Miramar Mining Strikes Gold With AltiGen VoIP Phone System

FREMONT, Calif., July 24  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AltiGen(R) Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATGN) a pioneering manufacturer of VoIP business phone systems and call center solutions, announced today that Canadian based Miramar Mining Corporation (TSX: MAE, AMEX: MNG) has deployed AltiGen's VoIP Phone System at two locations to meet its multi-site voice over IP (VoIP) requirements and expansion efforts.

Miramar Mining Corporation is a gold exploration company that controls the Hope Bay project, one of the largest, best-grade undeveloped gold deposits in Canada.  The Company has significantly increased its exploration program and needed a system that could keep up with new requirements.  "After narrowing our decision to three products, we chose AltiGen based upon its capability, flexibility and ease of use," said Director of IT, Paulo Coan. "Some of the other systems required multiple products to meet our requirements.  AltiGen's all-in-one model solved not only our immediate challenges but also future needs such as tying in mobile phones as extensions, VoIP phones for remote employees and tying in new locations as they are added."

Miramar deployed AltiGen's phone system at its corporate headquarters in North Vancouver and will add another system at its ConMine site, located in Yellowknife, Canada.  By connecting the two locations with Voice over IP, the Company will recognize enough savings to pay for the new systems in less than two years.   By managing the day-to-day changes themselves, the Company will save even more.  "Although the system is advanced, it is simple to manage," said Coan. "It's very flexible.  With a few clicks you can add an extension or change a feature. Our business is mining, but we like to take advantage of new technology when it provides clear benefits and can be managed in-house."

One of the other challenges Miramar faced was migrating users from an existing legacy phone system with most of the "key-system-like" features located on the telephone.  Denise Hodges of Optinet Systems, a Canadian AltiGen Authorized Partner helped Miramar overcome this problem by deploying AltiGen's IP 710 VoIP phone.  The IP 710 phone provides all of the traditional capabilities such as intercom, line appearance and busy lamp fields while adding VoIP, 15 user programmable keys and one-button access to voicemail, conference calling, call transferring, and call logs.

"We have deployed AltiGen at Miramar and other Canadian mining companies because the system is great for operations with multiple locations and requirements that may change on a daily basis," said Hodges. "With AltiGen we help companies reinvest their savings into improving how their employees communicate, whether they're in Vancouver or at a remote location in the Arctic."

"The ability of AltiGen's phone system to tie remote locations together, regardless of distance, is a strong selling point with multi-site businesses," said AltiGen CEO Gilbert Hu.  "As a pioneer of IP phone systems since 1996, we have a mature product that our customers can rely and trust on for mission critical applications."

About Miramar Mining Corporation

Miramar Mining Corporation is a gold exploration company that controls the Hope Bay project, one of the largest, best-grade undeveloped gold deposits in Canada.

About AltiGen Communications

AltiGen Communications, Inc. is a pioneering manufacturer of VoIP business phone systems and call centers solutions. AltiGen designs, manufactures and markets advanced, IP-PBX telephone systems and IP call centers that leverage both the Internet and the public telephone network. These products enable an array of applications that take advantage of the convergence of voice and data communications to achieve superior business results.  AltiGen Communications products are available from independent authorized resellers and strategic partners. AltiGen's AltiServ(TM) family of telephony solutions has been recognized for excellence with more than 40 industry awards since 1996. Focused on the small to mid sized and multi-site businesses, AltiGen customers benefit from integrated solutions that protect their existing investments, while providing new ways to be more competitive, productive and to save money. For more information, call 1-888-ALTIGEN or visit the Web site at http://www.altigen.com/ .

Safe Harbor Statement

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including, without limitation, statements regarding the continued market acceptance of our Voice over IP telephone systems and call center solutions in the North American markets.  These statements reflect management's current expectation. However, actual results could differ materially as a result of unknown risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to, risks related to AltiGen's limited operating history. For a more detailed description of these and other risks and uncertainties affecting AltiGen's performance, please refer to AltiGen's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2005 and all subsequent current reports on Form 8-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. All forward-looking statements in this press release are based on information available to AltiGen as of the date hereof and AltiGen assumes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements. 

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