ABP International Inc. announces new VoIP division ‘ABP Technology Partners to focus on ISP, IT and Telephony Reseller Markets.

New technology distribution company focusing on VoIP service provider and reseller markets in the US, Canada, Mexico and Latin America.

Dallas, TX January 24, 2003 ABP International, Inc. a technology marketing and International business development company today announced the launch of a new business unit, ABP Technology Partners www.abptech.com to focus on the new VoIP market both in the ITSP / Emerging Carrier space and in the IT and Telephony reseller market.

ABP has years of experience marketing international products in focused vertical niches which the company intends to leverage to advance the deployment of IP based Voice solutions based on open standards. ABP Technology Partners has put together a team of state of the art vendors and provides an end-to-end solution and provides a defacto one-stop VoIP solution.

As a single source supplier we offer ISPs a fast, secure, and low-cost entry path to deploying VoIP services and provide systems integrators and resellers products that adhere to open standards - offering vendor independence and interoperability. Most of our solutions are SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) based, a new protocol for VoIP communications and Telephony which offers partners and service providers unprecedented power and flexibility to intermesh communications with application based intelligence and build very distinguishable solutions with unique combinations of features and services." Robert Messer – President of ABP International

ABP Technology Partners will be exhibiting a complete suite of products covering snom technologys VoIP phones, SIP Server, Media Server, AudioCodes Gateway products, Ingate and Intertex SIP firewalls and Customer Premise controllers, as well as D-Tacs ISP/ITSP integrated billing solution among others.

Now that the technology is getting to the maturity point at which todays service providers can no longer ignore it, SIP has taken the lead role as the VoIP standard that allows the integrator and partners to participate in the design and create their own solutions based services. The ISP market already understands this, and is looking very seriously at the opportunities open standards based IP phones and the snom 4S SIP Server and Softswitch can offer their customer base. snom is a technology leader in open standards based VoIP systems and IP phones. But technology is not enough –our VIA partners complement our product portfolio, and business development and VoIP focused global distribution partners, like ABP our keys to our success." Nicolas Pohland – Executive Director of snom technology AG

Rich Tehrani – President of TMC and the Conference Co-Chairman of Internet Telephony Conference and Expo in Miami says The emergence of a player like ABP Technology Partners in this space is another signal to the service provider and reseller market that VoIP technology is a mature technology worth deploying in their networks... The standards are now in place and voice over IP quality has proven itself over the years. We are very pleased to see the market evolving to a point where companies like ABP Technology Partners provide the reseller channel and ultimately service providers an easy and inexpensive way to take advantage of the many benefits IP telephony has to offer."

About snom technology AG

snom is a recognized technology leader in the area of VoIP phones, with a particular focus on SIP. Founded in 1996 and based in Berlin, the company has constantly pursued a commitment to innovation, open standards and SIP.
snom is a customer-oriented company producing state of the art, affordable VoIP phones with a high cost-performance ratio and a range of practical SIP applications for business.

For further information visit www.snom.de or contact Maria Schnake
+49 (0) 30 398 330 or email: press@snom.de

About TMC

Celebrating 30 years as a leading technology publisher, Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC®) produces industry-leading trade magazines and events focused on technology and communications. TMC® publishes two magazines: Customer Inter@ction Solutionsä, and Internet Telephony®, and the online publications, TMCnet.com, Planet PDAä Magazine, Alternative Power and BiometriTechTM. TMC® is also the first publisher to test new products in its own on-site laboratories, TMC Labsä, and provide factual and unbiased product reviews. TMC® also produces The Global Call Center Outsourcing Summit, BiometriTech and Planet PDA: The Enterprise PDA Event. TMCnet.com publishes more than 25 topical online newsletters. For more information about TMC®, visit its Web site at www.tmcnet.com

About ABP International, Inc.

ABP International, Inc. is a technology marketing company that specializes in IT, Infrastructure security and telecommunications products. The company offers software and equipment manufacturers a full range of International consulting and market development services.
ABP also provides full International distribution services including fulfillment, financing, foreign language tech-support and order processing through its division ABP Technology Partners. ABP Technology Partners focus on core product portfolios like VoIP and secure remote Infrastructure monitoring and management. ABP International, Inc. is based in Dallas, Texas and has a sales organization that covers the US, Mexico and Latin America. For additional information on ABP International, Inc. visit www.abptech.com or call 972-831-0280