hoteles AlicanteINDUSTRY VETERAN BETSY ATKINS JOINS TOLLBRIDGE TECHNOLOGIES' BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Atkins Lends Sales and Marketing Expertise to Fast Growing Voice Over Broadband Company Torquay alberghi aeroportualiSunnyvale, Calif., June 21, 1999 - - TollBridge Technologies, developer of voice over broadband solutions for Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs), announced today that Betsy S. Atkins, an Internet and telecommunications visionary who has guided several private startups and public companies to success, has joined TollBridge's board of directors. Berlin luxury hotelsAtkins co-founded and served as vice president of marketing and sales for Ascend Communications (soon to be a part of Lucent), a leader in wide area networking and intelligent networking solutions. She helped develop Ascend's successful strategy to capture the global market and remains a member of Ascend's board of directors. "With her extensive industry experience and exceptional track record with leading companies in the telecommunications industry, Betsy will be a tremendous asset as TollBridge develops its strategy for penetrating the voice market," said Gary Tauss, CEO and co-founder of TollBridge. "Her talent and experience will be invaluable to the company, and we look forward to her contributions in the years ahead." "I look forward to utilizing my strengths in marketing and sales to help TollBridge further strengthen its position as the leading developer of IP-based multiline voice solutions for Competitive Local Exchange Carriers," said Atkins. "TollBridge's unique technology combined with its strong management team ensure that it will lead the voice over broadband market." Atkins is currently an outside director of the publicly held companies Polycom, Olympic Steel, and Secure Computing. She also serves on the boards of early-stage private Internet companies, including Amplitude Software, where she is chairman, and Selectica Corporation. Previously, she was corporate marketing vice president at both Unisys Corporation and Amdahl Corporation; she also worked at BB&N (now a part of GTE Corporation). About TollBridge Technologies
Founded in March 1998 and located in Sunnyvale, Calif., TollBridge Technologies is the leading developer of IP-based multiline voice solutions targeted at Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs). The company's solutions change the economics of delivering voice services to small business customers by allowing voice CLECs that own Class 5 switches to use broadband access technologies, such as DSL, to bypass the incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) and deliver toll-quality voice and integrated data services. For more information about TollBridge Technologies, visit the company's Website at http://www.tollbridgetech.com or contact Rich Farana at (408) 585-2146. TollBridge and TollVoiceTM are trademarks of TollBridge Technologies, Inc. All other service marks and trademarks are the property of their respective owners. | 
