CopperCom at Fall VON made a series of announcements.

First, the company said Northeast Nebraska Telephone Company (NNTC), a cooperative in Jackson, Neb., is installing its Converged Switching eXchange (CSX) softswitch. NNTC also has purchased CopperCom’s Switchmaxx Unified Self-Care Web portal and Voicemaxx Web-enabled voice mail service.

NNTC supports approximately 7,100 access lines, serving 26 communities in rural Nebraska. The cooperative plans to offer IP services such as VoIP and IPTV, using the CSX softswitch.

Meanwhile, Ontario and Trumansburg Telephone Companies have completed the first stage of their deployment of CopperCom’s softswitches as part of a strategic network overhaul. The IOCs, based in upstate New York, have installed the first of two CopperCom CSX softswitches. The network will connect two service areas and allow the companies to roll out VoIP, broadband data, video, aggregated long-distance and other advanced services, as well as continue to provide legacy offerings.

The CopperCom CSX softswitches are being deployed with Occam broadband DSL equipment at two locations 50 miles apart and connected by a new fiber-optic network.

Ontario and Trumansburg Telephone Companies serve 11,000 customers.

Similarly, CopperCom also is working with S&A Telephone Co. in Kansas. That provider is using the CopperCom CSX as part of a major system upgrade so it can offer VoIP. S&A Telephone Co. already sells local and long-distance service, and DSL.

Finally, Swayzee Telephone Co. in Swayzee, Ind., too, has replaced its legacy switching system with the CSX switch. Swayzee Telephone Co. serves 1,100 subscriber lines, and provides DSL, wireless Internet, cable TV and DSS satellite systems.

Lightyear Alliance, a division of Lightyear Network Solutions, will on Saturday open a new development and training center in Indianapolis.

The company, which provides telecommunications products, says it plans to add more than 2,000 full and part-time sales agents in the next 18 months in the Indianapolis area.

Lightyear Network Solutions, a licensed and regulated public utility is opening a new development and training center with their Lightyear Alliance division this Saturday September 16, 2006.

A ribbon cutting ceremony with Lightyear Alliance President Josh Henderson, CEO and Founder Sherman Henderson and several other corporate executives will begin promptly at 9a.m. The center is located at 2495 Directors Row Suite A-B directly across from the Indianapolis Airport. Lightyear Alliance is less than a 3 year old division of Lightyear Network Solutions founded in 1993.

The Lightyear Alliance division offers a full buffet of telecommunications products including, but not limited to, joint ventures with all major wireless (cell-phones) and broadband internet providers.

Additional services include Lightyear traditional local and long distance phone service, business services, and the newest technology in over 100 years called Lightyear Xstream Voice-Over-Internet-Protocol or VoIP. VoIP offers substantial savings over traditonal phone lines with unlimited local and long distance service as low as $16.58 per month.

Lightyear Alliance currently has over 200 agents in the Indianapolis area with plans to expand that to over 2,000 full and part-time agents in the next 18 months.

If you would like more information on Lightyear Alliance checkout our local website at [ >>> ]

--CopperCom today announced S&A Telephone Co. in Kansas will deploy a CopperCom Converged Switching eXchange (CSX(R)) next-generation switch as part of a major system upgrade. The deployment will simplify management of S&A’s network, and enable them to offer next-generation IP services, such as Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), in the future.

«Our network had multiple legacy switches, and the upkeep and management was getting to be extremely expensive and time consuming,» said Janet Bathurst, general manager, S&A Telephone Co. «The CopperCom CSX will simplify system management, ease upkeep costs significantly, and moves us to more current, state-of-the-art technology.»

S&A Telephone Co. provides local telephone service to the Kansas communities of Allen, Admire and Scranton. The company offers telephone service, long-distance service, and DSL.

«The CSX will be a very cost effective solution for S&A, and it will certainly ease system management demands,» said Mel Ethem, vice president of sales, CopperCom. «Further, S&A is now well-positioned to expand its service offerings beyond legacy services.»

