'Business & Beyond' to Feature Yipes Enterprise Services, Inc.

'Business & Beyond' to Feature Yipes Enterprise Services, Inc.

Production to be Aired on CNBC

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla., May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Platinum Television Group is pleased to announce the selection of Yipes Enterprise Services, Inc. (http://www.yipes.com/ ) for its innovative, educational television series, "Business & Beyond." The company will be featured in a segment on "Enterprise Solutions" in the Models of Excellence series.

Yipes Enterprise Services, Inc., the pioneer in managed, end-to-end Ethernet solutions, based in San Francisco, CA, was selected for this program based upon the significant impact technology can have on enabling new business applications in addition to simplifying networks. The airing is tentatively scheduled for fall 2005.

The initial production will be shown on the acclaimed television series, "Business & Beyond" and featured on CNBC in the United States and Europe. Reaching over 90 million households through a combination of targeted business networks, "Business & Beyond" provides up-to-the-minute features that highlight some of today's foremost products, services and innovations. Additional airings will occur on leading regional cable networks across the United States.

Yipes provides uniquely scalable Ethernet solutions in the major metros in the U.S. and London. Additionally, Yipes has interconnected its metros using its MPLS-enabled self-healing backbone to offer national and global area network services.

During the past two years, Yipes has tripled its customer base to more than 600 customers across a broad set of industries, including finance, legal, healthcare, education, media, high-tech and government. It provides service to more than 30 financial exchanges and trading platforms and to 20 percent of the largest law firms in the U.S.

The Yipes network has more than 14,000 fiber route miles in the metro and can reach more than 2,500 buildings via its Gigabit Ethernet Network and partnerships it maintains with other carriers. The company's co-founder and chief technology officer Dr. Kamran Sistanizadeh, recognized as the "Father of the Ethernet over WAN," is holder or co-holder of 18 U.S. patents and has more than 30 technical publications.

The program will spotlight the growing leadership role Yipes holds within the rapidly expanding Ethernet services market, the fastest growing sector in the telecommunications industry, as well as the company's ability to simplify network management and lower total cost of ownership at the enterprise level.

"Yipes has been one of the most dynamic success stories in the Ethernet marketplace during the past year. We are pleased to have 'Business & Beyond' document our progress to date and our vision for the future," said John Scanlon, chief executive officer of Yipes. "The program will highlight our unique ability to deliver value across multiple key verticals. Included will be a look at FinancialConnect!(SM), our scalable network solution that provides brokers, institutional investors and others with scalable, cost- effective access to the largest exchanges and trading platforms."

About Yipes:

Yipes Enterprise Services, Inc. is the leading global provider of managed, end-to-end Ethernet solutions for enterprise customers. Yipes offers a uniquely scalable suite of networking services that combine the speed, simplicity and cost effectiveness of native Ethernet with Yipes proprietary bandwidth-on-demand functionality. Yipes provides optical Ethernet services in and across major metropolitan markets throughout the United States and the UK including: New York, Los Angeles, Washington DC, San Francisco, Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas, Houston, Seattle, Denver, San Diego and London. For more information, visit http://www.yipes.com/ .

About Platinum Television Group

Platinum Television Group, located in Deerfield Beach, FL, has been delivering the full scope of an advertiser's message to audiences for more than seven years through its innovative half-hour programs, which delve into many popular areas of interest. Platinum currently offers 11 different shows, with more in the works, aired on targeted national and international cable networks, as well as on regional broadcast stations. The key is to educate, as well as entertain, viewers with feature-style segments about interesting companies and products or technologies.

Source: Yipes Enterprise Services, Inc.

CONTACT: Sandi Newmark, Director of Public Relations of Platinum
Television Group, +1-800-597-1186; or Don Hunt of Lambert, Edwards &
Associates, Inc., +1-616-233-0500, mail@lambert-edwards.com , for Yipes
Enterprise Services, Inc.

Web site: http://www.yipes.com/

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