Unified TelData Honored with Top Avaya Awards

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (July 31, 2002) — Bay Area telecommunications service company Unified Tel Data (UTDI), recently earned three top awards from Avaya, the leading global voice and data networks provider. UTDI was honored with the coveted Alti award, as well as Express and Enterprise growth awards.

Derived from the Latin prefix meaning highest, the Alti Award distinguishes Avaya BusinessPartners who consistently perform above and beyond expectations. The award recognizes superior sales achievement, innovation, commitment to customer service, and leadership within the industry.

This crystalline award is a custom-designed, handmade sculpture intertwining rings which represent Avaya’s five values: Defining Innovation, Velocity, Customer Service, Accountability and Diversity. The award honors the contributions made by BusinessPartners who embrace these key values.

UTDI earned the Express and Enterprise awards by respectively achieving a minimum of 15 percent and 25 percent growth year over year, October through February.

About the Companies:
Unified TelData, Inc. — named by the San Francisco Business Times as one of the 25 largest Telecommunications Firms Serving the Bay Area for 2001 — sells and installs voice and data systems to a broad range of customers including; France Telecom, City & County of San Francisco; Orrick Harrington & Sutcliff, Coblentz, Patch, Duffy & Bass LLT; Royal & Sun Alliance; PC Tel; Gordon E & Betty Moore Foundation; and Any Mountain Stores. A B2B full-service provider, UTDI provides consultation, quality installations, on-site training, technical support, financing options, and maintenance programs. UTDI is an authorized Avaya Diamond Dealer (one of the top 25 ranking dealers in the United States), a Sprint partner, and a Pacific Bell Agent.

Avaya Inc., — headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., is a leading global provider of voice and data networks as well as communications solutions and services that help businesses, government agencies and other institutions — including more than 90 percent of FORTUNE 500® companies — excel in the customer economy. Avaya offers Customer Relationship Management Solutions, Unified Communication Solutions, Service Provider Solutions, MultiService Networking Infrastructure, and Converged Voice and Data Networks — including the company's no-compromise Avaya Enterprise-Class IP Solutions (ECLIPS) — all supported by Avaya Services and Avaya Labs. Avaya is the worldwide leader in unified messaging, messaging systems, call centers and structured cabling systems. It is the U.S. leader in voice communications systems and services. Avaya is an official sponsor for the 2002 FIFA World Cup™ games, the FIFA Women's World Cup 2003 and the 2006 FIFA World Cup™ tournament. For more information about Avaya, visit its Web site at http://www.avaya.com.

Lyhn Haller Quotes
"It's exciting to see official results of our efforts especially with the downward trend the rest of the economy is currently experiencing. We believe that our success has been due to a focus on true hard dollar savings that we can offer our clients as a result of innovations in our technology like VoIP, centralized voice mail, UM, & convergence."