Convedia Media Servers Honored with Internet Telephony(R) Magazine 2005 Product of the Year Award; Convedia Recognized for Continued Product Leadership with Their IMS-Compliant Media Processing Platforms.

VANCOUVER, Canada -- Convedia, the leading supplier of VoIP and IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) media processing platforms, has received a 2005 Product of the Year Award from INTERNET TELEPHONY(R) Magazine. As a repeat winner of this prestigious award, Convedia has once again been recognized for its innovation and continued industry leadership in IP multimedia processing products for wireless, wireline, and cable services providers, as well as large enterprise customers.

"Convedia Media Servers continue to set a high bar for performance and innovation in IP media processing," said Rich Tehrani, Group Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of INTERNET TELEPHONY(R) Magazine. "And with their shared multimedia processing platforms that are accessible by a broad variety of third party applications, Convedia media servers make it easy for carriers to deliver exciting, next-generation applications to any endpoint device in an IP communications network. IMS architecture and fixed mobile convergence are now gaining serious momentum in the industry - concepts that are completely aligned with many of the service architecture principles Convedia pioneered back in 2000 with its CMS-6000 Media Server. With a track record for creating visionary and industry-shaping products, Convedia was a clear choice for our Product of the Year Award."

During 2005, Convedia announced over 10 new customers, including XO Interactive, Premiere Conferencing, Elitel, Covad, SunRocket, Lightyear, PowerNet Global, Bandwidth.com, STS Telecom, and VoEx. Convedia's channel-based distribution strategy with leading telecom equipment vendors and application partners have together deployed over 800 Convedia Media Servers to more than 175 customers in 30 countries around the globe, including over 25 of the top 50 service providers worldwide. Convedia continues to introduce IMS media processing features, further strengthening the firm's position as the leading Multimedia Resource Function Processor (MRFP) solution for IMS architecture deployments.

"Convedia is honored to once again receive the 2005 Internet Telephony Product of the Year Award," said Grant Henderson, Convedia's Executive Vice President of Marketing and Strategy. "Receiving this award yet again validates our consistency in developing media processing products that align with industry trends. IMS and fixed mobile convergence will require sophisticated multi-service media processing platforms to thrive, and Convedia is focused towards fulfilling that demand with products that facilitate innovative, yet economical IP-based communication services for wireline, wireless, and enterprise telecommunication customers."

Convedia's award-winning family of carrier-class IP Media Servers reduce capital and ongoing operational costs by consolidating the functions of traditional announcement and recording servers, interactive voice response units (IVR/VRU), audio/video conference bridges, voice mail servers, and speech platforms onto a single shared media processing platform. Convedia works closely with leading network equipment providers, application developers, and system integrators to deliver some of the industry's most innovative and cost-effective network and enhanced service solutions for service provider and large enterprise customers.

About Convedia

Convedia is the leading supplier of VoIP and IMS media servers, which enable telecommunication service providers to reduce service delivery costs and increase revenues through new approaches to enhanced services. Since pioneering the IP media server market in early 2000, Convedia has deployed its multi-service media processing platforms and technology with over 175 customers worldwide, including over 25 of world's top 50 carriers. Convedia's award-winning family of products includes the CMS-6000 Media Server, a carrier-class media server capable of scaling to 18,000 ports per shelf, and the CMS-1000 Media Server, a low-cost, entry-level media server. Convedia is a privately held company headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, with regional offices in Asia, the United States, and Europe. For additional information about Convedia, its products, or the role of media servers in Softswitch, Packet Cable, or 2.5 and 3G/IMS wireless architectures, visit www.convedia.com.

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