IGEN Networks announce the appointment of two new members to the Advisory Board

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LAS VEGAS, July 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Mr. Robert Nealon reports:

IGEN is pleased to announce the appointment of two new members to the Advisory Board, who will assist the Board of Directors for IGEN Networks Corp. Dr Guy and Mr Celiberti's appointments as advisors significantly furthers IGEN Networks' commitment to becoming a world leader in rural broadband communications.

Edward T. Guy, III, Ph.D. is a recognized innovator, entrepreneur, and consultant with over 25 years of Internet and communications experience. He recently founded CleverSpoke, a mobile services provider. He also founded e*MC Software, a software services firm which enables emerging IP telephony technologies to be commercialized and brought to market. In this role, he was a founding team member and Chief Architect of Truphone, the first mobile VoIP provider, where he is a regular contributor. Ed also was founder and CTO of IPeerx, which was acquired by XConnect in 2006. He was CTO and Chief Scientist at pulver.com where he deployed the Free World Dialup, the largest open VoIP system of the time. His team developed and distributed softphones and provided Internet systems engineering for Bellcore (Telcordia) Technologies as they first entered the VoIP market.

Ed has been awarded a patent in advanced communication techniques and has additional patents pending. He also authored two Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Internet RFCs. He started his career at Digital Equipment Corporation and General Electric and earned a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from Syracuse University.

Christopher Celiberti is a communications industry leader and entrepreneur shaping strategies, technology, product and standardization of IP communications for wireline, mobile, and cable. Christopher is currently the Co-Founder and CEO of CleverSpoke, Inc., a Mobile Services Application Platform company. Before joining CleverSpoke, Christopher spent the past five years as a Director; Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff for NeuStar, Inc. Prior to NeuStar, he was on the founding team of Tello, Inc. and several other Pulver.com startups as well as an advisor at Open Media Labs and Parlerai. Christopher has also held key technology positions at EDS, Bellcore (Telcordia), Portal Software (Oracle) and other leading technology companies. He is a recognized industry standards participant and speaker.

Christopher has earned a BS in Environmental Studies from Chadwick University, International Degree from University of California Berkeley in Computer Information Systems and completed MIT's Sloan School of Management's Product Design, Development and Management Executive Program.

Mr. Nealon reports that IGEN Networks is in the business of providing high-speed Internet, Phone and Data services to rural communities in trade areas up to a radius of 30 miles from the main broadband connections, at a fraction of the cost of competing technologies. IGEN's licensed technology, developed by Machlink, uses near line-of-sight radio in the UHF band to deliver signals from the Company's radio masts to customer premises. The market for high-speed Internet has been proven as an essential part of education, social interaction, the delivery of goods and services (including government goods and services) and financial matters. It has become an essential part of the fabric of life for most Countries. The Company will compete on the basis of superior quality of service and superior technology in these mostly rural areas. The current network design is capable of offering download speeds of up to 12 Mbps (typically 7) and upload speeds of up to 1.5 Mbps. IGEN Networks Corp. aims to offer consumers a choice of 3 High Speed Internet, Voice and Data packages to suit various levels of service, from the very basic internet and voice requirements to heavy-use requirements.

Robert Nealon states "As developed markets all over the world approach saturation, IGEN has begun to consider "the next billion" users. These are the rural populations living beyond the reach of traditional communications networks of any kind. IGEN has considered the infrastructural challenges in the rural areas and has assembled the team and technology to bring an affordable solution to the underserved rural populations."

    On behalf of the Board of Directors
    IGEN Networks Corp.
    "Robert Nealon"
    Chairman of the Board

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