Exhibit 99.1

         Ptek Holdings Changes Name to Premiere Global Services, Inc.;
                Company Transfers Listing to NYSE, Symbol 'PGI'

    ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 3, 2005--Ptek Holdings, Inc.
(NASDAQ: PTEK; www.ptek.com), a leading global provider of innovative
business communications and data services, today announced that it has
changed its corporate name to Premiere Global Services, Inc. and
transferred the listing of its common stock to the New York Stock
Exchange(R). The Company's shares will begin trading today under the
symbol "PGI."

    About Premiere Global Services, Inc.

    Premiere Global Services, Inc., formerly Ptek Holdings, Inc., is a
leading global provider of innovative business communications and data
services. Customers use our ASP platform to conduct traditional and
VoIP-based collaboration sessions and to process and deliver large
quantities of individualized, business critical information. Premiere
Global offers outsourced document delivery, data capture,
alerts/notifications and campaign management solutions that automate
customers' business processes and improve efficiency levels
enterprise-wide. We also offer a full suite of conferencing solutions,
including automated, operator-assisted and Web collaboration services
that enable customers to communicate real-time via our advanced, open
standards global conferencing platform.
    Premiere Global serves more than 46,000 corporate accounts in
nearly every business sector, throughout 18 countries worldwide. Our
corporate headquarters is located at 3399 Peachtree Road NE, Suite
700, Atlanta, GA 30326. Additional information can be found at
www.premiereglobal.com.

    Statements made in this press release, other than those concerning
historical information, should be considered forward-looking and
subject to various risks and uncertainties. Such forward-looking
statements are made pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and are made based on
management's current expectations or beliefs as well as assumptions
made by, and information currently available to, management. A variety
of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those
anticipated in Ptek's forward-looking statements, including, but not
limited to, the following factors: technological change; the
development of alternatives to our services; our ability to manage our
growth; integration of acquired companies; possible adverse effects on
our financial condition if we are unable to retain IBM as a customer
at the levels currently forecasted; possible adverse results of
pending or future litigation or infringement claims; service
interruptions; competitive pressures, including pricing pressures;
general domestic and international economic, business or political
conditions; legislative or regulatory changes; increased financial
leverage; our dependence on our subsidiaries for cash flow; and other
factors described from time to time in our press releases, reports and
other filings with the SEC, including but not limited the "Risk
Factors Affecting Future Performance" section of our Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003. All forward-looking
statements attributable to us or a person acting on our behalf are
expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement.

    CONTACT: SVP, Strategic Planning & IR
             Sean O'Brien, 404-262-8462