Telco Systems Receives Internet Telephony(R) Magazine's 10th Annual Product of the Year Award

Market Wire, February, 2008

Telco Systems announced today that Technology Marketing Corporation's (TMC®) Internet Telephony magazine ( www.itmag.com ) has named their T-Marc 300 Series as a recipient of its 2007 Product of the Year Award.

The T-Marc 300 Series product family is the first multi-port customer-located demarcation device to provide extensive management and test features for Ethernet, MPLS/VPLS and IP networks and the only demarcation device to receive the award.

"It is an honor to be recognized for a 6th year by Internet Telephony's prestigious industry awards for our leading-edge intelligent Ethernet demarcation device development," said Avi Cohen, Vice President, Business Development & Marketing. "We will continue our commitment to our customers to provide cutting-edge demarcation technology that enables service providers to alleviate network load as they increasingly deliver converged services."

"Telco Systems has proven they are committed to quality and excellence while addressing real needs in the marketplace. Internet Telephony is pleased to grant a 2007 Product of the Year Award to their T-Marc 300 Series," said Rich Tehrani, TMC President and Editor-in-Chief of Internet Telephony magazine. We're proud to honor their hard work and accomplishments and look forward to more innovative solutions from Telco Systems in the future."

Internet Telephony has been regarded as a VoIP authority since 1998(TM). A full list of Product of the Year winners will be published in the February, 2008 issue of Internet Telephony magazine. ( www.itmag.com ) For more information about TMC, please visit www.tmcnet.com .

For more information on the T-Marc product line, visit the Telco Systems' website at http://www.telco.com .

About Telco Systems

Based in Foxboro, Massachusetts, Telco Systems is a leading provider of carrier-class transport and access solutions for IP and TDM networks for carrier, service provider and enterprise markets. Its suite of products includes solutions for Carrier Ethernet Access rings and demarcation, residential and enterprise VoIP, FTTx, SONET, TDM and T1 backhaul.

Founded in 1972, Telco Systems' focus is to maximize the power of their customers' networks by integrating transport, access and packet technologies onto industry-leading platforms that meet today and tomorrow's network demands.

Telco Systems is a wholly owned subsidiary of BATM Advanced Communications (LSE: BVC). For more information, please visit Telco Systems' web site at http://www.telco.com .

About Internet Telephony

Internet Telephony has been the VoIP Authority since 1998(TM). Since the first issue in February of 1998, Internet Telephony magazine has been providing unbiased views of the complicated converged communications space. INTERNET TELEPHONY offers rich content from solutions-focused editorial content to reviews on products and services from TMC Labs. Internet Telephony magazine has a circulation of 225,000 including pass-along readers. For more information, please visit www.itmag.com .

About TMC

Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) publishes Customer Interaction Solutions , INTERNET TELEPHONY , Unified Communications , and IMS Magazine . TMCnet, TMC's Web site, is the leading source of news and articles for the communications and technology industries. Ranked in the top 6,000 most visited Web sites in the world by alexa.com*, TMCnet serves as many as three million unique visitors each month. TMC is also the first publisher to test new products in its own on-site laboratories, TMC Labs. In addition, TMC produces INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO , and Call Center 2.0 Conference . For more information about TMC, visit www.tmcnet.com . (*alexa.com is an amazon.com company that ranks Web sites by their traffic levels. Neither alexa.com nor amazon.com is affiliated with TMCnet.) For more information about TMC, visit www.tmcnet.com .

Telco System Contacts: Raylene Kadrmas Telco Systems 781-255-5314 Email Contact Lisa Rivero PAN Communications 978-474-1900 Email Contact TMC Contact: Jan Pierret 203-852-6800, ext. 228 Email Contact