Natural Convergence silhouette Product Enables Streamline Networks to Bring Hosted VoIP Service to Boston’s Small Businesses

Emerging regional service provider rolls out hosted VoIP communications solution throughout Massachusetts market.

Ottawa, Ontario – April 2, 2007 - Natural Convergence Inc., a supplier of hosted VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) software for service providers announces that Streamline Networks, an emerging service provider located in Boston, is using its silhouette product to offer a hosted VoIP communications solution to the Small- and Medium-Size Business (SMB) market throughout Massachusetts.

Streamline Networks is experiencing tremendous customer reception to its hosted communications solution, attributing their success to being able to offer their customers the same features, functionality and economic savings that Fortune 100 companies enjoy.  Griffin Publishing, a Streamline Networks customer, elected to replace its traditional phone system with Streamline’s hosted communications solution.  “Every communication provider out there today tries to sell you a commodity,” says Kevin Griffin, President of Griffin Publishing. “What Streamline sold us was a solution and a savings.”

Streamline Networks is educating the SMB market on the simplicity of a hosted VoIP solution.  Small business owners often do not understand VoIP services, and are uncertain of where to purchase VoIP.  What they do understand is the total cost of ownership and they immediately recognize the cost savings VoIP brings to their business. Since going live in November with the Natural Convergence silhouette software platform, Streamline Networks has signed more than 20 long-term contracts. “It is very gratifying when you receive a referral from a customer that has been utilizing our product for less than 60 days,” states James Newman Chief Operating Officer, Streamline Networks. “That is unheard of in the industry today, but speaks to the focus and technical expertise Streamline brings to the table.”

“silhouette is being embraced by competitive and emerging service providers to serve the small business market and save them time and money,” says David Cork, Chief Executive Officer, Natural Convergence. “We are impressed with the rapid acceptance that Streamline is experiencing with silhouette in the Boston market as it clearly validates the inherent values we bring to our customers.”

“It’s important that we are nimble, responsive, and close to our customers with a strict focus on the SMB market, a market that traditionally has been underserved and overlooked by ‘traditional telcos,’” states Mr. Newman. “Because silhouette is designed specifically for small business, it offers a high level of useful functionality right out of the box - it is easily implemented, and quick to deploy.  This is why we chose Natural Convergence and, consequently, why our customers are choosing Streamline Networks.”

Streamline Networks is finding tremendous success in offering the silhouette platform to its customers because silhouette can be tailored to a specific customers requirement. By offering a hosted communications solution with such features as cell twinning, self-service Web administration and unified messaging, silhouette gives complete management and control to the customer. Streamline Networks provides their customers the same reliability and communication choices that large enterprise customers utilize at a fraction of the cost.

 About Natural Convergence
Natural Convergence supplies hosted VoIP software that enables service providers to sell dramatically improved services to the huge yet untapped small business market.  Its silhouette application replaces traditional key systems, combining familiar functionality with powerful cost and performance advantages. Its go-to-market channel strategy is optimized to the buying habits of small businesses - from value-added resellers, through service providers and original equipment manufacturers. Natural Convergence is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada. For more
details, visit naturalconvergence.com or call +1 613 280 2000.

About Streamline Networks
Streamline Networks is based in Boston Massachusetts and provides an end-to-end communications solution for Internet Access and VoIP voice services.  Initially deploying its platform in Boston, Streamline is planning to expand its network throughout all of New England becoming the premier provider of dedicated VoIP services from Maine to Connecticut.  For more information about Streamline Networks please visit www.xstreamline.net or call 857-221-8960.

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For more information:
Cathy Palmen
Public Relations for Natural Convergence
cathy.palmen@interprosepr.com
O: 408-268-8112

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