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Industry Veteran joins Copper Conferencing Board of Managers

April 2, 2008

Conferencing services veteran Carolyn Bradfield to join board of managers

BROOMFIELD, Colo., April 2, 2008 – Copper Conferencing, a leading provider of teleconferencing services, announced today the addition of Carolyn Bradfield to its board of managers. Bradfield is a pioneer in the conferencing industry and has founded several of the industry’s largest and most successful service providers.

"Small businesses have the most to gain from the effective use of conferencing technology," said Bradfield. "Reducing costs and creating efficiencies by holding remote meetings, educating the marketplace, and conducting sales calls allows a small business to better compete with much larger players in any industry. With market conditions and the rising cost of travel, conferencing allows a small company to maintain their competitive edge and hold the line on expenses."

Bradfield began her conferencing career in 1991 as one of the co-founders of InterCall, now the largest conferencing service provider in the world. In 1995, she founded Quorum Conferencing, which was acquired by Citizens Conferencing, now a division of Premiere Global Services in 1998. In 2000, she founded InterAct Conferencing, which was acquired in 2002 by Raindance Communications. Bradfield led the growth of Raindance for 2 years as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, before InterCall and West Corporation acquired the company.

"Carolyn brings considerable experience in the conferencing and collaboration industry to our board," said Brad Dupee, Chairman and CEO of Copper Conferencing. "She has been the driving force behind the adoption of many of the most significant innovations in the conferencing industry over the past 20 years. As a result, her successful track record adds depth and dimension to Copper Conferencing’s Board of Managers."

For more information about Copper Conferencing, visit the company's website at www.copperconferencing.com.

About Copper Conferencing:
Based in Broomfield, Colorado, Copper Conferencing’s Conference Coaches™ provide expert guidance of enhanced conference calling services to small and medium-sized businesses. From on-demand reservationless audio conference calls, to highly-interactive web conferences and special event calls, Copper helps businesses improve the speed and effectiveness of remote business decision making. These services are backed by fully managed, carrier-class platforms to power communication for thousands of customers. Copper’s leadership team brings over 50 years of industry experience and has created a successful channel-centric sales approach which includes wholesale partners and authorized agents and internet sales programs. The company is privately-held.

Copper Conferencing Adds New Board Member

March 5, 2008

Conferencing technology veteran William P. Ernstrom to join board of managers

BROOMFIELD, Colo., March 5, 2008 – Copper Conferencing, a leading provider of teleconferencing services, announced today the addition of William P. Ernstrom to its board of managers. Ernstrom brings over 14 years of conferencing technology experience within the teleconferencing industry.

Very few companies offer the breadth of conferencing services and support that Copper Conferencing brings to small and medium-sized businesses (SMB),” said Ernstrom. "I look forward to working with Copper Conferencing’s board members to help shape the direction of the company as it continues to realize its goal of providing unparalleled customer service and comprehensive group communications offerings to the underserved SMB market segment."

Ernstrom founded Voyant Technologies through the MBO/LBO purchase of Confertech Systems, Inc. from Frontier Communications in 1999. During his tenure he grew revenues from about $13M to over $50M and achieved profitability for 17 consecutive quarters. In 2004 he led the successful sale of Voyant to Polycom, Inc., returning over 20 times the initial investment. Prior to founding Voyant Technologies Ernstrom served as President of Confertech Systems.

"We are very pleased to have someone with Bill Ernstrom's industry background and track record join Copper Conferencing's Board of Managers," said Brad Dupee, Chairman and CEO of Copper Conferencing. "We have aggressive plans in place to grow and deliver cost-effective conferencing services to the SMB market segment for the upcoming year, and Bill's leadership, industry knowledge and insights will be important as we pursue our growth objectives."

"In an era when most come to the conferencing party with ‘Wal-Mart thinking’, Copper Conferencing comes with ‘Nordstrom thinking’- care is what customers want,” said Elliot M. Gold, President TeleSpan Publishing Corporation (www.telespan.com). “This is now enhanced with the addition of Bill Ernstrom, who has helped pioneer the hardware which is core to such offerings." TeleSpan has been tracking and analyzing the teleconferencing industry for over a quarter of a century.

Copper Conferencing recently acquired The Conference Depot, a leading provider of audio conferencing, web conferencing, and video conferencing services. With this most recent acquisition, Copper Conferencing is now able to provide customers with unprecedented access to industry-leading audio and web conferencing tools.

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Copper Conferencing Acquires The Conference Depot

February 5, 2008

Copper Continues to Lead the Conferencing Industry with Expert Conference Coaches™, Broad Conferencing Service Options and a Robust Channel Partner Portfolio

BROOMFIELD, Colo., February 5, 2008– Copper Conferencing, a leading provider of audio conferencing, web conferencing, and video conferencing services; offered primarily through professional independent partners, announced today that it has acquired The Conference Depot, Inc. It purchased the Carlsbad, California firm for $11M, capitalized in part through an equity investment by NewWest Capital Partners of Denver, Colorado and debt financing through Bush O’Donnell Capital Partners, LLC of St. Louis, Missouri. Other deal terms were not disclosed.

With this most recent acquisition, Copper Conferencing enhances its robust conferencing services for small and medium-sized (SMB) businesses. The acquisition will give customers for both companies access to an even greater menu of audio, web, and video conferencing services used for remote group communications.

"Our acquisition of a top conferencing provider like The Conference Depot is a significant step towards the realization of our company goal to provide unparalleled customer service and comprehensive group communications offerings to the underserved SMB market segment,” said Brad Dupee, President and CEO of Copper Conferencing. “With this acquisition we’ll be able to better serve the experienced conferencing professional with the latest automated conferencing systems as well as the beginner or novice who wants assistance though our Conference Coach™ to make their calls absolutely flawless.”

