Centrinity And Sprint Canada Team To Deliver Unified Messaging To Small And Medium-Sized Businesses

Business Wire, Feb 1, 2001

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MARKHAM, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 1, 2001

Centrinity Inc (TSE:CTI.)

Centrinity's Unified Communications Technology Powers

Productivity-Enhancing Service for Sprint Canada Business Customers

Centrinity Inc. (TSE:CTI.), which develops and markets leading unified communications and collaborative groupware technologies, today announced that Sprint Canada has launched its unified messaging service, unified messaging from Sprint Canada, across Canada.

Unified messaging from Sprint Canada is powered by Centrinity's FirstClass Unified Communications technology.

Unified messaging from Sprint Canada will provide Sprint Canada's small and medium-sized business customers with a value added service that affords fast access to information, enhancing productivity and improving responsiveness. Subscribers to unified messaging from Sprint Canada will have access to a single mailbox for email, voice mail and faxes, using a phone, computer, wireless Internet device or via the web, anywhere in the world. Subscribers will be able to listen to their email over the phone; hear voicemail on their computer; get notification of faxes on their cell phones; and access their messages from any web browser - without having to change their current phone numbers or email addresses.

With more than 120,000 business customers, Sprint Canada is one of the leading national communications solutions companies, offering voice, data and online services. Sprint Canada offers a full range of telecommunications products and services to all market segments - from long-distance to virtual private networks and data networking. Sprint Canada provides service to residential customers, small businesses, major corporations and governments.

Sprint Canada will be marketing its unified messaging offering through a cross-country advertising campaign involving radio, print and airport advertisements.

"Sprint Canada recognizes the value in providing our customers with unified messaging services," said Murray Souter, president, Small Business and Consumer Services, Sprint Canada Inc. "We selected the Centrinity solution because it clearly demonstrated carrier-class unified communications in a scalable and reliable collaborative platform. We believe that these features will allow us to exceed our customers' expectations."

"Centrinity's Unified Communications solution allows service providers like Sprint Canada to leverage their customer base, brand and network infrastructure by offering a high value added service that provides the opportunity to increase revenue and profitability and attract and retain subscribers," said Myles McGovern, president and CEO of Centrinity.

Mr. McGovern continued, "We are pleased to support Sprint Canada's efforts to provide enhanced services to its customers through the provision of a unified communications solution that meets the needs of today's business users. It is our goal to bring our leading Unified Communications solution to the business market. We are certain that businesses will appreciate the productivity-enhancing value of this new service."

Centrinity will provide its Unified Communications solution to Sprint Canada on an outsourced basis whereby Centrinity will host and operate Sprint Canada's unified messaging offering.

About Centrinity Inc.

Centrinity is a leading provider of unified communications and collaborative software solutions to telecommunications and data service providers, enterprises and learning organizations. Our award-winning software solutions are designed to enhance productivity and efficiency by simplifying and facilitating the management of communications and information among individuals and groups. Centrinity has an installed base of more than 6.8 million users in more than 10,000 organizations in 55 countries. Centrinity is listed under the symbol "CTI" on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Website: www.centrinity.com

This news release may include statements about expected future events and/or financial results that are forward-looking in nature and subject to risks and uncertainties. The company cautions that actual performance will be affected by a number of factors, many of which are beyond its control. Future events and results may vary substantially from what the company currently foresees.

FirstClass is a registered trademark of a Centrinity subsidiary used under license. Centrinity and the Centrinity logo are trademarks of Centrinity Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.