U4EA Technologies Hires VP of Global Sales
Sales Chief to Address Growing Demand for VoIP and Unified Communications Products and Services

FREMONT, CA – January 8, 2008 – U4EA Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of integrated access technology for converged communications, today announced it has appointed Jay Bowker as vice president of global sales. A 20-year sales veteran with deep experience in the telecom sector, Bowker will drive worldwide sales and go-to-market strategy for U4EA’s Fusion Series of multi-service business gateways (MSBGs) – all-in-one customer premises devices that enable secure, reliable delivery of converged VoIP, data and video services. U4EA’s unique, patented Guarantee of Service (GoS™) provides unmatched QoS for real time communications such as VoIP and video.

"We are delighted to attract someone of Jay’s caliber at such a crucial time in U4EA’s development," said Ken Epps, CEO of U4EA. "Jay has a proven track record of building highly effective global sales teams for fast paced, high-growth, technology organizations. He will be instrumental in growing U4EA’s business to keep up with demand from service providers looking for a simplified, cost-effective way to sell and host advanced VoIP services to their business customers."

Bowker brings over 20 years of extensive experience in telecommunications sales, business development and executive management. He most recently served as vice president of global sales and marketing at Coastal Technologies. Bowker has also held key sales leadership roles with companies including: Overture Networks, Centerpoint Broadband, Alidian Networks, 3Com Corporation (via acquisition of OnStream Networks), and VINA Technologies. He holds a degree in Communications Systems Engineering from the U.S. Air Force.

"I’m delighted to join a leading-edge company like U4EA, whose solution is at the sweet spot of the convergence of data, voice and video," said Bowker. "U4EA has by far the industry-leading single-device solution enabling the delivery of robust, secure big business services like unified communications and integrated multimedia messaging to SMBs and enterprise customers. This is a critical growth area that U4EA is well-poised to serve."

According to In-Stat/Wainhouse Research, the unified communications (UC) market will experience a compound annual growth rate of 24.9% over the next five years, with very high growth rates in both broadband IP telephony and hosted VoIP. The firm estimates the entire UC market will grow to $24.2 billion by 2012.

About U4EA Technologies

U4EA Technologies is a leading provider of multi-service business gateways that enable service providers to deploy highly integrated, robust, and easy-to-manage IP communications solutions to SMB and enterprise customers. U4EA’s all-in-one customer premises devices, supported by the company’s revolutionary QoS (GoS) mechanisms, ensure the secure, reliable and cost-effective delivery of converged VoIP, data and video services. The U4EA Fusion Series also includes next generation network signaling gateways, which enable carriers to interconnect legacy networks and equipment with Next Generation Networks. Founded in April 2000, U4EA Technologies is a privately held company that is headquartered in Fremont, California, and has development, sales and marketing operations in Bristol, England; Nice, France; and Cork, Ireland. For more information, visit U4EA at www.u4eatech.com.

U4EA contact:

Jennifer Deitsch
U4EA Technologies Inc.
Phone: +1 925 831 2092
Mobile: +1 408 644 4859

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