With the acquisition of The Conference Depot, Copper Conferencing is now able to give customers unprecedented access to industry-leading audio and web conferencing tools. Lead by an executive team of industry veterans with over 50 years of industry experience, Copper Conferencing’s skilled Conference Coaches™, offer a suite of easy-to-use group communications tools, including on-demand reservationless audio conferences, event calls, and interactive web conferencing with the ability to instantly share any documents with remote parties. With the continuing consolidation in the conferencing industry, analysts believe that Copper Conferencing is equipped to meet the demands of customers and partners who are looking to unlock the significant efficiency and productivity gains of these cost effective group communication and conferencing solutions.

”We have seen a 28% compound annual growth rate in hosted audio conferencing minutes over the last six years, and while there have always been options for users to manage conferencing services themselves, more often they turn to specialists like Copper Conferencing,” stated Marc Beattie, an analyst with Wainhouse Research. “Through scale and focus, specialists provide a more cost effective solution at a higher service level allowing users to focus on their critical business tasks, and not the technology.”

About Copper Conferencing
Based in Broomfield, Colo., Copper Conferencing’s Conference Coaches™ provide expert guidance of enhanced conference calling services to small and medium-sized businesses. From on-demand reservationless audio conference calls, to highly-interactive web conferences and special event calls, Copper helps businesses improve the speed and effectiveness of remote decision making. These services are backed by fully managed, carrier-class platforms to power communication for thousands of customers. Copper’s leadership team brings over 50 years of industry experience and has created a successful channel-centric sales approach which includes wholesale partners and authorized agents and internet sales programs. The company is privately-held. For more information about Copper, visit the company’s website at www.copperconferencing.com.

For more information contact: Stefanie Jones Public Relations, Inc. 303-388-8460 or sjones@sjonespr.com

Copper Conferencing Announces 500,000 Pennies Promotion

March 4, 2007

Leading provider of group communications boosts channel partner program incentives

BROOMFIELD, Colo., March 4, 2007 – Copper Conferencing, a leading provider of group communications offered primarily through professional independent partners, today announced the introduction of its 500,000 Pennies Promotion. Qualified Sales Partners can earn a $5000 bonus for each $5000 in new monthly sales, in addition to their commissions. The launch of this promotion coincides with the PHONE + Channel Partners Conference & Expo, taking place March 4–6, 2007 in Las Vegas, NV and will run through the end of the year.

“Copper’s strategy for growth is directly linked to our partners’ sales success, and I am pleased to extend this exciting promotion to them,” said Brad Dupee, President and CEO of Copper Conferencing. “This additional earning opportunity further demonstrates our channel programs’ advantage in the group communications industry.”

Copper offers lucrative sales programs for master agents, independent consultants and wholesale partners in the telecommunications industry. Benefits include:

Competitive buy-rates
Frontline sales support and expert end-to-end customer management
No channel conflict
A full suite of leading audio and web conferencing technologies

Existing or potential Copper sales partners can get additional information by speaking to a channel partner manager at 866.903.7521 or partners@copperconferencing.com. Copper channel partner managers will also be available at booth #405 at the PHONE+ Channel Partners Conference & Expo. The Promotion’s full terms and conditions are available at www.copperconferencing.com/partners. More information on the PHONE+ Channel Partners Conference & Expo can be found at http://www.phoneplusmag.com/channelpartners/vegas2007/.

About Copper Conferencing
Based in Broomfield, Colo., Copper Conferencing provides enhanced group communication services to small and medium-sized businesses. From on-demand reservationless audio conference calls, to highly-interactive web conferences and special event calls, Copper helps businesses improve the speed and effectiveness of remote decision making. These services are backed by fully managed, carrier-class platforms to power communication for thousands of customers. Copper’s management team brings over 35 years of industry experience and has created a successful channel-centric sales approach which includes a wholesale partner and authorized agent program. The company is privately-held. For more information about Copper, visit the company’s Web site at www.copperconferencing.com.

PHONE+ and Channel Partners Conference & Expo are trademarks of Virgo Publishing, LLC.

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Copper Conferencing
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JamboTECH and BlackPhone Plus are now Copper Conferencing

September 20, 2006

Copper Acquires JamboTECH and BlackPhone Plus

Copper Drives to Increase Market Presence through Acquisition of Conferencing Leader

BOULDER, CO --- SEPTEMBER 20, 2006 --- Copper Conferencing, a leading provider of group communications services, has announced today that it has acquired the BlackPhone Plus conferencing business of JamboTECH, Inc., a privately held corporation located in Agoura Hills, CA, for an undisclosed amount.

JamboTECH, founded in 2002, rapidly became a leading provider of audio and web conferencing services with BlackPhone Plus their audio and web conferencing services suite tailored to the small and medium-sized businesses (SMB). The acquisition is expected to be immediately accretive to Copper’s earnings in 2006.

"It is with great pleasure that I welcome JamboTECH and its progressive base of customers to our growing company," said Brad Dupee, President and CEO of Copper Conferencing. "We believe this acquisition will provide Copper with a very strong presence in the SMB conferencing marketplace.”

Brad Dupee added, "The JamboTECH team has built a fantastic company. The diversity and extraordinary reach of their customer base provides a very attractive opportunity for us as Copper adds new and innovative services to our group communications suite."

About Copper Conferencing
Copper is a leading provider of audio and web conferencing services, with over 35 years of combined industry experience in management. Companies use Copper's audio and data conferencing services to conduct high-quality meetings that connect remote people anywhere in the world to facilitate simple, cost-effective sharing and discussion.

For more information about Copper Conferencing, please visit: www.copperconferencing.com or call 866.903.7521.