Andy Berman Appointed Chief Executive Officer of i2Telecom

Tuesday April 21, 2009, 7:46 am EDT

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--i2Telecom International, Inc. ("i2Telecom®") (OTCBB: ITUI), a leading developer of award-winning patented and innovative high-quality mobile applications and services, today announced that Andy Berman has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of i2 Telecom International, Inc. and its subsidiary companies. Mr. Berman became a director of the Company in April 2008 and will continue to serve in that capacity. Mr. Berman replaces founder and current CEO Paul Arena, who will remain the Chairman of the Board, Secretary and Chief Financial Officer.

With over 27 years of industry experience, Mr. Berman has been involved in nearly all sectors of the technology and telecommunications industries and was instrumental in revolutionizing global Internet connectivity in the early 1990s. He has extensive experience in the disciplines of strategic alliance planning and business development, as well as sales and marketing, product development and distribution.

Mr. Berman, age 50, is the founder and owner of Virenta, LLC ("Virenta"), a consulting group of high-level executives specializing in strategic global alliances and business development for the technology and telecommunications industries. His clients have included Monster Cable, Cisco, RadioShack and Valence Semiconductor, among others. Mr. Berman was President and Chief Executive Officer of Nextlink USA, Inc, AB, a Denmark-based headset manufacturer from May 2006 to February 2007, at which time he was elected to the company’s Board of Directors. He served as Vice President, Strategic Alliances and Business Development, at RadioShack from July 2003 through April 2006, where he successfully delivered emerging technologies and new products/services to distribution channels, and brought many licensing and investment opportunities to the company. Mr. Berman, as a Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for CipherOptics from January 2002 through June 2003, successfully led negotiations with strategic relationships which included SafeNet, CNT, IBM, EMC, Storage Technology, and Hitachi Data Systems. He also held senior executive positions at Computer City, Hayes MicroComputer and U.S. Robotics.

"We are excited that Andy has agreed to assume the role of Chief Executive Officer and to lead the Company as it transitions out of the development stage to focus on distribution and sales as an operating company," stated Paul Arena, the Company’s Chairman and Chief Financial Officer. "Andy has a demonstrated record of success and is well-respected in the technology and telecommunications industries. His abilities to identify strategic opportunities, enhance shareholder value, and manage profitability during periods of rapid growth are consistent with our corporate objectives. Andy’s leadership and strategic initiatives were instrumental in generating hundreds of millions of dollars in new revenues and shareholder value during his more than 27 years of building new businesses and introducing new technologies and services into a variety of global markets."

"We are gratified that Andy has elected to spend all of his time helping to grow i2 Telecom ," added Mr. Arena. "His enthusiasm is shared by other members of our board of directors and senior management team. We have established aggressive goals for future growth and profitability and look forward to Andy’s contributions towards the achievement of these objectives."

"I believe that i2Telecom has created a valuable intellectual property portfolio surrounding its Internet telephony and mobile applications technology and has an excellent platform from which to deliver end-to-end Internet telephony solutions and applications on an international scale," commented Mr. Berman. "Unlike many of its competitors, i2Telecom has successfully developed award-winning solutions and applications that are superior for the communications needs of users in many demographics. I hope to leverage my business and sales experience to assist i2Telecom in penetrating a variety of key strategic markets."

The Company believes the past twelve months have been a "transitional period", during which the Company shifted to a mobile applications-based service revenue model. This transition was coupled with increased spending on the Company’s network, mobile applications development, enhanced product functionality, customer service and sales and marketing initiatives.

During the last twelve months, the Company:

* Implemented a mobile-driven Unified Communications services platform that is capable of delivering a myriad of mobile applications to its customers;

* Sold a patent for $6.5 million in cash;

* Received several "Product of the Year" and "Best in Show" awards;

* Developed a number of mobile applications for its MyGlobalTalk™ offering that are compatible with Microsoft Mobile, iPhone, Blackberry, Google G1Android and Symbian operating systems;

* Streamlined operations;

* Expanded the Board of Directors with seasoned industry experts;

* Reduced its monthly "burn rate" from over $500,000 per month to approximately $300,000 per month;

* Reduced network operating expenses;

* Increased market exposure with celebrity endorsements;

* Expanded distribution channels;

* Increased its subscriber base over 200% to approximately 12,000 active accounts; and

* Developed a highly competitive offering that provides customers with better quality, lower costs and a robust feature set.

"i2Telecom has identified several new business strategies that should allow the Company to achieve its revenue and profitability goals," stated Mr. Berman. "In addition, the Company has developed a detailed plan to bring in new capital that can support both its short-term and long-term liquidity needs."

"We are negotiating with several companies regarding initiatives that should expand the market for, and revenues from, our products and services. We believe that certain new products we have developed are ahead of the market curve and have the potential to drive powerful newly identified business relationships. These new products, which have core and differentiating market advantages, when coupled with our patents and patents pending intellectual property portfolio, should attract new capital from sophisticated investors, allowing the Company to implement marketing programs designed to achieve its goal of positive cash flow within the next twelve months," concluded Berman.

It is anticipated that a number of positive and catalyst events will continue to develop and will be disclosed in detail in the coming months.

ABOUT I2 TELECOM INTERNATIONAL, INC.

Incorporated in 1988 and the core business founded in 2002, i2Telecom International, Inc. is a leading developer of award-winning patented and innovative high-quality mobile applications products and services that employ best-of-breed VoIP technology and use a combination of the Company's own services network and the Internet to deliver high-quality phone calls, streaming video and text chat to customers on a global scale. i2Telecom International provides its VoiceStick®, MyGlobalTalk™, Digital Portal communications and microgateway adapters for VoIP long-distance and other enhanced communication services to its subscribers. Its patent pending services technology platform is compliant with the Session Initiation Protocol ("SIP") telecommunications industry standard. For additional information visit www.i2telecom.com or www.voicestick.com or www.myglobaltalk.com or call 404-567-4750.