Ecuity and Ottawa Wireless to Offer Innovative Wireless VoIP Service Ottawa Wireless Private Labels Ecuity's V-Tone VoIP Service for Metro-Wide Wi-Fi Based VoIP Calling in Rio Rancho, NM, and Grand Haven, MI BELLEVUE, WA, Dec. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ecuity, Inc., (OTC BB: ECUI.OB), an end-to-end unified communications and technologies company serving the small-to-medium business and residential markets, has teamed with Azulstar Networks, a division of Ottawa Wireless, a world leader in city-wide Wi-Fi network deployments, to offer wireless Voice over Internet phone services. Under the agreement, Ecuity will be the exclusive provider of private label mobile VoIP services to Azulstar's wireless broadband customers, both business and residential. Initial markets will include Rio Rancho, New Mexico and Grand Haven, Michigan. Azulstar expects to launch the Rio Rancho Wi-Fi based VoIP services at the beginning of 2005 and will include multiple package offerings of Ecuity's services. Grand Haven customers, who have been enjoying the city-wide Wi-Fi network since fall 2003, will be offered Ecuity's VoIP services later in the year. Often referred to as the Silicon Mesa, forward-thinking Rio Rancho, NM is home to 64,000 residents and a large number of small, medium and large sized high tech companies. This will be the nation's largest and most advanced city- wide Wi-Fi network and the combination of Azulstar's innovative Wi-Fi technology and Ecuity's leading VoIP services will make Rio Rancho a model for city-wide Wi-Fi communications networks, stated Tyler van Houwelingen, Azulstar CEO. "We are excited to lead the way in offering these valuable services to the businesses and residents in our community," said Rio Rancho City Administrator James Palenick. "Rio Rancho is a vibrant, high-tech haven, and city-wide Wi-Fi and innovative mobile Voice over Internet services will enhance the way people work, play and live in our rapidly growing city." Azulstar currently has over 1,000 business and residential customers in Grand Haven, MI, the first city in the United States to establish a city-wide Wi-Fi network. Azulstar plans to offer the private-label Ecuity VoIP services to their existing customers, which include ReMax, Best Western, Holiday Inn and Grand Haven's City Administration, later in 2005. King Cole, Ecuity's president, "Azulstar has led the way in developing and deploying city-wide Wi-Fi networks and we see a perfect match between Azulstar's services and our ability to provide the most powerful, secure and easy-to-use VoIP services available today. This relationship teams two industry leaders in an effort to offer easy-to-use voice over Wi-Fi services. Users will be able to receive and make calls from any laptop, portable pc or handheld pc from anywhere in the two cities, and businesses will be able to take advantage of our V-Tone Office for business class IP PBX over a wireless network. This continues to represent our ability to offer communications over any network." Ecuity is the first facilities-based carrier to offer complete business- class VoIP services, including a "soft phone" and VoWiFi (voice over Wi-Fi), both nationwide and internationally - with quality equal to or better than traditional phone service at significant cost savings. Ecuity provides residential and business class VoIP, broadband services, technical support, centralized billing and superior customer service. It offers both Centrex call features and traditional equipment based PBX call services. As a result of its success in delivering cutting edge Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services to customers nationwide, Ecuity's subsidiary Ecuity Advanced Communications was named to the 2004 "pulver 100" - which is the VoIP industry's premiere listing of companies that represent the future of the communications industry. Businesses, communities and residents interested in Ecuity's innovative Voice over Internet services can visit http://www.ecuity.net/ or call 1 866-41 VTONE (1 866-418-8663). About Ecuity, Inc. (http://www.ecuityinc.com/) Ecuity is a provider of secure end-to-end unified communication technologies for the small- to medium-business market. Ecuity uses secure next-generation voice services, instant messaging, data transfer, internet, conference calling and enterprise software to create solutions that meet the communication needs of today's business world. As a facilities-based carrier, Ecuity has operated as a traditional telephone company for 17 years, providing service to thousands of customers across the country. Through the integration of web-based telecommunications and cutting-edge software technology, Ecuity economically delivers secure unified communication solutions that break down distance, time and media barriers to allow people to communicate anywhere, anytime and across multiple mediums. Ecuity has offices in Bellevue and Seattle, Washington. Available virtually anywhere in the country and in international markets, it takes only a phone call to 1 877-4-ECUITY (1 877-432-8489) or visit http://www.ecuity.net/ to order service. About Azulstar Networks Azulstar Networks, based in Grand Haven, Mich., is a division of Ottawa Wireless Inc. Ottawa Wireless designed, deployed, and operates the first city- wide Wi-Fi network in the U.S. and is recognized as the world leader in city- wide Wi-Fi network deployments. Azulstar was formed to enable the rapid rollout of city-wide cellular Wi-Fi and WiMAX networks throughout the world. Azulstar teams with local governments, investors and private companies looking to immediately offer wireless voice and data services in their geographic areas. Additional information is available at http://www.azulstar.com/ and http://www.ottawawireless.com/. This report includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The information in this news release includes certain forward-looking statements that are based upon assumptions that in the future may prove not to have been accurate and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties, including statements as to the future performance of the company. Although the company believes that the expectations reflected in its forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations or any of its forward-looking statements will prove to be correct. Factors that could cause results to differ include, but are not limited to, successful performance of internal plans, product development acceptance, and the impact of competitive services and pricing and general economic risks and uncertainties. For more information, please contact: For Ecuity: Investor Relations ----------- ------------------ Jennifer Stephens Truc Nguyen Telephone: (206) 210-5033 VP, Investor Relations Stern & Co. Telephone: (212) 888-0044 Media Relations --------------- Stan Froelich VP, Media Relations Stern & Co. Telephone: (212) 888-0044 DATASOURCE: Ecuity, Inc. CONTACT: For Ecuity: Jennifer Stephens, Telephone: (206) 210-5033, ; Investor Relations, Truc Nguyen, VP, Investor Relations, Stern & Co., Telephone: (212) 888-0044, ; Media Relations, Stan Froelich, VP, Media Relations, Stern & Co., Telephone: (212) 888-0044,

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