Covad, TMCnet Team to Launch VoIP For SMB Community

NORWALK, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 21, 2006--Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC(R)) today announced that its TMCnet Web site (www.tmcnet.com) has teamed with Covad Communications to launch the VoIP for SMB Community at www.VoIPforSMB.com.

VoIP for SMB is the leading online resource for business-class broadband services that combine voice and data. Presented by INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine, TMCnet and Covad Communications, which operates its own nationwide network to support a full suite of VoIP and data products, the site is a primary destination for the most relevant news, education and trends analysis.

“The VoIP for SMB Community instantly becomes a great resource for many of TMCnet's 895,000 unique monthly visitors. This special online community dedicated to SMB-relevant content adds to TMCnet's vast array of communications and technology information, focusing on some of the most important subject areas in VoIP”

"Through INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine, which TMC launched in 1997, we have long been recognized as the leading source of news and information for the VoIP industry. The VoIP for SMB Community is a natural extension of the magazine in the electronic information age," explained TMC President and Group Editor-in-Chief, Rich Tehrani.

"The VoIP for SMB Community instantly becomes a great resource for many of TMCnet's 895,000 unique monthly visitors. This special online community dedicated to SMB-relevant content adds to TMCnet's vast array of communications and technology information, focusing on some of the most important subject areas in VoIP," predicted Tehrani.

TMCnet.com is ranked among the top 1,625 most visited Web sites in the world by Alexa.com, an Amazon.com company that monitors Web traffic. Each month, TMCnet.com attracts more than 895,000 unique visitors and over 13.8 million page views.

About TMCnet

TMCnet is one of leading business technology sites on the Internet focusing on the communications sector. Ranked as one of the top 2,000 Web destinations by Alexa* and used by nearly one million unique visitors monthly, TMCnet provides innovative tools (RSS/news alerts, directories, etc.), vibrant global online communities and best-of-breed content offerings featuring breaking news, comprehensive analysis, thoughtful Web log (blog) commentaries and the latest developments on the most relevant information to the communications sector: VoIP, IP communications, CRM, contact center and information technology. TMCnet is proud to be widely recognized for its thought leadership by notable luminaries including the legendary Warren E. Buffett (see http://voip-blog.tmcnet.com/blog/rich-tehrani/voip/warren-buffet-sends-a-letter-to-tmcs-tracey-schelmetic.html). (Due to its length, this URL may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if one exists.)

About TMC(R)

Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) publishes four print magazines: Customer Interaction Solutions, Internet Telephony, SIP Magazine and IMS Magazine; as well as the digital publications, Speech-World, WiFi Telephony Magazine, VoIP Developer, IPTV Magazine and WiMAX Magazine. TMC also produces TMCnet, the world's leading communications and technology Web site. TMC is also the first publisher to test new products in its own on-site laboratories, TMC Labs. TMC produces INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO, The VoIP Developer Conference, Speech-World Conference, IP Contact Center Summit and The Global Call Center Outsourcing Summit. TMCnet, ranked among the top 1,650 Web sites in the World by Alexa.com, publishes more than 20 topical online newsletters. For more information about TMC, visit http://www.tmcnet.com.