babyTEL(TM) Brings Back 7-Digit Dialing

    Introduces Other Customer-focused Services Like 'Machineless' Fax

    MONTREAL, Feb. 8 /CNW/ - In a "Back to the Future" move, babyTEL, a
leading provider of VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) phone service, has
eliminated the need to dial the area code when calling people within the same
area code.
    "This will resonate with Canadians," says babyTEL President Stephen
Dorsey. "The phone companies think they've trained us to the inevitability of
tedious 10-digit dialing in our own area codes. Well, with today's technology,
it's ridiculous and that's why we're offering 7-digit local calling to all
Canadians."
    Canadian 10-digit local calling was first introduced in Toronto in 2001.
The concept has spread to cities like Vancouver, Montreal, Ottawa, Edmonton,
Mississauga and other parts of the Greater Toronto Area such as
Kitchener-Waterloo.
    "babyTEL's move is one small step for mankind - back to a simpler time
when your fingers did a little less walking," said independent telecom analyst
Iain Grant of the Seaboard Group.
    Beyond 7-digit local calling, an added benefit for babyTEL customers is
that they need only dial the last four digits when calling other babyTEL users
in the same exchange.
    Also, "Back to the Future," babyTEL provides the answer for the
occasional fax. The user can relegate the fax machine to long-term storage and
receive faxes as email attachments.
    Beyond the boring "lowest price" mantra in the industry, babyTEL is about
innovation and supplying customers with true VoIP benefits that traditional
phone lines can't deliver and big VoIP companies don't deliver such as
multiple devices that ring simultaneously. This "virtual extension" service is
akin to extension lines in your home, but unrestricted by geography: they ring
in your home, at your office or thousands of miles away on your laptop's soft
phone all at the same time.
    babyTEL, which recently expanded its service into the United States, will
be continuously introducing other exciting advanced services that exploit VoIP
technology throughout 2007 to further empower its users. All at market
competitive prices between $10.95 and $29.95 per month in Canada, depending on
the plan selected.
    babyTEL is also known as a "provider of Providers" by supporting
resellers and agents through its partner program with white label and branded
VoIP services.

    babyTEL is a leading provider of quality Voice over Internet Protocol
telephony services which leverage subscribers' high-speed Internet
connections. babyTEL, headquartered in Montreal, is a division of Voice & Data
Systems, a leading-edge developer of VoIP and Unified Communications solutions
with over 15 years experience providing Carrier-Class products and managed
services globally to large enterprises and service providers. www.babytel.ca

For further information: Jonathan Schacter, Vice-President & CFO,
babyTEL, [phone] ext. 217, [e-mail]; Bob Brehl, abc2
Communications, [phone], [e-mail]