ooma announced today that Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC), a global integrated media company, named the ooma Hub and Scout as a 2009 TMC Labs Innovation Award winner presented by its publication, INTERNET TELEPHONY.

"At ooma, we are committed to providing excellence and innovation within the IP communications industry through technologies that forever change the home phone experience," said Rich Buchanan, Chief Marketing Officer at ooma. "We are thrilled that the ooma Hub and Scout received the 2009 INTERNET TELEPHONY TMC Labs Innovation Award – as it validates our dedication to pioneering advanced technology like superior call quality and reliability, unique telephony and networking features, all at a significant cost savings to consumers."

The TMC Labs Innovation Award honors products that display innovation, unique features, and significant contributions toward improving communications technology. The TMC Labs Innovation Awards are granted to those companies demonstrating ground-breaking contributions to the industry.

"ooma has proven their commitment to quality and the further development of the IP communications industry through the ooma Hub and Scout," added Tom Keating, CTO and TMC Labs Editorial Director. "The Innovation Award exemplifies the best and the most unique products and services that this industry has to offer. Congratulations to ooma for earning this great honor. I look forward to seeing more innovative solutions from them as they continue to contribute to the future of IP communications."

"The ooma Hub and Scout has made contributions that resulted in significant advancement to our industry. ooma has demonstrated to the staff of TMC Labs that the ooma Hub and Scout are truly innovative in the IP Communications industry," said TMC President Rich Tehrani. "We are proud to reward ooma’s hard work with a TMC Labs Innovation Award this year."

The 2009 TMC Labs Innovation Award highlights will be published in the July and August 2009 issues of INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine.

About ooma

Founded in 2004, ooma offers a consumer electronics device that provides free, U.S. telephone calling and advanced telephony services to its global base of customers. ooma delivers exceptional call quality and the reliability of traditional phone service at a fraction of the cost, in a sleek and innovative design. ooma is available at more than 4,000 leading retailers and online destinations. For more information, go to www.ooma.com or blog.ooma.com.

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About INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine

INTERNET TELEPHONY has been the IP Communications Authority since 1998™. Beginning with the first issue in February of 1998, INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine has been providing unbiased views of the complicated converged communications space. INTERNET TELEPHONY offers rich content from solutions-focused editorial content to reviews on products and services from TMC Labs. INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine reaches more than 225,000 readers, including pass-along readers. For more information, please visit www.itmag.com.

About TMC

Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) is a global integrated media company helping our clients build communities in print, in person and online. TMC publishes Customer Interaction Solutions, INTERNET TELEPHONY, Unified Communications, and NGN Magazine. TMCnet, TMC's Web site, is the leading source of news and articles for the communications and technology industries. TMCnet is read by two to three million unique visitors each month worldwide, according to Webtrends. TMCnet is ranked as 2,921 in Quantcast's Top U.S. Sites placing TMCnet in the top .03% most visited Web sites in the US. In addition, TMC produces ITEXPO, 4GWE Conference, Digium|Asterisk World and Communications Developer Conference.

TMC’s Green Blog has been ranked on the “100 Best Blogs for Those Who Want to Change the World”.

TMC also recently launched new industry-specific Web sites: IT.TMCnet.com, Cable.TMCnet.com, Robotics.TMCnet.com, Satellite.TMCnet.com, Green.TMCnet.com.

New services offered by TMCnet include the Tech Jobs site and TMCnet iPhone News.

For more information about TMC, visit http://www.tmcnet.com/.