MegaPath Receives 2010 INTERNET TELEPHONY® Product of the Year Award

SAN JOSE, Calif., March 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- MegaPath Inc., one of the leading providers of managed data, voice, and security services in North America, today announced that its Hosted Voice and Integrated Voice solutions were selected for the 2010 INTERNET TELEPHONY Product of the Year award. The INTERNET TELEPHONY Product of the Year awards recognize the best voice over IP (VoIP) and IP communications products and solutions brought to the market in 2010.

"Companies today are looking for reliable and scalable voice solutions that grow as their business needs change," said Bruce Chatterley, President of Business Markets, MegaPath. "MegaPath's Hosted Voice and Integrated Voice solutions give customers enterprise-quality service that provides their organizations access to a rich feature set without putting a strain on their budgets. This recognition from INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine is a testament to the high-quality voice services that we offer to companies nationwide."

MegaPath's voice solutions save customers at least 50 percent compared to traditional phone services. The Company also guarantees Quality of Service (QoS) that classifies and prioritizes network traffic into real-time applications to ensure mission-critical applications are the highest priority. INTERNET TELEPHONY recognized MegaPath's leading voice solutions including:

• Hosted Voice offers a high performance, no maintenance alternative to a company's existing telephone system. The benefits include lower start-up costs and monthly savings, flexible calling plan options and advanced features.
• Integrated Voice combines voice and data over a single connection leveraging an existing PXB or IP PBX to deliver calls via analog lines, PRI services or SIP trunks. Additionally, MegaPath is the only provider to offer Hosted PBX features for its premise-based customers.

"I am pleased to announce MegaPath as a Product of the Year Award winner. The editors of INTERNET TELEPHONY have verified that Hosted Voice and Integrated Voice display quality and innovation plus provide for real needs in the marketplace," said Rich Tehrani, CEO, TMC. "I would like to congratulate MegaPath for its commitment to advancing IP communication technologies."

MegaPath's services are consistently recognized for innovation and industry leadership. Most recently, the Company was named to the Inc. 5000 for the fourth consecutive year. In addition, CRN included MegaPath on it's the VAR500 list of the top technology integrators. To view MegaPath's awards, visit http://www.megapath.com/news/awards/.

About INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine

INTERNET TELEPHONY has been the IP Communications Authority since 1998™. Beginning with the first issue in February of 1998, INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine has been providing unbiased views of the complicated converged communications space. INTERNET TELEPHONY offers rich content from solutions-focused editorial content to reviews on products and services from TMC Labs. INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine reaches more than 225,000 readers, including pass-along readers.  For more information, please visit www.itmag.com.

About TMC:

Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) is a global, integrated media company helping clients build communities in print, in person, and online. TMC publishes Customer Interaction Solutions, INTERNET TELEPHONY, Unified Communications, NGN and InfoTECH Spotlight magazines. TMC is the producer of ITEXPO, the world's leading B2B communications event. TMCnet.com, which is read by two million unique visitors each month, is the leading source of news and articles for the communications and technology industries. In addition, TMC runs multiple industry events: 4GWE; Smart Grid Summit; M2M Evolution; Cloud Communications Summit; Social CRM Expo; SIP Tutorial; VIPeering; Business Video Expo; CVx; Digium|Asterisk World; StartupCamp; MSPAlliance MSPWorld and more!  Visit TMC Events for a complete listing and further information.

For more information about TMC, visit www.tmcnet.com.

About MegaPath Inc.

MegaPath operates one of the largest end-to-end communications networks in the country. In 2010, the company combined with Speakeasy and Covad to form a single company providing a full range of data, voice and security services for small businesses and enterprises nationwide. MegaPath helps businesses of all sizes to easily and securely communicate between their headquarters, employees and business partners to lower costs, increase security and enhance employee productivity. To learn more about MegaPath's managed IP data, voice and security services, please visit www.megapath.com or call 1-877-MegaPath (634-2728).

SOURCE MegaPath Inc.