MERA Systems Receives INTERNET TELEPHONY® Magazine’s 11th Annual Product of the Year Award

MERA VoIP Transit Softswitch Professional (MVTS Pro), the most recent product from a leading softswitch vendor, recognized for outstanding innovation

Toronto, On, January 12 — MERA Systems announced today that Technology Marketing Corporation’s (TMC ®) INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine (www.itmag.com) has named MERA VoIP Transit Softswitch Professional ( MVTS Pro) as a recipient of its 2008 Product of the Year Award.

The successor of the award-winning MERA VoIP Transit Softswitch version 1, MVTS Pro comprised its better features being enhanced with better system capacity, modular architecture and various redundancy schemes. MVTS Pro is a high-performance softswitch with session border controller functionality designed to process up to 1000 new calls per second in its minimal setup configuration and provide carriers with elaborate analysis tools for network control and resolution of quality of service problems. The solution features effective tools of interaction with external routing and billing systems and integrates into the existing carrier’s network.

“It’s an honor for MERA System that our latest technological innovation is singled our by Technology Marketing Corporation and named the greatest achievement in the advancement of VoIP and IP telecommunications technologies in 2008 ,”- says Konstantin Nikashov, CEO of MERA Systems. “MVTS Pro is of greatest interest to our MVTS customers as well as to new clientele. Carriers that process 5-10 million minutes per month and need top-level fault-tolerant operation emphasize that MVTS Pro perfectly fits their requirements. We are proud to present MVTS Pro alongside with our well-known products at IT EXPO EAST in Miami.”

“INTERNET TELEPHONY is pleased to grant a 2008 Product of the Year Award to MERA Systems for their MVTS Pro. MERA Systems has proven they are committed to quality and excellence while addressing real needs in the marketplace,” said Rich Tehrani, TMC President and Editor-in-Chief of INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine. “We’re proud to honor their accomplishments in the advancement of IP communications and look forward to more innovative solutions from them in the future.”

A full list of Product of the Year winners will be published in the February, 2009 issue of INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine, (www.itmag.com). INTERNET TELEPHONY has been the authority in IP communication since 1998™.

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About company

MERA Systems develops industry-leading tandem softswitches and session border controllers for VoIP that enable carriers and service providers to manage VoIP calls circulating across their networks. To date, MERA Systems is a key provider of highly reliable and cost-effective VoIP switching and IP Centrex platforms. The company has 600+ deployments in 74 countries worldwide. MERA Systems offers carriers best-of-breed solutions that open new revenue channels bringing efficiency, scalability and rich functionality. For more information visit www.mera-systems.com

About INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine

INTERNET TELEPHONY has been the IP Communications Authority since 1998™. Beginning with the first issue in February of 1998, INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine has been providing unbiased views of the complicated converged communications space. INTERNET TELEPHONY offers rich content from solutions-focused editorial content to reviews on products and services from TMC Labs. INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine reaches more than 225,000 readers , including pass-along readers. For more information, please visit www.itmag.com.

About TMC

Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) is an integrated global media company helping our clients build communities in print, in person and online . TMC publishes Customer Interaction Solutions, INTERNET TELEPHONY, Unified Communications, and NGN Magazine. TMC is also the first publisher to test new products in its own on-site laboratories, TMC Labs. TMCnet, TMC's Web site, is the leading source of news and articles for the communications and technology industries. TMCnet is read by three million unique visitors each month worldwide, according to Webtrends. In addition, TMC produces INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO and Communications Developer Conference.

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