Cirilium Power-Suite Wins Another Major Industry Award; Communications Solutions Magazine Awards Cirilium Power-Suite 'Product of the Year' for 2000.

Business Editors

PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 22, 2001

Cirilium Corporation, a VoIP technology provider originally founded by Hypercom Corporation (NYSE:HYC) and Inter-Tel, Incorporated (NNMS:INTL), announced today that Communications Solutions(TM) magazine has awarded "Product of the Year" to Cirilium's Power-Suite.

This past December, Cirilium was the recipient of another "Product of the Year" award from Internet Telephony(R) magazine.

Communications Solutions' Product of the Year award is designed to recognize the most significant contributions during the year 2000. The selection committee based its results on activities conducted during the course of the previous year, including briefings at trade shows, discussions during on-site visits, interviews supplementing research for articles, hands-on testing and review of formal applications.

Citing Communications Solutions' announcement, the 2000 Product of the Year awards "present a picture of the year, as constituted by the year's most memorable and significant releases, that is, the year's most interesting new products." The full article on Product of the Year winners is included in Communication Solutions' January 2001 issue.

"We're excited to be receiving such great recognition, first from Internet Telephony and now from Communications Solutions," said Paul Wallner, Cirilium's president and CEO. "This past year, we've worked diligently to deliver the most innovative and reliable Voice over IP solutions for service providers and enterprises-- from basic voice transport to voice-enabling Web applications. Based on the prestigious "Product of the Year" awards we've received, and the positive feedback we are getting from our customers, it appears our hard work is paying off."

Cirilium's Power-Suite solution offers carrier-class IP telephony hardware plus a host of software-based components and services. The scalable, standards-based Media Gateways are designed to meet various interconnection and density needs. Power-Suite also offers a variety of hardware and software to manage sophisticated packet-switched networks and applications, including a Gatekeeper/Softswitch, Network Manager, IVR and Back-Office software. In addition, Power-Suite's software applications include Web services such as Touch-to-Talk , Web Push and Web Phone.

Power-Suite will be demonstrated next at Comnet, the first major networking event of 2001. The Comnet conference and expo will be held January 30 through February 1, 2001, at the Washington D.C. Convention Center. Power-Suite's voice-enabling Web services, including Touch-to-Talk, interactive Web Push and Web Phone will be showcased in booth 1156. A complimentary expo pass is available from Cirilium at www.cirilium.com.

About Cirilium

Combining its expertise in telecommunications, computer telephony and packet-switched application design, Cirilium delivers a host of award-winning VoIP solutions for service providers and enterprises. Power-Suite, Cirilium's IP Telephony offering, provides everything users need to establish and manage converged networks. Power-Suite consists of three components: the Media Gateway Package, which includes the Media Gateway and Call Manager; the NetControl Center, which provides the functions necessary to control and monitor a VoIP network-- Gatekeeper/Softswitch, Network Manager, IVR and Back-Office Package; and the Application Center, which offers interactive e-commerce applications such as Touch-to-Talk, Web Push and Web Phone technologies. Power-Suite components can be installed as a total solution or individually, with pricing computed on a per-port basis depending on configuration. Cirilium, a privately held company, is based in Phoenix, Arizona, USA and has offices in the United Kingdom, Singapore, Japan, Korea and Malaysia. For more information, contact Cirilium at 480/829-8888 or http://www.cirilium.com.

Notes: "Cirilium" is a trademark of Cirilium Corporation. All other company, product or service names mentioned in this release are trademarks, service marks, registered trademarks or registered service marks of their respective owners. Certain statements made in this release may contain forward-looking information (statements that are not historical facts) with respect to plans, projections or the future performance of Cirilium Corporation. These forward-looking statements are based on management's beliefs as well as on a number of assumptions concerning future events. Investors are cautioned that all forward-looking statements may involve certain risks and uncertainties.

Editor's Note: The product name "Power-Suite" is represented in this release as hyphenated, though in fact it should be a tilde that separates the words "Power" and "Suite". The substitution was made because the tilde is not supported by many media systems.