Smoothstone and Solarcom Partner Services Form New Alliance

LOUISVILLE, Ky (February 28, 2006) — Smoothstone IP Communications, a nationwide provider of IP communications solutions and Solarcom Partner Services (SPS), a nationally recognized Master Agency for IT solution providers and telecommunications agents, announced today that they have formed an alliance to make Smoothstone's solutions available through SPS Agents.

“We are excited to have SPS as a new, Master Agent partner,” said Jack Roth, Smoothstone´s chief development officer. “Their nationwide reach and tremendous reputation for delivering high quality and cost effective solutions makes them a great partner for Smoothstone. Together, we will deliver better communications services and a lower total cost of ownership to mid-sized enterprises.”

The Smoothstone–Solarcom Partner Services alliance will offer SmoothstoneCOMPLETE, which includes enterprise–class VoIP, as well as advanced unified messaging and group collaboration tools, all over a nationwide, private, converged IP network. The partnership will also offer VoIP trunking to existing TDM equipment or to on–site IP PBXs. As part of its Smoothstone Certified Partner Program, Smoothstone will provide SPS with comprehensive sales, marketing, training and technical support.

Steve Moody, SPS´s executive vice president and general manager, is equally excited about the new alliance. “We´re working hard to quickly roll out Smoothstone´s solutions to our network. As a fully managed services provider serving the mid–sized enterprise market, Smoothstone is unique. Our agents are going to love taking such an advanced features–filled, reliable and cost effective solution to their clients, while also earning commissions on their clients´ total communications spending.”

About Solarcom Partner Services:

Solarcom Partner Services is a business unit of Solarcom Holdings, Inc. and a Master Agency Program with industry leading technology companies for Telecommunications Carrier Services, Managed Services, Implementation and Staging Services, Equipment Procurement, Storage, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, and Financial Solutions. The company extends the products and services of the Solarcom Holdings family, including Solarcom LLC, Atlantix Global Systems LLC and Comlanta LLC, and those of its industry partners, to end–user customers through a network of independent agents, resellers, integrators, solution providers and consultants, enabling them to add significant value to their own portfolio of offerings.

About Smoothstone IP Communications:

Smoothstone IP Communications is a nationwide provider of unified IP communications services to mid–sized enterprises. Smoothstone delivers Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), IP trunking, unified threat management, MPLS networking, contact center solutions, messaging and advanced collaboration tools as a unified suite of managed services and cloud based applications. Smoothstone´s scalable, on–demand applications & services can be integratedwith a customer´s existing network and telecommunications infrastructure, operational processes and employee activities, enabling a customer to migrate to unified IP communications as their business requirements dictate. For more information, call (800) 773.3037.