Major Canadian Telecom Company Intelco
Acquires Minority Interest in TeliPhone
Montreal, August 10, 2006 — United
American Corporation (NASD OTCBB:UAMA) is pleased to announce
that its majority-owned subsidiary, TeliPhone, has signed an
agreement with Intelco Communication of Montreal, Canada, to
supply it with a white-label version of its VoIP solution.
The deal provides that traffic from Intelco’s current
and future clients will pass over Intelco’s existing
network, while transiting through TeliPhone’s VoIP softswitch
platform. A software royalty for each of Intelco’s
subscribers will be contributed to TeliPhone.
"We anticipate that the software license model will
represent a new and innovative way for us to increase our profitability",
says George Metrakos, TeliPhone’s President & CEO.
"We are hopeful that Intelco’s marketing efforts
will be complimentary to future growth that we may experience
in the in the retail sector, with a particular focus on the
international market."
Intelco will also invest in TeliPhone by providing it with the
use of its offices, telecommunications network and co-location
facilities creating the possibility for significant savings and
synergies in the future. "Reducing the out of pocket
expenditures of Teliphone will be a step towards reducing the
overall expenses of United American Corp’s financial position".
About United American Corporation
United American Corporation is a holding and management company
focused on next generation Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
based telecommunications. On the wholesale side, United American
Telecom operates an international VoIP settlement and exchange
gateway linking Tier 1 and Tier 2 Telecom carriers with United
American’s
installed gateways in countries such as Mali and Gabon, Africa. Its Retail
operations center on its flagship TeliPhone™ brand, which provides innovative
internet-based telecommunications services to the US, Canadian and Indian marketplace,
as well as white-label software platforms to Tier 1 & 2 Telecom carriers.
TeliPhone services are present in every continent. For more information, visit
the company website at www.unitedamericancorp.com.
This news release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to various risks and uncertainties. The Company's actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements as a result of numerous factors that may be beyond the Company's control. Forward-looking statements are based on the expectations and opinions of the Company's management on the date the statements are made, and the Company assumes no obligation to update forward-looking statements should circumstances in management's expectations or opinions change. |