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To: wlcnyc who wrote (99613)	11/28/2003 10:05:35 AM
From: 2MAR$	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 208838

ZTEL Z-Tel Tech seen as VoIP play (1.58 +0.02) Today's positive Wall St Journal article on Voice-over-IP (see In Play 8:03 ET) is helping group extend its advance following heavy momentum buying on Wednesday: VTEK +21%, EGHT +9%, VOCL +5%. Flying under the VoIP radar screen is Z-Tel Tech (ZTEL), a provider of integrated telecommunications services targeted to residential and small business subscribers. In a note out this morning, Needham highlights co as one of the names likely to benefit from the VoIP trend. According to firm, ZTEL is forging a VoIP strategy, including deploying company-owned soft-switches, which will allow ZTEL to serve S.M.E. customers from SDSL and T1 last mile circuits with VoIP / VoDSL. According to Needham, the co already has traction in the S.M.E. segment and seems well positioned to leverage VoIP alongside its advanced back office systems and in conjunction with its value-added services, such as unified messaging and speech-activated dialing, to create a sizable converged voice/data business in 2004. Firm views this new avenue as a catalyst for ZTEL shares.