Wave IP Honored for Delivering Exceptional IP Communications Solutions

SANTA CLARA, California, November 16, 2010 – Vertical Communications, a leading provider of next-generation IP-based phone systems and voice applications announced today that Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) has named the Wave IP converged telephony system for branch and small offices as a recipient of its 2010 INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine Excellence Award.

The Wave IP Business Communications System is a comprehensive IP business phone system family designed for enterprises of all sizes. Cost-sensitive small- to medium-sized businesses, and larger distributed organizations seeking to reduce overhead associated with managing business communications can easily transform their legacy telephony infrastructure into an application-rich, next-generation VoIP solution by deploying Wave IP. As a fully integrated solution, Wave IP offers customers ultimate flexibility and features — unified communications, contact center, call recording, reporting, networking, management, custom call routing applications and IVR — in a single system.

"Today's award for delivering exceptional IP Communications Solutions is validation of the power of Wave IP's Application Ready architecture ? the ability to deliver high-value voice applications integrated with VoIP telephony as a single system", said Peter Bailey, President and COO for Vertical Communications. "Wave IP offers customers a full portfolio of voice applications that can enhance business operations, increase productivity through best practices, and drive savings in operational and management costs. As a fully integrated "on-the-box" solution, these capabilities do not require any additional infrastructure investment and can be deployed and managed through Wave IP's Global Administrator console."

"The editors of INTERNET TELEPHONY were pleased to grant Vertical Communications with an INTERNET TELEPHONY Excellence Award for their achievements in advancing IP communications and providing genuine solutions in the marketplace. Wave IP has proven its outstanding contribution to IP communications and delivered winning solutions for its customers," said Erik Linask, Group Editorial Director of INTERNET TELEPHONY.

According to Bailey, "We have an aggressive product development strategy in place for Wave IP and our approach to Unifying Communications will continue to set the standard in the telephony industry, as part of this strategy we recently released a major software update that introduced Mobile Extension, offering the ability to use any device on any network as a PBX extension, an integrated Softphone in our award winning ViewPoint desktop application and secure corporate Instant Messaging."

"Vertical Communications has been recognized with a 2010 INTERNET TELEPHONY Excellence Award for proving their dedication and excellence in advancing IP communications," stated Rich Tehrani, CEO, TMC.

About INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine

INTERNET TELEPHONY has been the IP Communications Authority since 1998™. Beginning with the first issue in February of 1998, INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine has been providing unbiased views of the complicated converged communications space. INTERNET TELEPHONY offers rich content from solutions-focused editorial content to reviews on products and services from TMC Labs. INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine reaches more than 225,000 readers, including pass-along readers. For more information, please visit www.itmag.com.

About TMC

Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) is a global, integrated media company helping our clients build communities in print, in person and online.?TMC publishes Customer Interaction Solutions, INTERNET TELEPHONY, Unified Communications, and NGN magazines.?TMCnet, TMC's Web site, is the leading source of news and articles for the communications and technology industries. TMCnet is read by two million unique visitors each month on average worldwide, according to Webtrends.?TMCnet has ranked within the top 3,500 in Quantcast's Top U.S. sites, placing TMCnet in the nation's top .03% most visited Web sites. In addition, TMC produces INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO (ITEXPO); 4GWE Conference and M2M Evolution (in conjunction with Crossfire Media); Digium|Asterisk World (in conjunction with Digium); and Smart Grid Summit (in conjunction with Intelligent Communication Partners). TMC also serves technology professionals with industry-specific Web sites: IT.TMCnet.com, 4G-wirelessevolution.TMCnet.com, M2M Evolution.com, Smart-Grid.TMCnet.com, Smart Products Ecosystem, Robotics.TMCnet.com, Cable.TMCnet.com, Satellite.TMCnet.com, Green.TMCnet.com, Healthcare.TMCnet.com, and Education.TMCnet.com. For more information about TMC, visit www.tmcnet.com.

About Vertical Communications, Inc.

Vertical Communications is one of the largest telephony vendors in North America and a global leader in next-generation IP-based voice and data and digital communications systems for business, with a current installed base of over 200,000 customers. Vertical combines voice and data technologies with business process understanding to deliver integrated IP-PBX and application solutions that enhance customer service and business productivity. Vertical’s customers are leading companies of all sizes, from small to large and distributed, and include CVS/pharmacy, Staples and Apria Healthcare. Vertical delivers its solutions through a worldwide network of over 1800 business partners. With headquarters in Santa Clara CA, Vertical has sales, engineering and operations facilities in Charlottesville VA, Phoenix AZ, Munich Germany and Hyderabad India. For more information about Vertical, please call 877-VERTICAL or visit www.vertical.com.

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This document contains forward-looking statements based on current expectations or beliefs, as well as a number of assumptions about future events, and these statements are subject to important facts and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements in this document address a variety of subjects, including, without limitation, statements about the benefits of certain of the Company?s products, including, without limitation, the improved cost and customer service benefits for the Company?s business partners and customers; the Company?s assumptions about the future performance of V-Connect; the Company?s ability to enhance its revenue opportunities in the IP-PBX marketplace; the Company?s ability to continue providing products to the IP-PBX marketplace, the Company?s ability to continue to certify additional Internet Telephony Service Providers in the IP-PBX marketplace and others. The following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in these forward-looking statements: the risk that the Company may fail to achieve the anticipated benefits from V-Connect, including, without limitation, failing to obtain the desired benefits for the Company?s dealers and customers; the risk that the Company?s assumptions about the future performance of V-Connect may prove to be incorrect; the risk that the Company may be unable to become a significant player within the IP-PBX telephony market; the risk that the Company will not be able to certify its products with additional Internet Telephony Service Providers.

