EMBARQ Calls On Holly For Voice Application Deployment

Holly Connects, a leader in open voice self-service platform software, today
announced that it had been selected by Embarq Corporation, a leading
provider of communications services covering 18 states, to supply its
Holly Voice Platform as the foundation for forthcoming enhanced
subscriber services. Holly recently relocated its headquarters to
Boston, Massachusetts in response to a growing list of blue chip
customers in North America and Europe.

“At EMBARQ, we continually provide new innovative solutions to serve our customers
better,” said Dennis Huber, senior vice president of corporate strategy
and development for EMBARQ. “We seek out suppliers like Holly that are
willing to work closely with us to develop unique, new services.”

The Holly Voice Platform is engineered to meet the most stringent demands
of telecommunications providers, offering exceptional reliability,
scalability, and manageability. Yet the platform remains extremely
cost-effective, requiring only stock hardware and incorporating
features to boost operational efficiency.

“Holly is the premier platform for advanced voice applications, with support for all leading
speech recognition and text-to-speech vendors,” said Lance Berks, Chief
Executive Officer of Holly Connects. “We are pleased to be partnering
with EMBARQ on this ground-breaking project.”

About Holly Connects Holly Connects is a leader in open voice self-service platform
software, delivering powerful yet cost-effective call handling to
enterprises, telecommunications carriers, and hosted service providers
worldwide. Sharing infrastructure through unique IVR Virtualization
capabilities, Holly's award-winning products provide a reliable
foundation for innovative, high-volume telephony applications built on
industry standards such as VoiceXML and VoIP. For more information
please visit www.holly-connects.com.

About EMBARQ Embarq Corporation (NYSE: EQ), headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas,
offers a complete suite of communications services. The company has
approximately 18,000 employees and operates in 18 states. EMBARQ is
included in the S&P 500 and is in the Fortune 500® list of
America’s largest corporations.

For consumers, EMBARQ offers an
innovative portfolio of services that includes reliable local and long
distance home phone service, high-speed Internet, wireless, and
satellite TV from DISH Network® -- all on one monthly bill.

For businesses, EMBARQ has a comprehensive range of flexible and integrated
services designed to help businesses of all sizes be more productive
and communicate with their customers. This service portfolio includes
local voice and data services, long distance, Business Class High Speed
Internet, wireless, satellite TV from DIRECTV®, enhanced data network
services, voice and data communication equipment and managed network
services.

For more information, visit www.embarq.com.