Ecuity establishes "Operation Lifeboat" for Stranded Level3 Resellers Services to support migration of cancelled (3)Tone Product BELLEVUE, WA, March 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ecuity, Inc., (OTC BB: ECUI.OB), a leading enhanced Voice over Internet communications company serving the small-to-medium business and residential markets, today announced a new marketing initiative directed toward service providers using Level 3's (3)Tone Hosted IP-PBX services who are being dropped by Level 3. Ecuity is offering to transition all Level 3 (3)Tone(TM) customers to its V-Tone hosted IP voice service platform. Level 3 recently announced it is eliminating its wholesale hosted IP-PBX service called (3)Tone Business, which is sold by approximately 100 phone companies and resellers who provide voice service over the Internet. Ecuity will enable these telephone companies and resellers to seamlessly transition their business customers to its next generation V-Tone(TM) network, providing a high-quality VoIP service to their customers and offering one of the most compelling selections of advanced features and services in the industry today. Ecuity has been in the voice and data solutions business for eighteen years, providing wholesale broadband VoIP, hosted application services, and origination and termination services that enable carriers, CLECs, IXCs, cable operators, ISPs, and resellers to provide carrier-quality voice and data services to business and consumers. Ecuity's broad range of hosted IP telephony products include IP PBX and IP Centrex solutions for larger organizations, as well Small Office, Remote Office and Home offerings, and mobile worker solutions for delivery of advanced telecommunications services via PC's, laptops and pocket PC-compatible PDA's and cellular phones. "Service providers that are using the Level 3 service have an immediate replacement solution with the V-Tone network," per Jon Schnelz, Ecuity's Vice President of Technology. "Not only can the service provider transition their customers immediately, but they will have a richer set of features as well as the ability to create their own features and services through our service creation environment. Customers can access a range of available support systems, including : Web-based sign-up and provisioning, private-label branded with their logo, Web-based phone number approval process, Web-based phone number assignment, Web-based customer data updates, phone number block requests, and support for both hardware and software clients. "We've been through this before. In 2004 we successfully converted over 400 Cisco IP phones from the 3Tone service to our V-Tone product set. Fifteen different companies experienced the difference in Quality, Performance, and Stability of our platform" continued Schnelz. Ecuity's VOIP service enables the ex-Level3 resellers to have an unparalleled and welcome view of their customer networks. The V-Tone platform gives complete control for the End User, Enterprise, and Service Provider of all telecommunications functions. Ecuity's V-Tone platform includes all of the functionality that the 3Tone end users are familiar with including a unique set of advanced features that includes the SmartCall Softphone, IP trunking to existing PBX systems, and many others. For the first time, small and medium-sized offices and home offices can take advantage of the robust features of an enterprise class PBX telephone system without investing thousands of dollars in long-term contracts, equipment and specialized personnel. Ecuity's V-Tone Office IP PBX VoIP service makes it possible for small businesses with just a few lines, or remote users/telecommuters from larger businesses, to enjoy the features and flexibility of a major enterprise telecom infrastructure that is scaled to the needs and budget of the small/home office environment. V-Tone Office gives customers remote office capabilities that enable the small business user to set up four-digit extensions in multiple locations with easy management of features via a web interface. It also offers special V-Tone features, such as one or more telephone numbers in any of more than 2,500 locations nationwide, regardless of the physical location of offices. For example, a Denver office can have a "local" New York (212) Area Code number for East Coast customers. Included is the powerful simultaneous ring feature, which means that customer calls to a home office ring through to any phone the business owner defines, including a cell phone, home phone, or an offsite assistant. Ecuity's V-Tone(TM) enhanced VoIP services provide a wide range of robust and innovative features including: - Caller ID, call waiting, call hold and three-way calling - Automatic call forwarding - SimulRing(TM) enables incoming calls to ring multiple phones or numbers for flexible pickup - Automatic call distribution and Auto Attendant for group calling functionality - Integrates with Microsoft Outlook(TM) for direct dialing from the Outlook Contacts List - On-Screen keypad dialing and volume control direct from your PC - Voice mail messages delivered to Outlook as talking emails, plus - Optional addition of Ecuity's Smart Call(TM) software extends V-Tone services to laptops or Pocket PC-compatible cell phones and PDAs for making mobile voWiFi (Voice over Wi-Fi) calls. Ecuity's innovative VoIP services, V-Tone Office, V-Tone Small Office, V-Tone Home and Smart Call, are available virtually anywhere in the country. It takes only a phone call to 1 866-41 VTONE (1 866-418-8663) or a visit to http://www.ecuity.net/ to secure a custom solution quotation. As a result of its success in delivering cutting edge Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services to customers nationwide, Ecuity's subsidiary Ecuity Advanced Communications was named to the 2004 "pulver 100" - which is the VoIP industry's premiere listing of companies that represent the future of the communications industry. Ecuity is the first facilities-based carrier to offer complete business- class VoIP services, including a "soft phone" and VoWiFi both nationwide and internationally - with quality equal to or better than traditional phone service at significant cost savings. Ecuity provides residential and business class VoIP, broadband services, technical support, centralized billing and superior customer service. It offers both Centrex call features and traditional equipment based PBX call services. About Ecuity, Inc. (http://www.ecuityinc.com/) Ecuity is a provider of end-to-end unified communication technologies for the small- to medium-business market. Ecuity uses secure next-generation voice services, instant messaging, data transfer, internet, conference calling and enterprise software to create solutions that meet the communication needs of today's business world. As a facilities-based carrier, Ecuity has operated as a traditional telephone company for 17 years, providing service to thousands of customers in the Northwest. Through the integration of web-based telecommunications and cutting-edge software technology, Ecuity economically delivers secure unified communication solutions that break down distance, time and media barriers to allow people to communicate anywhere, anytime and across multiple mediums. Ecuity has offices in Bellevue and Seattle, Washington. This report includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The information in this news release includes certain forward-looking statements that are based upon assumptions that in the future may prove not to have been accurate and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties, including statements as to the future performance of the company. Although the company believes that the expectations reflected in its forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations or any of its forward-looking statements will prove to be correct. Factors that could cause results to differ include, but are not limited to, successful performance of internal plans, product development acceptance, and the impact of competitive services and pricing and general economic risks and uncertainties. For more information, please contact: For Ecuity: Jennifer Stephens Telephone: (206) 210-5033 Investor Relations Truc Nguyen VP, Investor Relations Stern & Co. Telephone: (212) 888-0044 Media Relations Stan Froelich VP, Media Relations Stern & Co. Telephone: (212) 888-0044 DATASOURCE: Ecuity, Inc. CONTACT: For Ecuity: Jennifer Stephens, Telephone: (206) 210-5033, ; Investor Relations: Truc Nguyen, VP, Investor Relations, Stern & Co., Telephone: (212) 888-0044, ; Media Relations: Stan Froelich, VP, Media Relations, Stern & Co., Telephone: (212) 888-0044,

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