About CopperCom

CopperCom provides innovative, next-generation switching, portal and application solutions for communications carriers. The company develops and delivers comprehensive solutions for carriers making the challenging transition to next-generation services or deploying leading-edge IP networks, from the ground up. The combination of CopperCom’s technology and experienced management team make it the ideal partner for service providers seeking to flourish and expand in a competitive environment.

Headquartered in Boca Raton, Fla., CopperCom has been in the communications business for more than two decades. It is a subsidiary of The Heico Companies, an approximately $2.5 billion dollar diversified organization specializing in the management of sector-leading companies. Heico offers the corporate strength, resources and leadership necessary to support CopperCom’s growth. Additional information can be found at [ >>> ]

CopperCom is a trademark, and CSX a registered trademark of CopperCom Acquisition Corp.

Forward-looking Statements

This press release contains statements that are forward-looking. Investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and that actual results could differ materially as a result of known and unknown risks and uncertainties.
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-- Launches Whaleback Partner Program and Recruits Established Interconnect Companies to Sell the CrystalBlue Voice Service™ so SMBs can Benefit from the Economics, Functionality and Reliability of Broadband VoIP

Whaleback Systems™ today introduced the Whaleback Partner Program, a comprehensive channel program for interconnect companiesincluding resellers, VARs and System Integratorsto accelerate the distribution of Whaleback’s CrystalBlue Voice Service. As part of the announcement made at the Fall VON tradeshow, Whaleback also named the initial members of this program. Whaleback is a Managed Service Provider (MSP) and is the first and only company that has created a full-functionality, premises-based IP PBX with Key System Unit functionality along with the necessary broadband-based telephony service infrastructureto offer a fully integrated, end-to-end broadband business telephony service for Small and Medium Business (SMB) customers.

«Channel partners can align with Whaleback to create added value in their offerings to their customers by offering small and medium businesses a premises-based managed broadband VoIP service,» said Mark Galvin, co-founder, president and CEO of Whaleback. «We offer a set of programs designed to appeal to a variety of qualified resellers, system integrators and VARs. Our unique business model creates a compelling business value to end customers while establishing a recurring monthly revenue stream, shortened sales cycle and low cost of entry for our partners.» By partnering with Whaleback, channel partners can:

-- Retain customer relationship and ownership by offering a fully managed VoIP service that frees customers from the limitations of IP Centrex services and the costs and hassles of internally managed IP PBX platforms. Channel partners can refresh their installed base of customers by offering a managed solution and they can address new markets with a reduced sales cycle.

-- Maintain hardware onsite so they can support moves, adds and changes for their customers.

-- Earn activation fees at the time of the sale by deploying the service.

-- Earn recurring monthly annuity payments for the life of each four-year customer contract.

Since Whaleback provides robust, 24X7 monitoring and management, channel partners can reduce their support costs and truck rolls and increase their profit while providing their customers with a highly reliable telephony service. Whaleback provides a Partner Demo Kit that allows channel partners to demonstrate the CrystalBlue Voice Service at their office. They can also leverage it as a portable demonstration that can be brought to the location of customers and prospects to show the call quality and ease of use of this managed service. Whaleback channel partners can also reduce their own telephony costs and are eligible for discounts on the CrystalBlue Voice Service.

«SMBs depend on trusted resellers, system integrators and VARs for reliable, easy-to-use solutions, and Whaleback offers a win-win-win solution,» said Galvin. «SMBs win by selecting a managed service that reduces their telephony costs and lets them take advantage of the economies of broadband cable or DSL connections--and the advanced features enabled by IP services. Our channel partners win because they no longer have to depend on IP PBX platforms offered by giant equipment manufacturers that were designed for large enterprises and stripped down to address the SMB market, and Whaleback benefits by reducing the costs of our business model by trusting our channel partners to offer CrystalBlue as a long-term telephony solutions for SMBs.»

