Trillion Appoints Kevin Bethke Vice President of Sales and Marketing

AUSTIN, TEXAS – June 5, 2006 – Trillion, the leading provider of broadband network services to the education market, today announced the appointment of Kevin Bethke as Vice President of Sales and Marketing.

Mr. Bethke brings 20 plus years of sales and marketing leadership in both start-ups and large companies.  Prior to joining Trillion Partners, Mr. Bethke was the CEO of Interactive Video Technologies, a venture backed video content creation and distribution ASP targeted at K-12 and corporations, where he led the company through a successful acquisition. Mr. Bethke has also served as CEO for Hire.com, a venture-backed talent supply management ASP provider, President and COO and VP of World Wide Sales and Marketing for Interact Commerce Corporation, a venture-backed market leading CRM software solution, and VP Sales for QAD Incorporated, a leading provider of ERP solutions.  During his tenure at each of these companies, the companies achieved well above industry normal growth rates including 100%+ year over year revenue growth.  Mr. Bethke has been a member of management teams that have lead to two companies successful IPO’s and two companies successful acquisitions.  Mr. Bethke has an MBA from Northern Illinois University and a Bachelor of Science from Southern Illinois University.

“We are pleased to have Kevin join us in this aggressive growth phase of our company,” said Bear Poth, President and CEO of Trillion.  “Kevin brings extensive knowledge and proven expertise in sales and business development.  These capabilities will be critical to our success as we expand operations to provide managed network services to education customers.”

About Trillion

Trillion, headquartered in Austin, Texas, is the leading provider of broadband network services for education. Trillion specializes in delivering Priority One E-Rate eligible WAN services including design, installation, operation, and management of wide area network systems using state-of-the-art wireless and fiber technologies. Trillion services simplify the complexities of data, voice and video convergence, while providing network security and protection.  Trillion is a privately held company.   Investors in Trillion include Hexagon Investments, the Intel Communications Fund and Meritage Private Equity Funds. For more information, visit www.trillion.net or call (512) 334-4100