Trademark Information
Vertical Communications and the Vertical Communications logo and combinations thereof, Wave IP are registered trademarks of Vertical Communications, Inc. All other brand and product names are used for identification only and are the property of their respective holders.

PRESS CONTACTS:

Craig Morgan
Vertical Communications, Inc.
cmorgan@vertical.com
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TMC
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Connections 2010, Vertical's annual partner conference provides in-depth look of Vertical's Unified Communications & SMB IP Telephony strategy

SANTA CLARA, California, November 4, 2010 – Vertical Communications, a leading provider of next-generation IP-based phone systems and voice applications, is currently hosting its annual partner conference – Connections 2010 – at the Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix, AZ.  Vertical announced strong progress in executing against its business plan and several operating highlights from its fiscal year 2010 ended June 30, 2010 as well as the quarter ended September 30, 2010.

Among the notable announcements:

• Profitability and operating cash flow positive performance for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010; and increased profitability and cash flow from operations for fiscal year Q1 2011 vs. Q1 2010 (ended September 30).
• Significant progress in migrating its channel and customer base from legacy TDM PBX products to its Wave IP Unified Communications and SBX IP systems; Vertical’s next generation product portfolio now represents over 65% of quarterly sales and contributes over 75% of gross profit.  Vertical has shipped over 6,500 Wave IP systems and over 7,500 SBX IP systems since introduction.
• Launch of the new MBX IP telephone system for the SMB market.  MBX IP is a more scalable complement to the SBX IP system as a cost-effective, feature rich hybrid telephone system; it supports the same endpoints, offers an expanded feature set including native IP and TDM support, and is scalable up to 400 ports.  Importantly, MBX IP will also support migration from Comdial and Vodavi systems, with the ability to drive both legacy endpoints as well as IP endpoints.  MBX IP completes Vertical’s portfolio of SMB and Unified Communications offerings.
• Partnership with Telanetix/AccessLine (OTC BB: TNXI); Vertical announced its participation in the CIM program to offer and integrate SIP trunking services with Vertical’s product portfolio.  Product integration benefits include improved ease of deployment, quality of service (QOS) and proactive tools to support customers.
• Reviewed key accomplishments of the last 9 months:
• Release of Wave IP 2.0, further extending its award-winning United Communications offerings for business customers.  Read more on the 2.0 release at http://www.vertical.com/waveip
• Product of the Year award for Wave IP from Unified Communications magazine.
• Key new hires in Sales, Marketing and Customer Support to facilitate and support Vertical's growing customer base; as of September 30, 2010 Vertical's employees and contract staff numbered approximately 200.

“Despite a challenging economic environment over the last 24 months, we are very proud of our performance in remaining profitable, driving our technology and products forward, and expanding both our channel and market share.  We are excited about the trends we are seeing in our business in terms of strong pipeline/demand growth, shortening sales cycles, and higher demand for Unified Communications products and services in particular”, said Peter Bailey, President and Chief Operating Officer, Vertical Communications.

According to Bailey, “The growth of Unified Communications is an exciting market opportunity for Vertical as we have spent the last several years investing heavily in R&D to bring unique Unified Communications technology to the market, specifically tailored the meet the needs of sub-1,000 employee organizations.  Our solutions are: cost effective, easy to deploy, simple to use, and target a return on investment in under 1-year.  In partnership with our highly competent and well-established telephony and IT VAR channel we expect to be a significant participant in this market over the next several years”.

About Vertical Communications, Inc.

Vertical Communications is one of the largest telephony vendors in North America and a global leader in next-generation IP-based voice and data and digital communications systems for business, with a current installed base of over 200,000 customers. Vertical combines voice and data technologies with business process understanding to deliver integrated IP-PBX and application solutions that enhance customer service and business productivity. Vertical’s customers are leading companies of all sizes, from small to large and distributed, and include CVS/pharmacy, Staples and Apria Healthcare. Vertical delivers its solutions through a worldwide network of over 1800 business partners. With headquarters in Santa Clara CA, Vertical has sales, engineering and operations facilities in Charlottesville VA, Phoenix AZ, Munich Germany and Hyderabad India. For more information about Vertical, please call 877-VERTICAL or visit www.vertical.com.

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This document contains forward-looking statements based on current expectations or beliefs, as well as a number of assumptions about future events, and these statements are subject to important facts and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements in this document address a variety of subjects, including, without limitation, statements about the benefits of certain of the Company?s products, including, without limitation, the improved cost and customer service benefits for the Company?s business partners and customers; the Company?s assumptions about the future performance of V-Connect; the Company?s ability to enhance its revenue opportunities in the IP-PBX marketplace; the Company?s ability to continue providing products to the IP-PBX marketplace, the Company?s ability to continue to certify additional Internet Telephony Service Providers in the IP-PBX marketplace and others. The following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in these forward-looking statements: the risk that the Company may fail to achieve the anticipated benefits from V-Connect, including, without limitation, failing to obtain the desired benefits for the Company?s dealers and customers; the risk that the Company?s assumptions about the future performance of V-Connect may prove to be incorrect; the risk that the Company may be unable to become a significant player within the IP-PBX telephony market; the risk that the Company will not be able to certify its products with additional Internet Telephony Service Providers.

