XKL, LLC. Receives 2010 Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award

KIRKLAND, WA--(Marketwire - Jul 11, 2011) - XKL, LLC., a leading-edge provider of enterprise fiber optic networking equipment, announces today that TMC, a global, integrated media company, has named the DarkStar® DXM10-10 Optical Transport System as a recipient of a 2010 Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award.

XKL is a leading-edge provider of enterprise fiber optic networking equipment. The company's products include low energy consuming, highly robust, redundant and easy-to-use DWDM equipment that simplifies private end-to-end optical transmission solutions.

"We are honored to be awarded the TMC 2010 Communications Solutions Product of the Year," states Len Bosack, CEO of XKL. "XKL's DarkStar® Optical Transport Systems are designed to allow both Enterprise and carrier clients to easily deploy optical networks with high capacity requirements."

"XKL was chosen to receive a 2010 Product of the Year Award for creating exceptional advancements in data communications," said Rich Tehrani, CEO, TMC. "The DarkStar® DXM Optical Transport System has shown benefits for its customers and provides ROI for the companies that use it. Congratulations to the entire team at XKL. I look forward to more innovative solutions from them in the coming year."

The Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award recognizes the vision, leadership, and thoroughness that are characteristics of the prestigious award. The most innovative products and services brought to the market from March 2009 through March 2010 were chosen as winners of the Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award.

The 2010 Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award winners are published on the INTERNET TELEPHONY and Customer Interaction Solutions Websites.

About XKL, LLC.

Led by CEO and Cisco Systems co-founder Len Bosack, XKL, LLC. develops products that epitomize the company's mission: Bringing fundamental change to worldwide telecommunications. XKL optical transport system technologies enable enterprises with enormous and complex data transmission needs to tap into the power of the wholesale Internet. This allows XKL customers to achieve network independence, greater reliability, enhanced transmission speed and better value. The company is headquartered in Kirkland, Washington. For more information, visit www.xkl.com.

About TMC

Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) is a global, integrated media company helping clients build communities in print, in person, and online. TMC publishes Customer Interaction Solutions, INTERNET TELEPHONY, Unified Communications, NGN and InfoTECH Spotlight magazines. TMCnet.com, which is read by two million unique visitors each month, is the leading source of news and articles for the communications and technology industries.

TMC is the producer of ITEXPO, the world's largest and best-attended IP Communications event. ITEXPO West 2010 was ranked #3 on Trade Show Executive's Fastest 50 Award List. TMC expects to accelerate ITEXPO West's growth by bringing the show to Austin, one of the fast-growing technology hubs in the country. In addition, TMC runs multiple industry events: 4G Wireless Evolution; Smart Grid Summit; M2M Evolution; Cloud Communications Expo; SIP Tutorial; VIPeering; Business Video Expo; Regulatory 2.0 Workshop, DevCon5: The HTML5 Development Conference; CVx; Digium|Asterisk World; StartupCamp; MSPAlliance, MSPWorld and more! Visit TMC Events for a complete listing and further information.

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