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Excel Switching and Ntera Partner to Offer Impressive Carrier Termination Marketing Promotion

- Excel IMG 1010 Media Gateway Customers to Receive Up to $5,600 of Free Termination Services Over Ntera Network -

Fall VON 2005

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 19, 2005--Excel Switching Corporation, a worldwide provider of carrier-class open services platforms, media gateways and media servers, today announced that it has launched an unprecedented joint marketing promotion with Ntera, a new generation carrier that provides origination and termination services in the United States and major international cities.

Under terms of the joint marketing initiative, customers that purchase an Excel Integrated Media Gateway (IMG) 1010 prior to December 31, 2006, may be eligible to receive up to $5,600 in free termination services on the worldwide Ntera network. Excel will be at Fall VON 2005 in booth #121 to discuss additional details.

"When Excel introduced the IMG 1010 to Ntera, we immediately realized that the product made a major leap forward in terms of capabilities and lowering total cost of ownership," said Engin Yesil, CEO, Ntera Holdings, Inc. "As Ntera has successfully deployed Excel products and technology in our network for years, we quickly leveraged the IMG 1010 to provide a unique opportunity for customers, Ntera and Excel."

Excel's IMG 1010 offers service providers unparalleled performance, reliability and flexibility to introduce services across fixed and mobile networks worldwide. With its compact 1U package, integrated SS7 and flexible architecture, the IMG 1010 is a true carrier-grade VoIP gateway and/or VoIP transcoder that enables service providers to reduce costs while improving service quality.

The Ntera VoIP infrastructure is an extremely efficient network that consistently delivers toll quality voice services over dedicated bandwidth. The Ntera network utilizes the latest advances in communications technology, network design, and operations research to optimally enable convergent communications services. Ntera's deployment was timed to allow for maturations in VoIP technology that assure the constant delivery of toll quality voice service globally.

Ntera can improve the cost structure of any business model with minimal capital expenditure and without changing the manner in which customers communicate with each other. Ntera's dependable and continuously adapting solutions are sensible alternatives to recurrent infrastructure expenses necessary in the world of exponentially improving telecom networks. Ntera's origination, termination and enhanced services are available to facilities-based carriers, switch-less resellers, international partners, enterprise customers, ISPs and portal providers.

"We're thrilled that Ntera has selected Excel's IMG 1010 as its platform of choice for this type of offer," said Michael Twomey, vice president, product planning, Excel Switching Corporation. "The combination of Excel's scalable gateway with Ntera's termination services offers providers a way to lower costs and expand reach."

About Ntera
Headquartered in Miami, Florida, Ntera, a privately held subsidiary of Ntera Holdings, Inc., is supported by years of profitable growth and groundbreaking work in telecom products and services. Ntera stands out from its competitors owing to the fact that it has the prefect marriage of an IN-enabled legacy PSTN network with a next-generation VoIP network while having instant access to traffic necessary to achieve the critical mass essential for profitable network operations. Ntera's mission is to constantly provide the highest quality long distance services at the lowest price, via a continuously improving standards-based optimally converged network.

About Excel Switching Corporation
Founded in 1988, Excel Switching Corporation is a leading provider of carrier-class media gateways, media servers, signaling gateways, and enhanced service platforms for original equipment manufacturers, value-added resellers, and service providers. As a profitable company with more than 8,500 systems deployed in more than 80 countries, Excel addresses carrier needs for profitable applications by delivering a family of platforms that bridge fixed, mobile, and IP networks, thereby lowering costs, improving call quality, and simplifying network operations. By working closely with its partners, Excel supplies service providers with highly reliable, localized solutions designed to meet their immediate and future needs. For more information, visit www.ExcelSwitching.com.

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Press Contacts

Excel Switching:
Geoff Spillane, 508-862-3091
gspillane@excelswitching.com

Ntera:
Tolga Alemdar, 305-914-3418
talemdar@nteraholdings.com