Exhibit 1 - Press release




NEWS RELEASE

     ePHONE and Champion Teleport, affiliate of AlphaStar, Agree to Merge to
          Provide VoIP Via Satellite and Wireless Broadband Solutions

      - ePHONE Secures Bridge Financing as Part the Intended Transaction -

HERNDON, Va. - May 9, 2003 - ePHONE Telecom, Inc. (OTCBB: EPHO), a global
Internet telephony services provider for businesses and individuals, and
Champion Teleport, a unique satellite teleport affiliate of AlphaStar
International, a satellite broadband and broadcasting company, today announced
their intention to merge. The newly merged company will focus on the growing
global markets in broadband and VoIP services, and the introduction of VoIP to
broadband wireless and Wi-Fi providers via satellites.

The merger between ePHONE and Champion Teleport will create a new broadband
network with global coverage. It will also strengthen both companies existing
offerings and enable the introduction of new services. Further, ePhone and
Champion Teleport believe that the combined company will be well positioned to
consolidate the rapidly growing and highly fragmented wireless broadband and
packet-voice markets, which include of 1,800 wireless ISPs (WISPs) in the US
alone.

Mahmoud Wahba, President of Champion Teleport, indicated, "by combining our
companies, we can deliver broadband telephony services to the wireless and Wi-Fi
providers as well as other carriers especially in those hard-to-wire, remote and
rural areas in the U.S. and the rest of world, a very exciting prospect."

Carmine Taglialatela, Jr., President and CEO of ePHONE Telecom added "We believe
that this merged Company will provide tremendous value to our customers and
address an exciting market opportunity. Adding VoIP to the existing satellite
capabilities is the next level of convergence in the industry."

The proposed merger is subject to a fairness opinion and the completion of due
diligence by both parties. In anticipation of the proposed transaction, Champion
Teleport has arranged bridge financing for ePHONE Telecom.

On May 9, 2003, ePhone filed a Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange
Commission describing the terms of this transaction in more detail.




About Champion Teleport Inc.

Champion Teleport, based in Oxford, CT owns a unique facility with satellite
coverage of the US, Canada, Latin America, Europe, Middle-East and Africa .The
teleport is equipped to provide Direct To Home (DTH) satellite TV and was
upgraded to provide satellite broadband backbone to internet providers. The
teleport is also a hub for fiber and landline connectivity to the internet.
Champion Teleport is an affiliate of AlphaStar International. AlphaStar used
Champion Teleport to by-pass legacy telco's fiber networks by deploying a hybrid
broadband network combining satellite as the backbone and Wi-Fi and WILL as the
last mile access to residential and business customers. To view the Champion
Teleport please visit the AlphaStar website at www.AlphaStar.com.

About ePHONE Telecom

ePHONE Telecom provides next-generation, voice and data communication solutions
to businesses and residential customers worldwide. The Company provides a
growing suite of innovative retail products and services including branded and
private label pre-paid calling cards, pre-paid domestic calling plans and
leading edge 1+ pre-paid services as well as wholesale (carrier-to-carrier)
solutions. ePHONE's retail products can provide consumers dramatic savings of
50% to 70% versus traditional providers. ePHONE delivers these services via a
high-quality, scaleable, Tier-1 grade, Cisco-based VoIP network supported by a
network-operating center in Herndon, VA. The Company is focused on expanding its
points-of-presence on a global basis to support every existing and emerging
telephony protocol. For more information on ePHONE Telecom and its products and
services please visit www.ePHONEtelecom.com.

For investor information Contact
Philip Williams and Flora Wood
Investor Relations
1-866-825-3405
info@ePHONEtelecom.com


FORWARD-LOOKING-STATEMENT
With the exception of the historical information contained in this
document  the matters described herein contain forward looking statements that
involve risks and uncertainties that may individually or in the aggregate impact
the matters herein described.  Such risks and uncertainties include but are
not limited to, changing economic conditions generally and in the
telecommunications industry, trends in the development of the Internet
as a commercial medium and carrier of telephony traffic, market acceptance
risks, technological development risks, seasonality and other factors, some of
which are described in our reports filed with the SEC.