Partners Enthusiastic About the CrystalBlue Voice Service

Whaleback channel partners are compensated for initial installation of the CrystalBlue Voice Service, and they receive ongoing revenue streams for the life of the customer contract. Since Whaleback provides robust 24x7 monitoring, channel partners can offer their customers and prospects reliable VoIP services delivered over cable or DSL networks.

According to Gus DiPopolo, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Quality Communications, «We like the concept of a premises-based VoIP service because typical small and medium businesses can easily identify the value it offers. We are partnering with Whaleback because CrystalBlue is a unique premises-based, managed service. It allows us to deliver high value to our customers and provides a recurring revenue stream that functions like an annuity for our business.»

Stephen Mannarino, President of AmeriCom Voice and Data, said, «Whaleback has a voice solution that clearly meets the needs of the SMB market. The CrystalBlue Voice Service delivers strong voice functionality to our customers and it reduces costs for us and for our customers. As a managed service, CrystalBlue helps us eliminate the need to roll trucks to support our customers, and it allows our customers to take advantage of the economics and features of broadband voice.»

Whaleback Partners

The following firms are founding members of the Whaleback Partner Program:

Accu-Tel is headquartered in Rollinsford, NH and it serves the telecommunications needs of small and medium businesses in Southern New Hampshire and Southeast Maine.

AmeriCom Voice and Data is a comprehensive technology company based in Norwood, Massachusetts. AmeriCom sells, installs and maintains telecommunication systems, data products, security system and health care automation systems. For more information, visit www.americominc.com.

Comm-4 specializes in communication and secure data solutions. For more information, visit www.comm-4.com.

ComputerSmith Consulting, LLC provides service and support to small businesses seven days a week. Its team of IT professionals helps organizations regain control of computers and networks. For more information, visit www.computersmithllc.com.

C.S. & M Tele-Systems is based in Tiverton, RI. The firm sells, installs and maintains telephone systems and computer networks. For more information, visit www.cmstelco.com.

Quality Communications is a full-service communications firm with expertise in the design, installation and maintenance of telephone systems and data networks. Founded in 1987, Quality Communications has grown into one of the most successful communications firms in the Metropolitan New York area. Based in New Jersey, Quality Communications has installed and currently maintain systems in 33 states. For more information, visit www.qcnj.com.

Direct Access Systems (DAS) is a premier managed solutions provider of conferencing and collaboration technologies. For more information, visit www.directaccessinc.com.

EmersonTel provides infrastructure, equipment and consultative services to the small-to-medium business community of southern New Hampshire and the New Hampshire seacoast.

Kent Communications specializes in providing a variety of telecommunications services to New Hampshire businesses. For more information, visit www.kentcomsystems.com.

Logic Communications is based in Franklin, MA and it engages in the services and installation of high-quality, leading-edge communication technology, network systems and peripherals. For more information, visit www.logiccommunications.com.

Mid-Atlantic Communications is based in Avoca, PA and is a regional communications solutions provider serving nearly 4,000 business customers throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York. For more information, visit www.midatl.com.

NetTel Systems is based in Weymouth, MA and offer a full range of business communications solutions including desktop call control, paging, networking, IP solutions, voice mail, unified messaging and call distribution. For more information, visit www.nettelsystems.com.

Premier Studios is a full-service media production company. Premier has been servicing national and international clients since 1988. For more information, visit www.premierstudios.com.

Telnet Systems is a leading provider of telephone, data network and converged business solutions to small businesses throughout New England. For more information, visit www.telnetsystems.com.

TMT-Excel Communications is based in Hauppauge, NY, and offers superior, customized and dependable business telephone system solutions. Its customer base exceeds 2,000 business, commercial, industrial, healthcare and education organizations throughout the tri-state area. For more information, visit www.tmtexcel.com.

TNCI is a leading national telecommunications provider delivering an unmatched balance of industry experience and stability. TNCI offers are a range of solutions including local and long distance service, audio/web conferencing, dedicated IP, integrated voice and data services, private line, frame relay and enhanced network solutions. For more information, visit www.tncii.com.

