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FierceVoIP Selects FirstHand Technologies for Its "Fierce 15" VoIP Companies of 2006

FirstHand Technologies on Leading Edge of VoIP Technology

OTTAWA – Nov. 8, 2006 – FirstHand Technologies, an innovator in transforming smartphones and PDAs into full-featured business telephones, today announced that it has been named to FierceVoIP’s annual Fierce 15 list.

This distinction honors FirstHand Technologies as one of the top 15 companies on the cutting-edge of the constantly evolving VoIP industry. Winners, selected from among hundreds of organizations, demonstrated themselves to be “fierce” through their innovations in the marketplace.

FierceVoIP is a bi-weekly email newsletter distributed by FierceMarkets that covers news and insights on the emerging VoIP industry, providing more than 32,000 subscribers a quick, authoritative briefing on the week’s top VoIP stories marketplace developments.

“FierceVoIP congratulates FirstHand Technologies on being named as one of the Fierce15,” said Dan Rosenbaum, editor of FierceVoIP. “By bringing mobile phones into the enterprise, FirstHand helps realize the promise of fixed-mobile convergence.”

"FierceVoIP is a clear frontrunner in delivering news and information on the VoIP industry,” said David Hattey, president & CEO of FirstHand Technologies. “We are honored to be a part of the Fierce15 as VoIP continues to gain traction in homes and businesses around the world.”

Hattey added, “Using the FirstHand Mobile Assistant and Mobile Console, organizations can now extend their corporate IP PBX/IP Centrex functionality to a variety of mobile devices. As part of our vision of Enterprise Communications Everywhere, our applications give users access to the most advanced feature-rich portfolio of enterprise mobility software in the market today.”

The FierceVoIP Fierce15 awards represent the best companies in the VoIP space that are making significant strides in the delivery and continued improvement of VoIP on a global scale. The complete list of winning companies is available today in a special issue of FierceVoIP and on the FierceVoIP Web site at http://www.fiercevoip.com.

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About FirstHand Technologies (www.firsthandtech.com)
FirstHand Technologies mobilizes the enterprise by extending the functionality of numerous IP PBXs to a variety of smartphones and PDAs. FirstHand Technologies empowers an enterprise’s workforce to go mobile with the same functionality as their office desktop. The FirstHand Technologies advanced fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) solution delivers enterprise features and “single number” seamless connectivity over cellular networks and/or WiFi enabling organizations to achieve “enterprise communications everywhere.” The enterprise benefits from faster communication abilities, increased productivity and significant cost savings.

Based in Ottawa, Canada, FirstHand Technologies’ solutions are embedded or bundled into the world's premier equipment vendors, systems integrators and service providers’ products. For more information, please contact FirstHand Technologies at www.firsthandtech.com.

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