i2Telecom International, Inc. (OTCBB: ITUI), a developer of mobile phone applications, announced that Tom Murphy has joined its advisory board.
Murphy has 22 years of experience with Sprint, including the position of vice president of consumer sales and sales operations. With an $80 million budget, two million accounts annually and $1.8 billion in yearly revenue, he was responsible for all consumer sales operations for the Sprint National Consumer Organization, including Sprint’s Sales Centers and all vendor operations for voice services and broadband products.

“After 22 years in the wireless space, I am extremely impressed with the opportunity that i2Telecom’s MyGlobalTalk service represents for consumers and businesses that utilize long-distance communications in their daily activities,” said Murphy.

Murphy retired from Sprint in 2001, and then headed up DEM, LLC, as president and CEO, until January 2006. DEM helped start-up companies define growth strategies, with clients that included Global Velocity, Anthony Robbins & Companies

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MyGlobalTalk, an Internet-based long distance service for cell phone customers of any company, was prominently featured in a longer article about i2Telecom International (OTCBB: UTUI). MyGlobalTalk is set to be launched, Sept. 10.

“Research explains that VoIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) is technology that is optimized for the transmission of voice via the Internet or other packet-switched networks,” wrote Kevin Doyle, co-author of the article with Amber Sweeney. “The term VoIP is often used abstractly to refer to the actual transmission of voice as opposed to the protocol implementing it. Regardless, it is the next big thing and, though not well known by the general public, i2Telecom is a recognized industry leader.”

The front-page article also discussed the Atlanta, Ga. company’s USB so-called softphone — VoiceStick. The company says this product “affords the user the portability of VoIP by enabling the user to call any phone or VoiceStick customer from anywhere in