ADTRAN and Innovation Technologies Bring Leading-Edge Voice Communications to Hospitality Industry

ADTRAN, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN) and Innovation Technologies Worldwide, Inc., today announced that they are teaming to bring leading-edge voice communications to the hospitality industry. Innovation Technologies, a provider of leading voice and data solutions for lodging providers, will now exclusively offer ADTRAN's industry-leading NetVanta and Total Access VoIP solutions as a complement to its ComXchange Hospitality IP-PBX software. Innovation Technologies selected ADTRAN as a complementary solution based on ADTRAN's reputation for quality and reliability, interoperability, industry-leading warranties and unique features such as Voice Quality Monitoring.

"We recently installed ComXchange with the ADTRAN hardware at one of our Comfort Suites locations in Wisconsin, giving our customers access to some of the most flexible and reliable, next-generation VoIP services available today,” says Dave Phaneuf, vice president of operations, WISCO Hotel Group. "While ADTRAN's reputation for enabling top-notch voice quality and network reliability was a key factor in our decision to deploy their advanced networking solutions, we were most impressed by ADTRAN's warranty, known to be among the best in the business, and it will help protect our investment for years to come.”

Innovation's ComXchange is the first IP-PBX designed specifically for the hospitality industry. ComXchange features an open hardware platform, providing customers the flexibility to choose a solution to meet their specific needs. Using ADTRAN's VoIP gateways, customers have the ability to interface ComXchange to existing analog phones, reducing implementation costs. The flexibility and modularity of the combined Innovation/ADTRAN solution also gives customers the freedom to easily add extensions or migrate to next-generation IP phones at any time. In addition to ADTRAN's NetVanta and Total Access VoIP gateways, Innovation will also offer a wide range of NetVanta routers and switches, providing their customers with the ability to have a complete turn-key solution.

"This partnership further delivers on our promise to provide the absolute best VoIP technology in the hospitality industry,” said Doug Schwartz, president, Innovation Technologies. "When you combine ADTRAN's unsurpassed product quality, customer service, competitive pricing and industry-leading warranties with ComXchange Hospitality IP-PBX software, the result is a best-in-class solution tailored specifically for the hospitality industry.”

"ADTRAN's products are a perfect complement to Innovation Technologies' ComXchange,” said Tim Saunders, vice president of product development, ADTRAN Enterprise Networks Division. "Our NetVanta and Total Access products have had great success in the hospitality sector because they offer the carrier-class reliability, compact design and low Total Cost of Ownership that this industry demands.”

About Innovation Technologies

Since 1990, Innovation Technologies Worldwide has been a leader in providing telephony solutions solely for the hospitality industry. With over 8,500 systems installed worldwide, Innovation's voice telephony solutions have set the standard for the hospitality industry. Innovation's ComXchange provides an all-in-one solution that combines PBX, voice messaging, automated wake-up calls, unified messaging, auto attendant and hosted conferencing all on one platform. Additionally, add-on modules such as workflow management, DID server and call accounting can create an even more robust, powerful solution.

Innovation is headquartered in Cross Plains, WI and sells through a network of licensed distributors. For more information or to find a distributor, call (800) 424-6757 or email at info@innovationtw.com. On the Web, visit www.innovationtw.com.

About ADTRAN

ADTRAN, Inc. is a leading global provider of networking and communications equipment, with a portfolio of more than 1,700 solutions for use in the last mile of today's telecommunications networks. Widely deployed by carriers and enterprises alike, ADTRAN solutions enable voice, data, video, and Internet communications across copper, fiber, and wireless network infrastructures. ADTRAN solutions are currently in use by every major U.S. service provider and many global ones, as well as by thousands of public, private and governmental organizations worldwide.

For more information, contact the company at 800 9ADTRAN (800 923-8726) or via email at info@adtran.com. On the Web, visit www.adtran.com.

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