Office Depot Launches New 'Wireless Office Service'

Office Depot (NYSE:
ODP), a leading global provider of office products and services, today
announced the availability of its new Wireless Office Service. The Office
Depot Wireless Office Service enables small and medium-sized businesses to
centralize all employee phone numbers (whether in-office, cell phones or home
office numbers) with one single main number -- giving customers faster, easier
access to anyone in the company. Wireless Office Service is powered by
AccessLine Communications, a provider of hosted and managed voice services
exclusively for the business marketplace.
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In this age of wireless technology, the Wireless Office Service takes the
virtual office one step further, allowing not just individual phones, but
entire phone systems, to go wireless. The service provides a business with one
main phone number that immediately connects all members of the organization
and aggregates individual employee cell phone numbers and land lines under one
umbrella.

Wireless Office Service -- How It Works
With Wireless Office Service, when a customer or employee calls the
business number, he or she is greeted with a menu of options, and immediately
directed to the person, department or information they need, without having to
know individual phone numbers or extensions. The service easily reaches every
employee, even when they are working in different physical locations, or using
a cell phone, work phone or other phone. Callers also have the option of
going back to the main menu to reach other members of the company without
making another call. In addition, Wireless Office Service allows employees
using multiple cellular phone carriers to easily share important voicemail
messages with each other.

Business Continuity Feature
Wireless Office Service from Office Depot features an important Disaster
Recovery capability, which is a standard part of the service. If a business is
located in an area where its local phone company service or cell phone service
has been disrupted or its main landline number is not functioning, the
business phone number can be seamlessly redirected to through Wireless Office
Service to a landline phone, cell phone or another phone anywhere in the
country, without changing the phone number. This enables a business to
continue with minimal disruption to its customers or employees needing to
communicate with each other.
"Wireless Office Service is an exciting new service that offers business
customers a viable alternative to the costs and infrastructure involved with
setting up a phone system," said John Lostroscio, Vice President of
Merchandising for Office Depot. "A phone system for a small office, even one
that is limited to the 'four walls' of a physical office, can be prohibitively
expensive to purchase, install and maintain. With Wireless Office Service, a
business gets next generation features and functionality, seamless wireless
integration, no maintenance contract, and unlimited local calling."
During Office Depot's 19th Anniversary sale, users can subscribe to
unlimited Wireless Office Service for as little as $90.95 a month. Details are
available at Office Depot stores or online at
http://officedepot.telecomsvc.com/wireless .

About Office Depot
With annual sales approaching $14 billion, Office Depot provides more
office products and services to more customers in more countries than any
other company. Incorporated in 1986 and headquartered in Delray Beach,
Florida, Office Depot conducts business in 23 countries and employs 47,000
people worldwide. The Company operates under the Office Depot(R), Viking
Office Products(R), Viking Direct(R), Guilbert(R), and Tech Depot(R) brand
names.
Office Depot is a leader in every distribution channel -- from retail
stores and contract delivery to catalogs and e-commerce. With $3.1 billion in
online sales in FY'04, the Company is the world's number three Internet
retailer. As of June 25, 2005, Office Depot has 1,011 retail stores in North
America in addition to a national business-to-business delivery network
supported by 22 delivery centers and more than 60 local sales offices.
Internationally, the Company conducts wholly-owned operations in 14 countries
through 76 retail stores and 26 distribution centers, and operates 153 retail
stores under joint venture and license arrangements in another seven
countries.
The company's common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under
the symbol ODP and is included in the S&P 500 Index. Additional press
information can be found at: http://mediarelations.officedepot.com .

About AccessLine
AccessLine Communications provides hosted and managed VoIP services for
large and small businesses nationwide. The company offers a complete set of
easy to implement, cost-effective managed voice services, available via either
traditional phone or VoIP networks and through nationwide local access. With
a customer base of more than 100,000 business users, AccessLine provides
unprecedented application quality, functionality and customer support.
AccessLine recently won the "Pulver100" Award for top VoIP growth companies,
and the "Red Herring 100" award for the best 100 private companies in America.
For more information, please visit http://www.accessline.com .
The term "Wireless Office Service" describes the service of providing
wireless-related telecommunication application services in an office
environment. Neither AccessLine Communications nor Office Depot claim any
trademark or service mark rights in the descriptive phrase "Wireless Office
Service."

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