Aastra, AGN Networks and Epygi Collaborate to Deliver an Unbeatable Bundle for Small Business...

SAN DIEGO -- Today at the Internet Telephony Conference and Expo, three leaders in the VoIP market announced an unbeatable bundle for small businesses. Aastra, an innovative manufacturer of IP phones, AGN Networks, a leading feature rich VoIP carrier for businesses and Epygi, the manufacturer of

The Aastra IP phones tightly integrate with the Epygi Quadro IP-PBX, allowing for simple, hassle free installation and easy, intuitive operation. The AGN Networks VoIP phone service, which has now been certified for use with the Epygi IP-PBX, enables dramatic improvements in services for the small business customer.

* Small businesses can now enjoy direct dialing to and from their individual extensions, a feature only available today in expensive T1 services. This eliminates the need for auto attendants and receptionists.

* Small businesses owners will also sleep better as AGN and Epygi enable automatic rerouting of their business phone calls to any phone including your mobile phone or up to five designated numbers, in case of a disaster at the office.

* Small businesses can improve responsiveness to their customers through email and text message notification of received voicemails and faxes from the office. In fact, all received voicemails and faxes can be emailed as an attachment.

* Small businesses can take advantage of cost savings for both domestic and international calls through the competitive rates offered by AGN.

* Small businesses with more than one location can aggregate their calling volumes to get even more competitive rates from AGN under one account, and all calls between the sites and other AGN users are free

* Small businesses can manage their Epygi IP-PBX and Aastra SIP phones from the easy to use graphical user interface (GUI) on the Epygi system, and all of AGN advanced features are also available from an easy to use, intuitive online portal

* Small businesses no longer have to struggle with single line analog phones. They can manage their calls easily with a multi-line Aastra SIP phones and the Epygi IP-PBX.

* Small businesses can now create powerful custom telephony applications using Aastra's XML API and the soon to be released Epygi features which use it.

The best news of all is that these features are available for FREE to every small business that buys a bundle of Aastra SIP phones and an Epygi IP-PBX. For a limited time only, AGN Networks is offering a free (14) day trial for every new customer of Aastra SIP phones bundled with an Epygi IP-PBX.

"This new bundle and collaboration between Aastra, AGN and Epygi provides great benefits to small business users and allows them to try the advanced features of voice over IP with minimal risk," said Jeff Kirchner, CEO & President of Epygi Technologies Ltd.

All the small business needs to do is register on the AGN Networks website (www.agnvoip.com) or fax in the registration form. A configuration guide for the AGN Networks VoIP service and the Epygi IP-PBX is available on the AGN website as well. In the future, Aastra, AGN Networks and Epygi plan to introduce even more innovative services which offer increased productivity, reliability and cost savings for the small business . . . stay tuned.

At the Internet Telephony Conference and Expo, Aastra will be located in booth 112, AGN will be located in booth 806 and Epygi will be represented in the AGN booth (806) and in booth 104.

About Aastra

Aastra Telecom develops, markets, and supports a comprehensive portfolio of digital and analog telephones, open-standard SIP phones and wireless handsets. The company markets its communications solutions and services around the world through direct and indirect sales channels, telecom equipment distributors, dealers, value added resellers, and major telephone companies. For more information on Aastra, please visit our Web site at http://www.aastratelecom.com

About Epygi Technologies

Founded in 2000, Epygi Technologies Ltd (www.epygi.com) is a privately held US company headquartered in Plano, Texas. With over 120 employees worldwide and a global network of distributors and resellers, Epygi is ideally placed to help small and medium sized organizations improve their telecommunications wherever they are. The company designs and manufactures the Quadro range of feature-packed, 'All-In-One-Box' IP-PBXs, cost-saving Conference Servers and Voice over IP gateways, thousands of which have been deployed in over fifty countries worldwide.