Business Services Industry

Premiere Global Services Placed among Elite Email Service Providers

Business Wire, Nov 6, 2006

ATLANTA -- Premiere Global Services, Inc. (NYSE:PGI), a global outsource provider of business process solutions, today announced its ranking among top large enterprise-oriented email service providers (ESP's) offering outstanding business value and market suitability in JupiterResearch's Email Marketing Guide, 2006 (available at http://www.jupiterresearch.com). Premiere Global led email marketing vendors in its category for market suitability, commending the relevance of the features and configuration options of its email marketing technology and services.

In its assessment, JupiterResearch cited Premiere Global's ability to offer customers hosted or on-premise deployments; enhancements to its strategic services group and application infrastructure; new localized language support for German (Germany), French (France), English (United Kingdom) and Spanish (Spain); and features that allow users to build microsites from within the application. In JupiterResearch's 2005 guide, prior to Premiere Global Services' acquisition of Accucast, Accucast earned an overall ranking of five among the vendors evaluated in its category.

"Earning top billing in this evaluation prepared by a preeminent research firm in our industry gives enormous validation to the strategy we have pursued over the last year," said Michael Pridemore, Senior Vice President, Managing Director, Marketing Automation Solutions, Premiere Global Services. "Certainly, we can point to the powerful combination of Premiere Global's footprint and resources with the technology and talent brought by Accucast as well as the enormous gains in our application infrastructure and localization efforts. Of course, the accolade also gives well-deserved recognition to our amazing team of world-class professionals dedicated to providing the best marketing automation services available."

Premiere Marketing Automation's market leadership is driving strong operating performance this year with significant new customer acquisitions and revenue growth. In addition to the successful initiatives highlighted by JupiterResearch, Premiere Marketing Automation recently launched its Deliverability Services, in partnership with Goodmail Systems and Pivotal Veracity, that improve email deliverability and help legitimate marketers reach their intended audience.

According to JupiterReseach, the evaluation of email service providers examines the offerings of 28 vendors against the needs of three categories of marketers - service-oriented, small-/midsize-business and large enterprise. Vendor scores are based on three criteria - value, suitability and breadth. JupiterResearch identified the prospective email service providers from vendor evaluations, market presence and client feedback. Vendors self-reported the information used in the evaluation in comprehensive questionnaires. JupiterResearch verified the information with product demonstrations and client interviews.

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 the "Risk Factors" section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2006. 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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