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Toronto, ON, Canada — October 17, 2008 — MERA Systems Inc. and Trance Telecom Inc. today announce the launch of new hosted softswitch service for VoIP operators which is called ColloBOX. The service was introduced by an international transit VoIP operator Trance Telecom after it applied MVTS II, the award-winning product developed by MERA Systems.

ColloBox hosted softswitch-based services open up a whole new world of opportunities for business development. They allow to carry out all functions necessary for work and stable growth of operators' network effectively ensuring the concentration and switching of VoIP traffic with billing and call routing based on quality and route profitability.  The service also implies a convenient analytics and reporting system as well as integrated mechanism of profitability control.

Today the leading telecommunication providers are vividly discussing a rapid development and growth of VoIP services market. With due regard for unrivaled quality of MERA Systems' products combined with the cost, speed and simplicity of ColloBOX deployment, the cooperation with Trance Telecom considerably decreases initial investments into the equipment as well as operational costs and network maintenance service costs, thereby providing an operator with competitive advantages.

Trance Telecom and MERA Systems are going to present their updated product portfolios at GITEX TECHNOLOGY WEEK held on October, 19-23 in Dubai. There the leading international operators will have an opportunity to get acquainted with products and services of MERA Systems and Trance Telecom.

About MERA Systems

MERA Systems develops industry-leading tandem softswitches and session border controllers for VoIP that enable carriers and service providers to manage VoIP calls circulating across their networks. To date, MERA Systems is a key provider of highly reliable and cost-effective VoIP switching and IP Centrex platforms. The company has 600+ deployments in 74 countries worldwide. The company develops cost-effective tandem softswitches, IP Centrex platforms and session border controllers.

About Trance Telecom

Trance Telecom is an international VoIP operator established in 2005 as a wholesale market company.  Trance Telecom provides traffic transit and collocation services between large-scale partners-terminators in Western Europe and North America and originators on the CIS and Eastern Europe. The company has a geographically spreaded structure with points of presence in Germany, Canada, Latvia, Russia and Ukraine. From 2007 Trance Telecom is a registered user of MERA Systems' award-winning products and develops its own VoIP-billing solutions. For more information visit www.trancetele.com