Citel Technologies Named to the 2005 "Pulver 100"

Offering Simple and Cost Effective Migration Paths to VoIP Secures Citel Technologies a Ranking on pulver 100.

Melville, New York, - September 21, 2005 - Citel Technologies today announced that it has been named to the 2005 "pulver 100" - which is the VoIP industry's premier listing of privately held growth companies that represent the future of the communications ecosystem. Citel Technologies has been named to the list due to its unique ability to offer customers easy and cost-effective migration paths to VoIP. Specifically designed to maximize investment protection, Citel offers enterprise customers sensible alternatives to the often recommended "rip and replace" IP strategy.

The CITELlink Portico TVA product line enables enterprise customers to migrate their telephone networks from traditional PBX systems to IP Telephony while still retaining their existing traditional business telephones and wiring, thereby saving half the cost of migration. By using Portico TVAs, a business customer can convert their network from traditional circuit-switched telephony to SIP and VoIP literally in minutes, with no need to buy new IP phones, no expensive LAN upgrade, and very limited end user retraining. Instead of spending $500 to $1000 per user for a new IP phone, LAN upgrade, and installation costs, customers can spend $100 to $150 per user and accomplish the very same result.

"The pulver 100 is the VoIP industry's first and foremost award listing, and it continues to grow in significance as companies like Citel Technologies encourage more users to move to IP communications through affordable new migration paths." said Jeff Pulver, Founder and Chairman of pulvermedia "We're proud to name Citel Technologies to this year's pulver 100."

"We are honored to be included in the 2005 pulver 100," stated Mike Robinson, CEO of Citel Technologies. "This represents an important industry acknowledgement of the unique role Citel plays in enabling smooth migration paths for enterprise customers seeking to benefit from VoIP. We look forward to working with Jeff and the entire pulvermedia organization in evangelizing VoIP as the technology expands into mainstream deployment."

Citel Technologies will be providing demos at the Fall VON trade show at the Boston Convention Center September 20th -22nd. Please visit Citel in Booth #1409 for more information.

About the pulver 100

Originally introduced in 2002, the pulver 100 features private companies in the communications sector that have substantial real-world deployments and enjoy significant growth rates. The value chain characterized by pulver 100 differs from the vertically integrated telecom model of the last century, focusing more on a networking-industry model that espouses open interfaces, connectivity decoupled from services, and software decoupled from hardware. For additional details on the 2005 pulver 100, please visit http://www.pulvermedia.com

About pulvermedia

Founded by Jeff Pulver, pulvermedia produces the highly successful VON conferences, and is engaged in many activities that promote the growth of communication technology. For more information, please visit www.pulvermedia.com.

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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