To Apply For Membership

Whaleback is aggressively recruiting qualified integrators, VARs and resellers. To apply for membership, visit www.whalebacksystems.com/partners and read more about the advantages of becoming a Whaleback channel partner and fill out an online application and you will be contacted by a Whaleback representative shortly.

About Whaleback Systems

Whaleback Systems is a Managed Service Provider (MSP) and the pioneering developer of the first business phone solution built from the ground up for broadband. Unlike traditional systems, the Whaleback CrystalBlue Voice Service is 100 percent premises-based and software-driven. It includes the only IP PBX with Key System Unit features and Road Warrior Functionality. Whaleback’s all-inclusive, unlimited nationwide calling package makes the most advanced technology immediately affordable for companies that need between 5 and 1,500 phone stations. The Whaleback service is available through partnerships with channel partners and VARs. For more information, visit www.WhalebackSystems.com.

OREM, Utah (BUSINESS WIRE) Oct. 5, 2005 Q Comm International, Inc. (Amex: QMM; QMM.WS), a provider of prepaid transaction processing and electronic point-of-sale (POS) distribution solutions, today announced a contract with Check$mart to install the Q Xpress 200™ POS terminal at over 170 locations nationwide. Check$mart, based in Dublin, Ohio, operates 172 payday loan and check cashing stores throughout Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Virginia, Florida, Utah and Arizona. Q Comm expects to complete the store roll out in the fourth quarter of 2005.

Under the terms of the contact, Check$mart will be able to provide Q Comm’s suite of leading prepaid products to check cashing and payday loan customers, enhancing recurring customer traffic and adding value at the point of sale. Selling prepaid services on demand via the Q Xpress 200™ terminal allows Check$mart to avoid problems associated with traditional prepaid cards, such as theft, inventory costs and stock outages. Check$mart can also benefit from Q Comm’s online sales reporting tools, which provide employee-level sales reporting.

Michael Keough, President and Chief Executive Officer of Q Comm International, said «Today’s announcement reflects our concerted effort to expand Q Comm’s presence at leading retailers like Check$mart. We are particularly excited about partnering with an alternative financial products retailer, since our respective target audiences are the same.»

Kyle Hanson, Director of Store Operations of Check$mart, states «We are excited to partner with Q Comm because their prepaid products add value for our customers. Additionally, Q Comm’s technology allows us to provide customized prepaid products with no hassle or upfront inventory costs.»

ABOUT. Q. COMM INTERNATIONAL:

Q Comm International is a prepaid transaction processor that electronically distributes prepaid products from service providers to the point of sale. Q Comm offers proprietary prepaid transaction processing platforms, support of various point-of-sale (POS) terminals, product management, merchandising, customer support and engineering. Q Comm systems replace traditional hard cards (also known as scratch cards or vouchers) that are costly to distribute, and provide more comprehensive reporting and inventory management among other benefits. Q Comm’s solutions are currently used by wireless carriers or mobile operators, telecom distributors, and various retailers to sell a wide range of prepaid products and services including prepaid wireless, prepaid phone cards, prepaid dial tone and prepaid debit cards. Visit www.qcomm.com for more information.

Statements made in this press release are forward-looking and are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in these statements. The economic, competitive, governmental, technological and other factors identified in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003, may cause actual results or events to differ materially from those described in the forward looking statements in this press release. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether because of new information, future events, or otherwise.

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Comprehensive HealthCare Solutions, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has signed a contract with A-1 Printing of Brooklyn, NY. A-1 Printing, one of the largest privately owned producers of prepaid telephone cards, prints approximately 100 million such cards per year.

The agreement authorizes A-1 Printing to attach Comprehensive’s discount prescription card -- as a free gift -- to approximately 10 million prepaid telephone cards distributed throughout the United States. The majority of prepaid telephone cards sold are used by people residing in the United States who still have family and friends in their countries of origin. A-1 Printing currently produces prepaid phone cards in a variety of foreign languages, marketing to individuals from such areas as Latin America, India, Pakistan, the Caribbean, and various other countries.

