EarthLink Complete Hosted Voice Recognized with Product of the Year Award from INTERNET TELEPHONY Magazine

ATLANTA, Feb. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- EarthLink, Inc. (NASDAQ: ELNK), a leading IT services and communications provider, today announced that TMC, a global, integrated media company, recently selected EarthLink Complete™ Hosted Voice as a recipient of its 2012 INTERNET TELEPHONY Product of the Year Award. 

"It is with pleasure that we recognize EarthLink with a Product of the Year Award. The editors of INTERNET TELEPHONY have verified that EarthLink Complete Hosted Voice displays quality and innovation while providing solutions to real business communications challenges," stated Rich Tehrani, CEO, TMC. "I would like to congratulate the team at EarthLink for their commitment to advancing IP communication technologies."

2012 Product of the Year winners are published on the TMC website. The editors sought IP communications solutions which demonstrated the vision, leadership and attention to detail that are the hallmarks of the award.

"Our team is pleased that TMC and INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine have again provided their vote of confidence by selecting EarthLink Complete Hosted Voice as a Product of the Year for the second time," said Michael Toplisek, EarthLink Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing. "EarthLink Complete enables us to offer any size business with a single-source, full-featured Hosted IP PBX solution without the cost of purchasing a PBX. Fully scalable to grow as the customer evolves, EarthLink Complete delivers convenience and freedom so our clients can focus on their core business and spend less time managing their communications infrastructure."

EarthLink Complete Hosted Voice is part of EarthLink's Complete suite of business voice, data, and Internet solutions. EarthLink Complete integrates leading-edge hosted Voice over IP applications and private MPLS networks with equipment, mobile and security offerings to provide businesses with a fully customizable communications portfolio leveraging the company's expansive network and state-of-the-art secure IP infrastructure.

Key EarthLink Complete differentiators include the flexibility to select a blend of access technologies for connectivity, including DSL, T1 and Ethernet, all of which provide Quality of Service (QoS) and the myLink™ customer control point, which empowers customers with easy web-based account management and customization. EarthLink's online Hosted Voice demo is a convenient way to sample the solution's features via any computer.

About EarthLink
EarthLink, Inc. (NASDAQ: ELNK) is a leading IT services and communications provider to more than 150,000 businesses and one million consumers nationwide. EarthLink empowers customers with managed services including cloud computing, managed and private cloud, and virtualization services such as managed hosting and cloud workspace. EarthLink also offers a robust portfolio of IT security, application hosting, colocation and IT support services. The company operates an extensive network spanning 28,800 route fiber miles with 90 metro fiber rings and 4 secure data centers providing ubiquitous nationwide data and voice IP service coverage across more than 90 percent of the country. Founded in 1994, EarthLink's award-winning reputation for outstanding service and product innovation is supported by an experienced team of professionals focused on best-in-class customer care.  For more information, visit EarthLink's website at www.earthlink.net.

About INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine
INTERNET TELEPHONY has been the IP Communications Authority since 1998™. Beginning with the first issue, INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine has been providing unbiased views of the complicated converged communications space.  For more information, please visit www.itmag.com. Follow INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine on Twitter or join our Linked In group. Subscribe or visit www.itmag.com.

About TMC
TMC is a global, integrated media company that helps clients build communities in print, in person and online. TMC publishes multiple magazines including CUSTOMER, INTERNET TELEPHONY, M2M Evolution and Cloud Computing. TMCnet is read by as many as 1.5 million unique visitors each month, and is the leading source of news and articles for the communications and technology industries. TMC is also the producer of ITEXPO, the world's leading B2B communications event, as well as industry events: M2M Evolution; Cloud4SMB Expo; DevCon5; HTML5 Summit; Super Wi-Fi Summit, CVx; AstriCon; StartupCamp; MSPWorld and more. Visit TMC Events for a complete listing and further information. For more information about TMC, visit www.tmcnet.com.

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