GAWK Forges Forward in International Telecom at ITW


LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwired - Apr 12, 2016) - GAWK, Inc. (OTC PINK: GAWK) CEO Scott Kettle announced today that GAWK's Vice President of Sales, Larry Messinger, will attend International Telecoms Week (ITW), the world's largest meeting for the global wholesale telecommunications community, to both buy and sell GAWK services. ITW takes place in Chicago, May 8-11. In 2015, 6,318 delegates from over 1,900 companies and more than 148 countries attended.

"We continue our push into the international telecom arena, which is a high revenue contributor, intending to expand our reach beyond the 21 countries that we currently offer services in," noted Kettle. Connexum (www.connexum.com), the Company GAWK acquired on January 18 of this year, will also be represented. Messenger has 22 meetings already scheduled with international companies. AT&T, PCCW, Tata Communications, Quickcom Global, Deutsche Telekom, Korea Telecom, Telefonica, Telecom Italia Group, are among the companies attending.

GAWK's annual revenue has recently spiked to just under $6 million, as a result of its recent acquisitions, which include Connexum, Net-D Consulting and WebRunners, Inc.

The Company has identified 21 possible additional data center acquisitions. GAWK is now a Full Service business class telecom provider, providing Hosted PBX services, competing directly with 8X8, Vonage, and other market leaders, reaching 100 million people each month in 21 Countries and 31 Major Cities for Cloud and Edge Data Center Services.

About GAWK, Inc.

GAWK, Inc. offers a suite of cloud communications, cloud connectivity, cloud computing, and managed cloud-based applications solutions to small, medium, and large businesses; and offers domestic and international voice services to communications carriers worldwide. It offers a suite of advanced data center and cloud-based services, including fault tolerant, high availability cloud servers, which comprise platform as a service, infrastructure as a service, and a content delivery network; managed network services that converge voice and data applications, structured cabling, wireless, and security services, as well as include Internet access via Ethernet or fiber at speeds ranging from 10 Mbps to 10 Gbps; and data center solutions, including cloud services, colocation services, and business continuity services, such as storage and security. www.gawkinc.com

Forward-Looking Statements

All statements in this release that are not strictly historical facts are "forward-looking statements." Such forward-looking statements are based on GAWK's current assumptions, beliefs and expectations, and involve risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause GAWK's actual results to be materially different from any results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Some can be identified by the use of words such as "expect," "plan," "possibility," "offer," "if," "negotiate," "when," "believe," "will," "estimate," "continue," and similar expressions. Risks, uncertainties, and other factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to: ongoing and future intellectual property enforcement actions; the ability to successfully litigate or settle claims of patent infringement; GAWK's ability to obtain necessary financing, generate sufficient cash flow, and maintain appropriate indebtedness; and the increasing development of market competition in the area of telecommunications. These factors and others are described in more detail in GAWK's public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the risks discussed in the "Risk Factors" section in GAWK's Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. Copies of these reports can be found on GAWK's website (http://gawkinc.com) under the heading "Investor Relations." GAWK is providing this information as of the date of this release and, except as required by law, does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained herein as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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