TORONTO – April 1, 2010 – Iristel Inc., a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) operator licensed by the Canadian Radio Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), today announced it has placed 144th in the 2010 Branham300 listing of the top Information and Communication Technology (ICT) companies operating in Canada, moving up 17 positions from last year.

“Our continued growth is a reflection of the advantages we provide to our customers,” says Samer Bishay, President and CEO, Iristel Inc. “By using the most advanced Internet-based technologies and speeding time to deployment we are helping our customers reduce network complexity and improve network reliability so they can quickly realize the impact of VoIP on their bottom line.”

Iristel is a specialist in SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) trunking solutions that enable customers to converge local, long distance and private voice traffic on a single IP backbone to reduce network costs and gain a maximum return on their IP investments. The company was recently selected for Gold membership in the Avaya DevConnect program which promotes the development, compliance-testing and co-marketing of innovative third-party products that are compatible with standards-based Avaya solutions.

About the Branham300

Entering its 17^th year, the Branham300 highlights the top Canadian and Multinational ICT companies operating in Canada and is widely considered to be a leading source of intelligence on Canada’s ICT industry.  The Branham300 list consists of the following major categories, ranked by revenue:

• Top 250 Canadian ICT Companies
• Top 25 ICT Multinational Companies operating in Canada
• Top 25 Up and Comer ICT Companies (category ranked on innovation/not revenue)
• The Next 50

The Branham300 is published annually in the April/May issue of Backbone Magazine, as well as on the Branham300 website, www.branham300.com.

About Branham Group Inc.

Branham Group is a leading industry analyst and strategic consulting firm servicing the global information technology marketplace. Branham Group assists information technology companies and related institutions in achieving market success through its custom consulting services (Planning, Marketing and Partnering), and through its multi-client research subscription programs (eHealth, Outsourcing, Green IT and Wireless). Branham also produces an annual listing of the top information technology companies in Canada (www.branham300.com), tracks the Canadian Outsourcing industry (www.branhamoutsourcing.com) and monitors over 450 eHealth vendors. For more information regarding Branham Group, please visit www.branhamgroup.com.

About Iristel Inc.

Established in 1999, Iristel is a leading global provider of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services with its headquarters in Toronto, Canada.  The company was granted a carrier license by the Canadian Radio-Television Commission (CRTC) in 2000 and it is a national VoIP service provider with the CRTC’s Competitive Local Exchange Carrier (CLEC) designation in Canada.

In addition, Iristel offers the broadest portfolio of IP services in Canada, including hosted IP PBX (private branch exchange), virtual faxing, virtual roaming, and global IP trunking products and services. Its expertise includes PBX and VPN (virtual private network) installations for enterprises with multiple locations.

Iristel has also deployed multiple, redundant switching facilities and Points of Presence (PoPs) nationally resulting in the delivery of stable telecom business solutions to its customers.  More information about Iristel can be found at: www.iristel.ca.

Media Contacts:

• Lizanne McReelis, Echo Communications, +1.416.800.0011, pr@iristel.com
• Jodi Echakowitz, Echo Communications, +1.416.800.0010, pr@iristel.com