Colorado Springs, CO -- TellSoft Technologies, Inc. (www.tellsoft.com) announced today that it has entered into an agreement with The Black World Today (TBWT), a leading Internet-based civic and cultural advice organization, to supply its iTalk™ Server solutions to enable real-time voice conferencing, voice-web publishing and voice-email capabilities on their web site (www.tbwt.com).

The agreement launches TellSoft’s strategic position in the growing Internet portal market. This explosive portal market represents a gateway to millions of Internet users—bridging an important new market segment to TellSoft. Over the past several months, iTalk has become the de facto standard for streaming audio, such as teleconferencing, portals and corporate and ISP applications on the Internet. "Our collaboration with The Black World Today not only brings added value to their service, but also creates an opportunity for us to showcase the versatility of our technology to a highly global market," explains Bill Tomeo, President and CEO of TellSoft Technologies.

The iTalk server allows TBWT’s journalists to conduct live audio broadcasts over the Internet or publish articles directly to their web site from anywhere in the world simply by picking up the telephone. Conducting live educational forums to an audience of millions, generating instantaneous voice reports or disseminating information via email is now faster and easier than ever. By instituting the iTalk Server, TBWT becomes the first ethnic portal site on the Internet to have comprehensive audio center with real time streaming-media capabilities.

"More than ever, organizations are using the Internet to organize public forums and communicate to the masses around the world," says Don Rojas, founder and CEO of The Black World Today, the premier destination site on the Web for African Americans and blacks around the world. "By integrating telephony technology with streaming-media, our journalists can access a global communications network from anywhere and at anytime.

TBWT is read and listened to in over 70 countries around the world. It receives some 250,000 unique visits each month, offers a host of informational and entertainment services including news, sports, commentaries, audio content, job and career listings, music, weather, shopping as well as featuring unique directories of black businesses and non-profit organizations searchable by category and geography. In addition, TBWT fosters interactivity and community involvement among its many users through text and audio chat, bulletin boards, letters to the editors, public opinion polls and free classifieds. Moreover, it publishes reader-written reviews of books, movies, music, theatre, art exhibits etc.

Headquartered in Colorado Springs, CO, TellSoft Technologies, Inc. develops, markets and supports Internet software products and applications that seamlessly integrate Internet and telephony technologies. TellSoft products are built using TellSoft’s Internet enabled computer telephony (iCT) engine and iCT core technology components. Founded in 1997, TellSoft is propelling audio as a fundamental component in computer communications.