AudioTel and Data West Partner to Offer RemitPlus To Utilities Dallas, Texas, June 22, 2006 - AudioTel Corporation, a leading provider of automated payment processing solutions, announced today a strategic partnership with Colorado-based Data West, a quality leader in utility billing software. The partnership enables AudioTel's RemitPlus system to work seamlessly with Data West's BillMaster software. The RemitPlus system is a turnkey, automated, image-based solution that will drastically reduce the time and cost of manual posting for water utilities. According to Sanza McCleve (h2o-Inc Office Supervisor and a joint customer of both Data West and AudioTel), their processing times have been drastically reduced and errors are almost non-existent. "What used to take hours to research," she states, "can now be done with a click of the mouse." "We are very excited about the technology AudioTel has used to make our clients' offices more efficient," stated Richard Brown, President of Data West. "They are great people to work with, and they share Data West's view of customer service and satisfaction. Our clients are the real winners in this relationship," said Mr. Brown. According to Scott Doores, President and CEO of AudioTel, this partnership is an immense opportunity for both parties and is eager to get RemitPlus up and available to Data West customers immediately. "We are looking forward to working closely with Data West and their customers," said Mr. Doores. "We know RemitPlus will give them a cost-effective alternative to the manual processing of payments as well as bring them up to speed with Check 21." About AudioTel AudioTel Corporation specializes in software for financial institutions, offering a wide range of products and services to address the challenges facing financial institutions. AudioTel offers integrated solutions for item processing, imaging, remittance, and document management, as well as the optimum in Internet banking, Telephone banking, and Web site design and hosting. AudioTel is based in Addison, Texas, just 20 miles north of downtown Dallas. Founded in 1993, AudioTel's customer base has grown to over 1,000 financial institutions. You can find more information about AudioTel by visiting their website at www.audiotel.com. About Data West Since 1975, Data West has been the quality leader, pioneering and continually upgrading industry-specific expandable, fully integrated and affordable tools for billing across the electricity, gas, water and communications sectors. Data West's position of dominance can be traced to its commitment to continually upgrade existing tools, developing sophisticated new products as technologies emerge and provide superior customer relationship and service management. For more information about Data West, you can visit their website at www.dwcorp.com.
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