Paul Rothman, President of Comprehensive HealthCare Solutions, Inc. said, «We believe that this business alliance offers us the opportunity to put our competitive discount prescription card in the hands of ten million potential users, a vast majority of whom we believe are in large part either uninsured, underinsured or have no Rx coverage whatsoever. We believe that this could translate to a fairly high utilization rate and, in turn, would result in a potentially lucrative revenue stream that was not part of the Company’s original business model. This, added to our other contracts, makes our projected revenue growth for fiscal 2006–2007 look even brighter.»

Mr. David Kaufman, Owner of A-1 Printing said, «This business arrangement, offering Comprehensive’s free discount Rx card, will both greatly enhance vendor and customer loyalty and help increase our business. People today need to have a mechanism to buy their prescriptions on a less costly basis.»

Forward-Looking Statements

The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a «safe harbor» for forward-looking statements. This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding the intent, belief or current expectations of the Company and members of its senior management team. While the Company believes that its expectations are based on reasonable assumptions within the bounds of its knowledge of its business and operations, prospective investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, and involve risks and uncertainties, and that actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements. Factors that would cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated within this press release include but are not limited to, those associated with general business conditions; client concentration; dependence on network providers; the timely and efficient implementation of customer contracts; developments in health care reform and other regulatory issues and changes in laws and regulations in key states where the Company operates; future capitol needs; control by directors and officers; and the loss of key management personnel. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this release. The Company disclaims any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of this release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

ATLANTA, Oct. 3 /PRNewswire/ BellSouth today announced that it has increased e-mail storage capacity to 250MB at no additional cost for select small business and consumer broadband customers.

Beginning this month, residential customers of BellSouth(R) FastAccess(R) DSL Ultra (downstream speeds up to 1.5Mbps) and BellSouth(R) FastAccess(R) DSL Xtreme (downstream speeds up to 3Mbps), as well as business customers who utilize those similar speeds, will have 250MB of storage for each of their available e-mail accounts(1). This reflects an increase of more than 10 times the e-mail storage previously offered to each account.

«BellSouth is providing customers with additional space they might need to store more e-mails, attachments, photos and video,» said Pam Jones, vice president of data product management for BellSouth. «As our customers’ needs evolve, BellSouth will continue to consistently provide them with the best value for Internet service.»

The company’s latest move to increase customers’ e-mail space is one of several recent initiatives to enhance customers’ high-speed Internet experiences:

- Earlier this year, BellSouth introduced Video Chat through Instant Messenger, through which customers can engage in live streaming video conversations via their instant messaging services. — In July, BellSouth launched BellSouth(R) Internet Security Service, featuring a host of security applications designed to help keep residential and small business customers safe while online and their PCs free of spyware, viruses and tracking cookies. — BellSouth announced in August that customers who purchase a FastAccess Business DSL product may be eligible to receive a free new domain name and custom email account, such as sales@mygrowingbusiness.com (in addition to the fifteen standard email accounts they currently receive with their purchase).

«This is a great time to purchase FastAccess DSL,» Jones said. «We offer a range of broadband services that allows customers to choose the right speed at the right price, with the right applications to meet their needs.»

BellSouth offers FastAccess DSL for both consumer and business customers. Consumers and businesses interested in BellSouth(R) FastAccess(R) DSL Internet service can find more information online at [ >>> ] or by calling 1–888–321-ADSL.

About BellSouth Corporation

BellSouth Corporation is a Fortune 100 communications company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. BellSouth has joint control and 40 percent ownership of Cingular Wireless, the nation’s largest wireless voice and data provider with 51.6 million customers.

Backed by award winning customer service, BellSouth offers the most comprehensive and innovative package of voice and data services available in the market. Through BellSouth Answers(R), residential and small business customers can bundle their local and long distance service with dial-up and high-speed DSL Internet access, satellite television and Cingular(R) Wireless service. For businesses, BellSouth provides secure, reliable local and long distance voice and data networking solutions. BellSouth also offers online and directory advertising through BellSouth(R) RealPages.com(R) and The Real Yellow Pages(R).

