GeoQuote I invokes GeoQuote II when absolute pricing can not be determined. GeoQuote II then provides a way for the agent to communicate directly with the carrier CMs (who offer service at the prospect's location) to obtain pricing.

DRAPER UT, July 7, 2009 - Telarus, Inc., premier telecom master agent and patent hold of real-time carrier quotes, today announced the release of GeoQuote II. The new system gives independent agents of Telarus the ability to see if a carrier offers commercial broadband and voice service for any given location, even if the exact price can not be determined through automation or communication with a carrier's pricing database via XML.

"GeoQuote II is a major breakthrough for our company" commented Adam Edwards, president of Telarus. "Our agents have come to rely on the accuracy and speed of GeoQuote I to maximize their sales conversion. When GeoQuote I can't determine the exact price of a particular product for a particular vendor, that carrier remains hidden from the agent's view. GeoQuote II will show all carriers in the area who offer a particular product, allowing our agents to bring more - in some cases better - options to the table."

GeoQuote II operates in four modes:

• Confirmed availability, online MQR - GeoQuote has confirmed the service availability for a particular carrier, and that carrier can answer the manual quote request through the Telarus closed-loop online tracking system under a predetermined SLA
• Confirmed availability, offline MQR - GeoQuote has confirmed the service availability for a particular carrier, and that carrier can answer the manual quote request via email.
• Unconfirmed availability, online MQR - GeoQuote knows the carrier in question offers the particular service but the footprint is uncertain, but the carrier can answer the manual quote request through the Telarus closed-loop online tracking system under a predetermined SLA.
• Unconfirmed availability, offline MQR - GeoQuote knows the carrier in question offers the particular service but the footprint is uncertain, and that carrier can answer the manual quote request via email.

It is expected that all Telarus vendors will be able to answer manual quote requests through the Facebook-style closed-loop online tracking system by August 1, 2009. The use of the new tracking system will enable all quote correspondences to be tracked, measured, and followed up on for quality control.

"Ensuring that our agent's requests for special pricing doesn't get lost in the black hole is our primary goal with GeoQuote II MRQ" added Lance Akins, VP of Sales for Telarus, Inc. "Before we set out to develop this new software we were not able to provide our agents all of the available options for each opportunity. Now our agents benefit by seeing every carrier, every time, no matter if we know the exact price points or not. Add to that the ability to instantly engage any carrier on pricing through a completely self-contained web communication portal and you have a lot of happy agents who are able to get the best prices for their customers every time."

According to Telarus, GeoQuote II also contains carrier ratings that it has received from hundreds of agents over the past 4 month. Each quote line in the new system displays a number between 0 and 10 that allows agents to balance price-versus-quality when helping their customers make a carrier decision.

"It's our goal to achieve total carrier transparency for our agents" stated Andrew Morgan, VP of Web Development for Telarus, Inc. "We want our agents to see every price for every carrier for every single opportunity they bring to us. That way our carriers can compete for the business on a level playing field and the agents can have confidence that they have done right by the prospect, improving their credibility and laying the foundation for a profitable long-term customer relationship."

GeoQuote I and II will continue to be a valuable component to the award-winning Telarus agent back office which consists of proposal creation, customer relationship management software, task management, and even an intra-agent interactive bulletin board. Telarus received a patent for GeoQuote earlier this year.

If you would like to use GeoQuote I and II free of charge, contact Justin Chugg, Telarus New Partner Coordinator, at (877) 346-3232 or click here further information.

About Telarus

Telarus is the number one master agency as voted by the members of the Telecom Association in both 2008 and 2009. It is our goal is to make agents and VARs more successful than they can be on their own or with any other master agent. Telarus provides agents the tools, automation, and superior support they need to gain a competitive advantage in the telecom sales.

One example of the tools Telarus provides its agents is real-time voice and data price quoting through its patented GeoQuote technology. GeoQuote makes it possible for business shoppers and agents to access instant pricing and availability information from over 30 broadband data and voice service providers which include AboveNet, Accel Networks, ACC Business, AireSpring, AT&T, Cavalier, Covad, Level 3, MegaPath, Network Innovations, NewEdge Networks, NuVox, PAETEC, One Communications, PowerNet Global, Qwest, Smoothstone, TelePacific, Telnes, tw telecom, UCN, and XO Communications.