Trademark Information
Vertical Communications and the Vertical Communications logo and combinations thereof, Wave IP are registered trademarks of Vertical Communications, Inc. All other brand and product names are used for identification only and are the property of their respective holders.

PRESS CONTACTS:

Craig Morgan
Vertical Communications, Inc.
cmorgan@vertical.com
+1 (408) 404-1643

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Mobile Extension, Secure Instant Messaging, Integrated Softphone, synchronous Microsoft Exchange Server and Web Integration ? all standard features and available as a software upgrade

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – September 22, 2010 –Vertical Communications, a leading provider of next-generation IP-based phone systems and voice applications, today announced the release of Wave ISM 2.0 – available as a software upgrade for its award winning Wave IP 2500™ and Wave IP 500™ Business Communications Systems. Wave IP?s unique Application-Ready architecture means Vertical?s Unified Communications capabilities and suite of voice applications are available ?on-box? so they can be easily deployed and managed without expensive add-on software.

The Wave IP Business Communications System is a comprehensive IP business phone system family designed for enterprises of all sizes. Cost-sensitive small- to medium-sized businesses, and larger distributed organizations seeking to reduce overhead associated with managing business communications can easily transform their legacy telephony infrastructure into an application-rich, next-generation VoIP solution by deploying Wave IP. As a fully integrated solution, Wave IP offers customers ultimate flexibility, featuring unified communications, contact center, call recording, reporting, networking, management, custom call routing applications and IVR ? in a single system.

"Today's release illustrates the power of Wave IP's Application-Ready architecture – the ability to deliver high-value voice applications integrated with SIP-based IP telephony as a single system, and made available as a software upgrade to existing customers", said Peter Bailey, President and Chief Operating Officer for Vertical Communications. "Wave IP integrates communications channels and modes in a manner that enhances collaboration, not only between knowledge workers within the organization but also between a company and its partners, vendors and customers. As a result, Wave's Unified Communication features facilitate rich collaboration, simplify and improve business processes, and enhance customer service. Wave?s ease of use and intuitive applications, also means end user adoption rates are industry-leading, resulting in highly successful unified communications deployments and demonstrable return on investment for our customers."

The Wave IP system offers unprecedented functionality and simplicity for an enterprise IP phone system. Release 2.0 offers a number of high-value new capabilities which are available through a simple FREE software upgrade for those customers on software subscription. Additionally with the 2.0 release Vertical is announcing field trial of Fax Manager (integrated fax server) and Voice Server 2.0 (integrated vXML IVR platform) which now offers both automated inbound and outbound applications.

What?s new in the Wave ISM 2.0 release?

Among the notable Wave 2.0 enhancements:

• Unified Communications Enhancements in release 2.0
• Mobile Extension: Use ANY device on ANY network as a PBX Extension and control calls with ViewPoint.
• ViewPoint Phone: Integrated VoIP Softphone in ViewPoint
• Wave IMpulse: Integrated, secure and private instant messaging solution.
• Microsoft Exchange Integration*: ?Always-On? real time synchronization of Contacts and Voice Mail
• ViewPoint Shared Folders: Share ViewPoint Call Monitor, Contacts, Voice Mail & Call Logs between users
• Configurable Personal Status: Allows users to dynamically control find-me / follow-me rules from any location.
• Cascading Voice Mail: Rules-Based distribution and escalation of Voice Mail Notifications
• All-Calls View: A Single integrated tab in ViewPoint that provides access to personal as well as Queue Calls.
• New Business Class IP Phone Family ? Edge 5000i
  Support for new Edge 5000 Business IP Phones (3 models): All Models come standard with full duplex speakerphone, PoE, 2 10/100 Ethernet Ports and headset jack.
• Edge 5000 8 button: Economy model
• 8 flexible buttons
• LCD with 3 soft keys
• Edge 5000 24 button: Professional model
• 24 flexible buttons
• Backlit LCD with 3 soft keys
• Optional Bluetooth or WiFi module*
• Edge 5000 Large LCD: Executive model
• 10 flexible buttons
• Backlit LCD with 3 soft keys
• Optional Bluetooth or WiFi module*
• Core System Enhancements
• New High End VAM?Dual core w/ 2+ GB RAM *
• Support 500 users on Wave IP 2500 (Requires Dual core VAM)
• 100 Simultaneous Call Recording sessions per Wave IP system
• 8 Channels of Music-on-hold per system
• Back-up/Restore, upgrade and boot process enhancements.
• SIP Support for RFC 2833
• Wave Client API: A comprehensive SDK that allows developers to extend the functionality of Wave as well as integrate with 3rd party enterprise applications.
• Expanded international support
• ViewPoint; Support for Dutch, Italian and Turkish
• Digital Edge 700 Phone: Support for German
• IP Edge 5000 phones: Support for German and Turkish
• New BRI Station side device support

"I am extremely excited about Wave 2.0 which is a watershed event for this amazing system. I am already enjoying the Instant Messaging feature along with the ability to manage Auto Attendant greeting over the phone, the Mobile Extension is also an exciting feature", said Tony Goncalves, V.P. of Technology, Voice Systems Inc.

According to Clyde Zimmerman, Principle of FiberCom and Founding member of NextGen, "We now have quite a number of systems running Wave 2.0 as part of Vertical?s field trial program. Some of these environments are very large with complex multi-site applications, including System Call Recording, Contact Center, WaveNet, many different endpoints deployed, and all trunking types in play.

