Top U.S. Retailers Name Z-Tel’s Personal Voice Assistant™ “Best New Technology;” Will Showcase at International Consumer Electronics Show, Las Vegas, January 8-11, 2004; Press Day January 7

Z-Tel Communications, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Z-Tel Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq/SC: ZTEL) and leading provider of local, long distance and enhanced telecommunications services, announces its Personal Voice Assistant™ (PVA) product was named “Best New Technology” at the RetailVision® Fall 2003 event. RetailVision, hosted by Vision Events, showcases the hottest technologies to hundreds of key decision-makers in the retail industry.

TAMPA, FL (PRWEB) November 24, 2003 -Tel Communications, Inc., a wholly-

owned subsidiary of Z-Tel Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq/SC: ZTEL) and leading provider of local, long distance and enhanced telecommunications services, announces its Personal Voice Assistant™ (PVA) product was named “Best New Technology” at the RetailVision® Fall 2003 event. RetailVision, hosted by Vision Events, showcases the hottest technologies to hundreds of key decision-makers in the retail industry.

Z-Tel’s PVA is a voice-activated communication service provided to Z-Tel residential customers at no charge. The service allows users to voice email or voice dial their contacts stored in a virtual, voice-activated address book, which they can access from any phone in the world using simple, spoken commands. With PVA, users can pick up the phone, say, “Send email to family,” and PVA will record their message and deliver it in their voice to the entire group at once. PVA includes conference calling, birthday reminders, an automatic contact updater, conference calling, broadcast messaging and Communities™, a network of PVA address books. PVA is also available to Z-Tel’s non-residential customers nationwide on a stand-alone basis. Z-Tel will showcase its new technology at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas Jan. 8-12, 2004, with Press Day January 7.

WHERE:        

International Consumer Electronics Show

Las Vegas Convention Center; BOOTH NUMBER 20511, South Hall

WHEN:         

January 8-11, 2004; PRESS DAY JANUARY 7, 2004

10 am - 6 pm Thursday, Jan. 8, 2004

9 am - 6 pm Friday, Jan. 9, 2004

9 am - 6 pm Saturday, Jan. 10, 2004

9 am - 4 pm Sunday, Jan. 11, 2004

MEDIA CONTACT:    For samples of Z-Tel’s PVA or for interviews with Gregg Smith, president and CEO, Z-Tel, and Kyle Brown, senior VP for business development, Z-Tel, contact Michelle James at michelle@brandsoup.com or 914-833-3892.

About Z-Tel

Founded in 1998, Z-Tel offers consumers and businesses nationwide traditional and enhanced telecommunications services. Z-Tel’s enhanced services, such as Internet-accessible and voice-activated calling and messaging features, are designed to meet customers’ communications needs intelligently and intuitively. Z-Tel also makes its services available on a wholesale basis to other communications companies, including Sprint. For more information about Z-Tel and its innovative services, visit http://www.ztel.com.

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