IPC Launches Alliance Express for Small and Mid-Sized Trading Firms

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey - Innovative Trading Communications System Brings Secure Global Network,
Trading Platform to Smaller Trading Floors

IPC Systems, Inc., a leading provider of indispensable trading
communications solutions to the world’s leading financial services firms and
global enterprises, today launched Alliance Express(TM), an innovative,
cost-effective solution that delivers a new, streamlined trading floor
communications system for small and mid-sized firms.

Alliance Express combines IPC’s market-leading Alliance MX communications
platform with the world’s largest financial services On-Net trading
community, creating a complete, end-to-end solution that seamlessly
integrates back-office hardware, IPC’s gold-standard desktop trading
“turrets” and IPC’s exclusive global network of 3,500 sites.

Specifically optimized for hedge funds, smaller buy-side firms and other
smaller trading floors, Alliance Express offers these firms a new way of
doing business by making it easy for firms with as few as five trading
positions to utilize the same industry-leading portfolio of IPC products,
services and solutions as the world’s largest banks, brokerages, exchanges
and other firms.

“The Alliance Express takes the proven capabilities of the most widely
deployed, robust, resilient and scalable trading communications system on the
market and seamlessly integrates with IPC’s intelligent global network of
3,500-plus sites and our 24-hour global, ‘follow-the-sun’ management to
deliver cost-effective solutions for smaller and mid-sized trading firms,”
said Mark Miller, director of IPC Product Management. “In addition to
leveraging the world’s largest On-Net community, we’ve put together
aggressive, flexible pricing options for solutions optimized to enable
smaller firms to deploy streamlined solutions for today’s trading
environments.”

Streamlined and fully integrated, Alliance Express can be configured from
a minimum of five trading positions up to 32 traders and 120 lines and
features easy-to-understand, per-position pricing — including financing
options. It also offers optional IPC Nexus Suite System Interconnect and
Enterprise Reach for interoperability with PBX systems and offers
cost-effective voice recording options.

Alliance Express features IPC’s highly intuitive IQ/MAX turrets,
leveraging Voice-over-IP technology and delivering maximum clarity, speed,
control and power to traders’ fingertips.

About IPC

IPC is a leading provider of indispensable financial trading
communications solutions to the world’s leading financial services firms and
global enterprises. With 35 years of expertise and innovation, IPC provides
its customers with global systems and solutions, as well as a suite of
products and enhanced services that includes advanced Voice-over-IP
technology and integrated network and 24×7x365 management services for more
than 40 countries. Based in Jersey City, N.J., IPC has approximately 900
employees throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific regions. For more
information, visit www.ipc.com.

Statements made in this news release that state IPC’s or its management’s
intentions, beliefs, expectations, or predictions for the future constitute
“forward looking statements” as defined by federal securities laws, which
involve significant risks and uncertainties.

Many risks and uncertainties are inherent in the telecommunications
equipment industry. Others are more specific to our operations.

The occurrence of the events described and the achievement of the
expected results depend on many factors, some or all of which are not
predictable or within our control. Actual results may differ materially from
results discussed in these forward looking statements. Among the factors that
could cause actual results, performance or achievement to differ materially
from those described or implied in the forward-looking statements, are risks
associated with substantial indebtedness, leverage and debt service, risks
relating to the performance of our business and future operating results,
risks of competition in our existing and future markets, loss or retirement
of key executives, risks related to the notes and to high yield securities
generally, general business and economic conditions, market acceptance
issues, including potential technology changes and the risks inherent in new
product and service introductions and the entry into new geographic markets,
as well as those risk factors described in our filings with the SEC. (c)2009
IPC Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Alliance Express, IPC, IQMX, IQ/MAX,
MAXaccess 1000, Nexus Suite, TradeCARE, Tradenet MX and Tradenet are
trademarks of IPC. All other trademarks are the property of their respective
owners.

Media Contacts
Christopher Bacey
IPC Systems, Inc.
+1-201-253-2098
christopher.bacey@ipc.com

Matt Pennacchio
Ruder Finn for IPC
+1-212-715-1613
pennacchiom@ruderfinn.com

Source: IPC Systems, Inc.

Christopher Bacey of IPC Systems, Inc., +1-201-253-2098, christopher.bacey at ipc.com; or Matt Pennacchio of Ruder Finn for IPC, +1-212-715-1613, pennacchiom at ruderfinn.com