Fonality announced today that TMC's Internet Telephony magazine has named HUD as a recipient of a 2006 Product of the Year Award for "Outstanding Innovation."

"We are elated that Internet Telephony magazine has awarded Fonality a 'Product of the Year Award' two years in a row!" said Chris Lyman, Fonality's founder and CEO. "HUD allows employees to control their phone and phone system in real-time, with their mouse and it is a revolutionary experience."

HUD is a universal contact management application that provides company-wide visibility and interaction with every employee from the desktop and includes secure chat, cell phone integration and employee presence management. Together, with PBXtra™, these award winning products challenge mainstream PBX leaders and allow Fonality to provide enterprise-class features to all markets.

"Internet Telephony is proud to bestow Fonality with a 2006 Product of the Year Award. Each year Internet Telephony magazine recognizes companies that have demonstrated excellence in technological advancement and application refinements," said Rich Tehrani, TMC President and Editor-in-Chief of Internet Telephony magazine. "Fonality has proven they are committed to quality and excellence while addressing real needs in the marketplace. We're proud to honor their hard work and accomplishments and look forward to more innovative solutions from them in the future."

About Fonality

Fonality, www.fonality.com, is a leader in open source, Asterisk®-based IP telephony systems. PBXtra, Fonality's award winning IP-PBX product line for small and medium businesses, includes a modified version of the popular open source Asterisk code base. Fonality has modified Asterisk to add reliability, stability and enterprise-class features, and is the world's largest commercial Asterisk-based deployment. PBXtra uses Fonality's patent pending architecture to deliver all the advanced features of an enterprise-class phone system and call center at 40 percent to 80 percent less than traditional offerings, and is deployed to more than 40,000 business users in the U.S. and other countries. Fonality's trixbox, www.trixbox.org, the world's largest and fastest growing community of users of Asterisk-based software, with an average of 75,000 downloads a month, provides a free, easy to install Asterisk-based VoIP phone system.

About Internet Telephony magazine

Since the first issue in February of 1998, Internet Telephony is the only magazine that focuses on providing information in IP communications technologies. Internet Telephony magazine provides readers with the best information necessary to learn about and purchase the equipment, software, and services. Internet Telephony offers rich content from solutions-focused editorial content to reviews on products and services from TMC Labs and Miercom. The only BPA-audited publication that's 100% dedicated to providing the highest quality content for the IP communications market, Internet Telephony has 55,000 dedicated readers.

Fonality and trixbox are registered trademarks and PBXtra is a trademark of Fonality. Asterisk is a registered trademark of Digium, Inc. Fonality and PBXtraare not affiliated with, nor endorsed by, Digium Inc