ALLSWITCH, INC. HELPS DIRECT CONNECT INTERNATIONAL ACQUIRE INDUSTRY LEADING HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE SOLUTION

Pleasanton, CA – Feb 15th, 2005 – ALLSwitch, Inc., a telecommunications consulting firm for the prepaid industry, today announced that through its efforts, Direct Connect has chosen a Cisco based soft-switch solution with the Rubix “TRADE” operating software as its new switching platform. (www.rubixtinfotech.com)

Tom Ong, President of Direct Connect says, “We selected the Rubix software solution primarily because their operating software will maintain our strict quality standards, as required by our prepaid distributors. By selecting the industry’s premier software package and telecom’s best router, we anticipate a smooth conversion to facilities-based operation.”

Ong continues, “We enlisted the help of ALLSwitch, Inc. to help us quickly research, qualify and decide on the right switching solution for Direct Connect. In addition to helping us select the proper technology solution, we benefited from an ALLSwitch, Inc. pre-negotiated discount level with our chosen vendors, which allowed us to also get the very best prices available. ALLSwitch, Inc. was great to work with, totally free to Direct Connect, and they clearly saved us money in making the best possible decision to support our customers”.

For more information about ALLSwitch, Inc. consulting services contact Mark Wagner at 925.398.0799 or mwagner@ALLSwitch.com.

About Direct Connect International
Direct Connect, LLC is a facilities-based telecommunications company located in Hawthorne, Ca, that specializes in long distance service and resale. Through its state of the art infrastructure and support staff, Direct Connect delivers reliability, integrity and quality. The company’s focus is prepaid, including private label, virtual switching, and partitioning solutions.
Contact: sales@directconnect.com


About ALLSwitch, Inc.
ALLSwitch, Inc. is a Pleasanton, CA-based telecom consulting firm. The company was founded in 2001 by Mark Wagner, CEO. Throughout his career, Wagner was voted one of the “25 most influential people in the prepaid industry” by Intele-CardNews Magazine. He has sold switches to British Telecom, Cisco, AT&T, Cable and Wireless, TeleNorway, Teleglobe, Planet Telecom/TCI, ILD, Innovative and well over 200 other carriers. They specialize in both new and used hardware, plus the latest software solutions. ALLSwitch, Inc. , Inc. maintains relationships with a wide variety industry leading telecom companies, including switch companies and switch software companies, “virtual “service bureaus, card printers, software programming groups, wholesale carriers, and hardware leasing companies. All of these relationships are offered to ALLSwitch, Inc. consulting clients for “free”. For more information on ALLSwitch, inc., call 925.398.0799 or email mwagner@ALLSwitch.com. Website: www.ALLSwitch.com