Birmingham, AL – January 21, 2003—The TeleMessaging Industry Association (TMIA) announces the addition of nine new member companies. The TMIA now includes 35 member organizations, covering communications service providers, equipment vendors, application service providers (ASPs), customer premise equipment (CPE) providers and others. The new members include companies from the US, Canada and Israel: Cincinnati Bell, Cox Communications, Intervoice, Mpathix, Neubond, Openwave, SaskTel, Voice Mobility and Zer Communications.

Interest in UC Drives Association Growth
“The messaging industry is particularly focused on the increased consumer interest in services under the unified communications umbrella,” said Tom Harper, Executive Director of the TMIA. “Our market surveys indicate high levels of interest – over 50% – in such features and services as voice-activated dialing, message management from the PC, and anywhere-anytime message notification.”

TMIA Provides Forum for Research and Education
Members of the TMIA are given access to TMIA resources, and can participate in research committees whose areas of focus include unified communications, messaging and telephone answering. Semi-annual meetings offer the opportunity to share information on new technology and services and participate in open discussions covering industry and market challenges and opportunities.

TMIA will be holding its Annual Meeting in New Orleans during the week of March 3 2003. Go to http://www.tmia.org/main/eventsannualmeeting.html for more information

About the New Members
Cincinnati Bell (home.cincinnatibell.com), a wholly owned subsidiary of Broadwing Inc. (NYSE: BRW), provides a wide range of telecommunications products and services to residential and business customers in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana.
Cox Communications (www.cox.com), headquartered in Atlanta, GA, is a full-service cable, high-speed Internet and telephone provider.
Intervoice, Inc. (www.intervoice.com), based in Dallas, offers converged voice and data solutions.
Mpathix Inc. (www.Mpathix.com), based in Mississauga, Ontario, is a supplier of carrier-grade messaging products for wireless carriers, LECs and ISPs.
NeuBond (www.neubond.com), based in Vancouver, British Columbia, provides enhanced voice services technology to communications providers in the US, including wireless service providers, long distance companies and Internet service providers.
Openwave (www.openwave.com), based in Redwood City, CA, offers open IP-based communication infrastructure software and applications.
SaskTel (www.sasktel.com), based in Regina, Saskatchewan, is the incumbent local exchange carrier for the province of Saskatchewan in Canada.
Voice Mobility (www.voicemobility.com), based in Richmond, British Columbia, develops carrier-class messaging solutions designed to replace outdated messaging infrastructure and allow for the introduction of new, revenue-generating services.
Zer Communications (www.zer-tele.com), based in Israel, develops a new patent-pending PBX Interface for Public Services that enables wireless and wireline carriers to offer central voicemail services to businesses, users of PBX systems or Key Telephone System users.


About TMIA
The Telemessaging Industry Association, formed in 1998, is an open forum comprised of over 36 companies including major service providers, prominent voice mail/messaging vendors, ASPs, customer premises equipment (CPE) providers and other parties. TMIA members share an interest in advancing the use of all messaging services in all markets, including SMS, UC, MMS and enhanced voicemail.

Founding members Bell Canada, BellSouth, Comverse, Glenayre, Lucent, SBC Communications, Telus and Unisys originally collaborated with Research First Consulting (RFC) to create the TMIA. RFC continues to provide research, legal, marketing and logistical services for the Association.

TMIA Grows with New Members Page 2 The TMIA is actively recruiting members throughout the messaging industry. Those interested are encouraged to call 864-962-0648 or check the TMIA's web page at www.tmia.org.


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