TelAlaska Licenses Equinox Software

SOFTWARE TO PROVIDE REAL-TIME CDR SEARCHING AND REPORTING

Nashville, TN - October 17, 2003 - Nashville-based Equinox Information Systems today announced that TelAlaska, a full-service telecommunications provider serving 25 rural communities in Alaska, has licensed ShowCDR to interface with its Lucent 5ESS switch. ShowCDR will allow TelAlaska to easily access their call detail records (CDRs) for research, investigation, and analysis.

"We decided to license ShowCDR because the application is user-friendly and allows our staff to easily run reports and investigate suspect network traffic." stated Jim Mathe, Telecom Network Director of TelAlaska. "As a relatively inexpensive software application, ShowCDR will provide a positive return to TelAlaska in a short amount time. Most importantly, the software will save our staff from having to analyze raw CDR data manually a very time consuming process."

ShowCDR offers telecom providers like TelAlaska powerful capabilities including:

• Search and view records in real-time from desktop workstations.
• Create and save sophisticated queries.
• Generate custom reports on demand.
• Eliminate slow and cumbersome switch-based search functions.

"TelAlaska's licensing of ShowCDR represents an exciting step in developing a long-term customer relationship with TelAlaska," said David West, Equinox Executive Vice President. "ShowCDR will be an asset to TelAlaska as they continue to grow throughout Alaska."

About TelAlaska
TelAlaska is an advanced technology company that has been serving rural Alaska for more than 30 years. It provides local telephone service to 25 remote rural communities through its Mukluk and Interior Telephone Companies, and provides managed network services for businesses and institutions throughout the state through its NetWorks subsidiary. For more information, visit TelAlaska at www.telalaska.com.

About Equinox
Founded in 1986, with hundreds of customers worldwide, Equinox Information Systems is a global provider of software solutions for the telecommunications industry. Providing a full range of software applications, which are backed by exceptional customer support, the company offers solutions in areas critical to profitability and network efficiency, including mediation, fraud detection, CDR and switch administration, and network management, as well as custom application development. For more information, visit Equinox at www.equinoxis.com.