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May 30, 2007 09:05 AM Eastern Time 

RingCentral Partners With HouseValues to Deliver Click-to-Call Technology to Real Estate Agents

Partnership Will Give HouseValues’ Customers a Powerful, One-Step Solution for Connecting Home Buyers and Sellers With a Local Neighborhood Expert

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RingCentral, the leader in Web-based telecommunications services for small businesses, announced today that it is in a partnership with HouseValues (NASDAQ:SOLD), a marketing partner to the nation’s leading real estate professionals.

“HouseValues is the leader in providing real estate professionals with the services, tools, and training they need to effectively market themselves to today’s Web-savvy home buyers and sellers”

The partnership will provide HouseValues’ customers with an on-demand telecommunications service, including RingCentral’s RingMe® click-to-call button. RingMe® drives more traffic to businesses’ sales and customer service representatives by providing them with a button that Website visitors can click to be connected with a live company representative. Click-to-Call technology is an effective tool for generating real estate sales leads from Websites. Once visitors click the button, a pop-up window appears. Visitors then enter a phone number and time period when they wish to be contacted.

“This partnership makes good business sense for both HouseValues and RingCentral,” said Rob Ransom, Vice President of Product and Marketing for HouseValues Inc. “Together, we’re focused on providing small business owners with the innovative marketing and technology solutions they need to compete in today’s marketplace.”

“HouseValues is the leader in providing real estate professionals with the services, tools, and training they need to effectively market themselves to today’s Web-savvy home buyers and sellers,” said RingCentral Chief Executive Officer Vlad Shmunis. “This is an exciting opportunity to help a large group of real estate professionals with a service that will help them get in touch with people who want to talk to them about buying and selling homes.”

About RingCentral

RingCentral, Inc. provides on demand telecommunications services that enable small businesses and mobile executives to effectively manage communications and project a professional image to customers, partners and prospects. RingCentral Online combines a toll-free and/or local number with advanced call management, PBX, voicemail and Internet fax, enabling customers to automatically screen, forward and place calls; take voicemail; send and receive faxes; and receive message alerts. More than 50,000 customers use RingCentral’s comprehensive and affordable hosted phone system to unify landline, wireless, VoIP and email communications. RingCentral is headquartered in Redwood City, Calif., for more information, visit www.ringcentral.com.

About HouseValues

Founded in 1999, HouseValues Inc. (NASDAQ:SOLD) is a leader in providing comprehensive and proven marketing and business solutions to the nation's most successful real estate agents. The company operates a network of real estate Web sites, which combined with award-winning customer CRM tools, personalized training and coaching, and robust networking and community products, provide real estate agents with everything they need to profitably grow their business. HouseValues is headquartered in Kirkland, Wash. Learn more at www.housevaluesinc.com.

Contacts

RingCentral, Inc.
Jenny Spitz, 650-472-4053
jennys@ringcentral.com
Boris Elpiner, 650-472-4053
or
For HouseValues Inc.
Hugh Siler, 949-646-6966
hugh@silerpr.com

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