Birch Communications to Present at the Houlihan Lokey Media & Telecom Conference

Birch selected to showcase their business at the annual Houlihan Lokey 2009 Media & Telecom Conference in New York.

Atlanta, GA – October 9, 2009 - Birch Communications, a leading IP-based telecom and managed services provider to small and medium businesses, today announced that it will participate in the Houlihan Lokey 2009 Media & Telecom Conference on October 14, 2009, at the Waldorf=Astoria Hotel in New York, New York.

Birch president and CEO Vincent M. Oddo, will be speaking at the conference. “I’m honored that Birch was selected to be one of the companies featured at this event,” said Mr. Oddo. “Birch was just named one of the 5,000 fastest growing private companies in the U.S. for 2009 by Inc. Magazine and we have an exciting story to tell.”

Mr. Oddo’s presentation will cover Birch’s business strategy, growth strategy, history of acquisitions and key operating and financial metrics. Conference attendees will include senior executives from many other leading private media and telecommunications companies.

For more information on the event, please visit www.hlhz.com/eventdetail.aspx

About Birch Communications
Headquartered in Atlanta GA, Birch Communications is one of the largest competitive telecommunications carriers covering 32-states across the nation. Birch is the first in its class to deploy a private IP-Network utilizing soft switch technology to deliver innovative, high quality, affordable voice and broadband communications services to small and medium business customers. Please visit www.birch.com for more information.

Contact:
Greg Corwin, Marketing Director
greg.corwin@birch.com
816.300.1686

About Houilhan Lokey
Houlihan Lokey, an international investment bank, provides a wide range of advisory services in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, financing, financial restructuring, and valuation. The firm was ranked the No. 1 M&A advisor for U.S. transactions under $2 billion in 2008 and the No. 1 U.S. fairness opinion advisor over the past 10 years by Thomson Reuters. In addition, the firm advised on more than 500 restructuring transactions valued in excess of $1.25 trillion over the past 10 years. Notable engagements cover numerous sectors and virtually all of the largest U.S. corporate bankruptcies, including Lehman Brothers, General Motors, WorldCom and Enron. The firm has more than 800 employees in 14 offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. Each year we serve more than 1,000 clients ranging from closely held companies to Global 500 corporations. Please visit www.hlhz.com for more information.