Awards Rapid Link has recently received the following recognitions: Inc. 500 by Inc. Magazine '50 to Watch' by Localbusiness.com 'Best of Show Award' at Internet Telephony Conference and Expo 2000 Atlanta Business Chronicle's Top 50 " Top 25 " in Georgia for 1999 Venture Capital Deals by PricewatershouseCoopers 1999 Market Engineering Customer Focus Award  Telecom Business Top 500 Firm Intele-Card ews "Top 10 to Watch" For more information, or to contact Director of Corporate Communications click here. Inc. 500 by Inc. Magazine [back to top] Rapid Link has been named to Inc. Magazine's Inc. 500 List. Rapid Link was ranked 35 out of 500 companies on the list due in part to their substantial increase in sales from 1995 to 1999 of 3,907%. The annual ranking of the Inc. 500 is a comprehensive guide to America's fastest-growing private companies and it highlights companies and CEOs who are influencing the landscape of American business today. To be eligible for the Inc. 500, companies have to be independent and privately held through 1999, have at least $200,000 in sales in the base year, 1995, and their 1999 sales must have exceeded their 1998 sales. The ranking is based on the percentage increase in sales form 1995 through 1999. Inc.500 is a registered trademark of Gruner+Jahr Printing and Publishing Co. '50 to Watch' by Localbusiness.com [back to top] Rapid Link has been named as one of Atlanta's '50 to Watch' by Localbusiness.com for the 4th quarter of 2000. Rapid Link received this honor due to the company's successful execution of enhanced services utilizing the latest technology, their unique business model and their ability to evolve with the changing telecommunications marketplace. The '50 to Watch' list consists of the 50 most newsworthy emerging private and public small to medium cap companies in the 27 markets that Localbuiness.com covers nationwide. Companies highlighted as one of the '50 to Watch' are ones that are making the news and positioned for success. 'Best of Show Award' at Internet Telephony Conference and Expo 2000 [back to top] Rapid Link received this prestigious award for its continued outstanding contributions to the Internet telephony industry. Recipients of the Best of Show award were among the exhibitors at the 2000 Internet Telephony Conference and Expo in San Diego. Winners were judged by and chosen by the editors from the Technology Marketing Association (TMC) magazines, which include Internet Telephony, Communications Solutions, and Communications ASP magazines. The exhibitors were selected based on the following criteria: product innovations demonstrated at the show, forward-looking products that will aid in the development of the next-generation of Internet telephony products and services, or overall contributions to the Internet Telephony industry. Atlanta Business Chronicle's Top 50 [back to top] Rapid Link received the award for being the 20th fastest growing privately held company in Atlanta as part of the 2000 Pacesetter Awards given by the Atlanta Business Chronicle. The awards were given to the top 50 fastest growing privately held companies in Atlanta. To qualify, a company must be headquartered in Atlanta, have generated revenue between $1 million and $300 million, and have a two-year growth in sales of more than 50 percent. Rapid had a 118 percent increase in revenue from 1997 to 1999. The company's growth over the two-year period was due to the expansion of its network and global operations in Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Germany, and the Czech Republic, the increase of sales in key Asian and European markets, numerous strategic alliances with international telcos, and successful fund-raising efforts. " Top 25 " in Georgia for 1999 Venture Capital Deals by PricewatershouseCoopers [back to top] Rapid Link has been listed as one of the "Top 25" in Georgia for 1999 venture capital-backed deals by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. PricewaterhouseCoopers tracks data regarding equity investment deals on a quarterly basis in the MoneyTree survey and the Atlanta Business Chronicle, publisher of the "Top 25" Book of Lists. Rapid Link tied for 19th place on the "Top 25" list with a $10 million equity investment from Vaxa Capital Partners, LP in the fourth quarter of 1999.   1999 Market Engineering Customer Focus Award [back to top] Rapid Link has been honored the Frost & Sullivan 1999 Market Engineering Customer Focus Award in the IP telephony industry. Frost & Sullivan is a leading consulting firm whose market engineering awards are globally recognized as a standard for excellence. Rapid Link earned this award because it assures that its customers and partners obtain the best quality of voice, fax and data communication and value. The company also exhibits superior knowledge of customer needs and is able to meet and exceed customers’ expectations.     Telecom Business Top 500 Firm [back to top] Rapid Link has been named one of the most dynamic telecommunications companies of 1999 by Telecom Business magazine. Compiled over a three-month period, the "Top 500" is awarded by the editors of Telecom Business to the companies expected to play crucial roles in shaping the future of today’s competitive telecom marketplace. Rapid Link received special recognition at the Telecom Business 99 New York C   Intele-Card News "Top 10 to Watch" [back to top] Rapid Link has been chosen as one of 10 companies to watch in the year 2000 by Intele-Card News. Companies are selected through criteria such as innovative services and products, strategic acquisitions, steady and methodical growth over time, attention to customer satisfaction and creative marketing approaches. Featured companies must also embrace competition and realize that sharing information can enlarge the industry. Companies that are presented in the "10 to Watch" feature are involved with the prepaid card, prepaid dialtone, prepaid wireless, Internet telephony and smart card industry.