Exhibit 99.1


                              FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                       TELEMAX GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
                     TO DEPLOY ITS OWN SWITCHING FACILITIES

Toronto,  Ontario - August  15th,  2002:  Telemax  Global  Communications,  Inc.
(OTC:TMXG)  announced  today that it has finalized  arrangements  to acquire and
deploy a Cisco switch in Toronto.  This is the first of three the Company  plans
on deploying over the next 18 months.  Having its own switching  facilities will
enable the Company to  accommodate  its in excess of 32 million  minutes of long
distance traffic per month and service its new contracts.

The  Company's  decision was a result of a $32 million law suit it filed against
its former service provider,  Canquest  Communications (Canada) Inc. for billing
errors, over charges and damages. The Company has ceased routing traffic through
Canquest as a result of its  disputes  and has signed a service  agreement  with
another  provider  to  handle  several  of the  companies  programs  during  its
transition period. The Company believes it will realize significant cost savings
routing long distance traffic through its own switching facilities while gaining
the ability to interface its equipment  with other value added  services that it
plans on introducing to the market.

ABOUT TELEMAX GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS INC.

Telemax  Global  Communications,  Inc. is one of the largest  manufacturers  and
distributors   of  prepaid   calling   products   in  Canada.   Telemax   Global
Communications,  Inc. is an innovator of new telecommunications  solutions, such
as prepaid wireless,  various point of sale technologies and the deployment of a
Voice Over the Internet  Protocol (VOIP) network.  Telemax Global integrates its
telephony and computer  technologies  to route voice and data traffic around the
world  using  a  sophisticated   prepaid  calling  platform.   The  Company  has
significant  competitive   advantages,   which  include  its  growing  licensing
arrangements  in high volume,  under-served  emerging  markets and its exclusive
corporate accounts.

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1995:  The statements  contained in this release which are not historical  facts
are  forward-looking  statements  subject to risks and uncertainties  that could
cause  actual  results  to  differ  materially  from  those  set  forth  in  the
forward-looking statements.

                          For more information contact:

Mr. Evan Karras, President & CEO        Mr. Jeffrey L. Salzwedel, President
Telemax Global Communications, Inc.     Salzwedel Financial Communications, Inc.
Tel: (800) 850-7790                     Tel: (503) 638-7777