I am very happy to say Wave 2.0 is a significant 'leap' ahead in features and functionality. Things like Instant Messaging, both individual and group Instant Messaging, are huge and enhance productivity significantly. The new Mobile Extension feature, where users can now use any device, such as their cell, home phone, softphone etc, for their Wave extension is great and allows productivity to continue no matter where the user happens to be. Finally, the persistent notification mechanism in Wave for emergency on call notification and WaveMail where ViewPoint and your email are always completely synchronized for both Contacts and Voicemails adds to the overall value of Wave 2.0!"

"Our focus has and continues to be offering the best Unified Communications solution for businesses. It is critical for UC solutions to offer simple and easy deployment scenarios, intuitive applications to drive end user adoption, a comprehensive feature set that is standard for every user, extensive options for customization, and the ability to easily extend solutions through rich APIs – all of which are key attributes of Wave IP. The bottom line is our customers typically realize a return on investment within 12 months of deployment of a full UC solution – which is an unprecedented for our industry", said Bailey.

The release and associated documentation is available on V-Connect (http://vconnect.vertical.com), Vertical's Partner Website. V-Connect allows dealers to directly connect to critical information and people related to Vertical products and business activities through an easy-to-use and highly interactive Web-based system.

In-depth business and technical seminars on Wave IP are being offered at our Annual Dealers meeting – Connections 2010 – being held November 2^nd through November 5^th at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix, Arizona. Register now at http://www.vconnect2010.com.

About Vertical Communications, Inc.

Vertical Communications is one of the largest telephony vendors in North America and a global leader in next-generation IP-based voice and data and digital communications systems for business, with a current installed base of over 200,000 customers. Vertical combines voice and data technologies with business process understanding to deliver integrated IP-PBX and application solutions that enhance customer service and business productivity. Vertical’s customers are leading companies of all sizes, from small to large and distributed, and include CVS/pharmacy, Staples and Apria Healthcare. Vertical delivers its solutions through a worldwide network of over 1800 business partners. With headquarters in Santa Clara CA, Vertical has sales, engineering and operations facilities in Charlottesville VA, Phoenix AZ, Munich Germany and Hyderabad India. For more information about Vertical, please call 877-VERTICAL or visit www.vertical.com.

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"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
This document contains forward-looking statements based on current expectations or beliefs, as well as a number of assumptions about future events, and these statements are subject to important facts and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements in this document address a variety of subjects, including, without limitation, statements about the benefits of certain of the Company?s products, including, without limitation, the improved cost and customer service benefits for the Company?s business partners and customers; the Company?s assumptions about the future performance of V-Connect; the Company?s ability to enhance its revenue opportunities in the IP-PBX marketplace; the Company?s ability to continue providing products to the IP-PBX marketplace, the Company?s ability to continue to certify additional Internet Telephony Service Providers in the IP-PBX marketplace and others. The following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in these forward-looking statements: the risk that the Company may fail to achieve the anticipated benefits from V-Connect, including, without limitation, failing to obtain the desired benefits for the Company?s dealers and customers; the risk that the Company?s assumptions about the future performance of V-Connect may prove to be incorrect; the risk that the Company may be unable to become a significant player within the IP-PBX telephony market; the risk that the Company will not be able to certify its products with additional Internet Telephony Service Providers.

Trademark Information
Vertical Communications and the Vertical Communications logo and combinations thereof, Wave IP are registered trademarks of Vertical Communications, Inc. All other brand and product names are used for identification only and are the property of their respective holders.

PRESS CONTACTS:

Craig Morgan
Vertical Communications, Inc.
cmorgan@vertical.com
+1 (408) 404-1643

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Wave IP™ 500 Recognized for Outstanding Innovation in the field of Voice Communications

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – June 29, 2010 –? Vertical Communications, a leading provider of next-generation IP-based phone systems and voice applications announced today that Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) has named the Wave IP 500 converged telephony system as a recipient of the 2009 Communications Solutions magazine?s Product of the Year Award.

The Wave IP Business Communications System is a comprehensive IP business phone system family designed for enterprises of all sizes. Cost-sensitive small- to medium-sized businesses, and larger distributed organizations seeking to reduce overhead associated with managing business communications can easily transform their legacy telephony infrastructure into an application-rich, next-generation VoIP solution by deploying Wave IP. As a fully integrated solution, Wave IP offers customers ultimate flexibility and features ? unified communications, contact center, call recording, reporting, networking, management, custom call routing applications and IVR ? in a single system.

"Vertical has been recognized with a 2009 Product of the Year Award for their admirable efforts in the advancement of voice communications," said Rich Tehrani, CEO, TMC. "Wave IP's embedded applications architecture has clear deployment and infrastructural benefits to customers and the converged telephony system clearly provides ROI for companies that use it."

The Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award recognizes the vision, leadership, and thoroughness that are characteristics of the prestigious award. The most innovative products and services brought to the market from March 2008 through March 2009 were chosen as winners of the Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award.

"Wave IP has been continuing to win award after award for its innovation and unique architecture, which is setting the standard in voice communications and raising the bar for our competitors. Our focus has and continues to be, to build the best communications systems possible", said Peter Bailey, President for Vertical Communications. "Wave IP allows customers to cut their operating and capital expenditures, at the same time benefiting from efficiency improvements to their business by using new communications capabilities. We typically see the ROI paying for the phone system in the first 12 months of deployment ? which is an unprecedented ROI for our industry."

