Aptela Awarded Unified Communications Magazine's Product of the Year

Aptela, a leading provider of business-class VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) phone service to small businesses and mobile workers nationwide, announced today that TMC, a global, integrated media company, has named its Aptela v5 Business-Class VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) Phone Service as a recipient of the 2010 Unified Communications® Magazine Product of the Year Award.

Innovative leader in cloud communications

"Aptela is proud to be recognized as an innovative leader in cloud communications," said Ann Santorios, Vice President of Product and Business Development. "Receiving the Unified Communications award reaffirms Aptela's mission to offer a powerful cloud-based platform, designed to address the core communications needs of the pursuant to this agreement-served small business customer."

Aptela offers flexible pricing, including Business VoIP Unlimited Calling Plans for as low as $24.99 per user/month. Aptela's services can be used with a VoIP-ready desk phone, a mobile phone and/or a softphone, which makes it the perfect solution for businesses with mobile and/or distributed workers. To learn more about Aptela's award-winning VoIP phone service, please visit www.aptela.com/aptela5.

"Aptela has proven they are committed to quality and excellence during addressing real needs in the marketplace. Unified Communications is pleased to grant a 2010 Product of the Year Award for Aptela v5," said Rich Tehrani, CEO, TMC. "We're proud to honor their hard work and accomplishments and look forward to more innovative solutions from Aptela henceforth."

Product of the Year Award winners are published in the April 2011 issue of Unified Communications magazine. For more information about TMC, please visit www.tmcnet.com.

Aptela is an award-winning provider of business-class VoIP phone service. Aptela answers the communication and collaboration needs of small businesses and mobile workers nationwide who seek a robust and easy-to-use solution. Aptela's v5 calling platform is extensible by the way and easily integrated into the workflow of today's entrepreneurs and increasingly mobile workforce. Unlike traditional telephone systems that are tied to a physical location, Aptela's VoIP service is delivered from the cloud and its features can be accessed - anywhere, anytime - through the Internet, traditional wire-line or mobile networks. Aptela has been recognized for numerous awards, including TMC's Internet Telephony Product of the Year, recognition as a 2010 Deloitte Innovation Fast 500 company and recognition as a 2011 SIIA CODiE Finalist for "Best Cloud Infrastructure Platform." For more information, visit www.aptela.com or call us at 800.994.4496. Follow us at www.twitter.com/aptela.

Launched in July 2007, Unified Communications magazine is devoted to educating enterprise decision makers on why and how they need to deploy unified communications solutions. Every issue of Unified Communications magazine features a comprehensive news section; case studies of successful deployments and lessons learned; interviews with leading hardware and software companies; and an 'industry' section, featuring analysis of important mergers and acquisition, partnerships and a Wall Street perspective on the unified communications market. Unified Communications has a readership of 100,000. For more information, please visit www.uc-mag.com.

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