Epicus Selects Prosodie Interactives Unified Communications Technology for its New Freedom Messenger Communications Service.

Lake Mary, Fl., Monday, May 12, 2003-Epicus, Inc., Epicus" announced today that Prosodie Interactives technology will power their next generation Freedom Messenger platform, an important component to their core Freedom Rings business and residential bundled communications services. Under a private label, joint development agreement, the new Freedom Messenger service, due for release in mid May, will take voice mail to new levels, replacing the basic voice mail service previously offered. It will including message notification and retrieval via any telephone, enabled PDA devise, pager, e-mail as well as listening to messages via the Web. Freedom Messenger will also include a one number find me follow me service, an important first step into an entire voice portal service offering.

Epicus is continuing to deliver the latest technology driven enhanced services that broaden our product mix and offer greater benefits for the residential and small business customer" said John Wind III, Vice President of Marketing and Strategy at Epicus. The release of the new Freedom Messenger service is an important first step in our corporate strategy to reduce our dependency on product elements that are required from the Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs). Our enhanced services goals are to enable access to the Freedom Messenger content services from anywhere, at anytime from virtually any devise".

Service providers such as Epicus need to offer a wide set of consumer oriented enhanced services to stay ahead of the competition" said Nicolas Dourassoff, President & CEO at Prosodie. Prosodies technology will provide Epicus the foundation to service hundreds of thousands of customers with value added services designed to increase revenue and customer retention while setting the stage for the next wave of fast access enhanced voice portal content services. We view Epicus as one of the early local exchange carriers that realize long-term success requires being product centric".

IDC tracks this industry segment very closely" said IDC analyst, Will Stofega. The Freedom Messenger product introduction is well timed. It is clear in this telecom industry sector that in order to excel, service providers must have a differentiating product suite that not only clarifies their offering but creates the have to have it" demand among the residential and small business market. We applaud the vision and the path that Epicus has taken to satisfy that demand with the Prosodie partnership".

About Epicus:

Epicus is a wholly owned subsidiary of Epicus Communications Group, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: EPUC). Epicus is an integrated communications provider with voice and data service in the continuous 48 states, international long distance in 240 countries with local exchange services in 7 southeastern states. Epicus is a leader in offering bundled one bill" local services and the first licensed CLEC in Florida. Epicus offers a full suite of voice and data services for residential and small business customers through its Freedom Rings voice and AccessNOW data services brands.
About Prosodie Interactive, Inc.
Headquartered in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, Prosodie Interactive, Inc. is a technology services provider that develops and hosts the following solutions: interactive voice response services, call center technology solutions, unified communications services, interactive web services, virtual ACD and predictive dialing, and high capacity voice broadcasting. For more information about Prosodie Interactive, please visit the company's web site at http://www.prosodieinteractive.com.

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Contact:
Epicus, Inc.
John Wind III
Vice President of Marketing and Strategy
Direct: 407-942-1260 jwind@epicus.com

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