According to Bailey, "Vertical's Wave IP system offers unprecedented functionality and simplicity for an enterprise IP phone system. With the 2.0 release, we have added to our unified communications capabilities with the addition of secure instant messaging, integrated SIP softphone and Mobile Extension which enables any device with a DID to become a PBX extension - all as standard features. We are also introducing Fax Manager (integrated fax server) and Voice Server 2.0 (integrated vXML IVR platform) which now offers both automated inbound and outbound applications. Given the breadth of capabilities, Wave IP enables businesses to consolidate and cut communications expenditures, while also offering unprecedented connectivity to its employees and professional customer service to its customers. The bottom line is return on investment, which Wave IP customers realize very quickly."

About TMC

Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) is a global, integrated media company helping our clients build communities in print, in person and online. TMC publishes Customer Interaction Solutions, INTERNET TELEPHONY, Unified Communications, and NGN magazines. TMCnet, TMC's Web site, is the leading source of news and articles for the communications and technology industries. TMCnet is read by two million unique visitors each month on average worldwide, according to Webtrends. TMCnet has ranked within the top 3,500 in Quantcast's Top U.S. sites, placing TMCnet in the nation?s top .03% most visited Web sites. In addition, TMC produces INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO (ITEXPO); 4GWE Conference and M2M Evolution (in conjunction with Crossfire Media); Digium|Asterisk World (in conjunction with Digium); and Smart Grid Summit (in conjunction with Intelligent Communication Partners).

TMC also serves technology professionals with industry-specific Web sites: IT.TMCnet.com, 4G-wirelessevolution.TMCnet.com, M2M Evolution.com, Smart-Grid.TMCnet.com, Smart Products Ecosystem, Robotics.TMCnet.com, Cable.TMCnet.com, Satellite.TMCnet.com, Green.TMCnet.com, Healthcare.TMCnet.com, and Education.TMCnet.com. For more information about TMC, visit www.tmcnet.com

About Vertical Communications, Inc.

Vertical Communications is one of the largest telephony vendors in North America and a global leader in next-generation IP-based voice and data and digital communications systems for business, with a current installed base of over 200,000 customers. Vertical combines voice and data technologies with business process understanding to deliver integrated IP-PBX and application solutions that enhance customer service and business productivity. Vertical’s customers are leading companies of all sizes, from small to large and distributed, and include CVS/pharmacy, Staples and Apria Healthcare. Vertical delivers its solutions through a worldwide network of over 1800 business partners. With headquarters in Santa Clara CA, Vertical has sales, engineering and operations facilities in Charlottesville VA, Phoenix AZ, Munich Germany and Hyderabad India. For more information about Vertical, please call 877-VERTICAL or visit www.vertical.com.

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This document contains forward-looking statements based on current expectations or beliefs, as well as a number of assumptions about future events, and these statements are subject to important facts and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements in this document address a variety of subjects, including, without limitation, statements about the benefits of certain of the Company?s products, including, without limitation, the improved cost and customer service benefits for the Company?s business partners and customers; the Company?s assumptions about the future performance of V-Connect; the Company?s ability to enhance its revenue opportunities in the IP-PBX marketplace; the Company?s ability to continue providing products to the IP-PBX marketplace, the Company?s ability to continue to certify additional Internet Telephony Service Providers in the IP-PBX marketplace and others. The following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in these forward-looking statements: the risk that the Company may fail to achieve the anticipated benefits from V-Connect, including, without limitation, failing to obtain the desired benefits for the Company?s dealers and customers; the risk that the Company?s assumptions about the future performance of V-Connect may prove to be incorrect; the risk that the Company may be unable to become a significant player within the IP-PBX telephony market; the risk that the Company will not be able to certify its products with additional Internet Telephony Service Providers and other risks and assumptions detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the most recent filing of the Company?s Form 10Q.

Trademark Information
Vertical Communications and the Vertical Communications logo and combinations thereof, Wave IP are registered trademarks of Vertical Communications, Inc. All other brand and product names are used for identification only and are the property of their respective holders.

PRESS CONTACTS:

Craig Morgan
Vertical Communications, Inc.
cmorgan@vertical.com
+1 (408) 404-1643

Jan Pierret
TMC
jpierret@tmc.net
203-852-6800, ext. 228

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Wave IP™ Recognized for Outstanding Innovation

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – June 22, 2010 –? Vertical Communications, a leading provider of next-generation IP-based phone systems and voice applications announced today that Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) has named the Wave IP converged telephony system as a recipient of its 2010 Leadership Award, presented by its publication Next Generation Networks magazine.

The Second Annual NGN Leadership Award has recognized the growth, evolution and distinction between the applications and services designed for next generation networks and the enabling technologies that make them possible. Vertical Communications has been recognized in the Network Technology or Services and Applications category.

The Wave IP Business Communications System is a comprehensive IP business phone system family designed for enterprises of all sizes. Cost-sensitive small- to medium-sized businesses, and larger distributed organizations seeking to reduce overhead associated with managing business communications can easily transform their legacy telephony infrastructure into an application-rich, next-generation VoIP solution by deploying Wave IP. As a fully integrated solution, Wave IP offers customers ultimate flexibility and features - unified communications, contact center, call recording, reporting, networking, management, custom call routing applications and IVR - in a single system.

"Our customers are investing in Unified Communications given the enormous opportunities to cut operating and capital expenditures, as well as offer new features and communications capabilities to their business", said Peter Bailey, President for Vertical Communications. "We typically see the ROI paying for the phone system in the first 12 months of deployment - which is an unprecedented ROI for our industry."

"Vertical has been recognized for their exceptional work in advancing NGN services and technologies. Wave IP has proven it's exceptional and its innovation has contributed to the transformation of the telecommunications industry," said Rich Tehrani, CEO, TMC. "Congratulations to the entire team at Vertical and we eagerly await the upcoming 2.0 release, which going to set the standard in Unified Communications for the industry."

