fiducianet Signs Northwest Telephone

Herndon, VA -- fiducianet, inc.TM, the nations first service bureau designed to allow telecommunications carriers to outsource their subpoena processing and court ordered technical assistance in support of law enforcement, achieved another milestone today by signing Northwest Telephone, Inc.. Northwest has contracted with fiducianet to outsource the management of its security functions. With the signing of Northwest Telephone, we now serve all of the carrier types in todays telecom space. We have customers in all the key industry segments, ranging from traditional wire-line providers and nationwide wireless carriers, to Internet Service Providers, and three of the new market entrants utilizing VoIP," said Mike Warren, President of fiducianet. In fact, Northwest is our fourth customer with soft-switch technology, which further broadens our experience base," Warren continued. Earlier this summer fiducianet announced a contract win with Cbeyond Communications, an integrated service provider utilizing Cisco Systems soft-switch technology to serve business customer in Dallas, Denver and Atlanta.

fiducianet Signs Northwest Telephone
Herndon, VA -- fiducianet, inc.TM, the nations first service bureau designed to allow telecommunications carriers to outsource their subpoena processing and court ordered technical assistance in support of law enforcement, achieved another milestone today by signing Northwest Telephone, Inc.. Northwest has contracted with fiducianet to outsource the management of its security functions. With the signing of Northwest Telephone, we now serve all of the carrier types in todays telecom space. We have customers in all the key industry segments, ranging from traditional wire-line providers and nationwide wireless carriers, to Internet Service Providers, and three of the new market entrants utilizing VoIP," said Mike Warren, President of fiducianet. In fact, Northwest is our fourth customer with soft-switch technology, which further broadens our experience base," Warren continued. Earlier this summer fiducianet announced a contract win with Cbeyond Communications, an integrated service provider utilizing Cisco Systems soft-switch technology to serve business customer in Dallas, Denver and Atlanta.

Today fiducianet has customers ranging from large carriers with tens of millions of customers, to small local exchange carriers who have provided rural telephone service for more than 80 years. At this juncture our operations group has successfully handled literally thousands of subpoenas from civil attorneys, law enforcement and our customers," offered Doug McCollum, fiducianets General Counsel and VP of Services. We differentiate ourselves from others through the practical application of technology to provide a cost effective service to handle the flood of subpoenas and court orders carriers are receiving from law enforcement and civil litigants," added McCollum.

fiducianet also offers managed security services to its customers, including fraud management, intrusion detection and network security, and intellectual property management. The company has developed methods to control the unauthorized use of carrier networks, as well as the illegal recording of pirated intellectual property.
About fiducianet, inc.TM

fiducianet, inc.TM is headed by Michael Warren, a 29 year veteran of the FBI who was in charge of CALEA implementation for the Bureau before retiring in September 2000. The name fiducianet derives from the Latin word fiducia or trust" in English. As Carrier Agent fiducianet, inc.TM provides full-service outsourcing for the management of a carriers compliance with subpoenas and court ordered records production, and it can also handle a carriers obligations under lawful electronic surveillance law, including CALEA, USA PATRIOT ACT, ECPA,    T-III, and FISA. fiducianet, inc.TM frees carriers to focus on their core business of running a telecommunications company.
About Northwest Telephone, Inc.

Headquartered in Wenatchee, WA, Northwest Telephone, Inc. (NTI) delivers data, voice, and dedicated Internet access to businesses across the Pacific Northwest. NTIs powerful networks, robust product lines and superior customer service sets it apart as one of the premier competitive telecom carriers. For more information about Northwest Telephone, visit the website at www.nw-tel.com.

About Cbeyond Communications
Cbeyond Communications, a privately held, Atlanta-based carrier, is the leader in the emerging local voice and broadband services market and the world's first 100% Internet Protocol (IP) local phone network. Using Internet Protocol (IP) architecture, Cbeyond delivers to small business customers an integrated package of high quality local and long distance telephony services, high-speed Internet access and Internet-based applications for about the same price that small businesses typically pay for local and long distance service alone. Cbeyond serves customers in Atlanta, Dallas-Ft. Worth and Denver. For more information on Cbeyond Communications, visit the website at www.cbeyond.net.

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