BillSoft Inc.

BillSoft provides “Your Total Tax Solution”, a complete beginning to end transaction tax solution.  “Your Total Tax Solution” includes EZTax® for tax calculation, EZData® and EZTax Rate & Logic Modifier (RLM) for tax customizations and overriding, EZGeo® for address scrubbing and jurisdiction assignment, EZTax Manager for easy configuration, EZTax Viewer for viewing of tax data, EZTax Compliance Filing Service, and more.

BillSoft’s flagship product, EZTax, is the most comprehensive transaction tax package available, and the best overall value.  It provides taxation for over 625 products and services, with over 220 tax types in 86 countries.  EZTax is supported on all major platform environments and offers a number of different interfaces.

For additional information, contact:
BillSoft, Inc.
10100 W 87th Street
Overland Park, KS 66212
800-525-8175
Sales@BillSoft.com
www.billsoft.com

Located in North Carolina, Access Point is a nationally certified CLEC to large and medium sized businesses and offers Local and Long Distance services, as well as VoIP, Integrated, Internet and Managed Data services.

Phil Pedone, Thermo Credit’s Vice President of Sales commented, “We are excited to be working with a company and management team the caliber of Access Point.  I believe the facility we have put in place will allow them to take advantage of the tremendous growth opportunities their national certification has provided.”

Richard Brown, CEO of Access Point said, “Working with Thermo Credit to define a program that would meet Access Point’s capital needs today and well into the future has been a great pleasure.  They are extremely knowledgeable about the inner workings of the telecommunications industry and that made putting together a transaction much easier than with lenders outside the industry.  Thanks for a great job and an easy transition!”

Use the signup form below to receive the Thermo Credit e-newsletter which provides a concise and efficient glance at the current state of the telecom industry, pertinent news and upcoming events.

In addition to a revamped design, the site boasts user-friendly navigation, as well as the latest on telecommunications industry events, conferences and trade shows. The site allows users to stay current on the latest financial transactions in the industry with up-to-date listings of mergers, acquisitions and fundings.

Along with Thermo Credit’s services and news, the redesigned site also offers ways to easily meet with Thermo Credit representatives in person throughout the country and provides pertinent referral program information for the company’s financial partners.

For almost 10 years, Precision Telecom Technologies (PTT) has been providing leading-edge, cost-effective back office and billing solutions to the Telecommunications industry.  With our expertise, exceptional resources, flexible solutions, and personalized support, we provide unmatched value to our clients.

PTT works in close partnership with our clients to provide systems and support services that help:

• Support increased business volumes
• Serve and focus on the end user
• Better support and integrate with distribution channels
• Reduce the overall technology costs of the organization.

Our core solutions cover the following operational areas:

Customer Relationship Management

PreciseCRM is the core operational system.  It is a secure, web based application that is used to maintain a maximum amount of information about the clients and their products, rates, orders, troubles, comments, billing history and much more.

The system includes a Customer Portal which makes it simple for a customer to view and pay their bill online, request account or service changes, and check status of requests.

Order/Workflow Management

PreciseOrders is the order management system.  It is used to track and automate the ordering process.  Orders can be accepted electronically or entered manually.  Many order processes are automated to provide for “hand free” provisioning.  When automation is not possible or errors occur, Provisioners are alerted for intervention.

Customer Billing

PreciseBill is our rating and billing engine.  This fast and accurate engine provides client specific, customized invoices for all telecommunications products including: VoIP, Long Distance, Local, Wireless, Data, Internet, Conference Calling, and Cable.  The rating engine is very flexible and can support many rating styles as demanded by the industry.

Distribution Channel Support

PreciseChannelSupport is a set of web based tools for internal sales, agents and wholesale customers.  The system provides the distribution channel with the tools to perform several tasks including: submitting/viewing orders and trouble tickets; and providing access to operational, revenue, and commission reports.

Reporting

PreciseReports encompasses our reporting module.  The system includes several “standard” reports across the various system modules (Billing, Orders, Trouble, Accounting, etc).  This system also includes Ad Hoc Reporting capabilities that allow users to define and run their own customized reports.

For more information visit www.PrecisionTele.Com, or contact Scott Trefz at Scott@PrecisionTele.com or 304-333-2213 x 6000.

Because of our extensive telecom experience, Thermo Credit has an insight and understanding of the unique challenges of the telecommunications industry. Our knowledgeable and professional team will work with you to gain an understanding of your goals and find the right financial solution to your individual business needs.