According to Bailey, "Vertical's Wave IP system offers unprecedented functionality and simplicity for an enterprise IP phone system. With the 2.0 release, we have added to our unified communications capabilities with the addition of secure instant messaging, integrated SIP softphone and Mobile Extension which enables any device with a DID to become a PBX extension - all as standard features. We are also introducing Fax Manager (integrated fax server) and Voice Server 2.0 (integrated vXML IVR platform) which now offers both automated inbound and outbound applications. Given the breadth of capabilities, Wave IP enables businesses to consolidate and cut communications expenditures, while also offering unprecedented connectivity to its employees and professional customer service to its customers. The bottom line is return on investment, which Wave IP customers realize very quickly."

About NGN magazine

NGN magazine is the resource for communications service providers and the supporting ecosystem of equipment providers, system integrators, and solutions developers as they make the transition to next generation networks.

NGN magazine will cover how these new technologies will integrate with legacy systems, and how they will improve service, deliver new applications, and offer ROI to carriers. TMC continues to provide leading-edge information as this market develops. NGN represents the evolution of IMS Magazine. Launched in January 2009, NGN encompasses a wider swath of the important trends and newsmakers that are shaping the networks of the future.

About TMC

Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) is a global, integrated media company helping our clients build communities in print, in person and online. TMC publishes Customer Interaction Solutions, INTERNET TELEPHONY, Unified Communications, and NGN magazines. TMCnet, TMC's Web site, is the leading source of news and articles for the communications and technology industries. TMCnet is read by two million unique visitors each month on average worldwide, according to Webtrends. TMCnet has ranked within the top 3,500 in Quantcast's Top U.S. sites, placing TMCnet in the nation?s top .03% most visited Web sites. In addition, TMC produces INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO (ITEXPO); 4GWE Conference and M2M Evolution (in conjunction with Crossfire Media); Digium|Asterisk World (in conjunction with Digium); and Smart Grid Summit (in conjunction with Intelligent Communication Partners).

TMC also serves technology professionals with industry-specific Web sites: IT.TMCnet.com, 4G-wirelessevolution.TMCnet.com, M2M Evolution.com, Smart-Grid.TMCnet.com, Smart Products Ecosystem, Robotics.TMCnet.com, Cable.TMCnet.com, Satellite.TMCnet.com, Green.TMCnet.com, Healthcare.TMCnet.com, and Education.TMCnet.com. For more information about TMC, visit www.tmcnet.com

About Vertical Communications, Inc.

Vertical Communications is one of the largest telephony vendors in North America and a global leader in next-generation IP-based voice and data and digital communications systems for business, with a current installed base of over 200,000 customers. Vertical combines voice and data technologies with business process understanding to deliver integrated IP-PBX and application solutions that enhance customer service and business productivity. Vertical’s customers are leading companies of all sizes, from small to large and distributed, and include CVS/pharmacy, Staples and Apria Healthcare. Vertical delivers its solutions through a worldwide network of over 1800 business partners. With headquarters in Santa Clara CA, Vertical has sales, engineering and operations facilities in Charlottesville VA, Phoenix AZ, Munich Germany and Hyderabad India. For more information about Vertical, please call 877-VERTICAL or visit www.vertical.com.

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This document contains forward-looking statements based on current expectations or beliefs, as well as a number of assumptions about future events, and these statements are subject to important facts and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements in this document address a variety of subjects, including, without limitation, statements about the benefits of certain of the Company?s products, including, without limitation, the improved cost and customer service benefits for the Company?s business partners and customers; the Company?s assumptions about the future performance of V-Connect; the Company?s ability to enhance its revenue opportunities in the IP-PBX marketplace; the Company?s ability to continue providing products to the IP-PBX marketplace, the Company?s ability to continue to certify additional Internet Telephony Service Providers in the IP-PBX marketplace and others. The following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in these forward-looking statements: the risk that the Company may fail to achieve the anticipated benefits from V-Connect, including, without limitation, failing to obtain the desired benefits for the Company?s dealers and customers; the risk that the Company?s assumptions about the future performance of V-Connect may prove to be incorrect; the risk that the Company may be unable to become a significant player within the IP-PBX telephony market; the risk that the Company will not be able to certify its products with additional Internet Telephony Service Providers and other risks and assumptions detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the most recent filing of the Company?s Form 10Q.

Trademark Information
Vertical Communications and the Vertical Communications logo and combinations thereof, Wave IP are registered trademarks of Vertical Communications, Inc. All other brand and product names are used for identification only and are the property of their respective holders.

PRESS CONTACTS:

Craig Morgan
Vertical Communications, Inc.
cmorgan@vertical.com
+1 (408) 404-1643

Jan Pierret
TMC
jpierret@tmc.net
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Release includes many voice mail feature enhancements, expands supported endpoints to include Vodavi digital phones and offers improved administration capabilities

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – June 15, 2010 –? Vertical Communications, a leading provider of next-generation IP-based phone systems and voice applications announced today Vertical Communications, a leading provider of next-generation IP-based phone systems and voice applications announced today significant enhancements to the award-winning SBX IP, a converged IP telephony system designed to meet the needs of small businesses. Today?s availability of release 3.5 provides several voice mail feature enhancements, support for Vodavi Starplus and Vodavi STSe digital phones and numerous feature updates to help small businesses further increase productivity and efficiency.

