NIAD selects Paradial RealTunnel for VQ corporate conferencing

NIAD Communications Ltd to offer Paradial RealTunnel SIP Server and state-of-the-art Firewall/NAT Traversal as tunneling backbone for the VQ corporate conferencing services.

London, UK, and Oslo, Norway , May 31, 2005 – NIAD and Paradial today announced their cooperation to offer a complete next generation conferencing software solution for the corporate conferencing market. NIAD, a leading conferencing supplier in the UK has thousands of deployed systems and a customer base of hundreds of blue chip companies. By adding Paradial’s RealTunnel product to the VQ corporate conferencing solution, NIAD offers one of the most advanced desktop conferencing solutions in the market, bringing the following benefits to their customers. ….

“Following an extensive survey, NIAD selected RealTunnel due to the maturity and completeness of the RealTunnel product. The agreements also extends the close working relationship between NIAD [NIAD recently acquired Paradial partner Vavox and the VQ Software] and Paradial,” said Giles Adams, CEO of NIAD. “We expect to host several thousand users ” said Adams , '”which extends the thousand or so users hosted by our customer Broadband For Learning on their VQ based service. This confirms NIAD's leadership in delivering IP video solutions to the corporate and educational markets as our customers expand out from static room based conferencing solutions to include dynamic and mobile desktop users”.

"We are delighted to have been selected by NIAD,” said Kevin Kliland , CEO of Paradial. "It is based on the value and benefits of our product, extends our presence in the UK market and provides us with a strong channel partner delivering solutions to the 2nd largest conferencing market in the world ".

About VQ

VQ is a Conferencing service that enables IP based Video, Voice and Data conferencing. VQ is designed for users who want a fully "click to call" enabled H.323 / SIP conferencing tool (including Presence), controlled via a browser and End-to-End IP & ISDN connectivity coupled with Multipoint services

About RealTunnel and Realsip

RealTunnel is the world’s most comprehensive FW/NAT (Firewall / Network Address Translation) product and works with virtually any SIP clients and any FW/NAT device - including strict corporate firewalls - without requiring FW/NAT or network reconfiguration. RealTunnel consists of RealTunnel clients, RealTunnel Signaling Servers and RealTunnel Media Servers. Paradial also offers Realsip MCU, Realsip Registrar and the Realsip IM (Instant Messaging) client. The following features are supported: Voice, video, T.120 application sharing, chat and presence. RealTunnel supports most SIP clients and SIP servers. Integration points are proxy (SIP proxy for SIP) and SDK.

For PC users, the RealTunnel Client works as an ActiveX component for seamless integration with other IM clients, providing single install and single sign-on. It can be delivered with Disabled GUI with API available for integration. For more information about RealTunnel and RealSIP, visit our Web site at

http://www.realtunnel.com.

About NIAD

NIAD Communications (www.niadeurope.com) (www.niadusa.com) is a full service integrator of video, audio and data conferencing solutions, dedicated to delivering vendor independent infrastructure and best of breed conference technologies. The company is based in both Europe and America and has been established for seven years. Having installed over 2,300 video systems in 26 countries the experienced team leads the market in delivery of innovative communications systems.

Contact NIAD Europe +44 870 121 7800 or NIAD USA +1 203 798 2464 (sales@niad.co.uk)

About Paradial

Paradial is a leading NAT/Firewall solutions software company. For more information about Paradial, visit our Web site at http://www.paradial.com.

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Trademarks

Paradial, RealTunnel and Realsip are registered trademarks of Paradial AS and/or its affiliates. NIAD, VAvox, VQ software, are registered trademarks of NIAD Communications Ltd and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

31 May, 2005

Contact NIAD:

Name: Ashley Martin

Role: Sales &Marketing Manager

Tel: +44 845 2702345

Email: amartin@@niad.co.uk

Contact PARADIAL:

Name: Christian Testman

Role: COO

Tel: +47 95113395

Email: pr@paradial.com