State Departments Choose Onvoy for LAN Installation

$2 million deal covers design, installation and training for two new locations

Minneapolis, MN – Onvoy, Inc., a Minneapolis-based provider of advanced telecommunications solutions, today announces that the State of Minnesota Department of Health and State of Minnesota Department of Agriculture have awarded a contract to Onvoy to provide converged network implementation services for new facilities in St. Paul to be occupied this fall. The advanced Cisco equipment being used in the new facilities will allow the two departments to move to the new IP technology baseline, and provides an upgrade path for future growth.

The project includes design, installation, training, and support services. The estimated value of the contract is approximately $2 million in equipment and services.

"Onvoy prides itself on building strong relationships with its customers," said Janice Aune, Chairman and CEO of Onvoy. "We're excited about the opportunity to provide design and installation services that will provide long-term value for the Department of Health and Department of Agriculture. We'll bring today's best communications solutions, and a migration path to tomorrow's best solutions."

For this project, Onvoy is partnering with Edina-based Phenomenal Networks. Phenomenal Networks has worked with Onvoy on the physical installation of many Onvoy clients, has experience with government clients, and is well versed in the implementation of Quality of Service technologies and LAN switching in complex voice, video and data networks.

"Phenomenal Networks has an intimate understanding of the requirements to install an Onvoy customer," said Dave Shepherdson, CEO of Phenomenal Networks. "The development of a well-coordinated, finely-tuned working methodology has yielded successful installations of numerous Onvoy customers, and we'll bring the same experience to our role in the Department of Health and Department of Agriculture projects."

About Onvoy

Onvoy was established in 1988 as a collaborative effort of independent local telephone companies whose mission was to provide a wide range of leading edge telecommunications services. Onvoy offers network services, voice, videoconferencing, data and Internet solutions to wholesale and retail market segments serving more than 350 communities in Minnesota and beyond. Onvoy is a privately held corporation with headquarters in Minneapolis. For more information, visit www.onvoy.com.

About Phenomenal Networks

Phenomenal Networks has a reputation as one of the finest data communication systems communication companies with a wide range of international experience. Phenomenal Networks uses that experience and combines it with a strong Minnesota-based team of industry experts to bring a unique Global capability to the U.S. market. Phenomenal Networks is a Cisco Premier Partner and is certified in Cisco IP Telephony.

April 28, 2005