Company Criteria

• Telecommunications / internet related business
• Subscriber-based or wholesale model
• North American-based assets
• $300,000 minimum monthly revenue
• EBITDA positive now or near term
• $500,000 facility minimum

FiberLight® is a leading provider of optical transport services including Ethernet, Wavelengths, IP, SONET and Dark Fiber. FiberLight’s footprint includes growing markets in Georgia, Washington DC, Virginia, Maryland, Florida and Texas. FiberLight owns more than 500,000 fiber miles with more than 5,300 access points. FiberLight focuses on delivering purpose-built networks for its clients including support of applications requiring maximum availability, low latency and ultimate security. FiberLight is one of the largest private owners of fiber networks in the southern United States and utilizes Fujitsu to deliver 24/7 mission-critical services to our clients.

Our Solutions

• Scalable transport from 10MB to 10 Gig
• Fully Managed Network
• Metro or long haul transport
• Private Purpose Built Network Solutions

Our Strengths

• 500,000 miles of wholly owned fiber backbone
• Network monitoring 24/7 at the physical, fiber and electronics level
• Latency specifications sub 2 milliseconds in metro routes
• Service Level Agreements up to 100 percent uptime
• Private, debt free and awarded Deloitte & Touche’s Fast 50 of Georgia award
• Offering fast, flexible solutions.

Transporting Data Quickly and Securely

FiberLight provides a unique method of transporting data unmatched by others in the industry.  By installing high fiber count cables, FiberLight has been able to provide customers with all private direct and diverse routes on their own fiber infrastructure, as well as on non-shared equipment.  This combination of technology prevents customer outages and provides the most secure, redundant, and diverse connection that a customer could provision and install.

LightSource Can Provide Customized Solutions

The LightSource family of products includes a complete portfolio of optical transport services. LightSource, customers receive the security and reliability required for data, voice and storage networks, while simultaneously taking advantage of carrier-class speeds only fiber optic transport systems are capable of delivering. For businesses seeking added network security, FiberLight offers Light Source Ultra, which engineers the network to the specifications needed to ensure 100 percent reliability, to include dual entrances, equipment with N by redundancy in card and power protection.

Carriers, government, large enterprise, content providers, and web-centric businesses have long relied on FiberLight to transport mission critical and delay sensitive data.

FiberLight Offers The Right Solution For You

For details on our services and products, please visit FiberLight at www.fiberlight.com. Or contact our EVP of Sales and Marketing:

Ben Edmond
EVP of Sales and Marketing
FiberLight, LLC
www.fiberlight.com
ben.edmond@fiberlight.com
(315)707-7845

Headquartered in Birmingham, AL, Porter Capital offers the most sought after alternatives to traditional bank financing, such as factoring, accounts receivable financing and asset-based lending. Founded by Marc Porter in 1991, Porter Capital has helped countless businesses across the country secure the financing needed to thrive, ensure the ability to fulfill a new contract, or in some cases survive when faced with an unexpected expense. Specializing in small to medium-size businesses, Porter Capital can provide the needed capital to cover payroll, increase production capacity, fund planned growth and a host of other immediate business needs. With a variety of creative solutions available, Porter will solve your working capital needs.

Porter Capital Corporation is part of the Porter Capital Group that also includes Porter Bridge Loan Company and CapitalPartners Leasing providing significant bridge loan and leasing resources. The Porter Capital Group is well recognized for its financial resources, fast approval times and unique creative financing. To learn more about us, please visit www.portercap.net and view a brief 2-minute video introduction to Porter Capital and our services. If you would like to speak with someone about how your company can benefit from Porter Capital’s services, please contact Sal Trupiano at 800.737.7344.

For more information, please contact:
Sal Trupiano
800.737.7344
205.322.5442
strupiano@portercap.net
www.portercap.net

Nowalsky, Bronston & Gothard is a full-service law firm that specializes in the practice of corporate and regulatory law within the telecommunications industry.

Nowalsky, Bronston & Gothard maintains one of the largest practices of its kind in the country. The Firm provides advice and counsel to more than one hundred public and private communications and technology companies throughout the United States.

The Firm’s clientele includes:

• Long distance carriers and resellers
• Competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs)
• Broadband integrated communications providers (BICPs)
• Internet service providers (ISPs),
• application service providers (ASPs) and web design/hosting companies
• Marketing companies, distributors and master agents

Nowalsky, Bronston & Gothard has earned a reputation as being one of the most respected law firms specializing in the telecommunications industry. More than three decades of experience working with local, regional and national companies enables the Firm to effectively assist its clients in navigating the ever changing regulatory and technological landscape.

Through its broad-based corporate and legal background, combined with extensive experience in representing telecommunications and technology companies, Nowalsky, Bronston & Gothard offers a unique combination of talent and experience to its clients.

For more information about NBG’s services, please contact Leon Nowalsky at (504) 832-1984.