Exhibit 99.1

      American Telecom Services To Present at Kaufman Bros., LP 9th Annual
                 Investor Conference in CityplaceNew York City

Contact: Company              Investors:                  Media:
Bruce Hahn, CEO               Brett Maas                  Daniell Ross
(310) 871-9904                Hayden Communications       Comunicano, Inc.
(404) 261-7466                (646) 536-7331              (858) 314-2958
Bruce.Hahn@atsphone.com       brett@haydenir.com          dross@comunicano.com


                              FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


City of Industry,  California,  August 31, 2006 - American Telecom Services Inc.
(AMEX: TES), a provider of converged communications  solutions,  today announced
that  Bruce  Hahn,  the  Company's  Chief  Executive  Officer,  and Adam  Somer,
President,  will present at the Kaufman Bros., LP 9th Annual Investor Conference
in New York City at 3 p.m.  (Eastern) on September 7. The  conference is located
at the W  Hotel  on  Lexington  Avenue  in New  York  City,  and  the  Company's
presentation will be in the Sea/Ocean Room.

The  presentation  will  also be  webcast,  and  interested  parties  may  visit
http://www.wsw.com/webcast/kbro11/tes/ to listen to the presentation.

The  presentation   will  discuss  the  Company's   strategy  of  designing  and
distributing  a wide array of converged  communications  solutions  that include
attractively priced,  feature-rich,  cordless  multi-handset phones bundled with
pre-paid long  distance for the  traditional  market and Digital Clear  cordless
multi-handset  Internet phones,  bundled with services,  for the rapidly growing
Internet  Telephone  Service  (VoIP-voice-over-Internet-protocol)  markets.  The
presentation  will also include  discussion of the Company's  rapidly  expanding
distribution  channel that today includes more than 12,000 retail  locations and
is expected to reach 15,000 locations by year end.

About Kaufman Bros., LP

Kaufman  Bros.,  LP  (KBRO)  was  founded  in 1995 on a desire  to  provide  the
investment  community  with a solution  to the  growing  awareness  and need for
specialization  within  the  banking  industry.  Drawing  on a team of  industry
veterans and a strategic  group of limited  partners,  Kaufman Bros.  integrates
financial,  technical,  operational,   international,  and  legal  expertise  to
establish a well-versed  knowledge base for providing accurate and comprehensive
analysis of industry trends to a clientele of emerging communications, media and
technology      companies      and      professional      investors.       Visit
http://www.kbro.com/index.html for more information.

About American Telecom Services

American  Telecom  Services,  a leading  provider  of  converged  communications
solutions,  currently  offers Digital Clear  Internet  phone bundles  powered by
SunRocket  (voice-over-Internet-Protocol  or  "VoIP")  and Pay N'  Talk  prepaid
residential  long distance  services  powered by IDT. These services are bundled
with ATS' diverse line of custom designed,  cordless  multi-handset  phones. ATS
sells its  phone/service  bundles  through major  retailers  under the "American
Telecom", "ATS" "Pay N' Talk" and "Digital Clear" brand names.

Safe Harbor Statement

Any  statements  in this  press  release  that  are  not  historical  facts  are
forward-looking  statements  within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities
Exchange  Act of  1934,  as  amended.  In some  cases,  you can  identify  those
forward-looking  statements by words such as "may," "will," "should," "expects,"
"plans," "anticipates,"  "believes,"  "estimates,"  "predicts,"  "potential," or
"continue" or the negative of those words and some other comparable words. These
forward-looking  statements  are subject to risks and  uncertainties  that could
cause actual results to differ  materially from historical  results or those the
Company  anticipates.  Factors  that could cause  actual  results to differ from
those contained in the  forward-looking  statement include,  but are not limited
to, those risks and  uncertainties  described in the Company's  prospectus dated
February 1, 2006 and the other reports and documents the Company files from time
to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Statements included in this
press release are based upon information  known to the Company as of the date of
this press  release,  and the Company  assumes no obligation  to (and  expressly
disclaims any such obligation to) publicly  update or alter its  forward-looking
statements made in this press release,  whether as a result of new  information,
future events or otherwise,  except as otherwise  required by applicable federal
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