Alteva Announces Participation in E-Rate Program

PHILADELPHIA, PA, Apr 07 (MARKET WIRE) --
Alteva, North America's largest provider of enterprise hosted VoIP, today
announced its participation in the Universal Service Administrative
Company's Schools and Libraries Program, also known as E-Rate. Through
this program, discounts are provided to assist most schools and libraries
in the U.S. obtain affordable telecommunication service, Internet access
and phone hardware. Discounts up to 90 percent of the costs of eligible
services are given, depending on economic need and location.

Through E-Rate, a participating school or library is responsible for
providing additional resources such as end user equipment (computers,
telephones, etc.), software, professional development and other elements
necessary to realize the objectives of that connectivity. Four service
categories are funded: telecommunications services, Internet access,
internal connections other than basic maintenance and basic maintenance of
internal connections.

"By expanding our presence in the education market, we're able to offer a
feature rich hosted telephony solution to the educational community,
bringing innovative communications right into the classroom, while at the
same time offering dramatic discounts for authorized services through the
E-Rate program," said Louis Hayner, Vice President of Sales, Alteva.
"Alteva's hosted solution is now a preferred choice for non-profit private
schools, public schools and libraries who are allotted only a certain
amount of spending per month on telecommunications."

Alteva's IP phone service provides affordable, high quality hosted IP PBX,
and calling functionality over a single IP network interface. With a
powerful yet easy-to-use interface, users are free to maintain, update and
expand their telephony system in their own time, at no extra cost.

About Alteva

Alteva, North America's largest provider of Enterprise Hosted VoIP, has
become the pioneer for showcasing the high quality and reliability of
Hosted VoIP solutions. Alteva provides businesses with "Communication as a
Service" that requires minimal installation and configuration while
eliminating monthly phone system maintenance charges and reducing overall
telephony costs. With a sophisticated open standards infrastructure,
Alteva enables businesses to easily integrate existing business
applications. Rather than building their processes around the limitations
of their phone system, Alteva's customers build their phone systems
around their ideal processes. Based in Philadelphia, Alteva provides
internet access, telephone system and service to growth-oriented
businesses in 48 states and 9 countries. For additional information about
Alteva and its solutions, please visit www.altevatel.com or call
1-877-258-3821.

About the E-Rate Program

The E-rate program is administered by the Schools and Libraries Division
(SLD) of the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC). The program
was set up in 1997 when the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
adopted a Universal Service Order implementing the Telecommunications Act
of 1996. The order was designed to ensure that all eligible schools and
libraries have affordable access to modern telecommunications and
information services. Up to $2.25 billion annually is available to
provide eligible schools and libraries with discounts under the E-rate
program for authorized services. www.universalservice.org/sl.

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