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Preferred Voice and Comporium Expand Agreement to Offer Multiple Voice
Recognition Services
Comporium to Offer Enhanced Voice Services to Its Customers in South
Carolina
DALLAS, April 27 - Preferred Voice, Inc. (OTC Bulletin
Board: PFVI - news) today announced that it has reached an agreement to expand
its multi-year contract with Comporium Communications (formerly Rock Hill
Telephone Company) of Rockhill, South Carolina. The expanded agreement will
enable Comporium to market a suite of Preferred Voice's enhanced voice services
including voice activated dialing, voicemail navigation, voice accessed content,
voice calling cards and voice telephone receptionist. Comporium will become the
first Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier (ILEC) in the US to offer such a
comprehensive list of voice recognition services to its residential and business
subscribers. Initial product launch is planned for the third quarter of this
year.
Preferred Voice has signed agreements with 30 telecom carriers,
including wireless carriers, CLECs and ILECs, which operate in 34 states. The
Company is now in the process of a nationwide expansion for its service
offerings with the initial deployment having taken place in the U.S. Midwest and
Northeastern markets. The Company now has successfully deployed its
voice-enhanced services with eight different carriers, in eight states. This is
Preferred Voice's first major ILEC voice technology deployment that would
include multiple services offerings.
"We are excited about the
opportunity to continue to offer our customers the most advanced, cutting edge
services," said Bryant Barnes, Executive Vice President of Operations for
Comporium Communications. "Preferred Voice's voice-activated services will
change the way we use our telephones."
"Comporium's commitment to voice
services underscores their commitment to continue to deliver the best in
telephone services to their subscribers," said Rick Stone, Senior Vice President
of Sales and Marketing for Preferred Voice. "We look forward to working with
them on this unique and exciting alliance."
This press release contains
forward-looking statements. Since all statements about Preferred Voice's plans,
estimates, and expectations are based on current projections that involve risks
and uncertainties, and are subject to change at any time, the Company's actual
results may differ materially from expected results. Readers should consider
these risks and uncertainties, which are discussed in documents filed by
Preferred Voice, Inc. with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These
documents identify important factors that could cause the actual results to
differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements.
Preferred Voice, Inc. expressly disclaims any obligation to update any
forward-looking statements.
About Preferred Voice, Inc.
Based
in Dallas, TX, Preferred Voice, Inc. is a leading voice recognition technology
company that markets its services to wireless, ILEC and CLEC companies across
the United States. Preferred Voice has developed its Voice Integrated Platform
System (VIP) on an industrial grade, fault-tolerant, Windows NT-based server,
which combines the Company's proprietary software with the natural dialogue
speech recognition technology of Philips Speech Processing, a business unit of
Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG - news) -- one of the global market leaders
in speech recognition. For more information and a live demonstration, please
visit www.preferredvoice.com.
About Comporium
Communications:
Though its name is new, Comporium Communications has
provided communication services to customers in York and Lancaster Counties for
more than 100 years. Comporium Communications is dedicated to making their
customers' lives even easier by bringing together local telephone, long
distance, wireless, cable TV, internet and security services, all available from
one source and on one bill. Other members of the Comporium Group of companies
are: Comporium Data Services, Comporium Long Distance, Comporium Publishing,
Comporium Security and Comporium Telecom. Under this concept, Comporium
Communications is uniquely positioned to offer its customers one-stop shopping
for their communications needs.
Company Contact:
Bill Schereck
President / COO
(214) 265-9580
wschereck@preferredvoice.com
Agency Contact:
Ira Weingarten
Equity Communications
(805)
897-1880
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