BellSouth believes that diversity and fostering an inclusive environment are critical in maintaining a competitive advantage in today’s global marketplace. More information about BellSouth can be found at [ >>> ]

(1) FastAccess DSL Ultra and FastAccess DSL Xtreme customers receive eight

e-mail boxes; FastAccess DSL Business customers receive 15 e-mail boxes. BellSouth

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Sydney: Friday September 30: Cardcall Pty Ltd (www.cardcall.com.au) , Australia largest phone card distributor with monthly sales of over $7 million, announced today that it had reached — and surpassed — a 1 billion minute milestone in voice traffic within last 12 months.

Cardcall is the Phone Card division of fast growing Australian Broadband and VoIP provider Telecorp Limited.

«This impressive milestone was reached in August this year and covers the period to Sept 2005,» a delighted Telecorp CEO Steve Picton said today. «It is even more pleasing when you consider that only Cardcall products within Australia have been included and not New Zealand where we launched recently and already have a significant market share.»

«The total number of voice traffic minutes was 1,025,722,859 as at September 15 this year,» Mr. Picton said, «and we are growing at around 30% a year.»

Telecorp Limited recently announced it will link its just launched VoIP Internet phone service, GOTalk Broadband Voice, with its market leading Cardcall pre and post paid phone card range enabling home phone users — especially those with phone addicted teenage children — to access rates 30–50% below standard Telstra phone charges.

Telecorp is the only phone company in Australia which currently offers both phone cards and VoIP Internet phones as part of its range of services – and therefore is the only company that can link both. It can also bundle its Broadband and VoIP services onto a single invoice.

Media interviews can be arranged by contacting Terry Quinn on 0439 710 418 or or go to www.gotalk.com.au

Stephen Picton CEO Telecorp Limited PROFILE:

Prior to forming TELECORP LIMITED with high profile Chairman Trevor Rowe, (also Rothschild Chairman, ASX Director and Chancellor of Bond University), Mr Stephen Picton, was Group Director, Strategic Development, AAPT. During his years with AAPT Mr Picton was responsible for the overall Strategic Development of AAPT since joining as Director of Marketing in 1996. During that period he oversaw a number of key initiatives, such as AAPT’s entry into the Wholesale market, the development of a broad-based product portfolio and the rebranding of the company. He also managed AAPT’s IPO process and the many acquisitions and alliances carried out by AAPT in areas such as data, Internet, satellite, mobile and voice services. Prior to joining AAPT, Mr Picton spent 9 years with BT (British Telecom) in a variety of Sales & Business Development roles at a senior executive level.

CardCall is Australia’s most successful pre and post paid phone card operator, selling in excess of 300,000 new phone cards worth more than $7 million each month to the mainly youth/student/traveller and ethnic markets via 30,000 retailers (including $2million a month from free standing eftpos kiosks, mostly on university campuses) — and is growing at over 30% a year.

ATLANTA, /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ BellSouth Corporation (NYSE:BLS) today announced that Mark Feidler has been named chief operating officer, effective Jan. 1, 2005. Also effective Jan. 1, Dick Anderson, currently president-Customer Markets, has been named vice chairman-planning and administration, and Isaiah (Ike) Harris, has been named president- BellSouth Advertising & Publishing Group. Feidler, Anderson, Harris, Ron Dykes, chief financial officer, and Marc Gary, general counsel, will report directly to Duane Ackerman, chairman and chief executive officer.

"BellSouth has long been recognized as having one of the strongest management teams in the telecom industry," said Ackerman. "By giving our senior executives broad experience in all areas of our business, we continue to develop their leadership abilities and management skills, to the benefit of our customers, shareholders and employees."
Feidler Named Chief Operating Officer.

Mark Feidler joined BellSouth in 1991 as director of strategic transactions. In 1993, he was promoted to vice president of corporate development for BellSouth Corp., and was named president of Interconnection Services three years later. In 1998, he was appointed president of BellSouth Mobility, Inc. In 2001, he was named chief operating officer for Cingular Wireless, a position he held until January 2004, when he was named chief staff officer for BellSouth.

