XFONE USA DONATES TELEPHONE SERVICES FOR
NEW ORLEANS CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL TELETHON
June 1, 2006
JACKSON, MS and NEW ORLEANS, LA. – June 1, 2006 – Xfone USA, Inc. the wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of XFONE, Inc. (AMEX:XFN), an international diversified communications services company, today announced its continued support of the Children’s Miracle Network Telethon to take place in New Orleans and will air live on WDSU Newschannel 6 beginning at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday June 3 and will conclude at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday June 4.
Xfone USA merged with I-55 Telecommunications in March 2006, where I-55 had supported the function in the past. “With all of the devastation and the difficult times for all of us amidst our own recovery efforts from the damage caused from Hurricane Katrina, we felt that we needed to continue to be a part of this support in providing care for the children in south Louisiana and the Mississippi Gulf Coast,” said Ted Parsons, executive vice president and chief marketing officer of Xfone.
When Mayor Nagin called for a mandatory evacuation of New Orleans on September 1, 2005 no one could have known the devastation that would come with Hurricane Katrina. “Over a period of 20 hours and with no help from any government agency, we evacuated 100 patients and their families to other children’s hospitals and relocated our offices to Baton Rouge” said Roger Gorman, Director of Development for Children’s Hospital in New Orleans. “We quickly opened outreach clinics in Baton Rouge and in Lafayette to provide care to children of displaced families, and those clinics remain open today.”
Through it all, Children’s Hospital has maintained their policy of never turning away a child who needs the care offered – even now more than ever the children of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast of Mississippi need their care. That is why this Telethon means so much more and this year will be even more challenging to surpass the $1,000,000 mark achieved in 2005.
Children’s Hospital is a free-standing, 201-bed general pediatric hospital with a medical staff of 400 physicians practicing in over 40 pediatric specialties. Last year, even though the hospital was closed for 6 weeks after Katrina, the hospital recorded 138,000 patient visits, with children coming from 63 of the 64 parishes in Louisiana, 44 states and 7 foreign countries.
“What a great time to be able to help out a worthy cause – our children - and Xfone is happy to be able to do our part,” said Parsons.
About XFONE, Inc.
A U.S.-domiciled corporation, XFONE, Inc. is an international voice, video and data communications services provider with operations in the United Kingdom, the United States and Israel that offers a wide range of services, which include: local, long distance and international telephony services; prepaid and postpaid calling cards; cellular services; Internet services; messaging services (Email/Fax Broadcast, Email2Fax and Cyber-Number); and reselling opportunities. The Company serves customers worldwide. For the Company’s website, please visit: www.xfone.com
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Kwan Communications
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Niv Krikov
Chief Financial Officer
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