SPECTRUM RECEIVES 2009 COMMUNICATIONS SOLUTIONS PRODUCT OF THE YEAR

                  TrueVue® Recognized for Outstanding Innovation for 2nd Straight Year

CINCINNATI, OH, July 8, 2010 -- Spectrum, Inc. announced today that it is the proud recipient of Technology Marketing Corporation’s 2009 Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award. This marks the second consecutive year that Spectrum has received the Award, which recognizes the vision, leadership and innovative achievements for all products and services marketed throughout 2009. Spectrum’s proprietary software application, TrueVue®, is the primary beneficiary of this prestigious award.

According to Rich Tehrani, TMC President: “Spectrum has been recognized with this 2009 Product of the Year Award for their excellence in the advancement of voice and data communications. For the second consecutive year, this Award acknowledges Spectrum’s hard work and innovations toward the growth and acceptance of telecommunications lifecycle management (TLM). Congratulations to the entire team at Spectrum”.

“This Award validates all of the research and development that our team has invested into TrueVue®, and we are very grateful that TMC has once again praised our accomplishments in the field of TLM,” said Troy McCracken, Spectrum’s Chief Executive Officer.

TrueVue® is one of the industry’s first fully-integrated wireless and wireline expense management systems that allow organizations of all sizes and industries to manage the complete telecommunications lifecycle. TrueVue® provides one unified operating platform to facilitate the benchmarking of current services, service order management, asset and expense management, invoice visibility and auditing, and customized analytical reporting of all wireless and wireline services. Even though TrueVue®’s scalability can adapt to the largest of enterprises, its unmatched patent-pending technology of processing paper and electronic invoices, affords small and medium businesses this same advanced Telecom Expense Management functionality.

About Spectrum, Inc.

One of the country's foremost telecommunications management companies, Spectrum, Inc., helps its clients manage the entire telecommunications lifecycle. Based in Cincinnati, Spectrum's offerings include TrueVue®, its award-winning TLM solution, expert carrier-independent consulting, network design, management and optimization, contract negotiation, and proven customer support. For further information, please  visit www.3spectrum.com.