Reporting to Feidler will be Fran Dramis, chief information, eCommerce and security officer; Jan Funderburg, president-Consumer Services; Margaret Greene, president-regulatory and external affairs; Rod Odom, president-Network Services; David Scobey, president-Small Business Services; and Fred Shaftman, president-BellSouth Business.
Keith Cowan, currently president-BellSouth Interconnection Services, will also report to Feidler as president-marketing and product development. Reporting to Cowan will be Donna Lee, chief marketing officer, and Paulino Barros, vice president-product development and management. Barros is currently president of BellSouth's Latin American operations.
Rex Adams will replace Cowan as president of Interconnection Services, reporting to Rod Odom. Adams is currently president-BellSouth Long Distance and vice president-product development and management.

Anderson Named Vice Chairman-Planning and Administration
Reporting to Dick Anderson will be Valencia Adams, vice president and chief diversity officer; Barry Boniface, vice president-planning and development; Becky Dunn, senior vice president-corporate compliance and corporate secretary; William Pate, vice president-advertising and public relations; Dick Sibbernsen, vice president-human resources; Scott Frank, president of BellSouth Intellectual Property Management Corp; and Randy Hudon, director of Corporate Aviation.

Anderson joined South Central Bell in 1981 as an account executive. As chief operating officer for Universal Communication Systems, he led the transition of that company into an integrated equipment services entity for BellSouth. Anderson was named president-Interconnection Services in 1993, and was appointed president-customer markets in October 1999.

Harris Named President of A&P; Smith, Peon to Retire
As president of the Advertising & Publishing Group, Ike Harris will have responsibility for BellSouth Advertising & Publishing Corp., The Berry Company, Stevens Graphics and IntelliVentures, the Internet company that produces RealPages.com. He will continue to have responsibility for BellSouth's Latin American operations and Cellcom. Mauricio Wior, regional vice president-Latin America, will report to Harris until the sale of the BellSouth's remaining Latin American properties is completed.
Since joining BellSouth in 1997, Harris has served as chief financial officer for BellSouth Telecommunications Inc., vice president-corporate finance and president-Consumer Services. Since becoming president of BellSouth Enterprises in January 2004, he has been responsible for BellSouth's Latin American and European operations and BellSouth's Advertising & Publishing Group.

Elmer Smith, president-Advertising & Publishing Group, has announced his retirement, effective March 31, 2005. Smith will continue to report to Harris until his retirement. Prior to his current position, Smith served as president and CEO of The Berry Company, the largest Yellow Pages advertising sales agency in the United States. BellSouth acquired The Berry Company in 1986.

Also announcing his retirement is Roberto Peon, chief marketing officer for BellSouth International. Peon led BellSouth's growth in the Latin American wireless communications industry. He joined BellSouth in 1987 as director of business development for BellSouth International. Prior to his current position, Peon served as vice president-Latin America, president-Brazil operations and CEO for BCPTelecomunicacoes in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Shannon, Wentworth, Droege Named to New Positions
BellSouth has named Pat Shannon senior vice president-finance, reporting to Ron Dykes. Shannon joined BellSouth in 1997 as vice president-finance. He was named vice president-finance and controller in January 2004.

Reporting to Shannon will be Lynn Wentworth, who will move from her current position as vice president and treasurer to vice president and chief financial officer-Communications Group. Wentworth joined BellSouth's financial organization in 1985, and held numerous positions within that organization until being named an officer of BellSouth in January 2003.

Mark Droege has been named vice president and treasurer for BellSouth, reporting to Dykes. Droege, who is currently vice president and chief financial officer-Latin American Group, joined BellSouth in 1986. He has held several key positions, including director-Investor Relations, chief financial officer of DataServ and president-BellSouth Interactive Services, before being named to his present position in April 2000.
About BellSouth Corporation

BellSouth Corporation is a Fortune 100 communications company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia and a parent company of Cingular Wireless, the nation's largest wireless voice and data provider.