SBX IP is a small business telephony system that incorporates enterprise class features, integrated voice mail/auto attendant, Voice over IP (VoIP), CTI, Conferencing, IP soft phone support and multi-site networking for single- and multi-location small businesses.

SBX IP Release 3.5 Enhancements

In addition to its already comprehensive feature set, release 3.5 offers a number of high-value new capabilities which are available through a simple free software upgrade. Among the notable enhancements:

• Voice Mail Feature Enhancements
• Cascade mailbox
• E-mail notification of voice mail
• Administrative mailbox
• Virtual mailboxes
• Announce only mailbox
• Class of Service (COS) settings
• Outcall retires/interval
• User enhancements
• Distribution lists
• Rewind, FF, pause/start when listening to a message
• Future delivery, private message, confirm receipt, dial-by-name on sending a message
• Temporary greeting
• Vodavi Starplus and STSe digital telephone support
• Call Screening (answer machine emulation)
• Caller ID name/number in call log
• Improved Administration
• All new parameters can be programmed from the TUI or PCAdmin
• Improved voice prompt upgrade process

According to Chris Markland, President/Owner of PM Communications, "The robust voice mail features now available with SBX IP version 3.5 makes this the only key system for small businesses to consider". Adding, "SBX IP offers enterprise telephony class features at an affordable price, VoIP enabled for immediate or future deployment".

"SBX IP version 3.5 provides a wealth of voice mail features that enable small businesses to improve business efficiencies", said Herald Givens, President/Owner of Image Electronics. "In addition, the ability to support the STS digital telephones allows me to offer my installed base an upgrade path to take advantage of VoIP applications".

"The release of SBX IP 3.5 provides the most customer requested features that have evolved since the initial product release", said Charles deTranaltes, Product Manager for Vertical Communications.

"SBX IP is the leading IP telephony solution for small businesses, being highly cost-effective with enterprise-class features such as SIP trunking and IP networking", said Peter Bailey, President and Chief Operating Officer for Vertical Communications. "SBX IP creates a professional image for small organizations with feature-rich voice mail, auto attendant and flexible call routing/handling capabilities".

About SBX IP

VoIP is made simple with Vertical SBX IP. It's easy to manage, easy to install and easy to use. Developed in partnership with an LG electronics joint venture, a worldwide leader in telecommunications and strategic partner of Vertical Communications, SBX IP supports both traditional and IP endpoints as well as SIP trunking in a single system providing businesses with complete flexibility on when and how VoIP is deployed, offering large enterprise-class features at a small business price.

The SBX IP can be purchased through Vertical's network of over 1,800 Vertical Business Partners. To learn more about SBX IP, please call 877-VERTICAL or visit www.sbxip.com.

About Vertical Communications, Inc.

Vertical Communications is one of the largest telephony vendors in North America and a global leader in next-generation IP-based voice and data and digital communications systems for business, with a current installed base of over 200,000 customers. Vertical combines voice and data technologies with business process understanding to deliver integrated IP-PBX and application solutions that enhance customer service and business productivity. Vertical’s customers are leading companies of all sizes, from small to large and distributed, and include CVS/pharmacy, Staples and Apria Healthcare. Vertical delivers its solutions through a worldwide network of over 1800 business partners. With headquarters in Santa Clara CA, Vertical has sales, engineering and operations facilities in Charlottesville VA, Phoenix AZ, Sarasota FL, Munich Germany and Hyderabad India. For more information about Vertical, please call 877-VERTICAL or visit www.vertical.com.

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"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
This document contains forward-looking statements based on current expectations or beliefs, as well as a number of assumptions about future events, and these statements are subject to important facts and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements in this document address a variety of subjects, including, without limitation, statements about the benefits of certain of the Company?s products, including, without limitation, the improved cost and customer service benefits for the Company?s business partners and customers; the Company?s assumptions about the future performance of V-Connect; the Company?s ability to enhance its revenue opportunities in the IP-PBX marketplace; the Company?s ability to continue providing products to the IP-PBX marketplace, the Company?s ability to continue to certify additional Internet Telephony Service Providers in the IP-PBX marketplace and others. The following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in these forward-looking statements: the risk that the Company may fail to achieve the anticipated benefits from V-Connect, including, without limitation, failing to obtain the desired benefits for the Company?s dealers and customers; the risk that the Company?s assumptions about the future performance of V-Connect may prove to be incorrect; the risk that the Company may be unable to become a significant player within the IP-PBX telephony market; the risk that the Company will not be able to certify its products with additional Internet Telephony Service Providers and other risks and assumptions detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the most recent filing of the Company?s Form 10Q.

Trademark Information
Vertical Communications and the Vertical Communications logo and combinations thereof, Wave IP are registered trademarks of Vertical Communications, Inc. All other brand and product names are used for identification only and are the property of their respective holders.

PRESS CONTACT:

Craig Morgan
Vertical Communications, Inc.
cmorgan@vertical.com
+1 (408) 404-1643

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Wave IP 500™ Recognized for Exceptional Innovation

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – April 21, 2010 –? Vertical Communications, a leading provider of next-generation IP-based phone systems and voice applications announced today that Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) has named the Wave IP 500 converged telephony system for branch and small offices as a recipient of its 2009 Unified Communications magazine Product of the Year Award.

"Today's award for exceptional innovation in Unified Communications is validation of the power of Wave IP's Applications Inside architecture ? the ability to deliver high-value voice applications integrated with VoIP telephony as a single system", said Peter Bailey, President for Vertical Communications. "Wave IP offers customers a full portfolio of voice applications that can enhance business operations, increase productivity through best practices, and drive savings in operational and management costs. As a fully integrated "on-the-box" solution, these capabilities do not require any additional infrastructure investment and can be deployed and managed through Wave IP's Global Administrator console."

