MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwire - May 8, 2012) - PTGI [ Primus Telecommunications Group, Incorporated ] (NYSE: [ PTGI ]), a global facilities-based integrated provider of advanced telecommunications products and services, announced today that Senior Vice President & Chief Communications Officer Richard Ramlall won a Gold level award in the Best Integration of PR and IR in a Business Campaign category of the 2012 Bulldog Reporter Media Relations Awards.

"This is exciting news and I'm really pleased for Richard's second national Bulldog Media Relations Award," said PTGi Chairman, President & CEO Peter Aquino. "I've known and worked with Richard for many years so I can personally attest to his expertise, savvy, diverse skills and outstanding results. PTGi and myself salute and congratulate him."

The Bulldog Media Relations Awards are coveted among PR and communications professionals, because they're the only awards judged exclusively by working journalists and now, bloggers. These judges are impartial -- above the fray of industry politics. They are tough judges with high standards, but they're unwaveringly fair.

"I thank Pete Aquino for giving me this opportunity to be a part of his transformational leadership team," Ramlall said. "Our success in winning a Bulldog Media award is due in great measure to the efforts, teamwork and cooperation of all our business units, Primus Canada, Primus Australia and PTGi International Carrier Services. This recognition also reaffirms our belief that PTGi has a great story to tell."

About PTGi
PTGi (Primus Telecommunications Group, Incorporated) is a leading provider of advanced communication solutions, including, traditional and IP voice, data, mobile services, broadband Internet, collocation, hosting, and outsourced managed services to business and residential customers in the United States, Canada and Australia. PTGi is also one of the leading international wholesale service providers to fixed and mobile network operators worldwide. PTGi owns and operates its own global network of next-generation IP soft switches, media gateways, hosted IP/SIP platforms, broadband infrastructure, fiber capacity, and data centers located in Canada and Australia. Founded in 1994, PTGi is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.