Backed by award winning customer service, BellSouth offers the most comprehensive and innovative package of voice and data services available in the market. Through BellSouth Answers(R), residential and small business customers can bundle their local and long distance service with dial up and high speed DSL Internet access, satellite television and Cingular(R) Wireless service. For businesses, BellSouth provides secure, reliable local and long distance voice and data networking solutions. BellSouth also offers online and directory advertising through BellSouth(R) RealPages.com(R) and The Real Yellow Pages(R).
More information about BellSouth can be found at [ >>> ] .
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TAIPEI, TAIWAN (MARKET WIRE) City Network, Inc. (AMEX: CSN) a company that designs, manufactures and markets a comprehensive line of broadband and wireless Internet access solutions and consumer electronic products, announced today that it has obtained a new project with Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. (NYSE: CHT), Taiwan’s largest telecommunications company listed as an ADR on the NYSE.

City Network successfully obtained an important business contract via an open bid process amongst competition from several very well-established and highly qualified local market competitors. The winning of the contract represents the largest of a series of orders City Network has obtained from the local telecom giant. The total value of this current contract is nearly US$1,000,000.

The agreement provides that City Network will supply a series of products from both Sun Microsystems and software developed by Oracle including two high capacity high-end servers, five middle range servers, twenty smaller servers and arrays of RAID storage peripherals for the servers as well as one related database software packages. Engineers from City Network will oversee the installation, management and maintenance of the project equipment with each of the products being sold to Chunghwa Telecom scheduled to be delivered by the end of December 2004.

«We see the winning of this most recent bid and contract as a milestone for our company,» commented City Network Chairman Andy Lai, «the project represents the largest to date of our business dealings with Chunghwa Telecom and, we believe, represents proof of the success of City Network’s sales and engineering teams.»

City Network took part in a countrywide open bid competition in order to participate in this infrastructure project. There were more than a half dozen direct competitors who were involved in the two month process of selection and qualification which culminated in last week’s bidding activities, but City Network was able to successfully bid the most competitive price, and therefore obtained the contract. In order to obtain the contract, City Network also passed a series of strict evaluation procedures established by Chunghwa Telecom’s project evaluation team. Therefore, the Company was able to offer the lowest cost as well as high quality to the customer.

The project, which Chunghwa Telecom has named the HiNet Domain Name Service Infrastructure System, is a sub-project of Chunghwa’s Internet Information Applications Service Program. This program is being developed to provide infrastructure equipment and database software to support Chunghwa Telecom’s ISP business and to continue to meet the growth needs of its internet broadband client base. The goal of the project is to continue to strengthen and improve the quality of Chunghwa Telecom’s previously existing HiNet Domain Name Service (DNS), which is one of the overall services provided by HiNet. Other services of Chunghwa’s HiNet include E-mail services, Anonymous FTP, virtual hosting, WebHD, SMS/MMS/SyncML, multi-media, and other applications including e-business services.

About Chunghwa Telecom Co.

Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. provides bundled and value-added telecommunications services to business and residential customers in Taiwan. The company’s service offerings are categorized into three principal groups: fixed-line services, wireless services and Internet and data services. Fixed-line services are the company’s principal business activity. It provides local, domestic long-distance and international long-distance telephone services in Taiwan. Chunghwa also provides interconnection with its fixed-line network to other cellular and fixed-line operators. Wireless services offered by Chunghwa include cellular and paging services. Internet and data services offered by Chunghwa include asymmetrical digital subscriber line (ADSL) Internet access, Internet value-added services and wireless local area networks, leased line services, managed data services and Internet data center services.

About City Network, Inc.

City Network, Inc. designs, manufactures and markets a comprehensive line of broadband and wireless Internet access solutions and consumer electronic products. The Company’s product line ranges from the City Network HPNA device for the flourishing worldwide residential building and hospitality market to the simple DSL bridge/modem for the home and small business user. Currently, City Network Home PNA and xDSL broadband access equipment is widely deployed by major telecommunication carriers, ISPs, and System Integrators worldwide.

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