cost and productivity benefits of IP telephony while at the same time leveraging their existing PBX infrastructure. Businesses with single or distributed locations and PBX vendors can now deploy next-generation IP applications and services at their own pace, with little business disruption. Service providers can deploy Hosted IP telephony services quickly, without having to "rip and replace" existing enterprise PBX handsets. Citel is a privately held company with corporate headquarters in Seattle, and development offices in Calgary, Alberta (Canada) and Nottingham, England (UK). For more information, visit www.citel.com

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