eStara Named to Washington SmartCEO Future 50 List

Reston, VA (January 2, 2006) –eStara (www.estara.com), a leading provider of communications solutions for linking buyers and sellers, today announced that it had been named to the Washington SmartCEO Future 50. The list represents the top privately-held, fast-growth companies in the Greater Washington, D.C. area. eStara offers IP telephony-based communications services designed to connect buyers and sellers through click-to-call, local and toll-free call tracking and pay per call services.

According to a statement from Washington SmartCEO, “The list reflects some powerful growth and we are proud to be affiliated with this group of forward thinking and fast moving businesses.”

eStara provides strategic customer interaction tools that increase marketing and sales conversion rates for large enterprises, media companies, online directories and search engines by integrating their online, print and voice channels. To date, companies such as Continental Airlines, Dell Financial Services, Amazon A9 Yellow Pages and Verizon Superpages have used eStara’s technology to acquire, engage and retain more customers.

"We are very pleased to be named to the Future 50,” said eStara’s Chief Executive Officer, John Federman. “eStara’s growth is due, in large part, to the fact that companies are beginning to realize the importance of bridging communications between their online and offline channels in order to improve sales conversions, reduce website abandonment and improve customer loyalty.”

eStara’s IP telephony-based ”click to call” service is the most robust and widely deployed in the world, with more than three million users in 113 countries. eStara’s technology seamlessly transitions consumers, together with the context of their online session, into immediate telephone or PC-based voice contact with the business. The same patented base technology drives Track the Call(sm), a flexible, scalable call tracking and monitoring service that supports pay-per-call and subscription revenue models with the largest inventory of local phone numbers in the industry.

Founded in 1999, eStara now serves over 350 global enterprises across many industries including directory and on-line publishing, financial services, travel and hospitality, and online retail.

Profiles of eStara and other Future 50 winners will appear in January’s edition of Washington SmartCEO Magazine.





About eStara:
eStara (www.estara.com) provides the world’s most robust and widely deployed “click to call” service, with more than three million users in 113 countries. eStara’s IP telephony infrastructure seamlessly transitions consumers, together with the context of their online session, into immediate telephone or PC-based voice contact with the business. The same patented base technology drives eStara’s Track the Call(sm), a flexible, scalable call tracking and monitoring service that supports pay-per-call and subscription revenue models with the largest inventory of local phone numbers in the industry.

Founded in 1999, eStara now serves over 350 global enterprises across many industries including directory and on-line publishing, financial services, travel and hospitality, and online retail. Customers include Amazon.com’s A9.com, Apple Computer, Continental Airlines, DaimlerChrysler, Dell Financial Services, Hilton Hotels, ThomasNet, Verizon’s Superpages.com and Yahoo! UK & Ireland.