LOS ANGELES – June 13, 2008 – Fonality®, the leading provider of open source business communications systems, announced today that it is has expanded the July 15^th trixbox Live! event, a free gathering for the trixbox community being held at the Westin LAX in Los Angeles. trixbox Live! sold out on the first day of registration and has now been has been expanded to accommodate all trixbox community members. Designed as a free networking and education event for the largest open source telephony community, attendees are coming from around the United States and 20 different countries. To reserve space, register today at http://trixbox.org/event/trixboxlive.

trixbox Live! is the first in a series of free nationwide events created especially for trixbox CE and trixbox Pro communities. trixbox founder, Andrew Gillis, along with trixbox Community Director, Kerry Garrison, will host a full day of training on how to take trixbox to your market and be successful marketing trixbox-based phone systems. Attendees will learn about new features, get insight into the trixbox roadmap and see live demos that show how to integrate trixbox with a variety of different hardware components. trixbox-specific sales training will include:

• • How to explain the value of trixbox
  • How to effectively sell against competing products
  • Details on effective closing techniques
  • How to increase your profits by cross=selling services and third-party products

All attendees will receive a free trixbox Pro demo kit, lots of great trixbox schwag and a free community networking lunch. The demo kit includes two trixbox Pro 2.0 Call Center Edition lifetime licenses with one month of unlimited technical support. As part of the sales training agenda, Brad Pitt, director of Fonality channel sales, will provide an overview of trixbox Pro 2.0 with HUD, the award-winning application that provides a unified view of chat, email, and calling for all fixed and mobile workers.