Rob Lith
Connection Telecom
+27 (21) 657 5163
rob@connection-telecom.com

Julie Webb
Digium, Inc.
256 428 6203
jwebb@digium.com

Digium® and Connection Telecom Announce Partnership

New Partnership brings Digium Asterisk open source products and training to South Africa

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., and Johannesburg, South Africa, April 8, 2008— Digium®, Inc., the Asterisk® Company, and Connection Telecom today announced a partnership to provide businesses in South Africa with a broad portfolio of Digium Asterisk solutions and the most comprehensive Asterisk training program available in the country. As a Premier Digium Distribution Partner with accredited engineering skills, Connection Telecom experts will teach businesses how to install, configure, tune and maintain a complete Asterisk system through a five-day training course that will transform novice Asterisk users into open source PBX gurus. "Connection Telecom is a next-generation telecommunications solution provider with a clear mission - to help our customers take advantage of the most dramatic technological changes and developments in the telecommunications sector," said Lith of Connection Telecom. "By utilizing Digium's Asterisk Open Source PBX software and the Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) platform, Connection Telecom is able to deliver world-class solutions that help businesses break free of the proprietary software world and its associated costs."

Digium is the creator and driving force behind Asterisk, the open source voice communications software deployed by more than 3.5 million servers worldwide to manage VoIP calls for businesses and individuals. More resellers, telecom professionals and software developers choose Digium's products than those of any other open source telephony company because only Digium delivers the technical superiority, security and flexibility associated with Asterisk. Asterisk powers Digium's family of software and hardware appliances including AsteriskNOW™, Asterisk Business Edition™ and Switchvox™.

About Connection Telecom
Connection Telecom focuses on the delivery of alternative IP communication solutions that are supported by the distribution and implementation of the Asterisk open source PBX solutions and the Digium products and services into Africa. Connection Telecom is able to design, deliver and implement a comprehensive portfolio of communication 'on-net' solutions ranging from PBX, switching, contact centres and mobility to a full VoIP platform.

About Digium
Digium®, Inc., the Asterisk® Company, created, owns and is the innovative force behind Asterisk, the most widely used open source telephony software. Since its founding in 1999, Digium has become the open source alternative to proprietary communication providers, with offerings that cost as much as 80 percent less. Digium offers Asterisk software free to the open source community and offers Asterisk Business Edition and Switchvox IP PBX Software to power a broad family of products for small, medium and large businesses. The company's product line includes a wide range of hardware to enable resellers and customers to implement turnkey solutions or to design their own voice over IP (VoIP) systems. More information is available at www.digium.com.

The Digium logo, Digium, Asterisk, Asterisk Business Edition, AsteriskNOW, Asterisk Appliance, Switchvox and the Asterisk logo are trademarks of Digium, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.

# # #