Gene Cohen Joins Rapid Link's Management Team21 December 2005
Rapid Link, Inc. (OTC BB: RPID) announced
today that Gene Cohen has joined the Rapid Link management team as its Vice
President of Operations and Engineering. Mr. Cohen brings his extensive
telecommunications and VoIP experience to the company.
"Gene will be a key member of the Rapid Link management team," commented
John Jenkins, CEO of Rapid Link, Inc. "We are very fortunate to have
someone of Gene's caliber joining us, as he brings extensive leadership and
knowledge in the VoIP and telecommunications industries to Rapid Link.
Gene's appointment completes our management team, putting us in position to
further execute on our aggressive VoIP rollout."
"Rapid Link is an entrepreneurial driven company with an incredible niche
market in the VoIP and telecommunications industry," said Mr. Cohen. "The
VoIP industry is growing at a very rapid pace and the Company's services
are aligned to attain key customers who want these services, including most
importantly US military personnel. I'm looking forward to a long term
relationship with both Rapid Link and the entire management team."
Mr. Cohen is a graduate of MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).
Over 20 years, Mr. Cohen has held leadership roles in several
telecommunications companies, including Brooktrout Technology, Inc.
Graphnet Inc., IPX Inc., and Xcellity Inc. As the Director of R&D and
Technical Sales at Graphnet Inc., Mr. Cohen created an enhanced facsimile
messaging switching service that became a leading solution for the
banking/brokerage community for rapid fax message delivery. The solution
was so successful that it was licensed to telecommunications carriers and
Postal Telephone and Telegraph companies in 15 countries. While at IPX
Inc., a company he founded, Mr. Cohen launched a VoIP clearinghouse
services network, dedicated to helping Internet Service Providers become
competitive local exchange carriers in newly deregulated markets worldwide
on 3 continents supporting 150 carriers in just 2 years.
About Rapid Link, Inc.
Founded in 1997 as Dial Thru International Corporation, Rapid Link provides
value-added Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) communication services to
customers, both domestically and internationally. Rapid Link is a leading
niche market provider that has focused on the US military and other key
niche markets through its proven, high-quality Internet telephony products,
services and infrastructure for service providers, businesses and
individuals worldwide.
The Company's VoIP offerings include multiple service plan options which
reside on Rapid Link's state of the art IP network. The company offers
PC-to-PC, PC-to-phone, and phone-to-phone calling on their unique set of
IADs -- Internet Access Devices -- that provide a new low cost phone
service that is delivered through a broadband connection. Rapid Link's back
office provides, billing, operations management, marketing support,
inventory management, accounts payable, accounts receivable, sales force
automation, commission management, trouble ticket reporting. Customers can
manage their telecommunications services in a real-time environment through
the company's tested back office support structure.
Rapid Link's network spans more than 15 countries on five continents. For
more information, please visit www.rapidlink.com
Except for historical matters contained herein, the matters discussed in
this press release are forward-looking and are made pursuant to the safe
harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Investors are cautioned that these forward-looking statements reflect
numerous assumptions and involve risks and uncertainties that may affect
Rapid Link's business and prospects and cause actual results to differ
materially from these forward-looking statements. Among the factors that
could cause actual results to differ are the inherent uncertainty of
financial estimates and projections, the competitive environment for
Internet telephony, Rapid Link's limited operating history, changes of
rates of all related telecommunications services, the level and rate of
customer acceptance of new products and services, legislation that may
affect the Internet telephony industry, rapid technological changes, and
other risk factors contained in Rapid Link's (formerly Dial Thru
International, Corporation) periodic reports on Form 10-K and Forms 10-QSB
on file with the SEC and available through http://www.sec.gov.
Contacts:
David Hess
President and COO
Rapid Link, Inc.
Tel. 310-566-1701
Website: www.rapidlink.com
Friedland Corporate Investor Services, LLC
Jesse Blum
Tel. (303) 468-1287
SOURCE: Rapid Link, Inc.
Source: marketwire
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