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Premiere Global Services Successfully Completes SAS 70 Type II Audit; SAS 70 Compliance Validates Premiere Global's Internal Controls and Security Metrics

Business Wire, Feb 1, 2006

ATLANTA -- Premiere Global Services, Inc. (NYSE: PGI), a global outsource provider of business process solutions, today announced it has successfully completed the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants' Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) No.70 Type II audit.

Through detailed testing of Premiere Global's internal controls and operational procedures, the SAS 70 audit assures the company's Fortune 500 clientele that it maintains a consistent, stable and secure environment for the services it provides. Furthermore, the successful completion of a SAS 70 audit satisfies federal regulations including Gramm-Leach-Bliley, Sarbanes-Oxley and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) that require corporations to audit the internal controls of their suppliers.

"Voluntary compliance with the SAS 70 audit throughout our global network is a key strategic component of our continuing success with security-sensitive and regulated organizations," said Lee Provow, President, Data Communications, Premiere Global Services, Inc. "Premiere Global is committed to ensuring the security and confidentiality of our enterprise customers' data and, to that end, this audit validates the thorough technology and business controls we have implemented."

About Premiere Global Services, Inc.

Premiere Global Services, Inc. is a global outsource provider of business process solutions that enable enterprise customers to automate and simplify their critical business processes and to communicate more effectively with their constituents.

We innovate communication technologies and deliver solutions in four core business practices: Conferencing Solutions, Document Solutions, Marketing Automation Solutions and Alerts & Notifications Solutions. We deliver these solutions via our global, on-demand platforms to an established customer base of approximately 60,000 corporate accounts, including a majority of the Fortune 500. Customers apply our solutions in order to increase efficiency, to improve productivity and to raise customer satisfaction levels.

With global presence in 19 countries, Premiere Global Services' corporate headquarters is located at 3399 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 700, Atlanta, GA 30326. Additional information can be found at www.premiereglobal.com.

Statements made in this press release, other than those concerning historical information, should be considered forward-looking and subject to various risks and uncertainties. Such forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and are made based on management's current expectations or beliefs as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, management. A variety of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in Premiere Global Services' forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, the following factors: competitive pressures, including pricing pressures; technological change; the development of alternatives to our services; market acceptance of our new services and enhancements; integration of acquired companies; service interruptions; increased financial leverage; our dependence on our subsidiaries for cash flow; continued weakness in our legacy broadcast fax business; foreign currency exchange rates; possible adverse results of pending or future litigation or infringement claims; federal or state legislative or regulatory changes; general domestic and international economic, business or political conditions; and other factors described from time to time in our press releases, reports and other filings with the SEC, including but not limited to the "Risk Factors Affecting Future Performance" section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004. All forward-looking statements attributable to us or a person acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement.

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