The Wave IP Business Communications System is a comprehensive IP business phone system family designed for enterprises of all sizes. Cost-sensitive small- to medium-sized businesses, and larger distributed organizations seeking to reduce overhead associated with managing business communications can easily transform their legacy telephony infrastructure into an application-rich, next-generation VoIP solution by deploying Wave IP. As a fully integrated solution, Wave IP offers customers ultimate flexibility and features ? unified communications, contact center, call recording, reporting, networking, management, custom call routing applications and IVR ? in a single system.

"It is an honor to grant Vertical Communications with a 2009 Product of the Year Award for the Wave IP 500 converged telephony system. Vertical has proven their dedication to quality and excellence while supporting the needs in the marketplace," said Rich Tehrani, CEO, TMC. "We look forward to seeing continued advancement in technology solutions from Vertical in the future".

"We have an aggressive product development strategy in place for Wave IP and our approach to Unifying Communications will continue to set the standard in the telephony industry, as part of this strategy we will be releasing a major software update in June that will introduce Mobile Extension, offering the ability to use any device on any network as a PBX extension, an integrated Softphone in our award winning ViewPoint desktop application and secure corporate Instant Messaging", said Bailey.

About Unified Communications magazine

Launched in July 2007, Unified Communications magazine is devoted to educating enterprise decision makers on why and how they need to deploy unified communications (UC) solutions. Every issue of Unified Communications magazine features a comprehensive news section; case studies of successful deployments and lessons learned; interviews with leading hardware and software companies; and an 'industry' section, featuring analysis of important mergers and acquisition, partnerships and a Wall Street perspective on the unified communications market. Unified Communications has a readership of 100,000. For more information, please visit www.uc-mag.com

About TMC

Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) is a global, integrated media company helping our clients build communities in print, in person and online. TMC publishes Customer Interaction Solutions, INTERNET TELEPHONY, Unified Communications, and NGN magazines. TMCnet, TMC's Web site, is the leading source of news and articles for the communications and technology industries. TMCnet is read by two million unique visitors each month on average worldwide, according to Webtrends. TMCnet has ranked within the top 3,500 in Quantcast's Top U.S. sites, placing TMCnet in the nation?s top .03% most visited Web sites. In addition, TMC produces INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO (ITEXPO); 4GWE Conference and M2M Evolution (in conjunction with Crossfire Media); Digium|Asterisk World (in conjunction with Digium); and Smart Grid Summit (in conjunction with Intelligent Communication Partners).

TMC also serves technology professionals with industry-specific Web sites: IT.TMCnet.com, 4G-wirelessevolution.TMCnet.com, M2M Evolution.com, Smart-Grid.TMCnet.com, Smart Products Ecosystem, Robotics.TMCnet.com, Cable.TMCnet.com, Satellite.TMCnet.com, Green.TMCnet.com, Healthcare.TMCnet.com, and Education.TMCnet.com. For more information about TMC, visit www.tmcnet.com

About Vertical Communications, Inc.

Vertical Communications is one of the largest telephony vendors in North America and a global leader in next-generation IP-based voice and data and digital communications systems for business, with a current installed base of over 200,000 customers. Vertical combines voice and data technologies with business process understanding to deliver integrated IP-PBX and application solutions that enhance customer service and business productivity. Vertical’s customers are leading companies of all sizes, from small to large and distributed, and include CVS/pharmacy, Staples and Apria Healthcare. Vertical delivers its solutions through a worldwide network of over 1800 business partners. With headquarters in Santa Clara CA, Vertical has sales, engineering and operations facilities in Cambridge MA, Charlottesville VA, Phoenix AZ, Sarasota FL, Munich Germany and Hyderabad India. For more information about Vertical, please call 877-VERTICAL or visit www.vertical.com.

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"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
This document contains forward-looking statements based on current expectations or beliefs, as well as a number of assumptions about future events, and these statements are subject to important facts and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements in this document address a variety of subjects, including, without limitation, statements about the benefits of certain of the Company?s products, including, without limitation, the improved cost and customer service benefits for the Company?s business partners and customers; the Company?s assumptions about the future performance of V-Connect; the Company?s ability to enhance its revenue opportunities in the IP-PBX marketplace; the Company?s ability to continue providing products to the IP-PBX marketplace, the Company?s ability to continue to certify additional Internet Telephony Service Providers in the IP-PBX marketplace and others. The following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in these forward-looking statements: the risk that the Company may fail to achieve the anticipated benefits from V-Connect, including, without limitation, failing to obtain the desired benefits for the Company?s dealers and customers; the risk that the Company?s assumptions about the future performance of V-Connect may prove to be incorrect; the risk that the Company may be unable to become a significant player within the IP-PBX telephony market; the risk that the Company will not be able to certify its products with additional Internet Telephony Service Providers and other risks and assumptions detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the most recent filing of the Company?s Form 10Q.

Trademark Information
Vertical Communications and the Vertical Communications logo and combinations thereof, Wave IP are registered trademarks of Vertical Communications, Inc. All other brand and product names are used for identification only and are the property of their respective holders.

PRESS CONTACTS:

Craig Morgan
Vertical Communications, Inc.
cmorgan@vertical.com
+1 (408) 404-1643

Jan Pierret
TMC
jpierret@tmc.net
203-852-6800, ext. 228

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