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Monday, March 2, 2009

Cbeyond Expands Leading Channel Partner Program by Forging Master Agent Partnership with Telecom Brokerage, Inc.

ATLANTA & LAS VEGAS, Mar 02, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Cbeyond(R), Inc. (NASDAQ: CBEY), a leading IP-based communications and IT services provider for small business, announces it has formed a master agent partnership with Telecom Brokerage, Inc. (TBI) to sell solutions featuring Cbeyond's BeyondVoice(R) with SIPconnect(R) and Microsoft Response Point. TBI will be offering this integrated solution through its network of 800 sub-agents.

This partnership brings together TBI, the second-largest national master agent in the U.S. and the first Microsoft Response Point master agent, and Cbeyond, a leading provider of IP-based services delivered across a private network.

Cbeyond's BeyondVoice with SIPconnect is pre-configured on the Microsoft Response Point IP based phone system and user interface, helping simplify the installation for small businesses. Under the master agent agreement, TBI sub-agents can provide a complete IP-based phone solution from two trusted providers.

"This partnership will expand the distribution of Cbeyond's services and allow more small businesses to benefit from our portfolio of productivity-enhancing applications," said Brad Linden, vice president and general manager of the indirect channel for Cbeyond. "TBI and its network of subagents will also benefit from selling an innovative communications solution to a small business market that is constantly looking for solutions that increase efficiencies while managing costs."

Cbeyond helped pioneer the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) trunking industry standard, called SIPconnect(R), which institutes a common protocol among digital voice providers worldwide. SIPconnect eliminates the need for a VoIP gateway on the premise, improves voice quality and creates a strong foundation for personalized applications and rich media services.

"Establishing a master agent agreement with Cbeyond enables our subagents to resell one of the industry's leading providers of bundled communications and IT services," said Geoffrey Shepstone, president of TBI. "Cbeyond's robust portfolio of services better equips our sub-agents to provide small businesses with applications that positively impact their bottom line."

For information about the partnership or to learn more about becoming a Cbeyond reseller, visit booth #827 at the 2009 Channel Partners Conference and Expo, March 1-3, 2009, at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. For more information about Cbeyond and its portfolio of productivity-enhancing solutions for small businesses, call 1-888-225-0984 or visit http://www.cbeyond.net/services.

About Cbeyond

Cbeyond, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBEY) is a leading IP-based managed services provider that delivers integrated packages of communications and IT services to more than 42,000 small businesses throughout the United States. Cbeyond offers more than 30 productivity-enhancing applications including local and long-distance voice, broadband Internet, mobile, BlackBerry(R), broadband laptop access, voicemail, email, web hosting, fax-to-email, data backup, file-sharing and virtual private networking. Cbeyond manages these services over a private, 100-percent Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) facilities-based network. For more information on Cbeyond, visit http://www.cbeyond.net/.

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SOURCE: Cbeyond, Inc.

Cbeyond, Inc.
Michelle Gullia, 678-370-2437
michelle.gullia@cbeyond.net

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