TalkSwitch® Wins Inaugural VON Magazine Innovator Award

Norwood, MA & Ottawa, ON – March 5, 2008 – TalkSwitch®, the leader in the design and manufacture of innovative telephone systems for small and multi-location businesses, today announced that it has received a 2008 VON Magazine Innovator Award, the foremost recognition of companies representing the future of the Internet Communications industry.

The VON Magazine Innovator Awards are the most prestigious in VoIP communications. Given to only 65 companies worldwide, the awards recognize the top achievers among the thousands of companies in the industry. TalkSwitch is the pioneering developer of phone systems exclusively for small business. The truly hybrid nature of its systems, coupled with a uniquely owner-friendly™ and vendor-friendly™ approach, were key factors that elevated the company over its competition in these awards.

“The VON Magazine Innovator Awards recognize the Internet Communications industry’s best and brightest companies, and we’re very pleased to announce TalkSwitch as an inaugural winner,” said Bill Sell, Publisher, VON Media Group. “TalkSwitch stood out among the large field of companies that participated in the nomination process, and was a unanimous choice of the selection committee. We congratulate the entire team at TalkSwitch for its wonderful effort, and are proud to bestow this well-earned recognition upon them.”

“We’re deeply honored by this recognition,” said Jan Scheeren, President and CEO, TalkSwitch. “We’ve put a lot of hard work into developing what we believe are the best phone systems on the market for small businesses, and this is a nice validation of our approach. The VON Magazine Innovator Awards are very meaningful, as they truly recognize the best of our industry, whether they are public or private, large or small. This award has to be earned, and I’m very proud of my team for getting us here.”

The VON Magazine Innovator Award follows on the heels of TalkSwitch being named the absolute best VoIP phone system for small businesses by the readers of Small Business Computing magazine. That award comes directly from the readers, the people that run small businesses and use these systems everyday.

TalkSwitch systems are ideal for companies with up to 64 telephone users per location, and combine the best capabilities of PBX, IP PBX and Key phone systems at unbeatable value. Its hybrid systems are flexible, easy to use and manage, easy to sell, and are easily expanded to suit the needs of a growing business. TalkSwitch gives its customers choice. Choice about the phones they use, the networks they use, the service providers they use and the rate at which they make the move to VoIP. TalkSwitch systems provide customers with the call handling features and smooth user experience they demand. The company has been developing systems exclusively for the small business market for nearly two decades, a legacy of success that none of its competitors can match.

TalkSwitch will be exhibiting its full range of products at Spring VON.x, taking place in San Jose from March 17-20, in booth # 835. The VON Innovator Awards will be handed out on March 18th at 6:00 pm (PST), in a ceremony being held in the VON Theatre on the expo floor.

All TalkSwitch telephone systems and complimentary products are available through authorized TalkSwitch resellers. For more information, please visit www.talkswitch.com.

About TalkSwitch
TalkSwitch® designs and develops award-winning phone systems for small, multi-location and franchise businesses. Since its establishment in 1990, TalkSwitch has sold tens of thousands of systems that small businesses rely on everyday. With a growing global network of resellers, distributors and partners, TalkSwitch’s fully hybrid phone systems are changing the way small businesses communicate. For more information, please visit our website at www.talkswitch.com, or call us toll free in North America at 1.888.332.9322. In all other markets, please call +1.613.725.2980.

About the VON Magazine Innovator Awards
Building on the legacy of the Pulver 100, the VON Innovator Awards have evolved to recognize all companies – start-ups to publicly traded companies – which represent the future of Internet Communications. Each participating company completed a lengthy and comprehensive nomination process, and the recipients have been selected from a committee made up of VON magazine editors, columnists and contributors, as well as the leading content producer for the VON.x conferences. The inaugural VON Magazine Innovator Award winners will be honored at Spring VON.x at 6:00 pm pacific time on March 18th in the VON Theatre in San Jose. For additional information, please visit http://vonmag.com/innovators/.
 

For more information, please contact:
Chris Brennan
Public Relations Manager,
TalkSwitch
613.725.2980 x 136
888.332.9322 x 136
cbrennan@talkswitch.com

Todd Keefe
Pulvermedia/VON Magazine,
617-262-1968 x 100
todd@pulvermedia.com

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