FTG Farmstead Telephone Grp.

EAST HARTFORD, Conn., Sept. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Farmstead Telephone Group, Inc. (AMEX:FTG) today announced the addition of Michael Dozier as Vice President of Sales for One IP Voice, its wholly owned subsidiary. Mr. Dozier will be chiefly responsible for One IP Voice's Channel Partner Program. Prior to joining One IP Voice, Mr. Dozier served as the Chief Operating Officer of IPtimize, Inc. With over 30 years of experience in developing and managing telecommunications organizations, his expertise ranges from the profitable restructuring of business divisions and companies, to the rapid development from entrepreneurial to professional management, with a specific emphasis on building effective sales and service teams. In his career, Mr. Dozier has served as COO of Convergent Communications, President and COO of TIE Communications and has held senior roles in sales and operations for companies such as WilTel Communications, United Telephone and Southwestern Bell. Jean-Marc Stiegemeier, Farmstead's President, CEO and Chairman, stated "We are excited to have Michael join our team of professionals as he brings such rich experience in the telecommunications market, which will allow One IP Voice to deliver unique communications solutions to customers in the Small to Medium Businesses (SMB) market." Stiegemeier further remarked "We are quite pleased that the build-out of our One IP Voice platform is almost complete, and we expect that it will be operational by the end of the month. At that point, we will have in place a full carrier based Hosted telecommunications platform that establishes a national Voice over Intelligent Protocol(TM) (VoIP) footprint in the Small to Medium Businesses (SMB) marketplace. Our One IP Voice offering will provide our customers with Hosted IP Centrex and IP Trunking services, bundled with private One IP Voice "Last Mile" connectivity on a national basis, long distance calling, On Net calling, local area calling, 911 capabilities, and Wide Area Network (WAN) voice and data connectivity." About Farmstead Farmstead Telephone Group, Inc. is a national provider of telecommunications systems and services. As an Avaya partner it offers systems design, installation and services on a national basis. The Company is currently deploying its carrier based Hosted offerings through its One IP Voice subsidiary. Once the One IP Voice platform is fully deployed the Company intends to become the largest provider of Hosted telecommunications services to the SMB market nationally. Further information about Farmstead Telephone may be found at http://www.farmstead.com/. This release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. In addition to historical information, investors should consider carefully the risks associated with an investment in the Company's securities as previously outlined by the Company in its prior filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Contact: Mel Lipes Farmstead Telephone Group, Inc. Voice: 860-610-6005 Fax: 860-282-5737 OR Investor Contact: Alex Lewis or Dave Gentry Aurelius Consulting Group 407-644-4256 http://www.runonideas.com/ DATASOURCE: Farmstead Telephone Group, Inc. CONTACT: Mel Lipes of Farmstead Telephone Group, Inc., +1-860-610-6005; or Alex Lewis or Dave Gentry both of Aurelius Consulting Group, +1-407-644- 4256, Web site: http://www.farmstead.com/

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