Expansion of service means cost-effective and reliable VoIP service for Ames, Iowa City and Dubuque businesses

DES MOINES, Iowa; (July 18, 2006) – LightEdge Solutions, a leading provider of business-to-business managed voice, data and IT services, today announced the completion of a network infrastructure build-out that will add Ames, Iowa City and Dubuque to the LightEdge voice network. Becoming part of this network will allow businesses in these areas to cost-effectively access the features and functionality of the LightEdge voice-over-Internet-protocol (VoIP) platform.

To enable this expansion, LightEdge has added redundant pairs of Cisco media gateways to several facilities. In all instances the devices have been configured as pairs with one acting as the primary device and the other acting as the failover. The addition of these devices has nearly doubled LightEdge's service capacity available for the Iowa City market, and allows for a much greater reach and better reliability in Ames and Dubuque.

“Our goal with any infrastructure change is ultimately to improve our network so that LightEdge can better serve small and medium-sized businesses,” said Jim Masterson, chairman and chief executive officer of LightEdge. “This is a big win because customers will receive better coverage, reduced costs and enhanced reliability.”

The additional coverage applies to both the converged access and hosted PBX VoIP services provided by LightEdge. In a converged access VoIP implementation, the telephone lines are replaced by a private, high-speed connection to LightEdge. The phone handsets and PBX are left intact. Hosted PBX also involves replacing the phone lines with connectivity from LightEdge, but the company’s PBX and phone handsets are no longer utilized. All of the phone functionality, including voice mail, “Find me/Follow me” call routing, remote office and push-to-talk, is provided through the LightEdge VoIP platform via IP-enabled phones.

While VoIP has become popular for residential use, it has only very recently become of a high enough quality for businesses. The Dell’Oro Group anticipates that IP PBX sales will reach $2 billion by 2010, nearly a three-fold increase from 2005.

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LightEdge Solutions® empowers businesses to be more productive, mobile and effective with managed voice and data services delivered through a multi-homed, Cisco Powered Network data center environment. By out-tasking voice, data and IT services, small and medium sized businesses are able to realize unparalleled scalability and reliability with a lower total cost of ownership and reduced administration. For more information about services available for your business, visit LightEdge’s web site at www.lightedge.com.

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