Melbourne, Australia and Pontiac, Michigan, USA - 10th April 2008 -- AdvaTel, a leading Australian applications software designer and developer for the global telecommunications industry, today announced a significant step in its global expansion by appointing Telesource Services, LLC as a Distribution Partner of its PhoneEasy suite of products in the United States of America market.

Telesource Services, LLC are a leading Sales, Remanufacturer and Repair organization based in Pontiac, Michigan and with offices and representation in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Nashville and Tampa. Telesource can offer the PhoneEasy IP Console and Desktop applications to their growing list of customers throughout the USA.  

“AdvaTel are pleased to appoint Telesource Services, LLC as a PhoneEasy distributor in the USA,” said Phillip Wong, Director of Export Development. “After reviewing the Telesource ‘Go to Market’ strategy and realizing they have the same philosophy and goals, it was easy decision for us to partner with Telesource to bring our software applications to the US.”

Mark Hastings, Vice President of Business Development for Telesource said, We are thrilled to be partnering with AdvaTel and becoming their first US distributor of the PhoneEasy suite of telephony products.   Throughout our evaluation of the PhoneEasy software applications, it was clear to us that Advatel has a superior solution to BCM user presence compared to any other currently available in the market.  We believe our Nortel customer base will find PhoneEasy an extremely valuable productivity tool.”

With internal technical and sales training currently underway within Telesource, General Availability of PhoneEasy in the USA should be in the April / May 2008 timeframe. AdvaTel and Telesource will be looking at marketing initiatives and bundle programs to promote and distribute PhoneEasy in to the leading US PABX resellers and distributors.

About AdvaTel:

AdvaTel is a market leader in the development of PhoneEasy IP Console and Desktop Telephony Management software as well as our QMC Contact Centre Management software. With sales in all markets including Asia Pacific, EMEA and North America, AdvaTel can service all customers via our extensive reseller base.

About Telesource:

Telesource Services, LLC is a world leader in the sale, repair, and remanufacture of telecommunications and data networking equipment.  The company serves a variety of customers, including interconnects, distributors, resellers, integrators and network service providers. Telesource offers industry-leading inventory management programs, which include services such as warehousing, repair, remanufacturing, de-installation, redeployment and consignment sales.  Virtually all major brands of voice and data networking equipment are sold and serviced by Telesource. Telesource is ISO 9001:2000 and TL9000 certified ensuring customers consistently receive the very best in products and services. 

Media Enquiries:

Scott Tyson, Associate Director - Sales, AdvaTel: +61 3 8695 8695

www.AdvaTel.com.au

Mark Hastings, Vice President – Business Development, Telesource Services, LLC +1 630 694 4520