ITC^DeltaCom Selects GENBAND's G6® Universal Media Gateway To Provide Packet Telephony Services

Plano, TX -- GENBAND Inc., a leading provider of telecommunications infrastructure products enabling converged services, announced today that ITC^DeltaCom, Inc. (NASDAQ:ITCD), a leading provider of integrated communications services to customers in the southeastern United States, has selected the G6 Universal Media Gateway to grow its packet telephony service offering. The G6 platform interworks with the Class 5 signaling protocols and packet protocols so that Class 5 features and call control can be provided to telephones over the packet network.

"GENBAND's G6 is a robust gateway platform that will allow us to expand our packet voice service offering over our existing network infrastructure," said Jim O'Brien, EVP of Operations at ITC^DeltaCom. "It also provides the flexibility for us to deliver advanced softswitched-based VoIP services and new applications simultaneously from the same platform."

"ITC^DeltaCom is, and has been, a market leader deploying advanced telecommunications services for many years," said Charles Vogt, GENBAND's president and CEO. "We are excited about our new partner and we are up for the challenge to help them expand and enhance their broadband network. With years of experience deploying the G6 in voice over packet networks across three continents, we are confident that ITC^DeltaCom's customers will be pleased with the quality of service and advanced capabilities afforded by GENBAND's Universal Media Gateway."

GENBAND's award-winning G6 Universal Media Gateway is an open standards, circuit-to-packet platform that is deployed in a service provider's switching office, head-end or point of presence. It enables voice communications between packet-based networks and circuit-based networks. Proven interoperable with and simultaneously supporting the leading Class 5 switches, softswitches, SIP application servers, digital loop carriers (DLCs), and customer premises equipment (CPE), the G6 platform uniquely enables service providers to accelerate VoIP services and network migration by leveraging their existing and next generation network assets. The G6 platform is a true carrier class solution that provides full redundancy and a fully integrated emergency stand-alone capability.

About ITC^DeltaCom

ITC^DeltaCom, with principal offices in Huntsville, Alabama provides, through its operating subsidiaries, integrated telecommunications and technology services to businesses in the southeastern United States. ITC^DeltaCom has a fiber optic network spanning approximately 14,500 route miles, including more than 10,900 route miles of owned fiber, and offers a comprehensive suite of voice and data communications services, including local, long distance, enhanced data, Internet, collocation and managed services, and customer premises equipment to end-user customers. The Company operates approximately 29 voice switches and 74 data switches, and is one of the largest competitive telecommunications providers in its primary eight-state region. ITC^DeltaCom has interconnection agreements with BellSouth, Verizon, CenturyTel and Sprint for resale and access to unbundled network elements and is a certified competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) in Arkansas, Texas, Virginia and all nine BellSouth states. For more information about ITC^DeltaCom, visit the Company's Web site at http://www.itcdeltacom.com.

About GENBAND™

GENBAND is a leading provider of telecommunications infrastructure products enabling converged services for over 80 service providers worldwide. GENBAND's portfolio of IMS-based products and solutions allows service providers to maximize the value of their legacy infrastructure while seamlessly migrating to next-generation, multimedia services that enable new, revenue-generating opportunities. GENBAND's market-leading, carrier-class G6 Universal Media Gateway and network management system are RUS listed, OSMINE certified, PacketCable™ qualified, and NEBS-3 certified, produced in a TL 9000 registered quality management system, and deployed by ILECs, MSO, IOCs, CLECs, ISP and Utility companies. GENBAND's recently expanded product portfolio further helps service providers gain the benefits of distributed, best of breed networks with the addition of the C2 Signaling Controller that connects SIP networks to legacy SS7 networks and databases, and the S4 Applications Server that provides advanced Class 5 VoIP services to residential and small business customers. With thirteen patents issued and fifteen pending, GENBAND was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Plano, Texas with research and development locations in Austin, TX, Plano, TX and Brazil. Additional information is available at www.genband.com.

Contacts:
Noah Sessions
GENBAND Inc.
+1.972.265.3664 (office)
noah.sessions@genband.com