EXHIBIT 21 SUBSIDIARIES OF INTER-TEL, INCORPORATED Listed below are all the subsidiaries of Inter-Tel, Incorporated, as well as the jurisdiction under the laws of which each was organized, and the percentage of the outstanding voting stock of each owned by Inter-Tel, Incorporated. PERCENTAGE STATE OR OF VOTING JURISDICTION NAME STOCK OWNED OF ORGANIZATION - ---- ----------- --------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Inter-Tel Integrated Systems, Inc. 100% Arizona - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Inter-Tel Technologies, Inc. 100% Arizona - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Inter-Tel Leasing, Inc. 100% Arizona - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Inter-Tel.NET Inc. 96.2% Nevada - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Inter-Tel Software and Services, Inc. 100% Arizona - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Inter-Tel Midwest, Inc. 100% Delaware - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Inter-Tel Incorporated-New Jersey 100% Delaware - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Inter-Tel NetSolutions, Inc. 100% Texas - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Inter-Tel DataCom, Inc. 100% Delaware - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Southwest Telephone Systems, Inc. 100% New Mexico - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- American Telcom Corp. of Georgia, Inc. 100% Georgia - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Access West, Inc. 100% Delaware - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Inter-Tel Integrated Systems (UK), Ltd. 100% United Kingdom - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Inter-Tel Japan, Inc. 100% Japan - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tri-Com Communications, Inc. 100% North Carolina - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida Telephone Systems, Inc. 100% Florida - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NTL Corporation dba ComNet of Ohio 100% Ohio - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Integrated Telecom Services Corporation 100% Kentucky - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Telephone Corporation of America, Inc. (Telcoa) 100% Maryland - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Intercomm Americas, Inc. 100% Delaware - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TDI Services Corporation, Technology Dynamics for the 21st Century 100% Virginia - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Executone Inter-Tel Business Information Systems, Inc. 100% Arizona - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 59