LeaderPhone to be State of Vermonts Exclusive Conference Calling Provider

Contract to save Vermont taxpayers 50 percent in phone charges over previous carrier

COLUMBUS, OH (PRWEB) March 19, 2004 --The State of Vermont has signed a contract with LeaderPhone® to provide conference calling services to all 60 state agencies, slashing the cost in half over the previous carrier.

LeaderPhone, part of Leader Technologies suite of business communications services, won the bid over 15 other companies, said Hale Irwin, manager of telecommunications for the State of Vermont. Irwin first learned about LeaderPhone during a recent National Association of State Telecommunications Director conference, where LeaderPhone had a booth.

I was quite impressed by their price and services," he said. He invited them to bid on the contract for Vermont, which LeaderPhone won handily. They were 1.3 cents per minute cheaper than any other bid and their service offerings were just as good or better," he noted. He estimated LeaderPhone will save Vermont taxpayers 50 percent over the states previous provider.

Vermont is the latest state to sign up with LeaderPhone, which costs just 9.5 cents per minute, per leg, and offers such features as Meet Me" service, PDA access, automatic dial, and web conferencing. Other states that have signed on include Wyoming and Washington and Leader is in talks with Iowa, Kansas, Ohio, Missouri, West Virginia, Maine and Rhode Island, said Jeremy Float, LeaderPhones corporate account manager.

Mike McKibben, Chairman of Leader, praised Vermonts actions. With LeaderPhones breakthrough communications software, businesses, governments and organizations no longer have to pay exorbitant rates for conference calling services," he said. We believe our rate of 9.5 cents per minute is the lowest rate in the country and there are no hidden charges, no monthly fees."

LeaderPhone® Teleconferencing Service is a service of Leader Technologies, a Columbus, OH communications software company. LeaderPhone® enables work teams from both large and small businesses to set up conference calls themselves at much less cost using its patent-pending web-based conference-calling platform. For details, visit www.leaderphone.com.