"As we win awards from our carriers, as we
release new technology, it all points back to one
thing: our desire to be the preeminent master agency
in the United States."
Patrick Oborn
Technical Marketing Director
Telarus, Inc.
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Telarus News and Announcements for 2007
A Story Worth Telling
If there is one constant at Telarus, it's change. Everyday we continue to innovate and
push the boundaries of our technology and forge new relationships. As we push forward we open the
telecom market to a broader scope of participants and expand our ability to help
more agents earn more money. Here we have compiled our complete list of Press Releases that announced
to the outside world exactly what it is we have accomplished and why they should take notice. |

| Telarus receives the 2007 Platinum Cup from ACC Business for the
third year in a row.
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DRAPER, Utah - December 20, 2007 - Telarus today announced the release of a new private-labeled
back office software: VENUS, which is an acronym for VAR Enterprise Network Update System.
Telarus created VENUS to cater to larger VARs who have their own telecommunication
sales departments (aka "hybrid" VARs) and/or VARs who maintain their own inside equipment sales departments.
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SEATTLE, WA - November 15, 2008 - Telnes Broadband, a leading provider of managed broadband
communications for businesses, today named master agent Telarus, Inc. as
its 2007 Partner of the Year. The award is handed out annually to
the top performing indirect partner. |
DRAPER, Utah - October 24, 2007 - Today announced it had completed the integration of
Covad's commercial wireless broadband product into GeoQuote, Telarus' patented real-time voice
and data search engine. This addition makes it possible for agents of Telarus to discover
availability and price of Covad's new broadband service in just seconds. |
DRAPER, Utah - October 17, 2007 - Today today today announced the addition of Nuvox
Communications to its GeoQuote real-time ethernet locator tool. Located online at
www.ShopforEthernet.com, GeoQuote makes it possible for registered users to determine
the location of lit buildings of telecommunication carriers who offer fast
(100 mbps to 1 gbps) ethernet broadband services. |
DRAPER, Utah - October 3, 2007 - Today today announced it had surpassed $1M in telecom equipment
and repair sales through its VAR Network. Since 2006 Telarus has been partnering with telecom equipment partners and
network integrators who receive leads from www.varnetwork.com as well as Telarus'
network of agents.
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DRAPER, Utah - September 26, 2007 - Telarus today announced it
has entered into a strategic partnership with Fonality, a
leader in open source, Asterisk®-based IP telephony systems.
Under the terms of the deal, Fonality will become a premiere PBX equipment vendor
within Telarus' "VAR Network" and receive leads
from Telarus' public marketing efforts as well as from telecom sales agents
nationwide. Conversely, Fonality will leverage Telarus' telecom contracts
when its equipment customers need broadband and voice service.
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DRAPER, Utah - August 8, 2007 - Telarus today announced the launch of a new
marketing web site that focuses on businesses looking for fast (100 mbps)
and gigabit (1 gbps) Ethernet broadband availability: www.ShopforEthernet.com.
The web site, powered by GeoQuote and Google maps, enables the general public
to search for lit buildings where broadband carriers have a physical presence.
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DRAPER, Utah - July 23, 2007 - Today Telarus, parent company of VARNetwork.com, announced
the release of VARSearch 3.0, the next generation in logic that matches customers looking
for networking and telephony equipment with Value Added Resellers.
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DRAPER, Utah - July 16, 2007 - Telarus, Inc. announced today that it has named Lance Akins as the new Vice President
of Sales. In his new role Mr. Akins will lead the agent sales channel and be in charge of all vendor relationships.
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SOUTHFIELD, MI - June 25, 2007 - Telarus, Inc. announced today that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Cavalier Telephone. Telarus agents will now see Cavalier in GeoQuote for qualifying Integrated Access T1, Dedicated Internet Access, and Local PRI Service quotes. We are very excited to have such a supportive partner in Cavalier.
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DRAPER, Utah - June 11, 2007 - Telarus today launched MARS, short for Master Agent Reporting System. The branding of the site is fully customizable, perfect for the small to medium-size master agent. MARS allows masters the ability to manage subagents, provides unlimited access to GeoQuote, proposal generators, and much more.
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DRAPER, Utah - March 18, 2007 - Telarus was named top sales agent by Level3 Communications
for 2006 in an awards ceremony hosted in Las Vegas. Telarus recently become a Level3 agent
by way of the recent merger with Broadwing Communications.
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DRAPER, Utah - March 4, 2007 - For the third consecutive year, Telarus, Inc. was named Platinum Agent by ACC Business, a division of AT&T, for 2006. "Telarus is consistently a top performer for ACC Business" commented Ben Ho, Executive VP of ACC.
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DRAPER, Utah - February 27, 2007 - Telarus was awarded the MVP and X-Factor awards from XO for posting the largest year-over-year sales growth (in percentage) of any master agency. The award was presented to Adam Edwards, president of Telarus, at the annual XO retreat in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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DRAPER, Utah - February 3, 2007 - Adam Edwards, President of Telarus Inc., was honored to be selected as a special speaker at the Covad National 2007 Sales Kickoff Event in San Jose, California. During his speech Mr. Edwards boldly predicted that "Telarus will be Covad's number one partner in 2007!"
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DRAPER, Utah - January 18, 2007 - Telarus today announced that its VARSearch(tm) database of telecom hardware dealers and
network integrators has surpassed the 1,000 member mark. VARSearch(tm) is a technology that enables users to search for
technicians and technical specialists in their local area.
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DRAPER, Utah - January 6, 2007 - Telarus today announced the recent hire of Robert Butler to oversee the continued growth
and development of the Telarus VAR program.
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DRAPER, Utah - January 1, 2007 - Telarus today announced that it had doubled its book of business in under one year from
$1M to $2M in total monthly billing. "It's hard to believe that it only took one year to double our book of business""
commented Adam Edwards, president and CEO of Telarus, Inc.
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